DonFerrari said:
GTA V is huge, RDR also, TLOU same, and a lot of other open world. So devs could do with limited RAM with their tricks. Do fine runing Witcher 3? Well that is a little reaching. It does run Witcher 3, but it isn't really fine. Witcher 2 run on X360 with a lot less RAM. Almost any game can run on almost any HW if you readequate enough. But still what you see will be severely impacted. Most gamers want better presentation so certainly a lot of the performance will be put on the look. Not a problem in that. And the most power the HW have the more is free to use in other stuff besides looks. I'll wait for gen 9 happening to say all games could be done as good without new HW. From what CGI-Quality puts around in his thread I'm pretty confident gen 9 will bring a lot of good surprises. And a good evidence of the HW and scope is that most of the very demanding games of this gen won't show on Switch because the compromise is to big to make it work.
They certainly made massive changes to make the game run on Switch though. God of War was more grounded and UC4 tries to go the realistic route so they certainly wouldn't show you the stuff you got impressed in AC. |
Witcher 3 is gonna be a functional product on Switch. No cut content, it will probably be around 30 fps with dips, it will ultimately be the same game.
I agree, better graphics is great especially after ~7 years into a gen. The mid gen upgrades were also great for a visual boost. I also agree the specs can be used in other places. I'm saying games don't necessarily take advantage of specs to make games more ambitious, that's often the case.
You're saying "all games." I'm saying most games won't really utilize the new specs to make games more ambitious or increase scope, etc. I was careful about my word choice.
The 8th gen had a huge spec boost, there could have been surprises there as well. I'm simply arguing they were few in regard to game design.
I argue the 8th gen mostly felt like 7th gen with extra polish. But as the games were designed, much of it could have worked fine on 7th gen from a game design perspective.
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