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teigaga on 18 March 2016
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potato_hamster said:
teigaga said:

Why would they piss off developers?

I don't think having an optional, far more power SKU of the same/similar architecture will be much work on their behalf. Especially if resolution is the main use of that added power.

Because developers will likely have to pay for new and improve dev kits that run at this higher spec. Because developers will now literally have to do twice the testing. Because developers will have to make enhancements to the game to run at both specs.

It's more time, effort, and expense for developers to have to handle this. It's the main reason why there is only one game that is New 3DS exclusive, and that games was made by Nintendo themselves.

And its completely optional. I'm sure EA and Activision aren't worried about purchasing some extra dev kits, if they do not want to utilise the added power they don't have to (just like the 3DS and DSi). This is no different from the PC environment except its easier in that their is a given base to work from (OG PS4) and they can just test higher bench marks on the PS4k. I really don't think we should speak on what developers actually want unless you work for a AAA studio?