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Azzanation on 22 April 2020
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Pemalite said: 
Azzanation said:

Look at the XB1 launch line up. They launched with Forza 5, Dead Rising 3, Killer Instinct and Ryse Son of Rome. All these games were built on XB1 hardware, did that change the fate of the console? It was outsold by the PS4 3 to 1. 

Nintendo a few years later launch the Switch with Zelda BOTW, a cross gen game made on limited WiiU hardware and it blew the competition doors down and sold incredibly well.

To be fair... Forza didn't appeal to me, Dead Rising 3 was meh, Ryse was meh. Killer Instinct launched bare-bones and didn't become a good game until much later.

Forza was the only shining game in that lineup critically.

In the case of Breath of the Wild, could it have been a better game if it was designed from the ground up for Switch hardware? Visually yes. But by how much? The jump between the WiiU and Switch isn't as large as the Xbox 360 to Xbox One remember, most Wii U ports to Switch just get a framerate/resolution bump and that is it.

Not disagreeing, that's kind of my point. Especially with launch line up games, being made on next gen hardware doesn't automatically make these games good. PS4 was guilty for the exact same thing at launch as well. One of the first games this gen that was actually revolutionary was Titanfall, a game that was also cross gen. 

Hardware is great if devs know how to use it and utilise it correctly, other wise we are left with shallow games that look amazing but lack substance. Drive Club is still one of the best looking racers ever made, but many probably prefer to play Forza horizon 2, another cross gen title while Drive Clubs success of a game is determine by the fate of the company being closed down. Another good example is Over Watch, a game also made on practically everything and its accolades speak for itself here.

Nintendo every gen continues to prove that you don't need hardware to make amazing games on top of still revolutionising genres. WiiU's gap between the Switch isn't as big as the 360/PS3 is to the XB1/PS4, however the gap between the WiiU is worlds apart from the XB1/PS4 and yet it holds one of the best games ever made. 

I guess this is my own personal opinion here, but if I had to choose between a good game that's made with Cross gen in mind or a mediocre/average game made on next gen hardware, id choose the good Cross gen game.