Kyros on 26 June 2008
And will still cost about double to produce a game that takes full advantage of the hardware compared to this generation.
LOL more power is never bad. Every developer is welcome to use lower-res textures , worse animations etc. You can make a PS3 game that looks like a Wii game without any problems. That will be even cheaper because you do not need to optimize ANYTHING. Only one factor forces developers to use huge resources for making games movie-like: Other developers. That's a nice thing called "competition". Or in other words: If huge production values wouldn't sell and bring return on investment, developers wouldn't have them. The huge number of games that are released for PS3 and 360 speak for themselves.
If consumers prefer the good-looking games that are expensive to make, smaller developers and niche titles may loose out. But thats not much different for movies. I think the slow hardware is better for developers argument must be one of the most curious reality distortion field arguments coming from Nintendo fans I have ever heard.
