Selvom der findes nogle spil der kun kommer til next-gen-konsoller, så findes der ligeledes mange, og måske flere, der for nu udkommer på begge generationer. Det gør Resident Evil Village ikke, det bliver udelukkende tilgængeligt på PS5, Xbox Series X og PC, men hvorfor forholder det sig sådan?
Spørger man Dusk Golem, som har vist sig at have ret i stort set alt han har sagt om spillet, så ham kan vi vist godt tillade os at stole på, så skyldes det forøgede fokus på udforskning, som kræver en del flere hestekræfter.
"Okay, I got some clarification on why they made RE8 next-gen only, when it was cross-gen previously. With the updated graphic fidelity overhaul they're doing (still in progress), the way RE8 was designed lead to past-gen consoles having a lot of pop-in/long texture loads/ load times because the game has you travelling through most of the Village and had a lot of load zones. Because there's a bigger focus on exploration this would lead to the last-gen console versions having notable issues, and it was holding back how pretty they could make certain scenes. So they decided to drop the last-gen versions of the game to make it so the game had no loading at all (not limited by last gen hardware) and push the graphic overhaul further without the limitations of last-gen tech in mind."
Så det lader til at det simpelthen ikke var praktisk at inkludere de gamle konsoller også.
