They should make up for it with an HD-ready port of the first Zoo Tycoon with all expansions or something like that, if they want to sell a decent amount on 360.
It almost sounds like the 360 version will be a demo of the X1 version.
How about you make a pc version instead?
Make a game on a new console. Take out stuff and put it on the predecessor. Claim old console couldn't handle it.
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Well gee guys, why not just throw a demo on a disc and charge full price for it?
I'm calling bullshit.
Maybe the 360 can't handle rendering as well as the One, that's expected, but it can't hold 100 animals? What the fuck are you trying to pull? If it's too much, you could make it one of those games where you have to install it to the HDD.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;41985812]I'm calling bullshit.
Maybe the 360 can't handle rendering as well as the One, that's expected, but it can't hold 100 animals? What the fuck are you trying to pull? If it's too much, you could make it one of those games where you have to install it to the HDD.[/QUOTE]
VRAM. They have to handle the possibility that every one of those animals is going to be on-screen at any given time, and consoles, specifically current-gen ones, are downright notorious for absolutely shit VRAM capabilities.
Do many people even really play Tycoon games on consoles?
It seems like a PC dominated genre.
The decision to make a 360 version was probably last minute. I'm imagining that they only did it when every went all anti-XBone 'cause of the design decisions.
[QUOTE=Citizen Insane;41985671]How about you make a pc version instead?[/QUOTE]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Zootycoon.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Handsome Matt;41986355]How fucking detailed are these animals gonna be to use 512MB of VRAM.[/QUOTE]
100 different animals means they'd only have to use 5.12MBs of VRAM each
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And that's assuming that you're only rendering the animals
[QUOTE=Citizen Insane;41985671]How about you make a pc version instead?[/QUOTE]
Every goddamn thread.
I remember in Kameo, a launch title for the 360 had hundreds if not thousands of orks on screen at one time.
My fiance's laptop can run Zoo Tycoon. Who the fuck are they trying to kid?
[QUOTE=IceWarrior98;41987798]My fiance's laptop can run Zoo Tycoon. Who the fuck are they trying to kid?[/QUOTE]
Well I'm going to assume that the visuals have been upgraded a bit since 2001.
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[QUOTE=Cmx;41987773]I remember in Kameo, a launch title for the 360 had hundreds if not thousands of orks on screen at one time.[/QUOTE]
But they were all the same
"we'll continue to support the XB360 for years to come"
Nice support guys :v:
[QUOTE=Cmx;41987773]I remember in Kameo, a launch title for the 360 had hundreds if not thousands of orks on screen at one time.[/QUOTE]
those are all the same model/texture/skeletal animation rig/very basic AI, it's much easier to load than 100 completely different animals
[QUOTE=Kegan;41988916]"we'll continue to support the XB360 for years to come"
Nice support guys :v:[/QUOTE]
They said they'd support it, not support it well.
Read it as "Zoo Tycoon for Xbox 360; drops key features from Xbox One version."
[QUOTE=Pyth;41985947][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Zootycoon.png[/img][/QUOTE]
That's the old game, which is obviously still great, I'd like to have the new one on PC, because quite frankly I don't ever plan on getting an Xbone.
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