I with the recent discussion about AAA games and how they need insane sales to stay profitable because of huge budgets, and how they introduce microtransactions such as Lootboxes to monetize their product to break even, i thought about the XB1X and how it seems to me that it will push Gaming in a bad direction.
First of all, this is not me saying i hate the XB1X, but that i think it chases after something that will be bad for gaming.
The XB1X, in all its technical marvel is essentially just made to push 4K, since the cpu us not significantly stronger than their competitor, and will thus not allow for much more complex games.
The problem i see with that pursuit of 4K is tied to the current pricing of games.
A AAA game that is made in 1080p will usually cost 60$ , and the same Game made in 4k is expected to cost the same 60$ as the 1080p game, even though i think everyone can agree that 4k assets are harder to produce,and are thus more expensive to manufacture.
I fear that just like how back in the XB360/PS3 era, when games made the jump from SD to HD, essentially jumping from 360p to 720p, a huge amount of third party studios died, according to some estimates the number of AAA Developers went from 125 down to 25, it could happen again with the current situation.
Is 4K game development really already developed enough ? Not from a hardware capability standpoint, but from a Software development cost standpoint since costs to make a game are rising, and 4K will only fasten that growth.
What do you think ?
Submitted by Irdna | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016
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