Soundwave said:
Meh. Konami could get MGSV running on PS4/XB1, which is probably a more expensive game than Nintendo will ever want to make (look at the new Star Fox Zero), but they were still able to make the game run on a PS3/360. I think Nintendo's devs quite honestly are just fine with Wii U level power. It lets them do gameplay wise anything they want more or less. Going beyond that for them is basically just about making things a little prettier. I don't think Nintendo has any interest in making a $100 million dollar Zelda game. It's not like even today Wii U-PS3-360 graphics are even cheap. Games that really are high-end at that fidelity are going to require a big budget and a big team. PS4/XB1 level is simply just getting to the point where you can bankrupt your company if your game fails. This will be an easy transition for them too as they just started with the Wii U and I doubt their developers are anxious to make another large hardware jump just 4-5 years later. So they can continue to make Wii U quality games, they'll just run on the handheld now, and the console can then just run those same games but scaled up. Lets be honest anyway, if you took a game like Mario Kart 8 and jumped the resolution to 1080P, added 4X AA and maybe a couple more lighting/shading effects ... and you slapped it on a PS4/XB1 ... the average joe would have no idea it wasn't built from the ground up for those systems. It would look very well at home. |
Just stop. I bet it took a lot of extra people and money to get metal gear on 7th gen consoles and the result wasn't even good.
Yet again underestimating nintendo's devs when they always make impressive games. ps360 graphics aren't in the same level as wii u and having a powerfull console doesn't make it's games expensive. nintendo is competent enough to make amazing looking games with a realistic budget and focusing on gameplay.
You just keep this notion of "settle for wii u graphics" when they can make a lot more with little to no added costs.
