is ps3 and 360 affecting the quality and release date of our games?

[iamthenight90]

so after some thinking i realized. dying light was delayed by almost six months. why? sony and microsoft have been trying to lug therelast gen consoles around just toget more money. if they realy tried, everyone would have had a next gen console becuase cod black opps to would have been everyones last game to play. that gets boring. do you guys think that if they stopped supporting last gen, then maybe we would see better games or games that come alot sooner.

 

[The Unlosing Ranger]

If they stopped supporting last gen, everyone would be stuffed. The costs of development for most games is too high and the next gen consoles have a super small install base compared to the last gen consoles, so the developers would be held back by smaller budgets which would mean they would be making worse games or trying to play it even safer than they already are.

So no, I think that the last gen support is actually helping the next gen consoles when it comes to third party games. It's Sony and Microsoft's duty to produce the first-party exclusives that make people buy the consoles; it's not the third-parties' job to sell the consoles.

 

[Ciel]

No. For the most part, I think there are separate teams working on the same game--one team for previous gen, one team for current.

 

[jmoriarty630]

I don't think they're affecting the release dates. They can't simply forget about the last generations. Not everyone can afford to buy a PS4 nor does anyone want to.

 

[Madirishman]

PS4 and XB1 Is hey use similar architecture which is similar to the pc also this is actually gonna make game developers really happy and developing games for different platforms much easier.

 

[edogn12]

I can see this being an issue, but not as long as 6 months.

 

[don_bidarian]

They are not affecting the release date, but surely it is affecting the quality of the games(the cross-gen cases).

 

[Spectre456]

I don't think it is, the PS4 is much easier to develop than the PS3 ever was, and at least when it comes to exclusives this means top notch quality on PS4. Developers are already making games on last gen more as an afterthought than as the main money maker. You can already see this on the delay of Shadow of Mordor for PS3 and 360. They probably spent so much time and effort working on the PS4 and Xbox One version to make it as detailed and perfect as they could that they just decided it was easier to delay the game on the older consoles and work on it later. I don't know much about developing, but from the little I know this seems very likely.

 

[daimashin]

In some way yes. Maybe it's because the games are also available on PS3 that some of the games look and play like a PS3 game instead of a PS4 game. What I think is that it depends on the studio making the games, some of them outsource the PS3 version to another developer so their version isn't affected while some spread their resources which in the end affects the quality of the PS4 version.

 

[jbeavis100]

No, not really. They have seperate teams for a reason...

 

[deathbyprayer]

I think yes in some way but I don't think it has really huge effects as of now. Since the current gen consoles are just barely a year old developers are still tapping into the consoles but if the last gen still latches on for another 5 years then I think it will have some serious effects considering that developers would still agree to develop for the last gen.

 

[IraqCombatVet]

I'm getting sick of cross gen games. I think they're holding back the PS4. I'm glad games like Dragon Age Inquisition, Witcher 3, and Batman Arkham Knight are new gen only.

 

[drunkchiksrEZ]

Not really because there is still a lot of good games coming out for the new gen consoles, plus the new consoles haven't been out a full year so we just gotta give it time. Also like someone else said they have two teams developing the same game, one team PS3 and the other team PS4.

 

[schoat333]

I believe they are holding things back a little bit. Ince developers build for next gen only, they can build a base that will only work on next gen, instead of just higher res shaders and some extra content.

 

[Haymansafc]

Whilst there probably is some truth in this and to a degree I would agree, I think it's quite harsh. I'm struggling to think of any company in the 25-odd years that I've been gaming which has simply discontinued the old console entirely (model/games/support) once a new model has been launched. The old console has always continued on for another year or two in order to not only allow those left behind to catch up, but allow developers of existing games in production be completed for the platform they were initially designed to be on. I'm sorry, but I don't see what the problem is with this.

For instance, due to other life commitments and a general lack of funds, I have so far been unable to upgrade from the PS3 to the PS4. There are still many people out there without the new console as things stand for whatever personal reason, and to simply 'cut them loose' isn't only unfair on them, but doing this would probably make a number of them buy another console other than the PS4 as a result in silent protest. It's exactly the same story with existing Xbox 360 owners who have not yet had the opportunity to upgrade to the Xbox One.

With all that said and done, I won't staunchly disagree with what has said been above. I've generally been underwhelmed by the quality (graphics wise) in PS4 games given it's a superior machine - although admittedly my spectating has been done via YouTube. My regular readers will know that I do and will always rate gameplay and plot over fancy graphics any day. However there's only been one, possibly two games so far that I've seen that visually look any better to what we've already been used to over the last two or three years.

Not many will probably agree with me on this point, but I feel one of the biggest reasons for this is Sony were perhaps desperate to get the new model onto the market. Given the excellent quality of games at the end of the PS3’s run ('The Last Of Us' immediately comes to mind), it's shown to me that it's full potential still hadn't quite been reached. The lack of PS4 games at launch also makes me think that perhaps the console simply hit the market a year too early. This of course has caused understandable frustration to the 'early adaptors'.

As what's already been said, I feel if support for the PS3 continues on for another two or three years, then I do feel the PS4 is going to start suffering as technology continues to improve. I would be silly to suggest otherwise. As things stand though, barely a year has passed since the PS4's launch and I feel Sony are still well within reason to continue their support for existing PS3 users.

The time will come where the PS4 will shine through. Mark my words. Patience is a virtue…!

 

[Derri]

I agree with Haymansafc

I think that while their is some truth to what has been discussed, developers could not really afford to just make games exclusively for next gen without either having backing from a company e.g. Sony or without making some game in for the PS3/360 like we've seen with AC Unity and Rouge.