Looks like 24 is going to be on 4 consoles
https://www.ea.com/games/nhl/nhl-technical-test
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Man.. that really bums me out. An already depleted development team having to spread focus across two generations of consoles is disheartening. It's hard to imagine any substantive changes being made when they're having to keep in mind the technological limitations on last-gen. If they are separating the engines, then this means the small dev team would be split into two smaller camps.
I thought '24 would've been a rip-the-band aid-off approach to current-gen, but clearly marketing wants to continue to tap into the last-gen market. It's going to result in yet another stale NHL product with primary focus being HUT.
I understand there will be changes, but from my perspective, the changes could be far more advanced if the focus was on current-gen.
@KidShowtime1867 Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The PS4 came out just a couple of months after NHL 14. The next fall was the last time there was a real "new" NHL game for the PS3 ( Legacy the year after was pretty bare-bones in terms of any kind of upgrade from NHL 15 ). We're now approaching three years since the current gen consoles came out.
There are a couple of caveats. The current gen consoles were pretty hard to get for a lot of people until this past year. It's also a lot easier to develop for both the current and previous gen consoles at the same time then it was in the past ( as long as you're not trying to take advantage of the current gen upgrades ).
The problem with continuing to want to put out the same game for both generations is ( as you said ) that they're really limiting what they can do in terms of moving the franchise forward.
There are a couple of caveats. The current gen consoles were pretty hard to get for a lot of people until this past year. It's also a lot easier to develop for both the current and previous gen consoles at the same time then it was in the past ( as long as you're not trying to take advantage of the current gen upgrades ).
The problem with continuing to want to put out the same game for both generations is ( as you said ) that they're really limiting what they can do in terms of moving the franchise forward.
