Carmack: Next-Gen Console Games Will Still Aim For 30fps [Slashdot]

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An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from Develop: "Games developed for the next-generation of consoles will still target a performance of 30 frames per second, claims id Software co-founder John Carmack. Taking to Twitter, the industry veteran said he could 'pretty much guarantee' developers would target the standard, rather than aiming for anything as high as 60 fps. id Software games, such as Rage, and the Call of Duty series both hit up to 60 fps, but many titles in the current generation fall short such as the likes of Battlefield 3, which runs at 30 fps on consoles. 'Unfortunately, I can pretty much guarantee that a lot of next gen games will still target 30 fps,' said Carmack." http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Carmack%3A+Next-Gen+Console+Games+Will+Still+Aim+For+30fps%3A+http %3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FYiXiGI) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fsto ry%2F12%2F12%2F19%2F0459222%2Fcarmack-next-gen-console-games-will-still-aim-for-30fps%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfaceb ook) http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/12/19/0459222/carmack-next-gen-console-games-will-still-aim-for-30fps?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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[RCM]

I can 'pretty much guarantee' that sucks.

[otaku]

yeah this is some pitiful stuff with all this powerful hardware and they can't hit 60fps!

[kedawa]

He might be right, but I really hope not.
60fps should have been the minimum standard a decade ago.

[Tanooki]

I'm sure he is right. Developers would rather focus more on eye candy and hollywood bullshit that has caused the current situation in the market with all the struggling third parties than to go more minimalist and crank out a solid 60fps...to them a locked 30 is good enough.

[wingzrow]

I find it sad that most dreamcast games were able to hit 60fps (Soul Caliber comes instantly to mind) yet newer games sometimes can't even hit 30 (zone of the enders HD collection).

Just another example of games being too graphically overpowered for their own good. When will game developers get their priorities straight?