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Conina on 21 June 2016
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GribbleGrunger said:
Conina said:

So which games need the Neo mode after October 1st?

  • games where development began before 2016/10/01 but are still in development at 2016/10/01? yes/no
  • games that are feature complete at 2016/10/01 (beta versions) but haven't "gone gold" until then? yes/no
  • games that have "gone gold" before 2016/10/01 but are officially released after 2016/09/30? yes/no
  • games where development starts after 2016/09/30? YES

Which are the exact terms?

Games that are developed from Oct 1st onwards require Neo mode. Sony will want, but not mandate, that devs add Neo mode to their games currently in development, even if their development continues after Oct 1st. And games that are now released may get Neo mode if the devs want to add it.

Can you give us a source for that? A clear quote from Andrew House or Shawn Layden or even better the written parts of the guidelines sent to developers?

That would mean that every game announced until September 30th 2016 to be in development doesn't have to have a Neo mode, no matter when they release it. If Gearbox announces in September, that they started development of the Duke Nukem Forever successor, they don't have to care about a Neo mode?

davygee said:
Yeah you're right. All games released from 1st October 2016 need to have a Neo-mode. So even as a basic, any game that releases from 1st October 2016 onwards will have to play as well as or better than a PS4 but at 1080p on the Neo.

Developers HAVE to include Neo-Mode for games released from October 2016 onwards
Games released prior to this date can patch in a Neo-mode in future if they want.

That makes much more sense. Games that have been submitted to Sony until that date, but launch a few days later probably also get a pass. Perhaps even feature complete Betas, which aren't yet submitted to Sony for their okay.

But I highly doubt that any game still in development after October 1st can be released without a Neo mode, just because the development began earlier.