There has been a certain vibe of doom and gloom around the Nintendo brand (despite the fact the 3DS has been mostly breaking sales records) but Mark Rein, VP at Epic, believes the Wii U will be successful.
The human eye can only perceive 72 frames per second. We’ve been seeing games at 60 frames per second for some time. And as graphics approach photorealism with current computing power, some suggest that the days of giant leaps in visual quality are past us, and we’ll be seeing smaller refinements going forward.
We had Cervat Yerli from Crytek claiming that consoles were holding PC gaming back, now Epic’s Mark Rein, speaking to Eurogamer, has claimed that PCs have “shot by” consoles.
So Epic’s Mark Rein interrupted a discussion last week at a conference, and got people upset. It made for good theatre at the time, but now the dust has settled, Rein has issued an honest apology.
Epic Games, the people who make Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, could eventually bring Gears of War to your iPhone or Android, the future destination of big budget, “AAA” games.