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echo64@lemmy.world 8 months agoNo, they have unlocked profiles. This is absolutely not the same thing as releasing a game made for previous gen for current gen it does not give you access to most of the graphical and audio capabilities of the modern platform, nor does it give you access to features like duelsense triggers and rumble.
It mearly takes the speed limit off the ps4 abstractation layer.
I want to be super clear about how these are very very different things .
520@kbin.social 8 months ago
They aren't limited to unlocked framerates and higher resolutions though. Some games also add additional graphics effects.
Except where it clearly can. For example, Witcher 3's next gen update adds features like ray tracing.
I press the downvote button because you are demonstrably incorrect. Go look at Witcher 3. Go look at Cyberpunk 2077. These developers are doing what you deem to be impossible.
echo64@lemmy.world 8 months ago
this is a new SKU release for next gen systems, it’s not a patch. it’s a new version of the game.
520@kbin.social 8 months ago
No, it is a patch:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/12/23505545/the-witcher-3-next-gen-update-ps5-xbox-pc-hands-on
echo64@lemmy.world 8 months ago
…playstation.com/…/EP9000-CUSA10249_00-THELASTOFU… this game has a next-gen patch for ps5 to get higher framerates: ref blog.playstation.com/…/the-last-of-us-part-ii-per…
note how it says [ps4]
…playstation.com/…/EP4497-PPSA10408_00-0000000000… this game has a next-gen SKU for ps5, to access ps5 feature sets, that they misnamed as a “patch”. note how it says [ps4] [ps5]