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Crytek Says Upcoming Console Generation Will Be Closer To PC Development

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by Kyle Hilliard on March 16, 2013 at 05:16 PM
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Crytek's CEO and president Cevat Yerli says that the next generation of consoles will have much more in common with traditional PC development, giving PC focused developers the upper-hand in creating games when compared to developers of the current generation who focus solely on developing for consoles.

In an interview with Official Xbox Magazine, Yerli said, "I think the next console generation is going to be more a mix of the top devs - they'll be much more PC-driven this time around. In fact, I believe - oh, I can't talk more about that. Let's say this: PC devs will be much more comfortable than last gen console devs."

Yerli went on to say that it has been difficult for PC focused developers to adjust their technology for consoles in the past, but this time it should be much easier. He also continued to stop himself short as he tried to talk about the upcoming generation without spoiling any secrets.

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  • by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:23 PM

    Guess that's cool

    I guess

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:25 PM
    Makes sense. Wasn't that one of the huge selling points of the PS4, that it's architecture was so close to that of a PC?
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:26 PM
    Hopefully this means that console players will not get the short end of the stick like they did with BF3's 32 player console maps vs. 64 player pc maps.
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:27 PM
    As a PC gamer, this makes me extremely happy.
  • by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:32 PM

    So basically what they are saying is what we have known for a while now.

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:35 PM
    No more excuses for *** pc ports... I'm looking at you Dark Souls.
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:40 PM
    This makes me sad. I like the different feels of consoles and PC.
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:40 PM

    We know.

    F yeah, PC gaming.

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:43 PM
    good...would love to the play pc only games like star wars old republic and diablo, but i didn't have a powerful pc...good thing diablo 3 is coming to the ps4 and hopefully the old republic gets ported too...
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:43 PM

    Well... yeah. Judging by the PS4 specs and rumored Next-Box, consoles won't be traditional, but will essentially be game/brand focused pc rigs.

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:44 PM
    Nope, the PS4 is already outdated, the CPU is lowend (AMD CPU's are pretty bad) and the GPU is low-mid tier GG sony
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:45 PM
    Says the guy who went from PC dev to console dev.
  • by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:45 PM
    maybe ill save my money for the pc to see how the new consoles do. I want to play mmo games like, WOW, The Old Republic, and the Elder Scrolls Online. If these new consoles can do that, then i'll buy one, but if not i'm gonna invest in a good pc that can and will probably have a longer life span than a console
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 05:45 PM
    I want a console with Microsoft/Sony licensed hardware upgrades.
  • by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:01 PM
    Consoles are always the lead development platforms for games, so designs like control mapping, UI and more are all optimized for Couch Gaming. Moreover PC's often get outsourced PC ports, which is usually half baked (Dark Souls) and/or delayed (Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil). More often than not games drain so much resources simply because it's not optimized (Saints Row 2). This is incredibly good news to me, hopefully this will allow developers to allocate more resources to PC versions and in turn, increase sale numbers.
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:05 PM
    Woot! Woot! All aboard the PC vs Console train!
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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:07 PM

    This is exciting. I can't wait to see the potential of these devs pushed even more now.

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:12 PM

    As always, Crytek stating things that are obvious.

    I loved when they got mad because Crisis 3 didn't get so many great reviews.

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:44 PM

    "Now thanks to obvious statements we can obvious statements because more obvious statements."

    Really, this is their CEO?

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    by Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:49 PM
    I'm guessing more PC games on consoles. That + awesome console developers means more games for console owners, cause I dont see the likes of naughty dog and such jumping to the PC. More games for us!!
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