However, in the context of the cost of living crisis in the UK and global economic uncertainty, I fear that this trend will exclude gamers who simply can't afford the latest hardware. I hope that, by abandoning the PS4 and Xbox One, developers will be able to save themselves the difficulty of optimizing their titles for venerable hardware. The fact that Cyberpunk 2077’s PS4 edition was in such poor condition that Sony had to remove it from their store speaks volumes of the behind-the-scenes demands that the expectation of last-gen compatibility places on developers. These faults forced PlayStation to pull Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation store before finally returning it in 2021. While bugs riddled the highly-anticipated sci-fi RPG across all platforms, its last-gen console releases were especially janky. One of the louder signs of this phenomenon came back in 2020 with the release of Cyberpunk 2077. However, it would seem that older hardware is simply no longer able to keep up with the demands of modern titles. In October 2022, Sony committed to not “forget the millions of active players on PS4” ( via Axios (opens in new tab)). To say that these venerable machines are long in the tooth is an understatement.
The Xbox One is coming up on its 10th anniversary, as is the PS4.
This move has certainly been a long time coming. The Dead Space remake, Forspoken, and bizarre monster-slaying adventure game Wild Hearts have all eschewed last-generation consoles. Jedi Survivor’s move away from last-generation consoles is indicative of a trend we’ve seen across more than a few high-profile 2023 releases.
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