Sony Santa Monica: God Of War III doesn’t even use “50% of PlayStation 3’s power”
God Of War III is one of, if not the, most impressive games released so far this generation. But is the PS3 exclusive pushing the Sony machine to the absolute limits of its capabilities? No, according to Santa Monica Studio. In fact, God Of War III doesn’t even use half of the power of the console.
In an interview with UGDB, Game Director of God of War III at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, Stig Asmussen, was asked whether it’ll be possible to wring any more out of the PS3, and he replied:
Absolutely, we can do much more with it. I don’t know if we are even close to 50 percent of PlayStation 3’s power at this point.
Short but sweet, at least to the ears of all PS3 owners out there. But can it possibly be true?
Anyone who has seen God Of War III in action cannot fail to have been impressed by the visuals on display. The scale is epic, the detail is awesome. And yet that is reportedly only a fraction of what is possible on the PS3. In which case I cannot wait to see what Santa Monica Studio has up its sleeves next.
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March 13th, 2010
Kratos would kick-ass if they only used 10% of the ps3 power…..
March 13th, 2010
The next God of War which will happen i hope is in native 1080p 60fps with online play and no load times no mandatory install and at least 15 to 20 hours long. And to have 3D support plus PlayStation Move support but just as optional.
March 13th, 2010
the only think that can top god of war 3 will be god of war 4.
March 13th, 2010
ncaissie:
Wrong UNCHARTED 3, Resistance 3, Killzone 3, inFAMOUS 2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII or yeah God of War IV. Mostly basically only Sony can top themselves.
March 13th, 2010
Fucking great…ylod. what a fucking bad time to get that.
That’s my 360 and my ps3 now
Fuck
March 13th, 2010
Watch out Rhino… you’re bound to get struck by lightning with your luck. Your 360 AND PS3? RIGHT BEFORE GOW3?!
As for the article, if that means that PS3 games have the potential to look, sound, and play twice as good (with a lot more content), then the PS3 is a pretty impressive piece of hardware for $300.
Also, why do I randomly get signed out of Blorge every 2 weeks or so? I have to open up my long lost hotmail and go through loads of advertisement junk (how do I get THAT much crap from just signing up for EA or something like that awhile ago?!). Minor inconvenience, but still…
March 13th, 2010
GOW3 is only using half of the Ps3′s power…wow.
Rhino,
It sucks that both of your sysyems broke dowm. Hopefully, you can get the problem taken care of soon.
March 13th, 2010
“systems”
March 13th, 2010
“GOW3 is only using half of the Ps3’s power…wow.”
@Twilight
I wonder, if they knew that they are only tapping ps3′s 50% graphic capability, then why not aim for higher, why not try to tap 70 or 80 %
or are they implying we are selling an inferior product..
March 13th, 2010
ToshithegreaT:
God of War III looks amazing. I can’t stress that enough, and I’m still impressed even after having completed the game for review. But according to the game’s director, Sig Asmussen, there’s plenty of room for improvements, which we’ll see in Sony Santa Monica’s next title.
“Well, I think our studio will use this engine again,” he told me today, “and it’ll get better. And I think we’re probably about 50- or 60-percent at it right now. I think there’s a lot more we can do with it.”
What improvements could be made? For one, Asmussen says the game’s animation system could be tweaked. In fact, he says they already have the tech.
“I think individually our animations are incredible,” he said, “and our animators are incredibly talented. But I think we could make our system technically better, in the way we blend animations. And I’m pretty sure that we already have the code to do that, and we just didn’t implement it in God of War III because it came in real late.”
He also points to other obvious engine improvements, including lighting, seamlessly transitioning from cut-scenes to gameplay, and more.
While this might seem like a “captain obvious” — of course it’s working to improve its engine — looking at God of War III, it’s exciting to imagine what could come next. My head, it has exploded.
March 13th, 2010
Toshi,
Hello.
It doesn’t matter how much power the game is using. GOW3 is going to be freaking amazing. GOW3 is one of the truly special games that Ps3 and Xbox360 users both would love to play.
March 13th, 2010
twilight:
Xbots would love to play any PS3 exclusives all they can do is what they do best drool and begin to bitch. Because Microsoft doesn’t care for any game other then Halo they have proven that by not buying shit other then DLC which comes to PS3. I love how Sony owns every exclusive.
March 13th, 2010
Ivan,
I have to say that there is not really anything coming out on the Xbox360. I certainly hope that Xbox360 has more to show at E3. The only decent games coming out on Xbox360 are Splinter Cell, another Halo game Halo Reach, and possibly Alan Wake will be a decent game.
