Ray-Tracing? Physics? Open Zones?

[PEANUT]

Raytracing would be amazing, but that would mean completely redoing all the lighting in the entire game, giving up on PS4 support and a bunch of other things. At this point you would just release a new game.

Partial implementation like only shadows and reflections could work, but still means giving up on PS4, which i'm all for, but i guess it's important to SE/Sony.

But aren't they already redoing the lighting now for the whole game? I think it's great they decided NOW not to drop PS4 support given Covid's longer lasting impact and the fact that so many new players joined when they did it would alienate a lot of players, but I feel there's no excuse come 2026(or later) for people not switch over to a PS5 given that's almost 6 years since it launched and for them to drop the support.

[LianaThorne]

But aren't they already redoing the lighting now for the whole game? I think it's great they decided NOW not to drop PS4 support given Covid's longer lasting impact and the fact that so many new players joined when they did it would alienate a lot of players, but I feel there's no excuse come 2026(or later) for people not switch over to a PS5 given that's almost 6 years since it launched and for them to drop the support.

To be fair, the shortage from when it launched ended at the end of 2023 I believe? Earlier this year? It's also being predicted that we'll see the PS6 in 2028. If people haven't swapped over by 2026, I wouldn't really blame anyone for waiting till the PS6 at that point since you'd only be getting 2 years of it being "relevant" compared to those who were lucky to get a PS5 in 2020. That's an 8 year use period compared to a 2 year one and waiting to upgrade to the PS6 will ultimately provide more mileage for the price tag.

[PEANUT]

To be fair, the shortage from when it launched ended at the end of 2023 I believe? Earlier this year? It's also being predicted that we'll see the PS6 in 2028. If people haven't swapped over by 2026, I wouldn't really blame anyone for waiting till the PS6 at that point since you'd only be getting 2 years of it being "relevant" compared to those who were lucky to get a PS5 in 2020. That's an 8 year use period compared to a 2 year one and waiting to upgrade to the PS6 will ultimately provide more mileage for the price tag.

Yes, I agree, but also they'll be supporting the PS5 when the PS6 comes out and that won't ever go away ever, if people do choose to wait, they should still drop the support and keep the game moving foreward. By 2026 the game will be 16 years old since 1.0!!! 13 years old since ARR! Insane...