Bethesda prefers Xbox 360 as native dev platform, hints Fallout 4
Bethesda Softworks has recently revealed through Peter Hines that they prefer the Microsoft Xbox 360 as their native development platform over the PC and the PlayStation 3. That applies to the upcoming Fallout 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC) and is likely to hold true for Fallout 4. Yes, there will be a Fallout 4 as indicated by Hines himself. More after the jump.
Peter Hines of Bethesda Softworks was recently in London to show off the upcoming Fallout 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC). While doing so, he was asked a few questions that revealed some interesting answers.
In a conversation with Tech radar, Hines was quoted as saying that the devs over at Bethesda prefer the Microsoft Xbox 360 as the model platform where they make their games first. The PC and the PlayStation 3 came in later.
Hines explained that the primary reason why they didn’t develop natively on the PC is because they wanted to avoid guessing what configurations people already have on their systems. Combinations of RAM sizes and graphics card setups would have been troublesome to deal with for the devs.
“Obviously we are more familiar with the Xbox because we are familiar and the other thing is that the Xbox is much easier to take to tech shows,” said Hines as he explained that it was handy to have the hard drive pop in and out off Xbox 360s so they wouldn’t have to carry the whole thing while they travel.
And if you’re thinking that Hines would blame the PS3’s architecture for not doing it on the platform first, you’re dead wrong. He said no such thing that could tick owners of the Sony console.
Finally, the developer gave a blunt hint that they won’t stop making Fallout games just yet as he told the press “we didn’t buy the Fallout franchise to just do Fallout 3 and then stop”. We’ll be watching out for announcements on the fourth one, then.
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Via Tech Radar
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