Harrison: Xbox One's launch games have only scratched the surface
"When you've been around for a long time, you know what platforms are like," he began. "The games you celebrate and are proud of in the first year, when you look back at them from the perspective of ten years from now; you'd be amazed at the difference. It's a combination of the tools getting better, developers beginning to understand the unique architecture to work with."
The claim that developers are able to do more with hardware they're used to is hardly electrifying, of course. It's already been suggested by CD Projekt's lead engine programmer Balázs Török that Microsoft will unlock "hidden" performance boosts for the Xbox One - a prediction he bases on Microsoft's sharing of new techniques for development on Xbox 360 across 2007 and 2008.
This probably won't amount to anything as dramatic as the discovery of another gigabyte of RAM, but Harrison insists that there's less of a "glass ceiling" for eking more juice out of the Xbox One, thanks to the much-touted and still largely ethereal benefits of the Xbox Live cloud.
"Crucially this time around, there's the power of the cloud and what that means for game design. That can grow and scale indefinitely - of course there is a practical limit but in effect you're uncapped. And I think, from a player's perspective, that's the most exciting part; that it's not just about the chips in the box under the television or wherever you position your console of choice, it's about what the platform will provide you with over time. We've not had that in a console generation before."
This growing process ostensibly applies to both performance and features. There are, Harrison told us, plenty of ideas Microsoft has yet to fully implement - whether couched as part of a game, or in the form of an app, or in some other form entirely. "There are more ideas and vision for what games can be than available time to build them into the launch games.
"So for every feature you've seen in the launch titles - SmartGlass, GameDVR, use of voice with Kinect - there are five features in the queue waiting to come out, either in an update or a sequel or in a future version of a game. The kind of creative and technical innovation that we're seeing in the industry - it's a really good time."
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TywinPosted:
Oasis All this means is they'll figure out a way to make kinect recognise the difference between a fart and a clap.
Quite a bit more advanced than that.
Although, I think even a baby would know the difference between a fart and a clap.
TywinPosted:
I can only imagine that sales of Titan Fall.
I hope they come up with some all new titles for some break through games that haven't already been a franchise.
I hope they come up with some all new titles for some break through games that haven't already been a franchise.
OasisPosted:
All this means is they'll figure out a way to make kinect recognise the difference between a fart and a clap.
KatsumiPosted:
HOF Cant wait to see what they have planned and what they can do with the console :)
I'm sure that we will get to know this some time in the near future. I'm curious of what they will announce next
VPNPosted:
I guess it wasn't the best since they hadn't planned 2 years on how to work on the Xbone. Rather they had to transfer it and do some quick fixing so there's nothing unique about these games yet.
LotPosted:
daRealRush The launch titles seemed really good, just by watching the trailers. But, in time they will bring out more games, with improvements, and what not!
Yea they had good trailers for the games which is why i bought forza and dead rising 3
LotPosted:
Recess I thought the launch was good, and of course every console and game will most likely improve.
Yea it was good but i think we need more games
CFLPosted:
I thought the launch was good, and of course every console and game will most likely improve.
KatsumiPosted:
daRealRush The launch titles seemed really good, just by watching the trailers. But, in time they will bring out more games, with improvements, and what not!
The launch titles should be able to last people for a while as it is, but yeah.. the new games coming out of the consoles will be more optimized and make better use of the consoles features
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