Activision CEO: PlayStation 3 most advanced, devs not taking advantage of it
This might actually go hand-in-hand with Jack Tretton‘s statement about the PlayStation 3 “sacrificing the short-term challenges for long-term wins.” In the recent Web 2.0 Summit, Activision CEO and chairman Robert Kotick gave his thoughts about Sony‘s gaming console and how some developers might be treating it.
Replying to an audience member, Robert Kotick noted that the PS3 is the most advanced gaming platform out there today. And reflecting Tretton’s remark of how developers might be having a hard time working with the system (for the short-term, at least), Kotick continues, saying that “few game developers were building products that take full advantage of the console’s powerful, multicore processor, [but devs’ knowledge of the system could change within] the next four or five years.”
So does an Activision CEO have the clout to say this? Well, it’s up to you. If you’re one to take a company’s games library as credentials, do know that Activision has Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock up its sleeve. Both games are to be released across different platforms, and its only upon release will we find out if the devs took advantage of the PS3’s system. Only time will tell, but Kotick still raises some interesting arguments.
This might actually go hand-in-hand with Jack Tretton‘s statement about the PlayStation 3 “sacrificing the short-term challenges for long-term wins.” In the recent Web 2.0 Summit, Activision CEO and chairman Robert Kotick gave his thoughts about Sony‘s gaming console and how some developers might be treating it.
Replying to an audience member, Robert Kotick noted that the PS3 is the most advanced gaming platform out there today. And reflecting Tretton’s remark of how developers might be having a hard time working with the system (for the short-term, at least), Kotick continues, saying that “few game developers were building products that take full advantage of the console’s powerful, multicore processor, [but devs’ knowledge of the system could change within] the next four or five years.”
So does an Activision CEO have the clout to say this? Well, it’s up to you. If you’re one to take a company’s games library as credentials, do know that Activision has Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock up its sleeve. Both games are to be released across different platforms, and its only upon release will we find out if the devs took advantage of the PS3’s system. Only time will tell, but Kotick still raises some interesting arguments.
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