EA says "Xbox 360 is maxed out"....PS3 not.

[mfbmike]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/09/ea-vp-says-the-xbox-360-is-maxed-out/

:fly::fly::fly::fly:

Seems like xbox 360 hit that ceiling a little early in its lifespan eh? :confused2:

 

[mgoblue2290]

This is EA, the same company who usually just puts a fresh coat of paint over there sequels and calls it a day.

 

[DSpydr84]

:wave:

 

[mfbmike]

This is EA, the same company who usually just puts a fresh coat of paint over there sequels and calls it a day.

I agree that EA sucks ass but they are one of the, if not the biggest gaming company in the world and also make the most games that are available on both consoles.

 

[killgod]

I agree that EA sucks ass but they are one of the, if not the biggest gaming company in the world and also make the most games that are available on both consoles.

no no, they buy the companies that make the games.

EA isn't making Mass Effect 2, but they'll take all the credit for it's success. Game will be tits with or without the EA stamp on it.


Anyways,

The early indications a ways back was that we'd have new consoles late 2011 if not 2012.

Also, there's nothing wrong with what's coming out on the 360. The games are fun, they look wicked and all that jazz.

Who cares right now?

 

[mfbmike]

Yeah, EA has bought up like 90% of the smaller developing companies.

 

[DSpydr84]

The PS3 is a powerful piece of hardware.. this doesn't come as much of a shock. What I think will be interesting is how good XBox's next installment will be compared to the PS3. Playstation could probably compete with a new XBox and produce the same quality of product, but the PS3 would be much cheaper than the new XBox.

 

[Twigg4075]

The thing that made me is laugh is like the last line, where it says "This doesn't bode well for the 360's projected 10 year life cycle." Is this guy serious? No chance the 360 will have a life cycle like that. I'm guessing it will be more like the 5 years mark when MS just completely abandons the 360 like they did with the original Xbox.

 

[jms493]

Microsoft did great in this current gens console war. If they can produce another system that doesn't crash and improves on everything they will be very successful in the next gen.

 

[mfbmike]

The thing that made me is laugh is like the last line, where it says "This doesn't bode well for the 360's projected 10 year life cycle."

Pumping out new consoles every 5 years isn't exactly profitable. MS abandoned the original xbox pretty quickly and it would be funny if they do the same. All I'm saying is, I know my PS3 will keep me entertained long before I have to shell out more cash to buy the "next gen" console because PS3 makes it hard so every year shit gets more & more impressive for the developers who work to push the hardware to it's limits.

look at the PS2, shit is still getting released for it.

 

[mfbmike]

Microsoft did great in this current gens console war. If they can produce another system that doesn't crash and improves on everything they will be very successful in the next gen.

They may have done better than Sony up to this point but the Wii shat all over both of both MS and Sony.

But Sony will have a lot longer of a lifespan to make up for it just because we really haven't seen the full potential the system. Which is scary considering just how good games like MGS4 and GT5 look already.

 

[JBauerisGod]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we started to hear Xbox 720 rumblings next E3 with a Fall '11 release.

 

[dave]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we started to hear Xbox 720 rumblings next E3 with a Fall '11 release.

I doubt we'll see a new console that early. The economy just sucks too much.

 

[Bmore]

yah, maybe 2012 at the earliest.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

What on planet earth would EA know about maxing out anything ?

Its pretty easy to max somethig out when the engine you base things on is 2 generations old. They maxed out there ability to polish horseshit.

Let me know when Bungie ,Ubi ,Epic , Capcom or any company with real programmers says this.

 

[Twigg4075]

Who gives a fuck. I hope they abandon it like an ugly whore you get pregnant. Whatever new system they put out will be tits and I would hope they would shift their focus to that and not the old hardware.

Oh, I don't know? Maybe basically every 360 owner?

 

[Irish]

What on planet earth would EA know about maxing out anything ?

Its pretty easy to max something out when the engine you base things on is 2 generations old. They maxed out there ability to polish horseshit.

Let me know when Bungie ,Ubi ,Epic , Capcom or any company with real programmers says this.

This.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

*IF* he is right, at first us PS3 owners laugh, but in reality it screws us also.

Most games are built on the 360 and then ported to PS3, so we in effect will also be getting limited games. Awesome.

 

[nickp50010]

Since some folks don't believe that EA is credible, Infinity Ward said the same thing at E3...


The Xbox 360 has so many good looking titles to be excited about this year, such as Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 (I swear I didn't mean to make it all sequels). These titles are a big draw for 360 fans, but it may seem that developers are reaching the graphical limits of the 360. Both EA and Infinity Ward gave interviews mentioning the limits of the 360 over E3.

Speaking to Official Xbox Magazine at E3 last week, Patrick Soderlund, Senior VP of EA Games Europe said:

I do think that we'll see developers inside the organization getting to understand the PS3 better and I think that we're getting more power out of PS3 right now... I think that we've maxed out the 360 but we haven't maxed out the PS3...
Upon realizing that this may not go over so well with "Official Xbox Magazine", Soderlund partially recovered with:

I like the Natal,that's cool. It's an interesting device, so I'm truly impressed by Xbox. It's my personal favorite console... I think Microsoft is on a roll right now. They're doing really well. If I was Sony, I would have a headache, to be honest.
Regardless of Soderlund's flip flop opinion of the 360, Infinity Ward's Mark Rubin has similar sentiments when talking with VG247.

We always push to the upper limits, it's just a matter of working around them at this point. Having to squeeze more blood from that stone. We added texture streaming now so that we can have a much bigger world, and we can stream in super high detail textures for the area close in proximity to you. And the rendering engine has been redone.

Knowing that this generation of consoles will be around for while, developers may have to get more creative, at least when it comes to designing a graphics heavy game on the 360. Only time will tell if more impressive graphics will come of the 360, but at the moment, it looks like the 360 may be hitting a wall.

http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=16595

Speaking with VG247 at E3 this week, Infinity Ward’s Mark Rubin said that Modern Warfare 2 leaves the Xbox 360 winded and gasping for breath. At this point, he noted, it’s all about finding little tricks to squeeze more power out of the aging machine.
“We always push to the upper limits,” he said. “It’s just a matter of working around them at this point.
“Having to squeeze more blood from that stone. We added texture streaming now so that we can have a much bigger world, and we can stream in super high detail textures for the area close in proximity to you. And the rendering engine has been redone.”
To be frank, if the Xbox was sweating, we couldn’t tell when we saw it in LA yesterday. Modern Warfare 2 looks amazing. Game’s out in November. We never knew we had this much drool.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/06/04/infinity-ward-modern-warfare-pushes-xbox-360-to-its-upper-limits/

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

I want to hear more comments from real programmers, like Bungie and Turn 10. :hmm: