A lot has been made about how the PS3, when compared to the Xbox 360 and Wii, is a more difficult platform on which to develop games. But of course, the flip side of that is that the PS3 possesses a sort of learning curve that allows developers to discover new ways to extract power from the hardware.
Insomniac, known for its Ratchet & Clank franchise of games on Sony's platforms, believes that the PS3 won't have its hardware fully tapped for another two to three years.
"The PS3 still feels like a young system and I feel like it's finally hitting its prime. You've got the Slim, it's at a good price point now and sales are really picking up," said Insomniac senior community manager James Stevenson to CVG."I still think you're not going to see the PS3 really maxed out for another two to three years. We're using all of the PS3 right now, but you can always be more efficient in the way you use it."
With most expecting this current console generation to drag on longer than previous ones, this is good news for PS3 owners.
So developers come up with games like Crysis and Far Cry 2 on the PC platform. Those two games would be excruciatingly slow on the PS3 due to the 7800-like GPU, yet they can't figure out how to max out the PS3????
That makes no sense.
Either this is plain BS or developing games for the PS3 is so much more complicated than for Windows that developers can't figure how to take full advantage of a three year old GPU. I don't really buy it.
So developers come up with games like Crysis and Far Cry 2 on the PC platform. Those two games would be excruciatingly slow on the PS3 due to the 7800-like GPU, yet they can't figure out how to max out the PS3????
That makes no sense.
Either this is plain BS or developing games for the PS3 is so much more complicated than for Windows that developers can't figure how to take full advantage of a three year old GPU. I don't really buy it.
Sure. What resolution and what kind of settings?