Fallout 4 Will be Skipping Xbox 360 And PS3

[Steven Bogos]

Fallout 4 Will be Skipping Xbox 360 And PS3

Sorry folks, you'll have to join us in current-gen to play Fallout 4.

Over the weekend, a Bethesda staffer confirmed something that most of us already suspected: Fallout 4 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141018-Fallout-4-First-Trailer] will be skipping the "last-generation" consoles - the PS3 and Xbox 360.

The staffer, replying to a thread on NeoGAF [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=166599701#post166599701], confirmed that the only platforms the post-apocalyptic shooter will see release on are PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

When we first saw the game's reveal trailer, it was only announced for these the three current-gen platforms, but many thought that Bethesda may announced a last-gen port somewhere down the line, due mostly in part to that crazy reddit rumor [https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/38edtb/almost_a_year_ago_someone_claimed_to_have_played/].

While no-doubt sad news for those who have not, or can not, get their hands on a current-gen platform, abandoing last-gen should ultimately make for a better game, as developers will not be constrained by the minuscule memory and CPU limitations of the PS3 and Xbox 360.

This also puts more nails in the coffin of the aforementioned reddit rumor [https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/38edtb/almost_a_year_ago_someone_claimed_to_have_played/], which, among other things, claimed that the new game would force you to play a male character for the story.

Source: NeoGAF [http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=166599701#post166599701]

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[Texas Joker 52]

Quite frankly, that's not a surprise at all, and it had to start happening consistently sometime. While the 360 and PS3 still have a little life left in them, the Xbox One and PS4 need to expand their libraries, and new games are the way to do that. I still wish they were backwards-compatible though, because that would make the transition that much more palatable.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Forcing you to play a male character, if true, would have been hilarious. To see the console players stuck with a male character while the PC has a mod out in less than a day of the games launch that would allow you to choose.

 

[Jadak]

Good, there's only so much you can downgrade to make a game work on a 10+ year old console without also having to sacrifice features on modern systems as well.

 

[CriminalScum]

I believe you mean post apocalyptic rpg, rather than shooter.

 

[FogHornG36]

wish they would skip the console version all together, the xbone and ps4 were released with worse specks then my 3 year old computer.

Sadly though, they will tailor the game for consoles once more, even though it has an infinite lifespan on pc.

 

[kajinking]

wish they would skip the console version all together, the xbone and ps4 were released with worse specks then my 3 year old computer.

Sadly though, they will tailor the game for consoles once more, even though it has an infinite lifespan on pc.

As a fellow PC gamer I have to say that's just not a fair thing to say. I may have a serious gaming rig now but I started with Fallout 3 back on the 360 and it was one of the best gaming experiences I ever had. Fallout is something as many people as possible should get to enjoy.

Besides if you want it odds are there will bunch of upgrade mods out within a week of this thing launching.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

And just to show how little impact the new generation had, my first thought after reading the article was, "Wow, so they're going PC-only this time," before I realized that this article is just talking about the last gen consoles.

 

[IceStar100]

It also won't b out for the Super nintendo.

 

[EndlessSporadic]

Im surprised there aren't more whiny self-entitled PS3/Xbox 360 comments here. You know, the people who think that all developers need to cater to whatever system they own for as long as they own it. I guess we finally found a benefit of console gaming culture outside of portability (though portability is out the window this time around since you can buy a mobile PC device with the same specs as this gen's consoles for the same price).

Regardless this is good news.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

ugh, getting kind of sick of PC gamers on this site man. i dabble a bit myself, and definitely understand the benefits (AND the drawbacks) of PC gaming, but the snobbiness i've seen in this thread alone in a matter of 8 posts is just annoying.

OT: wish he would have also come out and squashed the male only rumor.

If it?s a legitimate rumor, the internet has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

It also won't b out for the Super nintendo.

what about my old TI-81 that i used to play Drug Wars on in middle school? haha.

 

[IceStar100]

It also won't b out for the Super nintendo.

what about my old TI-81 that i used to play Drug Wars on in middle school? haha.

They will hire out to a third party for the port.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

Quite frankly, that's not a surprise at all, and it had to start happening consistently sometime. While the 360 and PS3 still have a little life left in them, the Xbox One and PS4 need to expand their libraries, and new games are the way to do that. I still wish they were backwards-compatible though, because that would make the transition that much more palatable.

you know, i was thinking about backwards compatibility the other day when it occurred to me how weird it is that we expect it. backwards compatibility only existed in ONE generation change of consoles. PS1 to PS2 and Xbox to Xbox 360. No other time in console history was BC expected or lamented for it's absence.

i too wish i didn't have to switch my HDMI over to play older games, since my tv only has one hdmi input, but historically, there's nothing to suggest we should expect it. only Gen 5-6 for Sony and 6-7 for Microsoft had that feature.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

you know, i was thinking about backwards compatibility the other day when it occurred to me how weird it is that we expect it. backwards compatibility only existed in ONE generation change of consoles. PS1 to PS2 and Xbox to Xbox 360. No other time in console history was BC expected or lamented for it's absence.

i too wish i didn't have to switch my HDMI over to play older games, since my tv only has one hdmi input, but historically, there's nothing to suggest we should expect it. only Gen 5-6 for Sony and 6-7 for Microsoft had that feature.

