Dragon Age 4 is heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S without cross-gen releases

Dragon Age 4 will not get a cross-gen release on PS4 and Xbox One. Instead, it's only heading to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

[LordoftheCritics]

Finally.

[gamer7804]

while good news, probably means its a long ways out. hopefully not, love the series.

[Seraphim]

launches on PS5, PS6, Series X/S & M or whatever they call the next xb lol.

no doubt though. This is more an indication of how far out it is than anything, imo. just hope they deliver a great f'n game.

[ColtPSSX]

This game is going to be awesome.
My PS5 or Xbox will be ready.

[jznrpg]

Waaaaaay too early for that . Dragons Age 2 was a just thrown together cash grab . There releases haven’t been great lately . I want a good Dragon Age but I am cautiously pessimistic heh . I’d like to say optimistic but this is the company that gave use Anthem and is owned by EA .

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Absolutely way too early to even be estimating what kind of game it will be, not to mention it's only Bioware by name. It won't at all be like the first game or their other quality titles before the company became awful.

[AngainorG7X]

That's the way it should be

[Lightning77]

Good news I just hope it was built first on next gen and not just cross gen that got scrapped.

[LordoftheCritics]

I have a feeling maybe next gen planned. Like main for next gen but some scalability for last gen but cancelled again for last gen for good reason. Also reason being that 2042 feels next gen in upgrades but in some ways has a hugely scaled down last gen version. I mean frostbite is insane even in lowest settings.

Like BF 2042 loads in seconds from menu to map. Like once you press enter to match, its like 5 seconds in game. That never happened with Frostbite engine games before. Even Inquisition and Andromeda on frostbite via nvme ssd has a bit longer loads. And all the battelfields before 2042 had much longer loads.

Just might be that 2042's Frostbite engine upgrades will show up on DA 4. Afaik the engine and its upgrades along with its optimizations are shared EA wide. Apparently Bioware did the craziest upgrades to in Inquistion and Andromeda. Like they pretty much reworked it. They have some crazy devs. Even if Andromeda's writing was poor and had those early face issues, the game itself was one helluva code rework. Also some of the best HDR ever. Especially with Half 16 framebuffer. Havent seen that as an option in any other game and it really helps in HDR.

[porkChop]

Well that's great to hear. It's been a year. We need to start leaving last gen behind and focus on upgrading engines to take full advantage of the new consoles.

[DJStotty]

By the time this game is out you can change that to 3 years, this game will be a 2023 launch window.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

And yet I buy most of my games for Switch in handheld mode 😅

[MajorLazer]

Good for you? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[northpaws]

Switch is a good little device but not my preferred way to play games.

Screen is too small, controller is too uncomfortable, hardware too outdated.

I wish there will be a full on powerful Nintendo consoles with no gimmicks someday.

I was all about Nintendo from NES to GameCube... but starting to care less and less about they consoles since Wii... it was fun for a few games, but it was SUPER weak, and then the trend continued, Wii U, Switch... all very underpowered.

I want to play new Zelda/Mario in 4k 60fps with ray tracing, don't get me wrong, those games are fun without the graphic part, but would be perfect if we get both gameplay and graphic.

[northpaws]

But if it is on PC, then it is almost like "cross-gen", unless they set the minimum requirements high.

[porkChop]

No, it isn't.

[moomoo319]

A year is nothing. There's less than 20mil next gen consoles in the wild right now vs what 200mil+ last gen? No one is releasing big next gen exclusives right now that is suicide. They will wait another couple years at least for that reason alone.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

At long last! This cross-gen stuff really grinds my gears, although it makes perfect sense from an economical perspective! Especially with it being hard to get the next-gen (well current gen now) hardware out to consumers during the pandemic and chip-shortages etc.

[CBaoth]

Only 2 major releases, FIFA and Madden, have sold better on last gen consoles than their current gen counterparts since November '20. People look at the install base numbers (165 mil vs. 19mil) and automatically think it equates to larger sales. It doesn't. Not when early adopters are mainly enthusiast buyers.

Despite the pandemic and all its labor related issues, both companies have sold more units than previous eras. Which is pretty impressive for Sony, given the rampant success of the PS4. It is unfortunate for those who want a system and are unable to find one. I wonder how many consoles are stuck in cargo shipping containers off the coast of Cali, waiting to be unloaded? You can thank libtards like Pelosi for that!

[Limitedtimestruggle]

You are not wrong lol!

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

That only means it's not coming out anytime soon.

[DJStotty]

2023 if i was to take a punt

[DJStotty]

It now begins!!!

Come this holiday there will be a sustainable userbase for the new consoles where devs/pubs can start to make profit on their work.

