God of War & GT7 Delayed to 2022, Cross Gen For PS4/PS5

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chakkra said:

curl-6 said:

Rift Apart does indeed look very pretty, it's just Insomniac generally aren't technology pushers the way that Guerilla or Santa Monica are, so it would've been more exciting to see what the latter could've done without having to cater to 2013 console tech. Ah well, I guess we will see eventually, it's just that after the 8th gen being a bit of a downer for me personally I was kinda hoping the 9th would be more exciting and it's not off to a great start in that respect.

I finding a little bit bizarre to see these discussions in a world where the Switch exists. Are we saying that every "9th gen-exclusive" will be inherently better, more creative and innovative than any Switch game going forward?

No, games developed with HW power enthusiasts in mind first are quite independent from games developed with NS in mind as main platform, and even more independent from games thought for portables, with all the power limitations portables have, and trying to get the best and smoothest graphics possible anyway. They aren't comparable and they cater for different needs, although Ninty, relying the most on gameplay and keeping HW power hunger under control, managed to make the hybrid, with huge success. HW power can help graphic creativity, but gameplay creativity and innovation doesn't need high HW power, although some gameplay innovations require creativity in input device design, a thing that Ninty has at so high levels to often pave the way to competitors too (yes, Ninty didn't invent some controls, but it found the right moment, price point and above all made the right games to put them first and successfully on console market, just imagine if motion control had those awful VR and AR demos to show its capabilities instead of the best Wii games).
But in this thread we're specifically talking about games that push latest gen HW power to the limits, NS just wasn't designed with this in mind so the comparison doesn't make sense, maybe some Ninty haters will try to make meaningless comparisons, but just don't mind them.