Next-Gen Console Watch: Tech Issues Are Plaguing Next-Gen Games

IGN : In this week's monster-sized episode of Next-Gen Console Watch, Daemon is joined by the usual crew of Ryan McCaffrey, host of IGN’s Xbox podcast, Podcast Unlocked, and Max Scoville, host of IGN's PlayStation podcast, Podcast Beyond, along with IGN's publisher, John Davison. This week's topic: are modern games releasing buggier than previous generations? And what's the outlook for upcoming AAA games like Diablo IV and Starfield?

[GotGame818]

Going into the 3rd year these are not "next gen games". Also PC is already ahead of Series X and PS5.

[Ashunderfire86]

So Ratchet Clank Rift Apart for PS5 that is a technological masterpiece aint next gen? There are games on both consoles, that just can’t be played on last gen consoles. Even a game like A Plague Tale Requiem with all those Rats on screen show off the power of PS5 and Series X.

Of course PC is ahead of both consoles, because you can upgrade Duhhh🤔 But most of those PC games are ports of PS5 and Series X games with no gameplay differences, and PC for a long time with Batman Arkham Knight for example, was plagued with glitches and bugs, so what’s your point? It is still going on today for PC! Don’t get me started on Last of Us Remake!

Fall 2023 and Beyond with Spiderman 2 and Alan Wake 2 will remedy the issue.

[antikbaka]

R&C isn't any masterpiece.

Titanfall did it better

[neutralgamer1992]

Anti

Ratchet and Clank is like playing a Pixar movie. You can’t deny that and I really like TF2 too

[Viljong]

Most pc gamers game well below the next gen console standards and the ones who invest heavy into pc gaming get next to none attention or returns for thei investment. What pc get is usually the most bugged and least polished version of a game.

[Ashunderfire86]

That's what I been saying, but the vocal PC minority here give me disagrees for speaking the truth! As a PC gamer I would have been outraged by game publishers treating PC gaming like second class, by having outsource developers doing a shitty port like Last Of Us Remake for example! I am not waiting 3 years for that no thanks!!! If I am going to buy the PC version of any game, I got to see the developer's history on PC. I made a great decision and bought Doom and Doom Eternal on PC, because those developers for that game had a great track record of PC ports!

But I am a console gamer first before PC, because console are straight to point with no overhead you get from PC. Plus PS5 and Series X are both consoles with a PC gaming experience for the most part. Most of the games on a 4K or Supersampling 1080P screen, look butter smoother than any older 4K game before! The games look even better on a Smart TV with VRR enabled. If I want to get Final Fantasy 16 I am not going to wait 1 to 2 years playing it on PC. Nope! I am going to play it on my PS5, and it will be the same for Spiderman 2! Why wait when its available now? What Insomniac did with the amazing Ratchet And Clank Rift Apart, they will do that with Spiderman 2! You will see the 4K 40FPS on VRR TVs, the 1080P or 1440P 120FPS as well! Plus Insomniac so far has the best looking open world and PS5 game ever made!

[Babadook7]

“Also PC is already ahead of Series X and PS5.”

Ey. Not really.

[TheEnigma313]

Must mean the series s. And btw, we are in current gen not next.

[Terry_B]

current gen..since 2,5 years already.

[Aussiesummer]

Ratchet and clank, horizon fw and bs, returnal were all great next gen games with no issues......notice a trend there...

[jznrpg]

Minor bugs don’t bother me. Games are more complicated than ever and and games have more bugs to fix.
There are small bugs that make it through that are there for some players that aren’t for others. Those are the hardest to find and then to fix before release. I don’t get upset at that type of stuff.

But frozen npcs and really stupid AI , saves being deleted or progression bugs are annoying at least up to game breaking stuff like that shouldn’t make it to release.

It’s nearly impossible to catch all bugs but the major ones should be fixed before release and as many as smaller ones as possible.

Flawless games don’t exist anymore because of their complicated nature but stuff like Cyberpunk, Redfall, Halo Infinite , Jedi Survivor the most recent games I can think of should be delayed until the big bugs are fixed at least.