eli5: For games that are in development for long stretches of time (like cyberpunk – 8yrs), how do developers deal with advancing technology?

Question

Or are games like Cyberpunk or Red Dead just made with early-mid 2010’s tech?

Edit: to clarify, development didn’t actually start 8 years ago, but rather the game was announced 8 years ago. Thanks to the commenters for letting me know!

In: Technology

Answer 1

In many cases a framework like Unity or Unreal is used. In general the frameworks keep up with the changes so the game developers don’t need to focus as much on that. They may need to implement new features to take advantage of some of the advancements, though.