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Jaffe unenthusiastic about the next generation of console
Posted: 14.03.2012 04:14 by JonahFalcon Comments: 1
A lot of people are anxiously awaiting the next console generation, but Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe is ambivalent about it, stating, "I couldn't care less about next-gen."

Jaffe's indifference over the next generation comes from having dealt with prior transitions, and the excitement over a new machine has become old. "I started at Sony Imagesoft doing Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games, and I went through that to PS1, then PS2, PS3, Vita… You go through the cycle enough and you realise today's 'Oh my f---ing God' is tomorrow's 'Ehh, whatever'," he related.

"Ultimately, this is all going to be yesterday's news and it's about the experience, the game. Unless we're talking about holodecks, or AI that's so amazing it can actually write a compelling story around you procedurally based on your choices, I'm not interested."

Worse, each successive generation has made development even more expensive.

"I'm no longer that excited about next-gen technology; it means budgets go up. It sucks. The biggest thing I want is what you get from the PSP and the 3DS - it's always on, there's a sleep mode and I can just hit a button and I'm right back where I was and I don't have to go through all the boot-up sh--."

Jaffe's latest game, Twisted Metal, will be released this Friday in Europe for the PlayStation 3.
Source: Eurogamer

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Mar 14, 2012
nocutius
He does have a point about costs but we still need better tech.
You can't have great physics on the current consoles for example and physics are finally becoming important to a lot of people, it makes no sense that a wooden fence can block a shot from BFG or a tank.