Katsuhiro Hirada: PS3 is still the best for Tekken 6

It is a well-known fact that the Tekken series grew up on the PlayStation, and it sometimes feels a little different that the latest of the series, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, will come to both the PS3 and Xbox 360. But according to Tekken 6 project lead Katsuhiro Harada, despite the loss of Tekken‘s PlayStation exclusivity, the PS3 is still the best console for the latest Namco Bandai fighter.

It is a well-known fact that the Tekken series grew up on the PlayStation, and it sometimes feels a little different that the latest of the series, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, will come to both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

But according to Tekken 6 project lead Katsuhiro Harada, despite the loss of Tekken‘s PlayStation exclusivity, the PS3 is still the best console for the latest Namco Bandai fighter.

“The game was programmed on PS3 architecture and specifically designed to make full use of the Cell’s SPU. So it’s going to be a big challenge to bring the game to the Xbox 360,” Harada said. Tekken 6 capitalizes on the PS3’s power, and by capitalize, I mean running on 60fps.

“After releasing Tekken 6 in the arcades, we developed an updated version called Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion. When we developed the update, we overhauled the graphic engine and created new shaders,” he said.

 Furthermore,

In doing so, we had to make sure we could implement the graphic effects we wanted while still maintaining 60 frames. This is something that is extremely difficult to pull off, and there werenÂ’t many examples in other games. Tailoring the programming to make the most use of the CellÂ’s SPU allowed us to achieve the results we were aiming for.

Sweet. 60fps huh? I just got even more psyched about Bloodline Rebellion coming. I just hope they stopped nerfing Nina. Hahaha.

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