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Bethesda prefers Xbox 360 as native dev platform, hints Fallout 4 |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Bethesda Softworks, Microsoft, Sony
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Peter Hines of Bethesda Softworks was recently in London to show off the upcoming Fallout 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC). While doing so, he was asked a few questions that revealed some interesting answers.
In a conversation with Tech radar, Hines was quoted as saying that the devs over at Bethesda prefer the Microsoft Xbox 360 as the model platform where they make their games first. The PC and the PlayStation 3 came in later.
Hines explained that the primary reason why they didn't develop natively on the PC is because they wanted to avoid guessing what configurations people already have on their systems. Combinations of RAM sizes and graphics card setups would have been troublesome to deal with for the devs.
"Obviously we are more familiar with the Xbox because we are familiar and the other thing is that the Xbox is much easier to take to tech shows," said Hines as he explained that it was handy to have the hard drive pop in and out off Xbox 360s so they wouldn't have to carry the whole thing while they travel.
And if you're thinking that Hines would blame the PS3's architecture for not doing it on the platform first, you're dead wrong. He said no such thing that could tick owners of the Sony console.
Finally, the developer gave a blunt hint that they won't stop making Fallout games just yet as he told the press "we didn't buy the Fallout franchise to just do Fallout 3 and then stop". We'll be watching out for announcements on the fourth one, then.
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Via Tech Radar
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And yes, I'm a 360 fan. To the large percentage of you who have gone mainstream and now call everyone opposing your console "fanboys", actually end up proving to us that you yourself are one. It's irony mixed with *****ing, and it couldn't be funnier. In other words, save it.
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Oh, If you've ran out of ideas on what to hate us for, here are some I've seen being bashed on lately:
- Disc Trays
- Bill Gates
- Bethseda preferring to develop on the 360
- Big Powerpacks (I love it)
- The scene in the movie Transformers where a 360 is shown (and not a PS3), which transforms into a killer robot.
Those were posted by some of them. The other 95% just said something about us being fanboys. That word lost its value when they started saying it in every post.
Haha. still, that powerpack comment he left was funny as hell.
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FALLOUT 3 FTW!!!
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Plus I don't believe fallout will be oblivion with guns, it looks like an incredible game in its own right.
Go Bethesda, prove what you've been proving for a decade.....
You can make incredible games.
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