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Forums - Gaming - If a "next gen" game is also on ps3/x360 (ala Destiny) Is it really Next Gen?

 

Is last gen holding current gen/next gen back in multiplat games?

Yes 98 60.49%
 
No 63 38.89%
 
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ikki5 on 18 July 2014

simple, yes it is. Generations are usually a dealing of time.



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Zekkyou on 18 July 2014

No it's not next gen, it's cross gen (we already have a name for it!). In my mind they're essentially gen 7.5 titles.

Destiny is still a great looking game, and one of the largest cross gen differences we've seen, but ultimately it's still had to confine itself to what can be linearly scaled down to the previous gen. As you said, the PS3 version is functionally identical.

For some reason that doesn't stop people trying to use cross gen titles as proof of the "small gen jump". They should really see how flawed that argument is when the jump between AC4 to ACU or Ghost to AW is larger than the difference between the cross gen versions of the original title



CDiablo on 18 July 2014

If you are asking if cross gen is holding back current gen systems, yes they are.



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FATALITY on 18 July 2014

Destiny is cross-gen



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Squeezol on 19 July 2014

No, because the current gen isn't next gen anymore.



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Wright on 19 July 2014
Ka-pi96 said:
No problem with cross gen games. Would be mean to the last gen gamers to exclude them.

 



WhiteEaglePL on 19 July 2014

i dont count those as next gen



episteme on 19 July 2014

Shouldn't Destiny on PS4 and X1 be 60FPS when the last gen versions are holding them back so much?

Why don't PS4 and X1 versions of Watch_Dogs include the effects that you can unlock with a mod in the PC version? Because the last gen versions are holding them back?



MaulerX on 19 July 2014

It's a cross-Gen game. Sure, inevitably it'll look the best on next Gen systems, but it's not built from the ground up for next Gen so no, not a fully next Gen game imo.



fireburn95 on 19 July 2014
episteme said:

Shouldn't Destiny on PS4 and X1 be 60FPS when the last gen versions are holding them back so much?

Why don't PS4 and X1 versions of Watch_Dogs include the effects that you can unlock with a mod in the PC version? Because the last gen versions are holding them back?

I agree, should be 60 but probably only 30 because they don't wanna upset last gen noobs