This trend needs to end

[Leynos]

zeldaring said:

SKMBlake said:

Budget of a game is not tied with console's specs.

Unless the project is seriously ambitious like zelda i would imagine it's significantly cheaper to make games that don't push cutting edge graphics and still considered to be high quality games.  

 But it is doing physics systems all in one game no one else is atm and some thought it not possible even on 9th gen consoles. Some of that might be built in-house and other parts licensed physics engines.  A lot of trees in video games are from a licensed software company.