Insomniac On Game Design: We Can Always Be More Efficient
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in TimeInsomniac has already made some of the best PlayStation 3 exclusives currently available - and yet another one in the form of Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time releases today - so they're quite familiar with the hardware in question.
And not long after Naughty Dog said they believe they could optimize their Uncharted game engine even further for a third installment, Insomniac echoes this optimism by saying we haven't yet seen the best Sony's machine can produce. According to CVG, Insomniac community manager James Stevenson said it could take at least another three years before the PS3 is technically "maxed out." He goes on to mention many points we at PSXE have made so far this generation, but we're sure it means more coming from him:
"There's always ways we can become more efficient. The PlayStation platforms are built with a very high ceiling and I think that's part of the success Sony has had in creating these platforms with really long life spans. The first couple of years are all about developers getting games up and working. You see what Naughty Dog has had the chance to do in the past two years. You've seen what we've been able to do in that time. This is where it gets exciting."
He goes on to say that the PS3 "still feels like a young system" (feels that way to us, too) and we won't see it "really maxed out for another two to three years." He says his team is using just about all the capability of the console but it's all in how you use that capability; i.e., a developer can always be more efficient with the game's design. Most developers have said it comes down to efficiency so we're inclined to believe him, and we figure it makes perfect sense. Now, how's about working on Resistance 3...?
10/27/2009 10:18:52 AM Ben Dutka
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MyWorstNightmar
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 10:53:53 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 4:55:51 PM
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Charger7302
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 6:32:23 PM
I'm pretty sure the next gen of graphics will be in the form of 3D or CGI quality graphics. I don't know about you but a console capable of CGI would be totaly kick ass.(imagine seeing cgi explosions, like those in terminator salvation, in games like killzone or resistance)
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Fane1024
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 12:49:33 AM
They could actually be rendered in HIGH-definition (1080p). : )
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nogoat23
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 12:28:51 PM
On the same topic, is anyone using the Best Buy deal to get Alpha Protocol? Since the release date used to be this week, it's showing up as a valid game for this deal.
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SaintX
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 2:32:46 AM
Thats awful man. You're missing out on something great. haha
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 3:16:59 PM
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bigrailer19
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 3:47:57 PM
anyways i thought that was entertaining! i hope you like the game, seriously fill me in later when you got a chance to play it, becus i just recently bought R&C future: tools of destruction, and i like it but since U2 came out i havnt touched it so...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 8:14:16 PM
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Banky A
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 10:46:35 PM
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Was Disruptor a bad or good?
Next Ratchet & Clank has got to have it's super awesome multiplayer.. you can do it Insomniac.
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___________
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 1:02:58 AM
that sucked.
did not like resistance 2 much either.
they basically said ok whats the things our fans loved about the first resistance game?
offline co-op, weapon wheel ok there all in the bin.
than said ok whats the things our fans hated about the game?
ok there in, lets get to work,i was wondering if they did any research what so ever.
whats myresistance.net for if there not going to listen to their fans?
but yea, 99.999999999999% of the games they produce are pure gold, so they have a excuse.
and well considering 5games in 3 years.
thats not bad.
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Kangasfwa
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 1:14:33 AM
@ ______________
Insomniac's last Spyro game was Year of the Dragon.
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Banky A
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 4:25:55 AM
Insomniac made a bad Spyro? Daymmm. I thought another developer took over.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 12:59:57 AM
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8 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bigrailer19
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 10:33:57 AM
id be thoroughly dissapointed if i heard there would be another system in the next 3-4 years, i expect the ps3 to go atleast 4 more years!
this is where it gets exciting as they said, it was awesome in the beginning but as time has gone on, im loving it more and more, and games are shining brighter and brighter!
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