Shinji Mikami talks PS2!

This article was taken from Core magazine. Also, pay attention to the Xbox poll!
http://www.coremagazine.com/news/3535.php3
"It was difficult. While the speed and polygon processing capabilities of the PlayStation 2 are superb, programming has been frustrating. There are some annoying technical problems to overcome, it\'s a hard machine for the average developer. It takes a super-programmer to draw out the machine\'s power -- most developers won\'t be able to do that. It\'s hard, but I think it\'s possible to create PlayStation 2 titles that look as good as movies from the original PlayStation in realtime and using full polygons. For example, I think Devil May Cry looks better in realtime than the movies from the original Biohazard."
Here that! we have yet to see PS2\'s full potential!
It\'s possible to make huge stages on the PlayStation 2, but it also takes considerable labor. You have to pile-up textures; it\'s almost like creating an oil painting from scratch. Most of the process is trial and error, and large areas can take as much as a month to create. Since I want to express the aspects of action and adventure however, these kinds of wide areas are necessary in Devil May Cry."

 

No offense to Shinji Mikami, but the videos in Biohazard were ****. DC has better in game graphics than those real old cgi cutscenes.

Interesting.... Developers want to make things super hard on themselves only to get mediocre results and spend more money on making things hard for themselves.

hmmmmmmm, Interesting....

did you guys pay attention to the xbox poll. Things ain\'t looking good for all mighty billyboy and his console of darkness

Originally posted by Metal_Gear_Ray
did you guys pay attention to the xbox poll. Things ain\'t looking good for all mighty billyboy and his console of darkness

   Wow, like that is supposed to mean something?  Its a poll where PS2 fans go.  Gee what a suprise....  The xbox won\'t be ahead in polls because it hasn\'t shown anything of substance yet (ie finished products)...  Before the PSX was released you should have checked the same polls and they would have said the same thing as the xbox polls.  Polls don\'t win the console wars, the games and advertising do.  Thanks but class is over now.

from all the poll I\'ve seen the ps2 was first following by DC/GC and xbox being last,and in japan xbox is not so popular. But you\'re right polls don\'t judge a consoles success. We are still a few months from e3, after e3 a lot of minds will change regarding to ps2, DC, NGC and xbox

Dwarrior is DOCWIZ!!! He comes out of the woodwork to defend his beloved Xbox when in jepardy. Well ****wiz, why does Xbox fail in all online polls? "Its a poll where PS2 fans go." Sheesh! there must be a hell of alot of Ps2 fans!