On November 15, 2019, fans of Star Wars discovered Jedi: Fallen Order, a very good adventure from Respawn Entertainment. Faced with the good results of the game, both critical and commercial, Electronic Arts launched the development of a sequel, which was quickly confirmed. Only, bad news comes to tarnish the day of PS4 and Xbox One players.
a very good game
After the development of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderRespawn Entertainment, famous American development studio behind games like Titanfall 1 & 2 and Apex Legendsannounced to be in charge of the development of three projects Star Wars : an FPS, a strategy game and Jedi: Fallen Order. Three different games that will try to make the franchise a benchmark for adapted video games from famous sagas. And after a Jedi: Fallen Order falling between episodes III and IV of Star Warsat a time when the Jedi order is trying to survive the purge led by the Empire, players will find Cal Kestis, a former padawan forced to flee once flushed out, more trained than ever.
And with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox S and X celebrating their first birthdays last November, it’s time for publishers to choose whether their games will be released only on next-gen consoles, which remain hard to find, or on gen previous. And as the months go by, the games will gradually shun the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, in favor of their successors. A logical transition, delayed by the limited stocks of next-gen consoles, which remains inevitable. In the case of Respawn and projects Star Warsthe question obviously arises. And if we are to believe Jeff Grubb, a well-informed journalist for VentureBeat, the decision would have already been made.
jedi: fallen order 2 next-gen exclusive?
According to Grubb, “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 will only be available on next-gen i.e. PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and of course PC“.”One of the reasons they’re going to be able to do that is because the game won’t be released until 2023. This game won’t be released until 2023, that’s for sure.“, he explains. You will understand, according to information from the journalist, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 would only be released on next-gen consoles and PC. A godsend for any owner of a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series S / X, an added pressure for any Star Wars fan who has not yet managed to get their hands on one of these consoles.
According to Grubb’s information, the decision to focus only on these next-gen consoles “has some advantagess “because”they don’t have to worry about trying to ride those generational shifts“. LThe studio can therefore fully focus on the technologies and capabilities of the console, without having to adapt the final result to previous generations of consoles, for an unfortunately inferior result. “It’s easier to just disassociate yourself from those millions of PS4s and Xbox Ones around the world when you’re in 2023 and you’re going to have several months to make it really easy to get an Xbox Series X, probably a few months before now and then when it’s really possible to get a PS5“, he continues.
“And then at the same time you can enjoy it and do something that feels new“. concludes Grubb. Between now and the release date of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2still unknown, interested players will have a better chance of getting their hands on a next-gen console. Nevertheless, the situation on the PlayStation side remains problematic. Restocks, although regular, are always taken by storm. Stocks disappear in just a few minutes and you have to be patient. Sony seeks to improve the situation but the production remains insufficient to satisfy all the interested parties.