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Major Developers Explain What They Want From Next-Gen Consoles (Including Sony/MS)

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Eurogamer put up a video interview with a bunch of high profile developers/studios about what they want from next generation consoles.

It definitely varies: http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/what-do-you-want-from-the-next-gen

I've written a paraphrase summary below:

343: Bringing your game everywhere with you/always being connected to your game wherever you are.
Rare: Getting new people into the industry, as comfortable with games as they are with books/movies, and making it as easy to play as possible/really really simple to play.
Naughty Dog: Super realistic graphics/fantastical universes that feel believable/grounded due to the quality of visuals and animation, like Hollywood has done recently.
Frontier: Innovation. He wants both new performance (as in better hardware) and new interfaces (he likes touch a lot), as he believes both can drive new experiences on their own, or can combine to make other new innovations as well.
Ninja Theory: More interested in new pricepoints/downloads than performance. Wants this so they can release more experimental games.
Sony Studios: Really excited about higher quality graphics. Really wants more cinematic experiences. He lists Uncharted, God of War, and Heavy Rain as his examples of the future.
BioWare: Connectivity and download capacity. Really loves digital downloads.
Blizzard: Efficiency of content creation.
EA Canada (FIFA Team): Wants a guaranteed hard drive to improve load times. Feels the new battleground is AI and physics over graphics, and he feels they will have dramatic improvements.
Sony Liverpool: Connectivity. The future is about how developers will link games to your friends and enable you to share your experiences. He feels this will be one of the biggest changes from a gameplay perspective.
Blizzard Again: Easier tools for user generated content/developers not as experienced with tools.
Gearbox: More RAM. Lots and lots of RAM.

The major themes are connectivity, visuals/performance, new interfaces, and new distribution models.
 
Rare's one is DEPRESSING, To me at least. They all seem like sensible goals though. Gearbox's one made me chuckle.
 
So Wii U is doing pretty good on the innovation and it supposedly has a lot of ram. The form factor of the controller could possibly allow an always connected kinda thing.

lol at rare.
 
The Sony studio's are pointing out the graphical capabilities in next gen. It seems Sony is going the processpower route again for PS4. That's a good thing btw.
 
Nirolak said:
Rare: Getting new people into the industry, as comfortable with games as they are with books/movies, and making it as easy to play as possible/really really simple to play.
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Interviewer: not this generation, next generation! What would you like to see from next-gen consoles?
 
Blizzard and Gearbox are the only ones with ideas that might be construed as towards making games better of themselves i.e. fun things.

The others... they are what is killing games.
 
I want better camera technology with faster interface (thunderbolt) for putting me into the game & interacting with the game world.
 
StuBurns said:
It's going to be sad to watch them fuck up this franchise.
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Hey, I'm no Halo fan, but I'm sure the core games will be good... But I'm worried about everything around them. I don't want MS to just put Halo everywhere and oversaturate it :/ It'd be a sad way to see such an iconic franchise go.
 
RamzaIsCool said:
The Sony studio's are pointing out the graphical capabilities in next gen. It seems Sony is going the processpower route again for PS4. That's a good thing btw.
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I never understood why some people were sure they wouldn't. The fact that MS and Sony made powerful systems this gen is what has allowed them to extend this gen in order to make up losses.
I like how Sony's is just a plug for their games.
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Yeah, I had to roll my eyes at that one. "We want more of us!" Thanks for sharing, Sony. :/
 
Nirolak said:
EA Canada (FIFA Team): Wants a guaranteed hard drive to improve load times. Feels the new battleground is AI and physics over graphics, and he feels they will have dramatic improvements.
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siiiiiiiigh..
 
343 has it right.

Games where you can level up or gain items for later use should have online components. I want to be able to check my car collection, do remote races, manage my career on the go wherever I am.
 
Mastperf said:
I never understood why some people were sure they wouldn't. The fact that MS and Sony made powerful systems this gen is what has allowed them to extend this gen in order to make up losses.
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Because Sony lost over five billion dollars on PS3 and still isn't making money.
 
Sony is singing the song I want to hear but poor old RARE and 343 studios, what have you done?
This is why I have stopped buying games on xboxlive and PSN because even though the next consoles will probably be BC, I don't want to be tied to the next console from launch because all of my purchases are tied to its older brother.
 
V_Ben said:
Hey, I'm no Halo fan, but I'm sure the core games will be good... But I'm worried about everything around them. I don't want MS to just put Halo everywhere and oversaturate it :/ It'd be a sad way to see such an iconic franchise go.
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You mean like with novels, comic books, anime, a Hollywood film, live action commercials, 360 apps, and alternative genres?
 
Arcblade said:
Blizzard and Gearbox are the only ones with ideas that might be construed as towards making games better of themselves i.e. fun things.

The others... they are what is killing games.
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Took the words right out of my mouth. I'd give an honorable mention to Naughty Dog as well.
 
Nirolak said:
Ninja Theory: More interested in new pricepoints/downloads than performance. Wants this so they can release more experimental games.
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Regardless of anyone's opinion about NT, this is an excellent point and something I really hope happens.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Because Sony lost over five billion dollars on PS3 and still isn't making money.
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That problem goes way beyond powerful hardware. If not for poor quality control, MS would have profited nicely from this gen.
 
Frontier on the money. The usual suspects too busy trying to make movies, not video games.
 
Crunched said:
You mean like with novels, comic books, anime, a Hollywood film, live action commercials, 360 apps, and alternative genres?
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Ha, you have me there :P Those are at least sensibly spaced out... I don't want them to go overboard.
 
Himself said:
Regardless of anyone's opinion about NT, this is an excellent point and something I really hope happens.
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They're free to try it on any of the DD services right now.
 
Nirolak said:
Naughty Dog: Super realistic graphics/fantastical universes that feel believable/grounded due to the quality of visuals and animation, like Hollywood has done recently.
Sony Studios: Really excited about higher quality graphics. Really wants more cinematic experiences. He lists Uncharted, God of War, and Heavy Rain as his examples of the future.
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These two are music to my ears and gives me hope for the future of consoles, specifically PS4. Thanks for summarizing this.
 
It's good to see Sony devs know what i want .
They can add all sort of crazy\interfaces stuff once it don't cut down on the power of the consoles to much.
Vita is perfect because it's the best of both .
 
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