Roll on the games!!

[Relientk77]

That's good news, but will the game actually be good...

[CrimsonWing69]

Wait you’re telling me our next-gen consoles will actually be playing next-gen games!? Get outta here!

[Father__Merrin]

The previous DA had horrid combat and it wasn't clear which area to goto next. Incredible visuals but because combat and treversal was a bore its one of them games I had to "1 hit kill" trainer on pc to finish it

[LordoftheCritics]

Loved the combat. Only some exploration areas were a bit meaningless.

Well made campaign and deserved goty.

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea I almost feel like he’s maybe talking about a different game. I loved it and it was a massive step up from the 2nd game.

[FanboysKiller]

Inquisition resolution is awful on xbox , they need to patch it immediately, I bought it twice and still haven't played it yet.

[Snakeeater25]

The game alone is terrible. There is nothing to fix

[Snakeeater25]

Release date 2025

[slowgamer]

Hopefully it goes back to being an rpg and not some weird mass effect medieval clone.

[Darkborn]

Am I the only one here that doesn't trust EA at all, especially recently. Bioware needs a few good games to launch in a row to gain any kind of trust.

[staticall]

Yep, i agree with you, really surprised people are optimistic about this. Especially after last few BioWare games (Anthem, Mass Effect Andromeda). And Dragon Age Inquisition wasn't good, it was ok at best (aside from forced multiplayer, it was beyond awful) both story- and gameplay-wise. I beat the game with all DLCs on highest difficulty and it was just ok. I don't trust them to make Dragon Age game, similar to the first one.

Last good game from BioWare, IMO, was Mass Effect 2 and it was released 10 or 11 years ago? They were on a downward spiral since then, each new game was worse than a previous one.

Deep inside, i hope they'll deliver something memorable, but i was burnt too many times already.

P. S.: And that's not to mention EA, they're like...ugh...

[Darkborn]

I agree. This game was initially touted as anthem with dragons before anthem released so it most likely was already scrapped and redone since then. Not a good sign after all their other flops. Plus they might not push loot boxes after the past few years of debacles, but looking at BF 2042, EA doesn't listen to fans. They just want to push popular modes like ubisoft.

EDIT* I'm sure some for of skins or micros will be present and Bioware hasn't proven to be able to make a good RPG in the past few games. I don't want to be all doom and gloom, but bioware and EA radiate doom and gloom.

[leahcim]

welcome to the real next gen., I am looking at you Sony!

[Darkborn]

Sony has already released several next Gen only games.

[Darkborn]

I do agree but what I said was also true. I'm fed up with people saying all over that Sony released 0 current Gen or "next Gen" games. I've evem seen people say that deathloop a Microsoft game now is the first next Gen game on ps5.

[Vithar]

yeah so was God of war and Horizon West....They wont shit on 115 million + customers.
Unless it's so far off.
I dunno, Bioware last few outting weren't great, I hope they turn it around

[Junghova]

For the best

[antikbaka]

why...

[sourOG]

If it’s dragandromeda quality it won’t matter which systems it’s on. I’d like a BioWare comeback more than anyone but I wouldn’t even put that at a 50/50 chance.

[enkiduxiv]

That's good news. That means it will release before the PS6 and the XBOX 365/2 Dream Drop Distance hit the market.

[Aussieguy]

Dam I was hoping they would finally make a Jade Empire 2 game instead of continuing with Dragon Age and the Mass effect games.

[Fist4achin]

That's an oldie but goodie. It would be sweet to see another Jade Empire.

[babadivad]

Finally, the time has come...

[Aussiesummer]

Thank fuck for that.

[Magog]

Given how ugly Inquisition is that's a no brainer.

[spwittbold]

Good news indeed.

[TriniOutsider]

I hope this becomes a thing moving forward.

[northpaws]

If this is in early development, then maybe it would still be a cross-gen, just PS5/6 instead of PS4/5.

[Silly Mammo]

Bioware has a lot to prove right now.

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Is this supposed to be controversial? A transition has to be made to the current gen at some point. Some games are only possible with modern systems afterall.

[Plagasx]

GOOD.

[Dwarrior]

Unpopular opinion: Don't care for this series. Hoping they can get this out quickly and get on with next Mass Effect.

[victorMaje]

Please be good.

[Michiel1989]

Just stop talking EA, after Anthem and Andromeda just show the game and let it speak for itself. I wont believe anything untill i see it from Bioware at this point.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Good. I want to see what my PS5 can do

[Stormswrath4]

YESSSS!!!!!!!!! PLEASE let this be a true new gen experience.