| neotea said: For next gen i'm expectn wii hd to be on par with xbox 360 and ps3. the next xbox and playstation might be slightly more powerfull but dont expect the substantial tech upgrade probably a focus on more features. A too high of a jump in the next gen console will probably come close to killing of the gaming industry as the price to develop would be insanely high and the ROI would not be able to keep up. |
Developers are struggling to contain cost with this gen, sure. However, massive power will help bring down cost too. Because current gen systems don't have enough power, developer spend a huge amount of time in the research and optimising phase. Just look at FFXIII and GT5. If Square Enix had a much more powerful system to work with, they would have finished FFXIII several years ago. Same thing with Kill Zone 2. KZ2 developer struggled to code the game to the level of the intial CG trailer. It took them more than 4 year! If they had a much more powerful system, KZ2 would probably be done in half the time.
I want to see developers have machines so powerful, they think they have infinity! systems so powerful that even the most tangled of spaghetti codes will not affect game play frame rates. And no amount of special effect will slow the game down. If everyone is just making a slightly more powerful system, developer will be in the same situation that is bound by their ambition. They will still be spending more than half of their time optimising codes and art!
