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by Andrew Yoon, Dec 18, 2012 4:15pm PSTOne peek at John Carmack's Twitter feed will convince you that, hey maybe this guy is smarter than you. Lead programmer at id Software, Carmack probably has more insight into future tech than the rest of us. While the next generation of consoles will likely represent a significant jump in computational power, Carmack believes that next-gen games will still target 30 frames per second, much like this generation.
Responding to a fan on Twitter, Carmack said that "I can pretty much guarantee that a lot of next gen games will still target 30 fps," without divulging any more information. This doesn't necessarily mean that next-gen systems will be underpowered. However, it suggests that developers are likely to use their graphical bandwidth on making prettier images.
Should Carmack's prediction come true, PC gamers could maintain their technical advantage over consoles even when the next generation launches. Now, PC games typically feature visual improvements over console counterparts, such as unrestricted framerates.
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While the next generation of consoles will likely represent a significant jump in computational power, Carmack believes that next-gen games will still target 30 frames per second, much like this generation.
While the next generation of consoles will likely represent a significant jump in computational power, Carmack believes that next-gen games will still target 30 frames per second, much like this generation. : Shacknews
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Bethesda seemed to be targeting the Fallout RPG crowd and the issues with the AMD drivers for PC really hurt it. Also id and the rage ip was practically an unknown player in the console market space and Bethesda really did nothing to change that... it was like "here is id with the best RPG game evar" and the crowd was like "who's id and this isn't a fucking rpg?!?!?"
I agree that 60 fps really didn't matter to the console space but neither did online play when quake world came out. If devs aren't willing to innovate then what the fuck are we going to have for games in 10 years? COD 32423 that plays like COD 1, that's what.
I thought Rage was a pretty good action shooter but certainly could have used better story telling and the ending "wasn't". It puzzles me that a game like borderlands is basically the same thing but with "millions of guns" and it gets a 95 or whatever from metacritic. I guess if id added a loot system and monthly DLC at 10 bucks a pop it would be game of the year. Note to idiots: I like borderlands as well.
For people who haven't played: if you want a good action shooter Rage is decent choice... if want the same, well you are already playing it.
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