“Sony held on to what worked, their development software and tools were pretty stable and good,” Puha said. “Microsoft chose to change a lot of things, which is probably good in the long run, but that was obviously just a bigger obstacle for our developers, because we had to rewrite a lot of different things to use specific features. “
Puha also had something to say about the Xbox Series S: namely that the development for it is indeed holding back developers at least a bit.
“It is no different from previous generations, where the system with the lowest specifications will eventually prescribe some things that you are going to do because you will have to work on the system,” he said.
“The more hardware you have, the more you end up having to compromise a bit if you’re a smaller studio like us, if you just can not spend that much time making sure all these platforms are super good.”
He added that quality assurance in particular is a big issue contributing to this, as it is more expensive to test games, the more platforms you have to test.
“I do not envy people who make Halo Infinite,” he said.
Control: Ultimate Edition is now available for PS5 and Xbox Series S and X, and both seem to be doing well. The original version was our favorite game of 2019, with our original review during the launch of The Alien World, its exciting battle and its incredible cast, screenplay and secrets.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.