“Next-Gen starts when I say so”, says Mark Rein

Epic Games VP Mark Rein was very much the entertainer during his stay at the London Games Festival‘s first event, GDC London. During his talk about Unreal Engine 3 and Gears of War, he proudly declared this: “Sony says the next generation starts when they say so – bullshit!”

He also added that Gears as a “second-gen” Xbox 360 title is likely to look better than PS3 launch titles. Of course Playstation fans will probably counter with, “How did the Xbox 360 launch title look?”

Flame-bait-topic aside, Rein showed some Gears of War Xbox 360 preview stuff, and explained that they are currently doing their best to get the Unreal Engine 3 for the PS3 to work better. According to Rein, they “have a couple of worried customers” who are concerned about UE3’s performance on the said console.

By the way, this may be a bit off-tangent, but in regards to their supposed “sweatshops” (more like subsidiaries) in China, Rein says that “Shanghai is a little too expensive for a sweatshop.” They say they’re paying top salary. I guess that just because it’s in Asia it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s cheap.

So here we go again to the never-ending question. What’s better, PS3 or Xbox 360? I’ll stick to my opinion that it’s the games and the developers’ abilities to push gaming to the next level, and not the console hardware itself. What do you guys think?

Epic Games VP Mark Rein was very much the entertainer during his stay at the London Games Festival‘s first event, GDC London. During his talk about Unreal Engine 3 and Gears of War, he proudly declared this: “Sony says the next generation starts when they say so – bullshit!”

He also added that Gears as a “second-gen” Xbox 360 title is likely to look better than PS3 launch titles. Of course Playstation fans will probably counter with, “How did the Xbox 360 launch title look?”

Flame-bait-topic aside, Rein showed some Gears of War Xbox 360 preview stuff, and explained that they are currently doing their best to get the Unreal Engine 3 for the PS3 to work better. According to Rein, they “have a couple of worried customers” who are concerned about UE3’s performance on the said console.

By the way, this may be a bit off-tangent, but in regards to their supposed “sweatshops” (more like subsidiaries) in China, Rein says that “Shanghai is a little too expensive for a sweatshop.” They say they’re paying top salary. I guess that just because it’s in Asia it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s cheap.

So here we go again to the never-ending question. What’s better, PS3 or Xbox 360? I’ll stick to my opinion that it’s the games and the developers’ abilities to push gaming to the next level, and not the console hardware itself. What do you guys think?