On November 10, Microsoft won’t launch one however two next-gen consoles: the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S. We know that the latter will price much less (€ 299); a lower cost in comparison with the Xbox Series X (499 €) which won’t be with out compensation on the technical stage. Indeed, the Xbox Series S will ship a GPU of four teraflops, in opposition to 12 for the Xbox Series X. Despite every thing, it can provide upscaled 4K, and might even attain in some instances a framerate of 120fps.
With this console, Microsoft’s objective couldn’t be clearer: to achieve as many houses as potential with its next-gen. However, this proposal doesn’t make individuals comfortable, particularly on the facet of creators and builders. This is the case of David Cage who was questioned on the topic by our colleagues from Wccftech. He explains that he isn’t a fan of the sort of providing, as a result of there is a good likelihood most studios will give attention to the entry-level console to keep away from making two completely different variations.
The boss of Quantic Dream goes even additional by asserting that many studios want consoles to PCs, as a result of on the latter they will give attention to a single machine, whereas on PC they must bear in mind all potential configurations ( completely different graphics playing cards, drivers for instance); which complicates growth.
“I need to admit that I’m actually not a giant fan of this example, he says. I feel it is complicated for builders, but in addition for players, and whereas I can perceive the industrial causes for this selection (a distinction of 200 euros on the sale worth), I feel the scenario is questionable.“David Cage specifies all the identical that he’ll adapt to the scenario, and that every of his games which might be launched on this new era will clearly be optimized for every machine.
It is recalled that Quantic Dream grew to become impartial in January 2019, – because the Chinese large NetEase entered the capital of the studio – figuring out that, furthermore, the corporate has additionally began publishing for impartial studios.
