Frostbite engine on next gen only?

[Spragga]

Came across this on Reddit. Seems like the frostbite engine will be for next gen consoles only. As you can see they make no mention of the current gen. Thinking the current gen will get the same engine as last year. About time they move on from that tired old game engine. Sucks for those with current Gen though.

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I expect current gen to essentially be "NHL Legacy" starting next year

[BenVenom]

No info yet on the engine for PS4/Xbox one but I can’t see them switching engines for a game they will phase out in the next year or 2 on past gen. Would be great for those that can’t get or don’t want the newer systems.

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I'd expect current gen to get X-Factor and other new features this year but then next year will just be 22 with roster updates

[unk]

new engine everywhere, but still no crossplay between generations...

Quote:

As for the previous generation version, Kwong says that there will be "full feature parity" between the last generation and current generation versions, with the Xbox One and PS4 version also moving to the Frostbite Engine

[VeNOM3099]

A lot of the wording on the new game is confusing, but that's marketing for you... However you wanna see it, those who get the XB1/PS4 version won't be able to play with the Series X/S/PS5 users.

*sigh*