Too Weak: Dev Says PS3, Xbox 360 Can't Handle Crysis
- August 30, 2006 13:20 PM PST
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At the Games Convention in Leipzig, the senior game designer of game developer Cryek said that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 aren't powerful enough to handle the company's upcoming PC shooter, Crysis.
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Bernd Diemer, the senior game designer for developer Crytek, made the statements during the Games Convention at Leipzig, German publication Heise has revealed.
According to a Team Xbox translation, Diemer said that "next generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 do not offer the sufficient power" to handle a game like Crysis.
Crytek is developing Crysis around Dirext X 10 graphical specifications, which are only supported by Microsoft's upcoming PC operating system, Windows Vista. The game will be compatible with Direct X 9.0 hardware, however, which is found in most Windows XP gaming PCs currently on the market.
For a more in-depth discussion of Crysis running on Windows XP and Windows Vista, see the Ask the Pros columns on this very topic here and here, plus an in-depth look at Crysis-capable video cards here.
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