Naughty Dog Working On PS4 Title?
See Full ImageWe've often wondered which of the first-party Sony studios might be working on games for the next generation; i.e., the PlayStation 4.
And we had certainly hoped Naughty Dog would be one of the first teams to start looking forward. The good news is that according to a job listing for a Character Artist, Naughty Dog is definitely looking into the upcoming generation. The successful applicant will help create "next-gen games" and will also be responsible for making "million-poly models game-ready." If you're wondering, the number of polygons in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves characters was around 80,000.
We have no idea what this mystery project could be, but we're definitely excited. How can we not be? The premier cutting-edge developer of this generation working on something for future technology? A million polygons per character? Heck, and we thought The Last Of Us was something pretty damn amazing.
There's only one thing left to do at this point: wait for Sony to unveil the PS4. ...can't be too far off.
Tags: naughty dog, next-gen, next generation, next-gen consoles, ps4
1/23/2012 11:30:09 AM Ben Dutka
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Highlander
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:41:07 AM
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::blinks::
OK, that will look somewhat awesome. definitely seems a tad beyond the current hardware though.
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TheAgingHipster
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:29:44 PM
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Highlander
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 1:12:13 PM
1080p is already 2 MPixels, and a multi-million polygon model may still only render several hundred thousand polygons at a time even when filling the screen because the entire model is never visible at once. So even though it might have 3 million polygons in the model, they're not all visible. Also, the rendering engine may render polygons below the pixel resolution of the display, but when the image is finally constructed and filtered, the final image will be 1080p. The additional polygon count simply adds to the quality of the final image.
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Highlander
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 2:59:13 PM
2MPixels.
:)
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firesoul453
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 5:44:47 PM
Most computer monitors support it and its a much better ratio than 1920x1080
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godsman
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:40:18 PM
The multi-million polygon won't be shown all at once. Probably half-million are used for the face and another 200k used for the hair on the back of the hair. You cannot see both front and back of the character at one time.
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godsman
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:40:19 PM
The multi-million polygon won't be shown all at once. Probably half-million are used for the face and another 200k used for the hair on the back of the hair. You cannot see both front and back of the character at one time.
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___________
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 1:11:41 AM
:(
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CrusaderForever
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:55:30 AM
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Next gen is going to be my heaven!
Last edited by CrusaderForever on 1/23/2012 11:56:20 AM
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Highlander
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:12:12 PM
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Buckeyestar
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:02:10 PM
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Havoc
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:29:57 PM
I dont know why but the whole game started to feel boring to me. Why do i have to kill 50 militants in a confined space every 10 minutes. And the climbing was so easy, just keep spamming the button until im where im supposed to get to.
Im very glad theyre working on a new game thats as they say very different from uncharted, gameplay wise.
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Oyashiro
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:06:50 PM
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Highlander
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:11:04 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 12:35:17 PM
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Next on the PS4, will devs start making games on blu-ray double sided quad-layer discs or just stick to blu-ray one sided/double sided disc that's 25GB/50GB of data?
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PSTan
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 1:23:32 PM
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I'm personally excited for new hardware, as long as naughty dog adds new gameplay elements alongside more powerful systems. I'll admit (I know some
of us are thinking the same thing), while uncharted 3 was one of the best games I played last year, it felt a little formulaic. Hopefully new hardware will inspire developers to push the boundaries whether in cinematics or gameplay.
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LimitedVertigo
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 1:41:52 PM
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maxpontiac
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 3:07:17 PM
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Clamedeus
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 3:24:27 PM
I don't care how old I get, I'm still going to game!
I'm still young though.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 1:53:23 PM
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Looking Glass
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 3:00:24 PM
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maxpontiac
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 3:06:46 PM
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Ignitus
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:00:16 PM
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Excited for a new ND game in superior hardware! Can't wait. Yet, no more PS3 games from them. It was good while it lasted, too bad it seems it's going to end soon.
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Looking Glass
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:08:23 PM
We still have The Last of Us.
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Ignitus
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:14:59 PM
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VampDeLeon
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:09:54 PM
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BikerSaint
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:22:36 PM
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Akuma07
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:33:26 PM
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It is too early for a new console.
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Mamills
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 4:36:17 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 6:58:02 PM
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Robochic
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 7:07:52 PM
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Twistedfloyd
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 7:21:01 PM
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I really don't want a PS4 yet, but damn if ND makes Uncharted 4 for PS4, it's going to be nearly impossible not to get it.
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Lairfan
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 7:24:23 PM
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Really, the only problem I'm seeing right now for the PS4 is a possible lack of launch exclusives besides Uncharted. The only other ones that will conceivably be done for launch are Killzone 4 (you know GG's gotta be working on it after that crappy cliffhanger) and LBP3.
Other than that, it looks like GoW IV is on the fast track for this gen, The Last Guardian is pretty much dead, Resistance is pretty much dead, and MGS5 (even though I don't want it) is probably still a ways off from being announced. So I hope Sony can scrounge up enough exclusives for the launch, although I'm pretty sure Uncharted could carry the system all by itself for at least a little while if they really needed it to.
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daus26
Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 10:49:51 PM
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___________
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 1:13:50 AM
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i really am worried ND will do the same mistake they did this gen.
ie bite off way more then they can chew, end up releasing a year late and with a really buggy unfinished product just like they did the original uncharted.
thed be much better off doing what everyone else does, and just get a game out first to learn the system then reach for the stars!
no point trying to win gold in the olympics marathon if you dont even know how to walk yet!
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Qubex
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 3:57:23 AM
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Roll on 2014/2015... I think it could be very exciting to see what tech Sony has up it sleeves...
The question is though... will the PS4 web browser be any good?
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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firesoul453
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Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 11:40:23 AM
But will it be another new IP? Or one of the two from this genreation.