PS3's Aging Hardware is Limiting Call of Duty Says Sledgehammer CEO

As if we didn't know how impressive the graphics for Call of Duty games are. :roll:

PS3′s Aging Hardware is Limiting Call of Duty Says Sledgehammer CEO

(My face when reading this)

TheCall of Dutyseries may be the best selling franchise in recent times, but plenty of gamers reckon that it hasn't changed much over the past few releases. Many are quick to say that it's the fault of the developer, but it appears that the developer is blaming the hardware.

Glen Shofield, CEO of Sledgehammer Games, had a lot to say toGameTrailersabout the development of the upcomingCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and among them were his concerns of current-generation console hardware limiting its potential. During a face-to-face interview this week, Glen stated:

We have so many ideas that don't get into the game.

He continued:

Some things are just too big for the consoles that we have right now. We always want to throw in one more tank in there or 10 more different types of enemies. There's a lot more that we can add but we have a long way to go.

The PlayStation 3 released nearly five years ago, and in that time technology has improved substantially. In terms of graphics processing alone, the PS3 is using architecture that is now four series behind what is globally available on the market for a reasonable price. Sony argues that a successor to thePS3 won't be revealeduntil the PS3′s power has been fully utilized, but several developers are already having to make compromises to release a product that has stable frame-rate. Heck, evenSony recently surrenderedafter a four-year battle of trying to implement Cross Game Chat, ditching the idea and throwing it onto the upcoming Vita instead. Whether it be the HD DVD format of the Xbox 360, or the 256mb of system memory on the PS3, current consoles are becoming more of a challenge as time goes on and development teams have larger visions for their product.

Would a new PlayStation console really be the correct move right now, and more specifically, would it allow theCall of Dutyseries to evolve? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Source is Playstationlifest.yle

Limiting Call of Duty? That's a good one. Way to blame your laziness on Consoles. :roll:

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

:lol: come on are they joking themselvs? did they compare games like GoW3 and UC2 to their CoD games? CoD is like a ps1 game compared to UC2 and this is coming from a CoD fan :P. joke of the day i tell you

I wonder why the spin in the title (playstationlifestyIe), he said that about consoles in general :!:

All of a sudden CoD crappiness is attached to the PS3... dudes, if it's holding your crappy game back, don't ****ing release it for the PS3.

Period!!.

id Software isn't complaining. >.>mrmusicman247

All of a sudden CoD crappiness is attached to the PS3... dudes, if it's holding your crappy game back, don't ****ing release it for the PS3.

Period!!.

GreenGoblin2099

They cant, did you see how much BO and MW2 both sold on PS3? over 20 million! :o.. thats not counting all the DLC combined! which isnt that far from the 360 version which for both should be over 25mil :o

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]id Software isn't complaining. >.>IronBass

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

DarkLink77

I didnt see him say that anywhere. He said "consoles" never specified the PS3. I saw that video interview its in the Xbox dashboardKaze_no_Mirai

Thanks for the laugh, Sledgehammer.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]id Software isn't complaining. >.>mrmusicman247

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

All of a sudden CoD crappiness is attached to the PS3... dudes, if it's holding your crappy game back, don't ****ing release it for the PS3.

Period!!.

finalstar2007

They cant, did you see how much BO and MW2 both sold on PS3? over 20 million! :o.. thats not counting all the DLC combined! which isnt that far from the 360 version which for both should be over 25mil :o

Thing is... THEY CAN!!! But they won't, which is way different.

Basically they should do it or shut tf up about it.

I don't even.... :?

He said consoles, as in all of the consoles. Not just PS3.

He said consles not just ps3 read people read.TheGuardian03

It doesn't matter if he said Ps3 or both consoles.

It's still funny.

[QUOTE="navyguy21"]Way to spin the article to make it seem like a dev is bashing the PS3 Playstationlifestyle. :| He said consoles in generalKaze_no_Mirai

Well..then...Naughty Dog isn't complaining. And don't let the fact they're first party distract you in any way, shape or form :Pmrmusicman247

[QUOTE="Kaze_no_Mirai"][QUOTE="navyguy21"]Way to spin the article to make it seem like a dev is bashing the PS3 Playstationlifestyle. :| He said consoles in generalRibnarak

It doesn't matter if he said Ps3 or both consoles.

It's still funny.

theuncharted34

[QUOTE="Kaze_no_Mirai"][QUOTE="navyguy21"]Way to spin the article to make it seem like a dev is bashing the PS3 Playstationlifestyle. :| He said consoles in generalRibnarak

[QUOTE="TheGuardian03"]He said consles not just ps3 read people read.DarkLink77

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

It doesn't matter if he said Ps3 or both consoles.

It's still funny.

VensInferno

"We always want to throw in one more tank in there or 10 more different types of enemies"

This is suppose to change the gameplay?

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

DarkLink77

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

gmaster456

What does that mean, huh? :evil:

Then why isnt DICE complaining about ps3 limiting battlefield 3? instead theyre trying to make it look the best it can for a console and that game has a next gen engine..

[QUOTE="gmaster456"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

DarkLink77

What does that mean, huh? :evil:

:lol: come on are they joking themselvs? did they compare games like GoW3 and UC2 to their CoD games? CoD is like a ps1 game compared to UC2 and this is coming from a CoD fan :P. joke of the day i tell you

finalstar2007

Modern Warfare is also running at twice the frame rate as those games. Some of you don't understand how significant that is. All things being equal, going from 30fps to 60fps requires twice the power.

That's how we benchmark graphics cards, for example. If card A can pump out 60fps, while card B can only pump out 30fps on the same game it means that card A is considered twice as fast or twice as powerful.

Those two games you mentioned run at half the framerate as MW and are also extremely linear. God of War 3 has a fixed camera and you are basically playing on what amounts to a wide ledge most of the time. Uncharted at least gives you full control of the camera to look around at a fully rendered 3 dimensional world, but it's environments are still fairly narrow and linear.

[QUOTE="gmaster456"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

You want to know what's limiting Call of Duty?

A two year development cycle, yearly releases, and an engine that is twelve years old.

DarkLink77

What does that mean, huh? :evil:

You know what it means! :evil:

:P