I’m loving the Ps3 even more now. Playing online for free is really cool. I’ve played the GOW3 demo a bunch of times already.
By the way, when is E3?
March 13th, 2010
By the way, when is E3?
June.
March 13th, 2010
twilight:
Halo Reach hell no that game is going to suck like all previous hyped up Halo have. Alan Wake i hope is not like too human other then everything else is trash conviction would come to ps3 like every other has that used 2 be exclusive.
phranctoast:
u need to check wikipedia lol June 15 to June 17.
March 13th, 2010
Thanks, Phranctoast.
Gow3 countdown begins…
March 13th, 2010
Well, Ivan I certainly hope Halo Reach doesn’t suck considering it’s their biggest franchise. Lol.
March 13th, 2010
@IVSPAM
What do you think about Rhino getting the YLOD. Has he been a secret xbot fanboy all along pretending to have a ps3 because as we all know the YLOD does not actually exist….lol
March 13th, 2010
Duh it doesn’t
March 13th, 2010
“Gow3 countdown begins…”
that has been going on for months in my head LOL
March 13th, 2010
“What do you think about Rhino getting the YLOD.”
I would say very bad luck.
March 13th, 2010
“I have to say that there is not really anything coming out on the Xbox360.”
@Twilight
As a gamer i m excited for all the exclusives and multi-plat games releasing this year, but i sometimes do wonder, why do u guys never acknowledge multiplats.. Are all PS fanboys/girls are like ??
MS maynot have that many exclusive compared to Sony, but i m more impressed with their exclusives simply for the live integration and how many 360 exclusives do feature split screen/online co-op..
March 13th, 2010
“Well, Ivan I certainly hope Halo Reach doesn’t suck considering it’s their biggest franchise. Lol.”
Seeing the previous gen leader is still trying to catch up wii and 360, u should hope that they should get their biggest seller (gt5) out in the market, but i dont why i feel, they will launch in 2011, it does make good business sense..
while coming back to your original post..
weren’t psfanboys hyping up mag, wkc and heavy rain to be AAA, what happened ??
March 13th, 2010
Gow3 still looks better then any game this gen
March 13th, 2010
“I love how Sony owns every exclusive.”
reason #551 why gollum. .er i mean ivan is an idiot.
March 13th, 2010
Toshi,
Ps3 users do talk about multi-platform games. Many Ps3 users as well as Xbox360 users are playing multi-platform games like Dante’s Inferno, Bioshock 2, MW2, Darksiders, and so on. As far as hyping games up, everyone has different tastes. Most Ps3 users feel like they’re getting a bonus because we are getting all of the multi-platform games as well as great exclusive Ps3 games like GOW3. Although, there are some Ps3 owners that don’t feel this way. They prefer the Xbox360 games over the Ps3 which is fine. It’s all a matter of taste.
As far as my statement regarding Halo, it is true. Halo is Xbox360′s biggest game just like Gran Turismo is Ps3′s biggest game. Both companies need to do well with their games.
March 13th, 2010
no, microsoft deserves to fail and then get ass-raped by a gorilla. . .
March 13th, 2010
@Ivan “Duh it doesn’t”
I fucking beg to differ. Now I have to go through the hassle of dealing with Sony to get another machine, and it looks like it means that all my save games etc are lost.
Fucking fanboys fucking shit me off.
I got my 360 replaced when it rrod on me…so to really fucking shit me off all I need is the wii to shit itself.
Don’t fucking tell me the ylod doesn’t exist.
March 13th, 2010
And it happened on Saturday (13th March), with my wife overseas and the kids in bed and a shit load of games I got for my birthday…..
And Sony’s customer service not open till Monday.
Just so you all get an idea of how fucking pissed I am.
March 13th, 2010
@ rhino,
You’re in QLD aren’t you? You’re going to be billed $250 for the repair, but I think Sony cover postage etc.
Perhaps it might be an idea to get a slim for around $150 more than getting your machine repaired? That was you’ve got a smaller, less power hungry machine with a bigger hard drive.
March 13th, 2010
Fucking Ivan and his “the ylod doesn’t exist”. Really? well check out the special video I made just for you Ivan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9mq10ae60c
Shove my busted ps3 up his ass till his eyes ylod.
Fucking fanboys.
Hey twilight…thanks for the wishes mate…
March 13th, 2010
@ twilight
We have more exclusive to worry about
March 13th, 2010
Although I’m playing Bioshock 2 and FF13….two multiplatform games.
