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Conina on 24 January 2020
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goopy20 said:
Pemalite said: PC requirements don't "jump" when new console hardware comes out, PC requirements constantly gradually increase as older hardware gets phased out naturally, you didn't need a Radeon 7850 to run Battlefield 4, Call of Duty Ghosts or Assassins Creed 4 for example.

I still don't understand how someone, who seems so knowledgeable about graphics, can say something like that. Of course pc requirements will jump next year. It's not about what hardware is in the majority of pc's right now, it's about the games. And right now, all major game developers are making games that are designed from the ground up around to take full advantage of these new console's hardware and ray tracing support.

Sure, you can say they will support current gen consoles for a couple of years and we will see a ton of cross-gen titles that don't really use this new hardware to its fullest potential, but that's also just speculation. It can also be that both next gen consoles launch with a bunch of titles that aren't on current gen anymore.

The results of the GDC State of the Industry survey are out, which compiles responses from nearly 4,000 game developers:

https://gdconf.com/news/gdc-state-industry-devs-shifting-focus-next-gen-consoles

So let's have a look if "all major game developers are making games that are designed from the ground up around take full advantage of these new console's hardware."