There is plenty of speculation surrounding the next generation of consoles and many are excited to see what thePlayStation 5and Xbox Series X will bring.Speculation continues to be more prevalent than facts about the consoles, but more and more details are coming to light. While there is still plenty to be confirmed about the consoles, it seems that a rendering engineer at Crytek has made his decision on the console war. Yet it should be noted that the engineer is approaching the consoles in a different way to most gamers and consumers. Nevertheless, it is a very interesting opinion.
The PlayStation franchise has been the most successful home-game console of all timeand naturally with this achievement comes a lot of fans. Yet few would have expected an engineer at Crytek to have been swayed as significantly as Ali Salehi has been, after coding for the consoles. Crytek is a respected developer that has produced games likeCrysisand more recentlyHunt: Showdown. Yet it seems that the company is having an easier time of achieving better performance with the PlayStation 5 than other consoles.
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The rendering engineer wrote in Persian to a Twitter follower who asked about how the two consoles compared. Ali Salehi answered that the PlayStation 5 “is the easiest console they have ever coded on to reach its peak performance” and added that the PS5 “is extremely simple and has so many abilities that make the devs so free.” The interaction concluded with Salehi claiming, “As a programmer I say PS5 is much better and I don’t think you’re able to find a programmer that could name one advantage that XSX has over PS5.” These are strong words and many fans of thePlayStation 5will be glad that the console is a hit with developers.
The Xbox Series X has promised some groundbreaking technology and it is surprising that the PlayStation 5 has made such an impression on a developer. While players won’t feel the impact of an easier development process for the PS5 it may have some effect on game quality and even what studios team up with consoles for exclusives. While Head of Xbox,Phil Spencer, has claimed he is not worried about the PS5, the Xbox team will want to get ahead of this kind of negative press.
There are still mysteries surrounding the next generation of consoles but what has proved to be the key to their success in the past has been marketing and exclusive games. In light of the statement by Salehi, the PS5 seems to be besting the Xbox Series X. It will be interesting to see how Xbox responds to these claims, or whether they will focus on thegames that will sway players on the upcoming console.
ThePlayStation 5andXbox Series xset to launch during the Holiday of 2020.
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