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Crytek CEO: Current-Gen Consoles Are Falling Behind Tablets

Posted on Wednesday, August 8 @ 12:45:48 Eastern by

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli is hardly the first developer to complain about the sluggish arrival of the next generation of consoles, and he won't be the last. But in an interview with VG247, he fears that this lethargic attitude has allowed other devices to step up and take away the power of consoles in general:
The current generations are drying out and the longer we wait for the next generation of consoles, the higher the likelihood that they could fall behind tablets in terms of being the first thing people reach for when the time comes to play games. Tablets are putting pressure on the gaming industry, and taking over in some ways, so that should be kept in mind.
At first, I thought that this claim was an obvious exaggeration since the tablet is designed for a much wide pool of people than consoles. Practically, if I'm sitting in my living room, I choose my console over the tablet. And when I'm on the go, I've got the DS and Vita.

But then I realized that I was looking at this only from the angle of a consumer... and a gamer at that. If developers see that they can make as much profit, if not more profit on a percentage basis, from designing games for the tablet than the console, that means they're inclined to put less effort on creating console games in general.

I also think it has to do with excitement as a developer, not just in following trends but also in being charged up for designing a title for two, three, maybe four years. We gaming journalists have the luxury of moving from one game to the next within days, but they've got to sit on projects for years, and if those projects are on technology from more than several years ago, it can be disheartening.

Luckily, the Wii U will be releasing this holiday and the next Xbox generation is reportedly in the hands of some developers in the form of debug consoles. So don't worry, guys, it will come... eventually.
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  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
    I don't use tablets myself, but I do wonder how they are threatening console gaming? Is it the casual gaming trend on those things?
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  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
    Yes, games are cheap, portable, have mass appeal, and are played on something that's almost as practical as a computer
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  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
    I play star fox 64 and goldeneye on my ASus transformer tablet, plus there's games like modern combat and shadow gun that are l5 a pop and are similar to gears and cod ,i use my tablet as my pc wath movies porn. I love the thing
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
    Actually consoles are even falling behind smart phones....
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
    This console gen has definitely lasted too long, but I can understand why with the massive recession and everything that it caused. But with that in mind, its time to push these new consoles out asap :)
    0 1
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 8th, 2012 at 4:52 pm
    Lol at the last paragraph. The WiiU is not a next-gen system. It is a current-gen system being released 7 years late. (In the context of this article I'm not really being sarcastic -- it is as powerful as the dated tech being complained about)
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  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 9th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
    Console generations are based on release date. Therefore, WiiU is not current gen. And that's completely regardless of how its modern architecture *is* more powerful than the PS3 and 360.
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  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 9th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
    it was said tongue-in-cheek. and i don't know if i would refer to its innards as "modern architecture".
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