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[Bernoulli]

latest leak from FTC files
Does this mean the game was going to release for old gen but transitioned to current gen and they had to add next gen features?

 

[GHG]

Hibiki is HiFi Rush.

That puts to rest any speculation as to whether or not that was intended to be a multiplatform game.

 

[FireFly]

Maybe it was developed for the PC first?

 

[GHG]

Maybe it was developed for the PC first?

This is the most likely scenario in all honesty.

 

[xHunter]

Project Omen sounds like Redfall? So pretty much confirms that they scraped the PS5 Version for both games. Tough day for the "there never was a PS5 version" crowd.

 

[Barlow]

Yes, Omen is Redfall

 

[Heisenberg007]

It also shows Project Hibiki (Hi-Fi Rush) as a multiplatform game that Xbox later made an exclusive.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This actually shows the Starfield was primarily a last-gen console game. Xbox just did not release it on last-gen.

I think some of the design decisions, and the abundance of loading screens, now make sense. For example, The Division did not have vehicles (even though they wanted to add) because data streaming wasn't quick enough.

 

[Drizzlehell]

This actually shows the Starfield was primarily a last-gen console game. Xbox just did not release it on last-gen.

I think some of the design decisions, and the abundance of loading screens, now make sense. For example, The Division did not have vehicles (even though they wanted to add) because data streaming wasn't quick enough.

I mean, duh. It was in development for better part of the last decade, obviously it was originally built with last gen consoles in mind and once it became obvious that it's gonna be a next gen title then it was too late to streamline its core design.

I'm betting that the "next gen work" mentioned here is probably just graphical bells and whistles like DX12 features, better draw distance, higher NPC count, etc.

 

[solidus12]

Wait but Phil said that Sony was buying the Starfield exclusivity, so he had no choice but to buy Bethesda.

 

[acm2000]

Hibiki is HiFi Rush.

That puts to rest any speculation as to whether or not that was intended to be a multiplatform game.

well i mean it clearly wouldve been multiplat as development would have started pre take over

 

[GHG]

well i mean it clearly wouldve been multiplat as development would have started pre take over

Well there have been discussions with disingenuous actors here whom stipulated it could always have been planned to be exclusive because it wasn't revealed prior to it's release. So much for that.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Wait but Phil said that Sony was buying the Starfield exclusivity, so he had no choice but to buy Bethesda.

"Timed" exclusive but it was only a rumor never verified

 

[bender]

Well there have been discussions here with disingenuous actors here whom stipulated it could always have been planned to be exclusive because it wasn't revealed prior to it's release. So much for that.

That's cold blooded.

 

[solidus12]

"Timed" exclusive but it was only a rumor never verified

In the document, it shows Deathloop and Ghostwire as PS5 exclusives but not Starfield.

 

[killatopak]

Yeah as others have said, being cross gen previously explains some of their design decisions.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Does this mean the game was going to release for old gen but transitioned to current gen and they had to add next gen features?

Playing the game it definitely feels like it. It doesn't do anything systemically that couldn't be done on last gen.

 

[Redneckerz]

It was noted that Starfield was in dev for PS5 but it was droped per the accquistion. Perhaps this leak is from the time Microsoft had not yet announced their accquistion.

 

[FunkMiller]

Aah.

Does this explain why Starfield feels quite old fashioned in lots of ways?

The old cross gen bullshit holding back games again, eh?

 

[MALpractice311]

Playing the game it definitely feels like it. It doesn't do anything systemically that couldn't be done on last gen.

That's circumstancial evidence, at best. Starfield is a Bethesda game. They all play the same.

 

[Stare-Bear]

Well now we know...

 

[Mowcno]

This document seems to be from 2020 or before as it is talking about "2020 titles" as if they haven't released yet. All this document says is that it is NOT planned to release on PS4/XBO and that development of the PS5/XSX versions had not begun yet. Not that PS4/XBO had ever been worked on.

It wouldn't be unusual if development had only taken place on PC and console ports hadn't begun at this early time.

 

[adamsapple]

This actually shows the Starfield was primarily a last-gen console game. Xbox just did not release it on last-gen.

I think some of the design decisions, and the abundance of loading screens, now make sense. For example, The Division did not have vehicles (even though they wanted to add) because data streaming wasn't quick enough.

Dunno how you came to that conclusion, games that are cross-gen multi-plat (Quake 2 Remaster) have PS, Xbox on it. As does Omen, of which the last-gen version we can say more confidently was canceled.

Starfield specifically mentions PS5 and XBSX.

"No next gen work done yet" could simply mean they've only developed on PC as of the point of that file from 2020.

 

[jroc74]

This is a massive leak with so many separate topics, my god, lol.

I just said recently there is a real argument that Starfield coulda been a cross gen game.

Hibiki is HiFi Rush.

That puts to rest any speculation as to whether or not that was intended to be a multiplatform game.

Pretty much.

Whew.....looking back at some discussions in hindsight is hilarious right now.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Next gen = PS6/XB Series YZ so, still no work done with that version yet. They will milk the game like with Skyrim.