I think with “next gen update” they are talking about the generation of consoles after they released the game. Meaning they talk about Playstation 5 and Xbox Series as the next generation, with native support, modern game controller feature support and no backwards compatibility needed. On PC off course its just a “normal” update for us, but with “next gen” features such as DLSS and 4k textures target next gen hardware, from the perspective of the original game launch.
I understand the logic. But from practical point of view of a modern PC players perspective, it sounds laughable to call it next gen. Because most expect from a next gen upgrade to be a Remaster. To their credit, they correctly explained “This is not a full remaster or remake”. I see it as something like Switch 1 games with next gen upgrade to play native on Switch 2 with some enhancements.
I think with “next gen update” they are talking about the generation of consoles after they released the game. Meaning they talk about Playstation 5 and Xbox Series as the next generation, with native support, modern game controller feature support and no backwards compatibility needed. On PC off course its just a “normal” update for us, but with “next gen” features such as DLSS and 4k textures target next gen hardware, from the perspective of the original game launch.
I understand the logic. But from practical point of view of a modern PC players perspective, it sounds laughable to call it next gen. Because most expect from a next gen upgrade to be a Remaster. To their credit, they correctly explained “This is not a full remaster or remake”. I see it as something like Switch 1 games with next gen upgrade to play native on Switch 2 with some enhancements.