Next-gen consoles the developers sound off

[sabre2922]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/15/news_6127604.html

[Ed Oscuro]

Thanks for the link.

Best quote, I thought, comes from Akitoshi Kawatsu (Square-side, Romancing SaGa):

"When the machines evolve this far, they lose characteristics. As a developer, I'm [now] most concerned about how much memory they're equipped with."

The playing field has been leveling off every generation. It's not like the old days where you had wildly different sound and graphics easily distinguishable between systems, and unless the PS3 really IS that much more powerful, things should end up even more similar this generation. Mostly processor speed and RAM now, I think.

I'll be glad to leave this last generation behind, too.

[sabre2922]

I thought these statements were very well rounded although not by the same person:

Keisuke Kikuchi, Kagero II and Fatal Frame series producer at Tecmo:

PlayStation 3 - "It has a very attractive, high machine spec. It may be difficult to design a system that can balance out the use of its power, but it should be worth the effort. It should be fun to make games that tend to require high-quality graphics, such as horse-racing games and horror games."

Xbox 360 - "It's a well-balanced machine. Its CPU, graphics, memory, network capability, and convenience of hardware control are at a high level. I would like to make a game that takes advantage of its online connection."

Masanori Takeuchi, Otogi series producer at From Software:

Revolution - "It's like a console that old-time gamers can drool over. It still has some mysteries, but it's not too difficult to imagine what the machine can do, so there should be people that are clearly looking forward to purchasing it. Its capabilities, such as the function to play with the DS via Wi-Fi connection, might change the way of gaming, and it's interesting."