It seems as though the next chapter in EA's long-running Need For Speed street racing franchise may be set to release on current-gen consoles only.
As reported by the fine folk over at VGC, Venturebeat's Jeff Grubb, speaking on his GiantBomb show Grubbsnax, remarked that the latest in the bombastic racing series, which is due to release at the tail-end of 2022, will apparently skip last-gen entirely. Grubb said:
“If you are a Need for Speed fan who has bought a next-gen console, here’s some news; it’s next-gen only. They are shifting to next-gen only.”
The news, if true, would certainly come as a little bit of a surprise, especially considering that EA's Chief Studio's Officer, Laura Miele, previously explained to Polygon that the game would release on both current and last-gen hardware. Of course at that time the next Need for Speed title also wasn't due to release until March of 2023, before being pushed forward to a 2022 release date, so it does seem as though the original plans for the game have changed somewhat.
Are you planning on jumping into the next Need for Speed when it drifts into view later this year or would a current-gen only release see your bonds with the family broken? Let us know in the comments.
[source videogameschronicle.com, via polygon.com]
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If this is still being developed by Criterion Games then I can't wait. Next Gen only... It's about time. Next Gen is really Current Gen with PS4/X1 being last gen at this point anyway
It’s time to move forward and leave old gen if you can’t afford the full featured series x the series s is cheap and available.
@munstahunta It was never about being able to afford them. It is because, for most areas, they still cannot be gotten reliably. I saw this as someone that was able to get two Series Xs on launch day.
When the majority of the audience is still on the Xbox One, companies would be foolish to not cash in on everyone there still.
That said, this is a good sign as it points toward developers feeling doing a second version for last gen isn't worth it anymore due to better next Gen adoption rates.
I think it's about time. Series X's are now in stock almost everywhere and we're in yr 2 of the system's cycle.
Bought my Series X in Dec and have been waiting for games made for it.
It is about time, back in the day a new generation meant a new generation with games day one just for the new generation. ie SNES to N64.
We have waited two years this November for pure new generation only.
If you don’t make games just for new generation then what is really the point of them and all that new power etc.
Starfield is new generation only and PC.
So it should very interesting to see how it turns out.
It is about time developers had the chance to be free of the old generation shackles and let loose on new generation only.
Awesome news, if true. Not really sure I'll be getting the new NFS as I feel the series hasn't been that great after Hot Pursuit back in 2010, I think it was, but the fact EA might be moving to current-gen only is big and hopefully means other companies are looking at doing the same.
Could be that current gen versions will release this year and the legacy consoles next year
EA did a similar thing with the transition from 360/PS3 to XB1/PS4. 2 years of crossgen and then afterwards the only games 360/PS3 got was 1 year of Madden and 3 years of FIFA.
I'll probably give it a go, 6-9 months post launch it will be in EA play right?
@Krzzystuff This is what I'm thinking as well. With EA Play being included with Game Pass I'll definitely give it a go.
Good the graphics might not look like they were edited on a potato then. Also it might run at 60 minimum not snail.
@InterceptorAlpha tbf the frequency of availability for Series X seems to be better in the last couple of weeks. We might see Series X regularly on shelves soon if the rumors about Microsoft paying for chip priority are true.
Do people not realise they'll still be developing for pc's with lower specs than these consoles so the thought that games will suddenly 'not be held back' isn't really true
Cool it will be on Game Pass in like 8 months most likely
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