ND Interview - PS3 to have bigger improvement between gens.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/21-01-2008-7299.html

VideoGamer.com: Do you think Sony\'s first-party devs will always have the upper hand on the technical side of things?

EW: I don\'t think that has to be the case. Sony is doing a lot to help 3rd party developers get the most out of the PlayStation3 like releasing the Edge libraries. They\'re also reaching out to determine if there are other areas that developers are struggling with that they can improve. The PS3 has been out for just over a year now and I think that\'s about as long as it takes for developers to get the hang of any system they might be working with. So I think you\'ll continue to see all of PS3 development improve throughout the generation.

I think SCE-devs will continue to hover above everyone else, especially since the start of the SCEWWS-partnership, the benefit of that is huge.

VideoGamer.com: Presumably the engine for Uncharted will evolve over time and be used in future projects... perhaps the next Jak and Daxter? Are there areas of the engine that you know need improving?

EW: Absolutely. We will continue to refine the Uncharted engine for years to come. With Uncharted we\'ve only just started to tap into the potential of the PS3. Particularly with the Cell processor, we should be able to do a lot more. We\'re already busy porting more of our systems from the PPU over to the SPUs and seeing huge benefits. There are also a lot of cool rendering effects that we\'re experimenting with that will help with any game we develop with the engine.

VideoGamer.com: Finally, what more can gamers expect from Naughty Dog games in the future? What will PS3 games look like in 3 years time?

EW: Well everybody is back after a hard earned vacation and the team is ready to dive into our next project. The most exciting thing for Naughty Dog\'s future is the strength of the team that we have assembled and the technology that we have in place as we embark on our next game. We should be able to do so much more this time around, given the fact that we aren\'t trying to build our engine and development environment at the same time we are trying to make a game. The effort can be much more focused on what we want to do, instead of how we want to do it. As for what games will look like in 3 years, it\'s anybody\'s guess. At Naughty Dog, we\'re pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2.

They should know, compare Jak and Daxter to Jak 3.

Bring on the goods ND!

This would be like Nintendo saying, the Wii will have the bigger improvement. It\'s all hype and nothing else, until we actually see the games.

I will give ND the benefit of the doubt.  Just look at their track record.

I will give ND the benefit of the doubt.  Just look at their track record.

Exactly.. They have proven themselves again and again.

And its logic really. CELL is like the EE but more complex (9 processors/threads compared to 2). SPUs are like little diamonds, takes some diggin but once you get to them they will sparkle like hell. This was predicted by devs before PS3 was released.

It\'ll be interesting to see the 2nd gen games from Sony. Motorstorm 2 for example, the first game hardly used the SPUs for anything else than physics.
NDs next game, like he says porting tasks to SPUs are giving them huge benefits.

I\'d be hesitant to believe most any other dev, but ND strikes me as a company that knows what it\'s doing. Bring it on bishes!

*yawn*

Track record means nothing with hype, otherwise developers would never deliver over hyped products based on lies.

Let\'s see games and let the developers shut up with this nonsense on all sides.

Buy Uncharted already and BELIEVE!!!

You just gotta believe

I believe that it\'s overhyped garbage.
Does that count?

I\'d rank it with Halo on the over hyped garbage scale!

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I think SCE-devs will continue to hover above everyone else, especially since the start of the SCEWWS-partnership, the benefit of that is huge.





They should know, compare Jak and Daxter to Jak 3.

Bring on the goods ND!

After seeing what they have done with Uncharted (which is probably the best looking console game and the best animated), and what they have done on PS2 and PS1 I have many reasons to expect the best from them

Best animated now means , "most stiff and unnatural animation for a main character"?

gaming pessimism is my job around here, bub.

Best animated now means , "most stiff and unnatural animation for a main character"?

Ooooh, did I hurt your feelings for not agreeing with your personal opinion that almost everyone seems to disagree with? I feel so bad

[GmanJoe]

Best animated now means , "most stiff and unnatural animation for a main character"?

I don\'t believe you. You\'re just trying to push our buttons. You know Uncharted is the best game out there. You just don\'t want to admit it. Get out of the closet, you PS3 queen!

Ooooh, did I hurt your feelings for not agreeing with your personal opinion that almost everyone seems to disagree with? I feel so bad

I\'d have to actually care about what you post for it to hurt my feelings. I just skim over your posts and dismiss them all as third world country ignorance.

:thumb:

They let you use computers in a asylum?

Anyway, I wonder what type of code they are porting over to the CELL. CELL is a pretty good GPU as it turns out so I wonder what it could be.