Crytek CEO predicts next consoles race, gears up for PS4 with CryEngine 3

Crytek logo - Image 1More intriguing news are coming from the Games Convention Asia happening in Singapore. This time, it’s Crytek’s Cevat Yerli dishing out the buzz on Crytek’s CryEngine 3, and their predictions on the next wave of the consoles race. PS4 in 2012 anyone?

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli - Image 1Even while the next-gen race currently going on right now has yet to reach its peak, Crytek is already preparing for the next cycle. Speaking at the Games Convention Asia, Cevat Yerli talked about their proprietary technology, the CryEngine, as well as their predictions as to when the next round of consoles race will begin.

Said Yerli, because the consoles provide a more fixed window of constraints than the PC hardware for the developers, they have to start designing for the future as early as now. Noting that the GPUs and CPUs “are on a collision course”, it thus becomes important for technology producers and game developers alike to have an informed decision for the development of new products.

“The risk of ‘uncanny valley for content is increased. As the more realistic graphics become the animation may not adapt,” he said. Furthermore, “Games will differentiate more and more in artistic styles, physics, and AI, to be different.”

As for his predictions, he said that the next wave of consoles will probably be out in about three or four years. “Sony knows but they wouldn’t tell us,” Yerli revealed. “But our estimate is 2011, or 2012.” As for Microsoft, he says they’ll most likely release another Xbox a year earlier than Sony.

“The future, in our terms, starts next year. Next year we start researching our 2012 engine,” he further disclosed. More interesting to note, though, is this statement of his: “Frankly we are lining ourselves to the PS4.” And although Sony has not given them full details on their new baby, he recognizes it as a “driving beacon” for Crytek. “That’s probably the most important information that our company is missing.”

A PlayStation 4, you say? Well then if that’s the case, Sony’s got only but a few years left to really prove what their PlayStation 3 has to offer. With all the talks on how big the potential for this system is, it’s time they actually start fulfilling them, don’t you think?


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