Hardware Constraints

Hardware Constraints 

Hardware Constraints determine the fact that certain games can run on certain devices because certain games maybe more demanding on hardware so it can't be run on other devices. For example Destiny 2 can be run on the PS4, Xbox one and also the PC but can't be run on the Nintendo switch or mobile phone as it requires more hardware than what them consoles can provide so they will not be able to get the game on the devices. it's also like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy its PC, PS4, XBOX one and Nintendo switch but its not on mobile phones, Ds or PSP because of hardware constraints.




To be able to get a better player experience you will need to make sure its on multiple consoles for different player needs (on the go/ static players) but also make it have good graphics to make the user want to keep coming back to be able to play the game. but also by not dimming it down so much that no one will want to play it but spread it throughout everyone hardware/ console.

With game developers will need to decide what is more important and where to draw the line at money and player experience because with developers trying to push games out to different devices with different hardware usages will increase their profit but decease the overall experience of the player this means to be able to extend it to every console you will need to dim it down to the lowest hardware usage. 

Minecraft is a type of game that has been able to increase their profit and also player experience by distributing it over multiple different consoles/ hardware but also still maintaining the basic game. this has gave everyone the same player experience for the base game and the ability to play where ever they are, to be able to play cross platform as well. However it also gives the ability for the game to be hacked on certain hardware to be able to increase the player experience by adding mods to the game like pixelmon, dinosaurs to certain hardware's.












Also another game that can be played cross platform is Pac-Man this is a basic game that can be on multiple different hardware's but keeping the game how it originally was. This means that everyone has the ability to have the same player experience but also to gain a profit from doing this at the same time.


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