XboxEra Community Hangout |OT12| The Dirty Dozen

[pg2g]

Project is so early that I have a hard time even considering something a reboot

[Freed]

@pg2g

Project is so early that I have a hard time even considering something a reboot

As far as I understand, most projects reboot internally at some stage, if anything it’s the exception that a game goes through development without some kind of reboot, can be called rescoping or refocusing.

[Freed]

@MJ_INC

…Looking at the stuff coming out of Open AI’s Sora video creator is crazy. The investment Microsoft made into OpenAI is probably the most important thing they’ve done in the companies history. I really hope the studios can take advantage of some of what will be available to them:

This is scary and disgusting to all artists. We need regulatory protections asap. I see value in AI helping with technical support, for pitching, presentation and placeholder purposes, and for optimizations to art pipelines, and I can even be fine with it for voice acting for developers who can’t afford to hire VAs, but generative AI art is disgusting and it steals from artists to potentially replace them, and they aren’t paid enough as is.

[Freed]

Horror games, fighting games, RPGs and JRPGs are having a renaissance this generation, I hope 3D platformers too

[Staffy]

https://x.com/dark1x/status/1758754983263006789?s=20

[Freed]

@Staffy

https://x.com/dark1x/status/1758754983263006789?s=20

Huh? What’s the huge problem here?

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@Freed

Huh? What’s the huge problem here?

Switch 2 is the easiest transition to a next gen anyone should have, all they have to do is make the switch again but with more power

The format is perfect for them, it just lacks anywhere close to the power it should so if they somehow mess this up I’d be surprised but it certainly wouldn’t be the first time for Nintendo

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@MJ_INC

…Looking at the stuff coming out of Open AI’s Sora video creator is crazy. The investment Microsoft made into OpenAI is probably the most important thing they’ve done in the companies history. I really hope the studios can take advantage of some of what will be available to them:

I think regardless of people’s though, for or against, this stuff is so powerful

No surprise companies are going all in on it these days, very excited to see how Xbox implements AI for the next console

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

@Freed

Huh? What’s the huge problem here?

No problem here. Just people tends to over react when there is a rumor of a rumor getting delayed.

These Fans are the worst to be honest.

[Staffy]

I just hope the hardware will be somewhat decent. I know my friend is really hyping the whole DRS stuff up and expects it to make a big difference, but will it? I think he’s expecting way too much.

It should be a huge step up over Switch at the very least.

[pg2g]

@Staffy

I just hope the hardware will be somewhat decent. I know my friend is really hyping the whole DRS stuff up and expects it to make a big difference, but will it? I think he’s expecting way too much.

It should be a huge step up over Switch at the very least.

DLSS?

[Freed]

My expectations for Switch 2

• Mild GPU upgrade, focus more on having a cleaner image and more useful compute, maybe with DLSS or similar solution, but still around 720p or less depending on game.

• Focus on CPU and game performance, to encourage more stable games, run older games at 60fps, and first party games to prioritize 60fps.

• Memory increase (8GB), and faster storage to be closer in line to current generation.

That’s for handheld, they could go harder on docked to make it competitive with the HD consoles.

[Jeans]

@Vonterribad

I hate everything about this.

Yeah, it’s scary… That’s why I’m glad it’s MS overseeing it, as opposed to other companies with more dubious motives.

We can’t ignore it. AIs are there and we should work with them or they will dominate us (I feel like I’m talking in a Sci-Fi movie).

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@Staffy

I just hope the hardware will be somewhat decent. I know my friend is really hyping the whole DRS stuff up and expects it to make a big difference, but will it? I think he’s expecting way too much.

It should be a huge step up over Switch at the very least.

They aren’t going to want to take a loss on the hardware, that alongside Nintendo’s history of underpowered hardware should keep people’s expectations in check

It will be a lot more powerful than the switch but that’s not saying much, it will still be weaker than pretty much every major device on the market

[Staffy]

@pg2g

DLSS?

Sorry, yes.

[Fiendflag]

@Freed

Huh? What’s the huge problem here?

I don’t get it either…is it a wrong move if Ninty wants to have a better launch line-up and hopefully be better prepared in terms of backwards compatibility and carrying over digital libraries to the new system e.t.c.?

[Cairnst (Bill Cairns)]

@lunanto

I know most of you dont care/believe this, but Nate Drake has just said new Banjo Kazooie game has been recently kind of rebooted, but it is for the best fate of the project.

For me any reassurance the game could exist is pure bliss.

Last I heard it was being reworked from its original vision & scope, so it’s going to be a bit. Honestly, spoke on it too soon.

To be fair this sounds fine to me. He says he spoke about the project too soon - so I’d guess it’s pretty early either way. I’d imagine most games go through some level of reworking during the early stages of development as they figure out what does and does not work.

I’m so far mostly just curious as to who is actually making the game.

[Staffy]

If the rumor is true about FF16 then I bet they’ll keep that for the June show. Icing on the cake would be Game Pass, but don’t think that will be happening. And FF7R clearly isn’t happening.

[binarymelon]

@Freed

Huh? What’s the huge problem here?

@Fiendflag

I don’t get it either…is it a wrong move if Ninty wants to have a better launch line-up and hopefully be better prepared in terms of backwards compatibility and carrying over digital libraries to the new system e.t.c.?

I can’t read the article, but is this the source of the 8nm rumor? That’s the only thing I’ve heard that makes me worried at all. If that’s actually the case it seems like it’s going to be starting behind power wise even by Nintendo standards.

[Freed]

@Cairnst

Last I heard it was being reworked from its original vision & scope, so it’s going to be a bit. Honestly, spoke on it too soon.

To be fair this sounds fine to me. He says he spoke about the project too soon - so I’d guess it’s pretty early either way. I’d imagine most games go through some level of reworking during the early stages of development as they figure out what does and does not work.

I’m so far mostly just curious as to who is actually making the game.

I wouldn’t be surprised if some Toys for Bob and the other devs from Acti behind Spyro & Crash are now involved and co-dev, they do have the best expertise at reviving 90s platformers.