With games no jumping from one generation of consoles to the next, when is the best time to play something? Is there ever a best time?

With games now jumping from one generation of consoles to the next, when is the best time to play something? Is there ever a best time?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Of course they do. They just don’t require you to buy the game again (typically). Or if they do, it’s at a deeply-discounted price via DLC.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 month ago

        …is the point of the article not that you have to time your purchase according to the hardware?

        Today, games move around with you or are re-released/remastered, making the decision about when to play something less obvious than it may seem. There may be even better examples, but Gears 5 (a game I think is a little underrated if you’re wondering), is a brilliant achievement on Xbox One considering the hardware, but it’s significantly better on Xbox One X, and even betterer on Xbox Series X. If you’re not someone who replays games (some of us barely have time to play them a first time), there are some decisions to be made about what you play and when.

        • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Author ponders where is the perfect time to play a game because they get improved versions so commonly now. What platforms they release on isn’t that relevant because I’m not going to be able to play Crysis remaster on a Nvidia GeForce 8800GT like the original, no?

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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            1 month ago

            they get improved versions so commonly now.

            They get “improved” versions that they have to buy a second time on new hardware.

            I’m not going to be able to play Crysis remaster on a Nvidia GeForce 8800GT like the original, no?

            I’ve no idea, but its very plausible if you bought higher end hardware at the time.

            • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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              1 month ago

              There is backwards compatibility on all consoles at the moment, and it’s likely to become a standard moving on. I can play Crysis from X360 or remaster from XOne on my Series X.

              My point with that 8800GT is that you need new hardware for the remaster anyway so it’s pretty much like consoles.