You have a point, and it is a convenience that we've come to expect already. But at the same time, I think it's a rather sound business decision too: Whenever you upgrade to the next generation of console, such as moving from an Xbox to an Xbox 360, despite whatever launch titles the 360 has, you can still get one in anticipation of new games, while playing old favorites from the console before. After all, every new console has the same problem immediately after they launch: They have to build up a new library largely from scratch. Backwards compatibility remedies that at least a little.

Basically, I wish I could play my 360 games on an Xbox One because I'm poor and cheap, and if I end up getting a new console it'll be at the expense of trading in my old one, but I don't want to lose my favorite games.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

you know, i was thinking about backwards compatibility the other day when it occurred to me how weird it is that we expect it. backwards compatibility only existed in ONE generation change of consoles. PS1 to PS2 and Xbox to Xbox 360. No other time in console history was BC expected or lamented for it's absence.

i too wish i didn't have to switch my HDMI over to play older games, since my tv only has one hdmi input, but historically, there's nothing to suggest we should expect it. only Gen 5-6 for Sony and 6-7 for Microsoft had that feature.

You have a point, and it is a convenience that we've come to expect already. But at the same time, I think it's a rather sound business decision too: Whenever you upgrade to the next generation of console, such as moving from an Xbox to an Xbox 360, despite whatever launch titles the 360 has, you can still get one in anticipation of new games, while playing old favorites from the console before. After all, every new console has the same problem immediately after they launch: They have to build up a new library largely from scratch. Backwards compatibility remedies that at least a little.

Basically, I wish I could play my 360 games on an Xbox One because I'm poor and cheap, and if I end up getting a new console it'll be at the expense of trading in my old one, but I don't want to lose my favorite games.

the other thing they should have considered is consumer exodus. moving from the 360 to the X1 was an easy decision for me, but this gen saw a lot of people jumping to sony's side, somewhat understandably. that shift could have been mitigated extremely had the X1 been backwards compatible. it would have been a lot harder for people to switch over if they knew they could sell their old system towards the new one and STILL play all their old games. it partially was a cost thing i'm sure, but i can't help but feel that part of it was the arrogance of microsoft. they practically came into this gen expecting a win because they arguably were the leader last time around. and it bit them in the ass, and we're still recovering from that hubris.

 

[Dominic Crossman]

Quite frankly, that's not a surprise at all, and it had to start happening consistently sometime. While the 360 and PS3 still have a little life left in them, the Xbox One and PS4 need to expand their libraries, and new games are the way to do that. I still wish they were backwards-compatible though, because that would make the transition that much more palatable.

you know, i was thinking about backwards compatibility the other day when it occurred to me how weird it is that we expect it. backwards compatibility only existed in ONE generation change of consoles. PS1 to PS2 and Xbox to Xbox 360. No other time in console history was BC expected or lamented for it's absence.

i too wish i didn't have to switch my HDMI over to play older games, since my tv only has one hdmi input, but historically, there's nothing to suggest we should expect it. only Gen 5-6 for Sony and 6-7 for Microsoft had that feature.

Nintendo consoles would disagree with you there if memory serves. Gamecube to Wii, Wii to Wii U, Nintendo Ds to every Nintendo portable console after it.
Although I do agree it's weird how people expect to come as standard.

 

[martyrdrebel27]

Quite frankly, that's not a surprise at all, and it had to start happening consistently sometime. While the 360 and PS3 still have a little life left in them, the Xbox One and PS4 need to expand their libraries, and new games are the way to do that. I still wish they were backwards-compatible though, because that would make the transition that much more palatable.

you know, i was thinking about backwards compatibility the other day when it occurred to me how weird it is that we expect it. backwards compatibility only existed in ONE generation change of consoles. PS1 to PS2 and Xbox to Xbox 360. No other time in console history was BC expected or lamented for it's absence.

i too wish i didn't have to switch my HDMI over to play older games, since my tv only has one hdmi input, but historically, there's nothing to suggest we should expect it. only Gen 5-6 for Sony and 6-7 for Microsoft had that feature.

Nintendo consoles would disagree with you there if memory serves. Gamecube to Wii, Wii to Wii U, Nintendo Ds to every Nintendo portable console after it.
Although I do agree it's weird how people expect to come as standard.

mostly true, but not entirely. there's a cut-off date in production, somewhere around November of 2011 where Wii's were no longer BC with gamecube.

and i purposely didn't mention handhelds because 1. it's gotta be easier and cheaper to make cartridge-based handhelds backwards compatible and 2. despite being marketed as the next gen of handheld, the DS has always felt like newer iterations of the same machine from a decade ago, with slight improvements along the way. that perception could be because nintendo releases a very slightly different of the DS every 6 months or so, to the point that it annoys me in fact.

but point definitely taken, nintendo has gone well out of their way to accommodate backwards compatiblity. even as i type that though, the point occurs to me that i made about the handhelds: it's cheaper and easier to put it into a nintendo product because nintendo hasn't competed with the other two in terms of power for awhile now.

 

[Strazdas]

Um, You cant skip something that was never in the way. Saying that a game wont be developed for last generation consoles now is like saying that a game wont be developed for PS2 3 years ago. You simply dont develop games for obsolete consoles. thats standard practice.

Also did people really think Fallout wont let you choose a character?

I believe you mean post apocalyptic rpg, rather than shooter.

If we are talking Fallout 3, debatable.

 

[chocolate pickles]

Yes, but will it actually be PLAYABLE on PC, or am I going to be traveling the Internet for stutter fixes despite owning a high end computer that came out years after fallout new Vegas?