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!

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Answer 1

i dunno how it works in game development but in industrial production series you have a preset of requirments it needs to get

so i guess you plan beforehand on which system you want to release so you have the lowest bar you need to hit but yea they should have kicked out xbone and ps4 and refund these preorders in the worst case via credit