Xbox 360 and PS3 are getting up in age, and the current console cycle is dragging on far longer than ones before it, but that may not be such a bad thing. If you ask Irrational Games' Ken Levine, today's video games still look fantastic, and developers have some tricks up their sleeves to make them shine even more.
"It's clear there's still a fair bit of juice left in these machines," he commented. "You look at Arkham City, Uncharted and Gears of War and you're starting to see that these games don't look old to me. They look very current. I was playing Batman the other day and he's flying over this huge city, the snow is landing on the wings of his cape and you can see it hitting and melting... they still retain the power to visually amaze me."
Levine continued, "From a gameplay standpoint absolutely there's a ton of juice left [in current consoles]. There are lots of things to explore. That doesn't mean it's not challenging to build on what you've done - obviously Infinite is a very large step up in terms of technology from BioShock 1."
Levine's comments line up with Julien Merceron, Worldwide Tech Director at Square Enix, who told IndustryGamers as part of a special feature on console horsepower that "there is way more to be done on this generation, both in terms of innovations and in terms of polish."
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