So not only will Ubisoft be releasing yet another Assassin’s Creed game this fall, but also another Far Cry. At least there has been two years since the last Far Cry, which Jason seemed to enjoy. In the latest installment you head to the Himalaya’s to battle a self appointed king of Kyrat that they describe as despotic, or you know, very king like. Well, it’s coming November 18th in the US and November 20th in Europe to basically everything but poor little Wii and WiiU (read, PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, and PS3). Oh, and if you preorder you get a free upgrade to the Limited Edition that has 3 bonus missions featuring Hurk from Far Cry 3. No video has been released, yet, but that isn’t stopping them from taking your money, but they do promise to show it off at E3, so stay tuned for that.
While I understand the “business” aspect to keep putting games on last gen consoles, I still dont like it. Back in the day if you wanted to play the newest and greatest you needed to have the newest and greatest. If a publisher spreads their time over all the consoles they wont be able to make it as awesome if they just focused one IMHO quality vs quantity…but Quality doesn’t exactly make you money anymore these days eh COD?
I guess its just more of a sign that console gaming is slowly becoming more and more like PC gaming… Haha how long do you think until we have “upgradeable” components for consoles? RAM Video card *eyeroll* /rant
I think it hurts the end product too as you are splitting your resources developing for 4 completely different consoles, plus the PC. All of which are different beasts. Naughty Dog had hell of a time as it is getting the Last of Us to run on PS4 even though they already had most of the artwork done for it. Then you also have to dumb the game down to be able to work on last gen hardware. Sure, you can make the game prettier and have longer draw distances on next gen, but to be the same game, its got to have the same features, the same story, etc. Next gen hardware should be about pushing what you can do in a game, not just how it looks. If you want to support last gen, great, just make a different game for it like they did with AC: Liberation was Vita only.
Look at a steambox, upgradable “consoles” are already on the way. I’m starting to think console gaming has gone so main stream that if you want to get the most out of a multi platform game, it will be on a PC, as there won’t be a ton of motion blur and draw distance To get a decent FPS at a acceptable resolution. Devs are already saying they are maxing out the next gen consoles, which is sad. Look at watchdog, 960p @ 30 FPS is kind of sad when high end PC’s will put 1440p at 60 FPS. As to my mention of consoles being main stream, I mean that in a business sense, they can put out hardware that is mediocre compared to what’s out there, and people will still buy it up as its latest and greatest. But anyone with a common knowledge of current technology knows it’s not all that great. My 6 year old store bought PC which was just $500 at the time is comparable to a next gen system with just a video card update. Gaming in general has shifted a great deal in the past 5 or 6 years, and not for the better. That is why indie studios and kick starter games are getting a big following from veteran gamers, as they know what us old-school gamers want and expect. I could go on for hours about this, but I won’t.
Lol well said, and not to be all PC master race on it but its true, I love consoles for their OC and worry free use, but if this trend continues I may just be building that steam box sooner than I originally thought especially if they continue to pander to all platforms.