Developers are yet to reach to point where next generation consoles are needed, James Keen, lead game designer on Far Cry 3, has told VideoGamer.com.
"I'm not quite sure that we're there yet," said Keen at Ubisoft's summer showcase last week.
"I think there is still more to be had out of them, definitely. And I think the visual fidelity you do get out of consoles now, it's still really good. We're still pushing the boundaries [with Far Cry 3 on console]."
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HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.
I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.
Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.
But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.
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...that it is needed...o_0...I wish these Ubi guys would get together and get their stories straight. =(
Many devs already have next gen engines but have to conform to certain standards in order for the masses to be able to play their games. They could of course pull a EA-Dice and just show their game running with CGI like fidelity and lied to everybody, knowing very few, if any gamers will experience the game that way BUT that would not be right, now would it. ;D
Yes It is not needed but its in development.
I think the next gen would be nice to have, but not needed. They can still make games for the current gen, but they're hitting a wall.
I would like to see current gen, and next gen coincide with one another.
Not for them they would have to cater 2 extra consoles.
Im sure after far cry 3 is released they will be begging for it.
I'm sure they'd love a next gen so that it's easier to get their games up and running on the better hardware, but if the developer works hard enough, they can get excellent results on such ancient machines (see Naughty Dog, id, Team Bondi).
I hate to pull the Naughty Dog card so much, but they really are amazing developers, so it wouldn't be fair not to mention them when talking about quality.