Bizwas said:
Not that I know much about it but I had the idea that id Tech was actually a very strong and well working engine? I fear if everybody uses UE5 it will make games look more similar in the future. |
Yes, if everyone uses UE5, everyone will mostly think inside the tools UE5 offers. Which is a lot, but with your own engine you can do much more out of the box. The main reason for everyone (not only XBox) going towards UE5 is simply that management want to be able to easily replace devs. Hire new ones and keep onboarding small. An in-house engine results in new staff need to be trained on the engine. It also limits yor ability to let go of devs once a project is done and rehire if the next projects nears the finish line, as this fluctuation loses too much internal know-how, so they want to minimize know-how specific to your company.
