This is really a huge boost to Xbox's 1st party studios because in my own opinion Sony had far and away better 1st party games. Now this closes the gaps in my eyes. Microsoft just needs to wrangle in Bethesda's main studio from releasing just remasters of their old games (*cough *cough Skyrim) and reduce releases that are a buggy mess.
Why should normal gamers and geeks care about that? Shouldn't we care about how many total games are available for our preferred platforms, rather than how many are first-party games?
Why should normal gamers and geeks care about that? Shouldn't we care about how many total games are available for our preferred platforms, rather than how many are first-party games?
tl;dr: There's some potential for marginal gains in graphics quality.
Generally I agree with you, but, from my (limited) understanding, these first party studios often will push the hardware in ways that cross platform games have a harder time doing. By hyperfocusing on their hardware, they're able to tune the game better. While this helps the graphics world (and somewhat the physics potentially), it does very little to improve the overall games, the stories, and anything else that I personally want in gam
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Why should normal gamers and geeks care about that? Shouldn't we care about how many total games are available for our preferred platforms, rather than how many are first-party games?
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Why should normal gamers and geeks care about that? Shouldn't we care about how many total games are available for our preferred platforms, rather than how many are first-party games?
tl;dr: There's some potential for marginal gains in graphics quality.
Generally I agree with you, but, from my (limited) understanding, these first party studios often will push the hardware in ways that cross platform games have a harder time doing. By hyperfocusing on their hardware, they're able to tune the game better. While this helps the graphics world (and somewhat the physics potentially), it does very little to improve the overall games, the stories, and anything else that I personally want in gam