teigaga said:
Fair enough, its a very necessary question |
I understand that. I'm actually talking about this from a developer perspective. Multi-platform developers are always going to develop for the lowest common denominator because it makes the most financial sense to do so. Any time you need to make platform specific enhancements or reductions that takes time, money and effort. At the end of the day, the same number of people are still going to buy your game whether or not they have a PS4 or a PS4.5.
So whatever console manufacturer that goes this route has two choices - make support optional, and no one will bother because its extra work for no real extra gain in terms of sales and profits. Or, make support mandatory and drive up development costs, while maintaining the same number of sales. Either PS4.5 owners feel ripped off because their super PS4 isn't being properly utilized, or developers are pissed off because profits are the driving force behind any successful video game business.
It'll just look nicer on their PS4.5. That doesn't put any additional dollars in the developers pockets, leaving no incentive to support such an initiative.
