Posted by
Kenshi 5 years 8 months ago

Some news slipped out during the Leipzig convention in Germany that Crytek senior game designer Bernd Diemer said their upcoming first-person shooter Crysis was too über for the next-generation consoles -- the 360 and PlayStation 3 specifically. The heart of the matter related directly to DirectX 10 and it being the only way to truly unleash the beast behind this beautiful game.
"next generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 do not offer the sufficient power"
Posted by
Valmort 5 years 9 months ago

ATI has responded to rumours that the Xbox 360 could receive an upgrade to the Microsoft DirectX API.
According to the stories Xbox 360 would be upgraded to DirectX 10 via a patch that would enable easier cross platform development of games such as Crysis. However ATI has stated that the Xbox 360 cannot be upgraded in this way.
"Xbox360 cannot run DX10," said an ATI spokesperson. "The Xbox360 has unique features including memory export that can enable DX10-class functionality such as stream-out. From what we're hearing, Crysis will...
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