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7/23/12 at 12:52pm
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot wants the next generation of hardware to arrive sooner rather than later. Speaking to Gamasutra, the executive explained that the extended current generation cycle is cramping creativity.

"What we missed was a new console every five years," Guillemot said. "We have been penalized by the lack of new consoles on the market. I understand the manufacturers don't want them too often because it's expensive, but it's important for the entire industry to have new consoles because it helps creativity."

Guillemot went on to explain that when new consoles launch, gamers are more likely to try something new, instead of picking up serialized franchises like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed.
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Do you think the lack of new IPs and the overall lack of innovation and new ideas in "AAA" titles is caused primarily by aged console hardware,or do you think there are more contributing factors?
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post #2 of 128
7/23/12 at 12:55pm
Interesting. i think it is a bit of both to be honest. Even though I absolutely love consoles, I wish the new ones would come out. The lack of ram on the PS3 is crippling.
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7/23/12 at 1:00pm
The amount of stupid coming out of guillemot's mouth is astounding. First of all, theres already been a "next gen" hardware thats come out, its called the PC, but your company keeps pusing crappy console ports. 2nd, New hardware does not dictate creativity, thats called innovation. You want creativity? Stop being part of the publishers that rehash and dumbdown franchises.

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Guillemot went on to explain that when new consoles launch, gamers are more likely to try something new, instead of picking up serialized franchises like Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed.

Ubisoft would have to end up probably working on 2 different versions of the same game for 2 different consoles due to the fragmentation that happens when a new console comes out.

Just to add, I think new consoles should come out already, but not for the reasons Guillemot says. I think they should arrive as the current hardware in consoles is really holding developers back in what they can do in games, in frames, in size, in loading, etc.
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7/23/12 at 1:03pm
This, coming from the CEO of the game that has turned the next Far Cry game into a Call of Duty clone? Yes, it's definitely the lack of next-gen consoles that you took things in that direction.
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7/23/12 at 1:08pm
Innovation/creativity can come though story, concepts and gameplay. All of which are more then capable of doing on this generation of consoles or on the PC
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7/23/12 at 1:14pm
Software companies are getting pissy as their cash crop user base is starting to get bored of the 1 year rehash games they've been sharting out. While they completely ignore the pc.
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7/23/12 at 1:19pm
I would think one of the main issues is that all video game companies (with the exception of indie studios) produce with maximum profit in mind. The same thing is happening in all mediums, including the movie and book world as well. There is a reason we have seen many identical games to COD4 produced by different studios over the past few years; because it sells.

Other than that, I don't think the future of video games is as bleak as it is always made out to be.
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7/23/12 at 1:21pm
I've probably said this a lot on OCN. This is pretty obvious. They can't make better games because they don't have the resources so they just rehash and call it a day.

Although you would think one company would actually make a better game that is PC only so they could innovate and make people want to game on the PC instead of a console. Some games that are pretty big and started as PC only include both CoD and Battlefield.
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7/23/12 at 1:21pm
Wasn't it just a little while ago that console devs tried to convince us that the current consoles could still offer more in terms graphics and other stuff rolleyes.gif

It is true that the current gen consoles are outdated has hell and we should have had new consoles on the shelves for one or tow year all ready, but honestly that's no excuse to make cookie cutter mainstream mush for any platform. Want to flex thous big bad dev muscles and try something new? Why not develop for the PC for a change? You know the platform that is not held back by console manufactures and offers awesome hardware to boot. As a bonus the player base is always ready to try something new and there is no "end of life" cycle to worry about.
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Lack of next-gen hardware is hurting your creativity because you keep developing around the weaker platforms. It's why I have such few Ubisoft games and probably won't have any more for a long time.
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