March 13th, 2010
“I wonder, if they knew that they are only tapping ps3’s 50% graphic capability, then why not aim for higher, why not try to tap 70 or 80 %
or are they implying we are selling an inferior product..”
lol. Can’t have it both ways.
“Wave Racer only used 50% of the true power of the N64″. It was bullshit then and it’s bullshit now.
March 13th, 2010
My condolences Rhino. I did notice a S#%^t load of dust on your ps3 (particularly on the stand area), if there is that much dust inside the ps3, it can’t be good for it …….. just a thought
March 13th, 2010
what did i tell u fuckers…why say “failure rate %” when all the consoles are designed to fail…duh its a business tactic. if u got the ability and tools, best thing to do to watch gilsky on youtube…that will fix ylod for a while
March 13th, 2010
rhino, bravo dude fucking cum guzzling fanboys piss me off…i got that yellow light of furry also…dont send it into sont…thats how they plan to make up for the lost profit they are getting is through repaird(refurbished) machines…fuck that shit…sony is clever as fuck..just send it into a 3rd party repair…u wont lose ur saved data and will be cheaper
March 13th, 2010
get a fan with ur console or a fucking igloo…everyone feel the back of ur ps3′s after playing a bit and tell me u couldnt boil in egg inside that fucker…when ur fans “kick on” its trying to cool down the overheating cpu/gpu and when the souter gets to hot it cracks and loses connection…im still new to this tech stuff so bare with me
March 13th, 2010
well at least its not as bad as RROD.
rhino
is it a fat 60gb launch unit? my brother had the same problem as you but he got a brand new one and it was out of warranty when he took it to xtra vision.
March 13th, 2010
@Kevo, I took it to a guy here who said it’s the motherboard, and that only Sony can fix it.
@Spidey, I regularly clean it, shit i even use a little dust bust vacuum on it to make sure next to no dust gets in it. The guy that had a look at said it was pretty clean inside (on account of the dustbuster).
@liquid, A 40gb launch model mate.
March 14th, 2010
“I wonder, if they knew that they are only tapping ps3’s 50% graphic capability, then why not aim for higher, why not try to tap 70 or 80 %
or are they implying we are selling an inferior product..â€
lol. Can’t have it both ways.
“Wave Racer only used 50% of the true power of the N64″. It was bullshit then and it’s bullshit now.
”
@me
I wasn’t trying to be a fanboy or something, i really was thinking about it, BTW i think i was right Crysis 2 looks awesome on ps3 & 360
March 14th, 2010
@Rhino
Can’t you back-up your game data to another harddrive..
March 14th, 2010
rhino…just to let u know u wont be gettin back the same system, just a refurb
March 14th, 2010
@Toshi & Kevo…yep I know that, and it’s a double kick in the nuts loosing all my save games.
I’ve put over 30hrs into Assassins Creed 2, and only about 80% through it…so back to the beginning I go.
March 14th, 2010
BBC television program Watchdog aired a report investigating the purported “yellow light of death” issue, which affects about 0.4% of PlayStation 3s. The yellow light indicates a non-specific hardware failure.
The program also noted that the PlayStation 3 has a one-year warranty (typical of most consumer electronics products). Out-of-warranty PlayStation 3 owners can pay Sony a small fee for a refurbished console of their choice.
In response to the tone of the program, senior vice president and managing director, Ray Maguire issued a document criticizing the program and citing potential attempt to harm Sony and PlayStation brand, and stating that the numbers of faulty PlayStation 3 systems the program mentioned are not evidence of a manufacturing defect.
March 15th, 2010
“what did i tell u fuckers…why say “failure rate %†when all the consoles are designed to fail…duh its a business tactic.”
LMFAO You are retarded. You think MS put the 360 in the toilet on purpose? Then again maybe they knew the fuckin retarded xbot would buy them anyway LOL.
Ok maybe your right on MS stand point. If the PS3 had the same fail rate that the 360 does I wouldn’t have a PS3 either.
March 15th, 2010
@ the ps3 failure rate.
I’m sure it does happen. So far, two peeps here on blorge have had the ylod, out of what 6-10 ps3 owners??
At least everyone of the 360 owners have gone through at LEAST one 360:
Con
Cad
Happy
Right there that’s already more than the ps3 guys…rememeber, the above members have gone through at least one rrod 360…so that’s already twice as much as the ps3 guys, not too mention my bro has gone through 4 360s…and we still have our 80gb launch ps3(meaning when the 80gb launched) mine has a 500gb hd in it
That’s the dfference
March 16th, 2010
CAD and CON has theres “stolen”