richardhutnik on 13 April 2012
| zarx said: So basically they let Mark Rein design it http://www.sleepygamers.com/unreal-engine-4-awaiting-massively-multi-core-processors/ |
Maybe they are driving it. Like, in the past, it was said that Epic had Microsoft double the planned amount of memory in the system, in order to make Gears look better, which upped the costs around $1 billion:
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/xbox-720-ps4-must-show-dramatic-leap-from-current-gen-says-epic/
Sweeney pointed out again that Epic is always eager to talk with platform holders to ensure that hardware is advanced enough to enable big leaps in quality. With the Xbox 360, for example, Epic persuaded Microsoft to up the RAM from 256MB to 512MB, and while that cost Microsoft about $1 billion more, it also enabled Gears of War games to look far more detailed.
