Outspoken Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has recently claimed that despite public perception, the consoles of Sony and Microsoft are looking pretty even to developers. We may claim that the PlayStation 3 is a sun-powered God that destroys all with its Blu-ray of death, but according to Dyack, that's not the case.
"Maybe the PS3 has more processing power. The 360 has more available memory. It's pretty much a net, net," Dyack explained. "The public perception of the PS3 was that it was much more powerful. To developers, they look even." The man currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Epic Games did concede, however, that the PS3's Cell could prove to make it the more powerful machine in the end.
On the subject of which console will win the current generation, Dyack was uncertain: "It's a tough one. Microsoft is looking really good. Everyone is looking pretty good. At the beginning, everyone thought Sony would walk away with it. We won't know for sure for two years."
Dyack suggested that Nintendo's chances all hinged on whether or not its controller "stood the test of time." One can then only assume he stormed off looking for someone else to blame for Too Human's myriad problems. Also, I know the game is 360-exclusive, but Blu-Human seemed funny enough to run with for a few seconds.
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4:32 PM on 11.06.2007
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He went into some technical detail, but the main point of that part of his keynote was that there have never been two main consoles as similar hardware wise.
360 for games not for graphics
amirite?
"Pluto looks like a planet just like Saturn and Jupiter. But, in the end, it may be determined not to be a planet."
Where the hell'd this guy learn how to talk?
I think SK has become a little compulsive about their Norse-tech baby and really need to purge the whole ordeal from their studio. The sooner they unclog the pipes, the better (coming from someone who has seen far too many creative projects turn to crap due to over-refinement).
Sounds interesting, and it's good to see this game has evolved, given the amount of time spent on it so far.
->kobewan: Neither console will reach its potential for years, so it's a wee bit early to declare sony winrars due to two games. There's also a pretty good likelihood the ps3 will never be as good as it could, due to how much of a cunt it supposedly is to develop for.
He should shut up.
Also as annoying as a burden it was on the pricing on manufacturing, having Blu Ray as a disc format certainly doesn't hurt anything in terms of game development. It's nice to have the luxury of all that space, even if many games don't absolutely NEED it. I'd say the PS3 is also superior in terms of peripheral support, running on standard Blue Tooth and USB for everything, instead of Microsoft's over-priced first party only accessories and wireless.
The core horsepower isn't the only thing to differentiate the consoles by to some developers.
Last gen, the Xbox seemed to be the most powerful, but later on, GC and PS2 games showed off a lot of power.
So in a nutshell, how can a broken console even be taken seriously in terms of anything at all?
So in a nutshell, how can a broken console even be taken seriously in terms of anything at all?
i miss my dreamcast...
The problem isnt the 360s set of games its that the system itself is a piece of shit that ppl keep claiming to be worth the money, when its not.
Also, The Cell processor is a bitch to develop for in how it's designed and just how goddamned complicated the stupid thing is. Memory on the other hand? Memory's great. Memory's easy to take advantage of. I'd personally go with more memory than a technically more powerful processor that's almost impossible to actually use to its potential, if I were a console developer and not the PC fanboy I am. :P
Fun fact: Most PC games require minimum more than double the amount of RAM the Xbox 360 has, and even more than the PS3. Nobody minds. RAM is cheap.