Cross-gen development means compromise, says Witcher dev

Yeah it's not all about shaders .

It depends on how you look at it. If you have been developing a current-gen game a the end of the console cycle and you find an opportunity to also release on next-gen, why not take it?

Sure; the next-gen title will likely benefit mostly or only in the graphics department, but it gets your game out to a potentially larger audience.

If you're designing a next-gen game you don't want creativity to be held back by limitations of the previous generation consoles. You also don't want to come up with a fleshed out next-gen concept and then have to dissect it down until it will run on old consoles. Doing so will likely result in a much worse game on the old systems and will give your studio a bad rep.

Where did Eddie get that there will two different version of Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed IV for each generation? I'm pretty sure it will be simply the same game on different consoles.

Do they consider wiiu to be next gen, current gen or somewhere in the middle?

"PC is a non-stop next-gen, that's the cool thing about it" You hear that console fanboys? Suck it!

No surprise coming from CDPR.  As much as I can sympathize for gamers who would really want to play Witcher3 but can't otherwise afford/justify a new console, it gets to a point where one has to move forwards to avoid stagnation.  Some might argue we haven't reached that point yet, but I most certainly do.  Creativity > hardware sure, but better hardware allows for more creativity.  I'm getting tired of so-so.

Not having the Witcher 3 on 360 or ps3 might not pay dividends right away, but it will pay off in time, once other next-gen focused games come out and more people feel compelled to upgrade their consoles/computer.  A top quality game(s) that wows people builds buzz, and a loyal following which will only help CDPR grow.

Sacrificing quality to leech money from console sheep.

Sums up the last 5 years of gaming.

Kinda seems like pandering.

They can fool themselves all the want, but they did make sacrifices with Witcher 2. Red is not immune and doesn't always practice what they preach.

I love these guys so much. "PC is a non-stop next gen machine". Quote of the year

Just out of curiosity, why don't game developers do what they used to do where they make the superior version of the game on PC and a watered down version for console instead of making a watered down version for both PC and console? I've heard that Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite had even more things she could do in the game, but they removed those features probably because the game had to run on the consoles.

He is right :]

True words were spoken today, good job CDPR!

QFT

i love cd projekt red because they are awesome in their thinking and produce superb games ........... i can't wait for the witcher 3 

The Witcher 2 is incredible.  The fact that The Witcher 3 is going to bigger and more epic in scale is simply unfathomable to me.

CD Projekt Red is the future of PC gaming.

they understand piracy.. you dont fight it with silly drm instead put soul in the game and the ppl with brains will make the right decision in the end. and most important they RESPECT the pc players, total opposite of companies like EA.

looking forward to Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk.

What i am interested is input. Out of the genres i play, about 2 are the most important to me personally and they can be found on both consoles and PC:

1. Space/Air combat sim

2. Single Player First Person

I have to say, both genres have brought up PC only games that focus on Keyboard + Mouse/Joystick. The amount of input freedom has created some of the best games in these genres gameplay wise like STALKER or X3 Terran Conflict which serve as standards for their genres. I can also name Mount&Blade; Warband and the upcoming M&B2.;

All of these games can not work on consoles thanks to console controllers as they would have to be dumbed down and yet when you have proper standard games in existence then you don't want to create anything lesser than them.

So i have found myself playing on consoles less and less every year. I can't enjoy the limited input and the limited gameplay and mechanics of games on consoles anymore. If there happens innovation it usually sacrifices some other elements (or even automates which i dislike) to compensate for the limited inputs of the controllers.

This also has an effect of leaving me feel as though i've been playing the same games over and over again on consoles for a good while now, as if everything is copy pasted and nothing is capable of properly evolving anymore.

I don't give a damn about graphics, that's secondary in importance to gameplay, mechanics, depth and complexity to me personally.

A world 20% bigger than Skyrim is not much to scoff at. Skyrim would be 3 years and a generation old when wild hunt ships and I think Just Cause is actually already bigger. Besides that I think cross gen games (except from gta 5 b/c they're giving themselves a few months to upgrade the game to next gen) are a waste of the new power so I'm glad cd projekt are yet again doing the right thing for the people buying the games

who needs fucking witcher when you  got ac4 .|. fuck you #currentgenconsolehatingbastatds :P

Other developers/publishers should abandon current-gem as soon as next-gen machines hit shelves. That way people will start buying next-gen machines. It's seven years now, people aren't hurt anymore of their current-gen purchase. We are ready for new hardware and GAMES.

Well said CDPR. If all games were made on the PC first (technically they are but u know what I mean) then downscaled to the current consoles on the market. Everyone would have much better performing games. Looking at the PS4/720 generation, the games industry will be even more held back than it was in the ps3/360 at launch.

Once the word was "next gen", now is "AAA": "AAA experience", "AAA games"...

What these guys are up to anyway? Hollywood level gaming?

be cool if there was a first person view for witcher 3, i do prefer my open world games whilest in the first person perspective e.g Fallout 3 :) , New Vegas :) , and Skyrim :) really great open world games luv them soooo much.