With the new era of consoles fast approaching, it's not just fans and gamers that have drawn a line in the sand, but developers too. Such is the case for Housemarque's Tomasso De Benetti.
Benetti spoke with Kotaku Japan over the studio's latest work in progress, the PlayStation 4 exclusive Resogun, an uber colorful side scrolling shooter, reminescent of old school games like Gradius and R-Type with a touch of hallucinogens. During the interview, he shared his opinions on more than just details on the game's development.
"It's not the official position of the company but just a personal opinion: if you look at it as a gamer, Xbox One is focused on America's vision of the entertainment center with the TV and the like. It gives the impression is that games aren't its highest priority," said Benetti.
"On the other hand for the PS4 games come first, then there are other forms of entertainment. Because of how they're promoting it, I think the PS4 looks more attractive when viewed by true core gamers, isn't it?"
First, remember that Benetti is in the midst of developing a PlayStation 4 exclusive title. Not that I'm accusing anyone of being bias, but it does seem like he knows which side he likes his bread buttered. Then again, Microsoft did put one hell of an emphasis on making the Xbox One the device for all of your entertainment. Third-party developers showed a few videos for some of their upcoming games for the console, but Microsoft had but not one ounce of gameplay to share when it revealed the Xbox One back in May.
You can read more about Resogun here.
Microsoft's Xbox One launches on Nov. 22, and will be available in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and the United States for $499.
The new console claims an 8-core x86 processor and Microsoft hopes it will take the place of the family room cable box by letting you watch Blu-ray movies and TV through the console, in a "seamless transition" that lets players switch from playing games to watching shows and/or movies. It will come fully loaded with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.
A cross-country tour where Microsoft is demoing the system at various locations is already underway, and demo kiosks have begun arriving at certain retailers.
As for Sony, the PlayStation 4 boasts Supercharged PC architecture, X86 CPU, Enhanced PC GPU, and 8GB Unified Memory under the hood. It will support the same PlayStation Plus service as the Vita and PlayStation 3. However, a Plus subscription will be required for online multiplayer games, but not for additional media services like Netflix. Sony has also updated the Dual Shock controllers with a touch screen and improved shoulder triggers, and bundles the console with a headset.
Demo kiosks have already started making their way to various retailers, with more and more rolling out the closer we get to the console's launch date.
The PlayStation 4 is set to release on November 15 in North America and on November 29 in Europe. Day one games available for the system include Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Killzone Shadow Fall,Madden NFL 25, Minecraft, NBA 2K14, Need for Speed: Rivals, and more. It will retail for $399.
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