Standing on the other side of the curtain, consumers rarely see what happens behind closed doors and all the work that goes into not only planning and producing a game, but also the work required when technology takes a leap forward. Considering the rate that technology increases, it is no surprise that game publishers have trepidation about the next leap forward with the upcoming next generation consoles, presumably the PS4 and the Xbox 720.
Naughty Dog studio co-president Evan Wells has called the move to the next gen consoles a “double-edged sword.”
“The geek inside you is always excited about a shiny new toy, but then the practicality of it starts to set in: this is going to be a lot of hard work. When you’re going to new technology, every day is a slog, progress is slow and it really takes a different kind of attitude and mentality to get through that kind of push and it’s not right for everybody.”
Various rumors over the launch of the consoles have cropped up in the news over the past few months, but it is still anyone’s best guess as to what the final plan is for both Sony and Microsoft. It has been confirmed that publishers are working on PS4 games currently, though no release date is set, but Sony did say that the PS4 would not launch after its competition.
The Xbox 720 has been rumored to launch as early as the 2012 holiday season, and even had its logo spotted in Hugh Jackman’s film Real Steel. An unnamed source on the Xbox team stated recently that 2013 is the magic year for the 720, though Bethesda has publicly stated that the next gen consoles will arrive no earlier than 2014.
Publishers though have a hard time with the leaps forward, and fellow Naughty Dog co-president Christophe Balestra explained that when the move from the PS2 to the PS3 was occurring, their company made several mistakes along the way that hindered game development, mistakes that they hope to have corrected for the PS4 launch. Wells commented that attrition was simply the name of the game during the transition.
“The period that Naughty Dog had its darkest days (was the PS3 transition) and we lost people on a weekly basis – people just couldn’t get through it. It’s tough and we’re definitely walking into it with open eyes.”
Balestra added that the Uncharted team is not currently working on an Uncharted 4 for the PS4 but is instead focusing its time, between employee vacations, on creating DLC. He added that the teams will regroup soon and figure out a strategy going forward that is in the best interest of the development teams.
While any leap forward in technology can add fear to development teams, I hope that all developers, not just Naughty Dog, took their learnings from the last round of new consoles and apply them in a positive manner for the PS4 and Xbox 720. Consumers will thank them with their wallets.
Ranters, what do you want to see in the next generation of consoles beyond the “basics?”
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Source: Eurogamer
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What I would really like to see is the new console able to run previous console games. Sort of like how the 360 could play old xbox games with update of course. PS2 could run PS1 games and I personally loved that but for the PS3 you had to re-buy them and load them to your hard drive if you wanted to play it. If they can keep a connection between consoles. If there is a bridge between consoles I think it be easy to go form old to new in technology. Also if there isn’t that many “New” games for the consoles at least we can play something like lets say Skyrim for a bit longer. But just my thoughts.
PS. I really hope that is not the new PS4 controller. . . Im pretty rough with my controllers and I can already tell that I will break that thing in a week. lol
Sean,
That picture is just a conceptual design; I’m sure the actual working model will probably not differ too much from what we have today with the PS3. There are some pretty hilarious concepts out there though; a Google image search will come up with some wild examples.
Matt
Infact that conceptual image has been floating about since the ps2 was announced, it’s nothing new
I’m sure they could pull through. Uncharted 4 is going to be spectacular.
i think they need to bring back memory cards. i am living in poverty and couldnt afford a ps3, but i could afford games and could play them at friends houses. but since i dont have a memory card for it, i have a bunch of different saved data on different systems.
RR,
How many PS3 games do you have?
After spending so much on games, you probably went over the cost of a console.
Wasn’t that one of the PS3 early concepts? I know it’s been floating around for a while now. I would be interested in to seeing what type of hardware next-gen consoles will be using. Maybe Sony can make a system that’s not ridiculously hard to code for.
I thought Naughty Dog was just saying, not that long ago, that basically, the hardware technology had to catch up with them. That there was no way that Uncharted 4 could be run on todays consoles due to the current gens graphical constraints. Didn’t I read that here on GR? I figured they would be excited to venture into new territory and would be prepared to hit the ground running.
ND sounding like some little B’s right now lol. Seriously though, they better be ready because technology waits on no one. It’s not like they have to rush anything, just take the time, do it right and the fans will reward them.
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