Cyberpunk came out. So far, nothing has been seen as good for this hyped release. Some have wondered if it was even being developed in mind for current hardware. This got me thinking. Has there ever been a point where a game was not developed well for older hardware but was for newer ones?
There aren't many games that get released simultaneously on multiple generations. The longest I can think is with PS3/PS4 and Xbox 360/One. But I can think of certain games and they are the common ones. Call of Duty Black Ops III had only online for PS3 and 360. Some of the EA Sports games had features that were exclusive to the newer hardware. I'd actually be curious about other titles like LittleBigPlanet 3. Something like a GTA V or a Minecraft, that doesn't count as being gimped because of support waning on older hardware. Minecraft had its last updates on a number of systems at the end of 2018 and other ones still get updated here and there.
With other generations, I don't feel like titles are being gimped on purpose. Something like Another World/Out of This World, the developers were working with limitations. Computers, Sega Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, 3DO. All radically different. A title such as NBA Jam Tournament Edition gets spruced up a little bit. Nothing intentional. Some games strive to improve some aspects. The Terminator and Earthworm Jim on Sega CD got reworked, more so Terminator, but both had stuff you didn't see on cartridge.
In the same generations, companies work within the specs of each console. You win some, you lose some when there's titles released on competing systems. An N64 game might be better than a PlayStation version and vice versa. Same with an SNES and Genesis release. Point being with this blog is that I don't think stuff is being made intentionally bad most of the time for older hardware. But developers have to realize what they are getting into before coding what they need for a retail release.
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