Damn you console kids

[Fudzy]

Mark Rein Says Consoles Retarding PC Graphics Progress

Epic Games VP Mark Rein recently told CVG that, despite Microsoft's efforts to push the technology, DirectX 10 won't see much in the way of enthusiastic adoption, largely because game developers will "have to dumb the games down for the consoles" making it "less and less economically viable to do the super high-end stuff." Rein expects that Crytek's first person shooter Crysis will represent the zenith of graphical fidelity for years to come. That is, whenever Crysis is actually released.

Having seen Unreal Tournament III in person again this weekend, and Epic claiming that it's building the game for two-year-old PCs, I'm going to be less concerned about the advancement in PC graphics technology at this stage. It's getting to the point where I'm having a hard time noticing the difference between something like Gears of War and UTIII, anyway. Maybe I need my old lady glasses.

Besides, we're all going to be "playing" Wii Fit with such intensity and dedication, we won't even care what any of these PC games look like, right? Guys? Wii Fit? Hello?!

http://kotaku.com/gaming/what-a-rel...les-retarding-pc-graphics-progress-284021.php

 

[GavinMannion]

.... Ag just blame it on Telkom and feel better

 

[mccrack]

Maybe people are just tired of having to constantly upgrade their PC's to play new games the way the are supposed too look.

 

[scotty777]

I knew it was coming, consoles are evil for gaming, I mean the pc will make a comeback, but the console is king, and soon (I dread to see the day) the console will be the pc, and we simply wont have the choice to buy separate parts.

 

[WebhostingTalk]

I knew it was coming, consoles are evil for gaming, I mean the pc will make a comeback, but the console is king, and soon (I dread to see the day) the console will be the pc, and we simply wont have the choice to buy separate parts.

Scotty sorry to disappoint but not all pc`s are used for gaming some of us actually work on these things.
The development of pc`s will always continue, its used in every aspect of our daily life’s.

 

[noxibox]

If this is true it is very positive for PC gaming. Being able to buy a PC game and know you can play it as intended without spending a few thousand just on a new graphics card will be a major step forward.

 

[doobiwan]

I think you're not far off Scotty, but the parts might be AMD is talking about a "fusion" component, so yeah.

It's all about diminishing returns. as the hardware gets more and more powerful, you start asking "well how much more do you need?" Look at CPU's. What average consumer actually needs a dual core processor? I suspect the next console jump may be the last technology driven jump, basically to photorealistic 1080p I suspect in stereo for real VR. My suspicion has always been that Sony thought that this was going to be that jump, which is why they are where they are at the moment with their "10 year plan".