Xbox silence at GDC isn't the full picture, says Epic exec
PlayStation 4 has been an ever-present discussion point at the San Francisco event, with Sony publicly fostering developer relations and even showcasing controllers at its booth.
However, Rein said that assumptions Microsoft didn't have a private presence at the conference "isn't true," and that on the public side it's simply a case of one platform holder having announced their new console and the other not.
"I think that's more perception than reality," Rein said of Microsoft's suggested absence from GDC.
"Microsoft has always been very developer centric with all of their platforms and that Sony is embracing that approach is wonderful. But I don't think it diminishes what Microsoft is doing.
"I don't think with developer relations anyone is trying to be public, it's just you're at GDC and Sony has the hardware to talk about, and Microsoft hasn't talked about it publicly yet. So I think it's just the difference between someone who can say the name of their console and someone who can't."
On the PS4 side Epic released an extended video of its Unreal Engine 4 'Elemental' demo running on the console.
Rein had plenty of positive things to say about Sony's open approach to developer relations:
"It's abundantly clear that PS4 is being driven as a collaboration between East and West, as opposed to a dictation from one side to the other," he said. "Developers are fully involved, activated, discussed and doing really cool collaborative things."
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MusketPosted:
DrumstepGoblin-ViceAxeUndisclosedWhirlpool Why can't Microsoft just release it anyway?!
It builds anticipation
It also takes a while to get everything ready for when they do reveal it.
They have to build it, and wait for people to build up money so they can blow it all.
Hopefully all of that money will actually be worth it.. I mean, everyone knows it going to be very expensive
which is probably why i'm not buying it...
same her not gonna buy it for the price and with everyone wanting one it will be sold out fast
neboPosted:
Goblin-ViceAxeUndisclosedWhirlpool Why can't Microsoft just release it anyway?!
It builds anticipation
It also takes a while to get everything ready for when they do reveal it.
They have to build it, and wait for people to build up money so they can blow it all.
Hopefully all of that money will actually be worth it.. I mean, everyone knows it going to be very expensive
which is probably why i'm not buying it...
KTHPosted:
ViceAxeUndisclosedWhirlpool Why can't Microsoft just release it anyway?!
It builds anticipation
It also takes a while to get everything ready for when they do reveal it.
They have to build it, and wait for people to build up money so they can blow it all.
Hopefully all of that money will actually be worth it.. I mean, everyone knows it going to be very expensive
ToesPosted:
AxeUndisclosedWhirlpool Why can't Microsoft just release it anyway?!
It builds anticipation
It also takes a while to get everything ready for when they do reveal it.
They have to build it, and wait for people to build up money so they can blow it all.
KTHPosted:
M60Ero yea the xbox 720 is going to be good because the xbox 360 is 6 years old.
Most likely still get the annoying six year olds
Haha very true
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