You could be right, some delicious irony if true, one of the most advanced engines in gaming, used in 5 games now, picked by Kojima, missing a feature that's been around for over a decade. DF think otherwise though, and I'd tend to agree.

Just watched some gameplay there on youtube of the Far Cry's and I couldn't find the interactive vegetation. Also, good lord those games haven't aged well. Even when it launched and was being praised for it's graphics, I remember watching the trailer standing in Gamespot and disliking the visuals, espeiclaly how the vegetation seemed to all meld together. I felt it just wasn't on the same level as Halo.

That has absolutely nothing to do with with why that's happening though.

You don't heavily optimize for the open platform when it's also your smallest market under financial constraints. That makes no sense. It's a complete waste of resources. Go with the lowest common denominator, that can make you the most money, and port out.

Also, take a look at the steam stats. When the next consoles launch, they may well be behind what AMD and Nvidia have to offer, but the majority of PC gamers don't have bleeding edge tech.

Your post really summarizes why after a lot of consideration I haven't invested in a high end rig. With the way the industry has turned, consoles have the inherent advantage of being the prioirty, and primary focus for the vast majority of developers.

Was going to say this. Horizon looks great but id say Battlefront, Uncharted, Battlefeild 1, Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 3 look better.

If only some of that were true, but general revenue and popularity between platforms has changed. Especially with the vendor deal AMD is going to have in the coming months to eyars, so even pre-built systems both in store or online will come with AMD's offerings, unless of course all the Steam userbase just sticks with exactly the same spec for the next decade, because I have a hard time believing that a massive group is never going to upgrade within the next 10 years.

If you want the lwoest common, then look no further than mobile, the platform that reigns more users than consoles and vastly more money made.

Which part isn't?

The comment is in the context of AAA gaming, which is what you were originally talking about.

AAA gaming profits are still made on PC over the years, not amounting to a piddling drop in the bucket like you're making it out to be, especially when you consider long tail sales vs a cut fof with each gen. Since you've put a specific focus on AAA, I assume you aren't going to challenge the mobile area of the industry.

Great.

Looks like u are the only one who talks about *threadtopic* right now, there is some random stuff goin on.

Well, at least I know that mobile gaming revenues is bigger than AAA gaming.

They don't. I have a GTX 1070 and on that at the highest settings at 1080p Rise of the Tomb Raider and Forza Horizon 3 don't look as good as Horizon. I'm playing Horizon on a PS4.

Uncharted 4 is close but Horizon looks better.

Horizon and Battlefield 1 both have amazing graphics but Battlefield 1 isn't open world and doesn't have detailed characetr models like the robot dinosaurs in Horizon and also doesn't have that level of vegetationa and weather and that's Battlefield 1 on a GTX 1070 and Horizon on a PS4. On a PS4 Pro it would look better.

I would also say that Horizon is better than all these games in my opinion.

I never said, or implied, it was a piddling drop in the bucket. I said it was the smallest market for most AAA publishers. For example, picking the title you keep showcasing in this thread- when 70% of your sales now come from consoles, then that is the area you double down on as a business.

Consoles are keeping the AAA industry afloat right now, and allow for many titles to reach PC at such a high level of fidelity, as it stands.

Clearly talking about mobile gaming here, right?

Just re-alinging the focus. Not moving the goalposts.

I think so too! @ Horizon Zero Dawn + Uncharted 4. Thanks for your thoughts.

Kojima-san with the Horizon Zero Dawn Engine... oh yeah < 3 Death Stranding  < 3