The Wii U is the first console release of the newest generation and talk is already starting to heat up on the next Xbox and PlayStation. However, Twisted Metal and God of War creator David Jaffe isn’t terribly excited about the increase in power that the next set of consoles will grant.
“I couldn’t care less about next-gen,” said Jaffe. “I started at Sony Imagesoft doing Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis games, and I went through that to PS1, then PS2, PS3, Vita . . . You go through the cycle enough and you realize today’s ‘Oh my f***ing God’ is tomorrow’s ‘Ehh, whatever’.”
“Ultimately, this is all going to be yesterday’s news and it’s about the experience, the game. Unless we’re talking about holodecks, or AI that’s so amazing it can actually write a compelling story around you procedurally based on your choices, I’m not interested,” he added.
Jaffe issued a clarification after the above statement came out, he said, “When I went on to say I was looking at doing a next-gen game, I was NOT contradicting myself. Just because I’m not excited about the new tech (from what little I know of it . . . hell, if it is really innovative and lets our games be better and not just look better, I WILL be excited for it) . . . but assuming that’s not the case: just because I’m not excited for next-gen tech, doesn’t mean I’m not very excited to make a next- gen game with our new studio. Big budget, character/story, new IP games often times NEED to be on the latest consoles and while the next-gen tech of consoles so far has me very ‘whatever’, the desire to work with an amazing team to help create a big budget, character/story, new IP has me very jazzed!”
Source: Edge
