Broken Silicon 123: XBOX Series X Advantages, PlayStation 6 Expectations, Game Delays | Ubisoft Dev
Added 2021-10-18 19:50:20 +0000 UTCKeith Kadera, Senior Animator & Gaming Consultant at Ubisoft Red Storm, joins Tom to discuss everything hardware and AAA development. Why are games frequently delayed? What advantages do the consoles have? Where are graphics going?
0:00 Who is Keith? What do animators and riggers do at AAA studios?
5:01 What got you into this career? What games left an impact on you?
12:47 Early Professional Work - Savage Skies, the Ozzy Osbourne Flight Simulator
17:28 Ubisoft Games He Worked on - Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6, The Division
23:52 Biggest advantage the XBOX 360 over the XBOX? What made the PS3 difficult?
28:09 What has been the biggest hardware upgrade from PS3 - PS5?
34:07 Are AAA games still taking increasingly longer to make in 2021?
39:40 Does the PS5 or XSX have any "secret sauce"?
44:38 How long will Cross-Gen games be a thing? Are they holding Next Gen back?
54:57 How does AMD Sponsoring a game affect performance?
1:01:18 What do you expect in the PlayStation 6?
1:06:26 What's next for gaming realism? Can we do better than photorealism?
1:17:30 Biggest challenges in taking feedback? Was the BF2042 beta an "old build"?
1:27:08 Why are almost all AAA games delayed? Why can't devs plan accordingly?
1:37:13 Scaling UI with Resolution, 21:9 vs 16:9 Standards, Cross-Team Work
1:51:07 Is the era of exciting teaser trailers done?
1:56:02 What do people get wrong about Game Development?
2:01:18 How will we use AI/ML to enhance graphics? Advice for becoming a game dev?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkadera/
https://www.redstorm.com/games
What Keith learned to build games on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Yaroze
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Skies
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2021-far-cry-6-tech-review
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/far-cry-6-benchmarks
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12066/Microsoft-to-Epic-You-Cost-Me-a-Billion-Dollars
https://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox360/gears-of-war
https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/
Comments
I love my ultrawide, it's very immersive. Cyberpunk is difficult with the map and hud being so far away. But then again when I play my racing Sims. That wide view is irreplaceable.
matthew saltzberg
2021-10-20 14:22:43 +0000 UTCThank you for these interviews, they are giving me the answers to what I'm going to do with my life
Shadhahvar
2021-10-19 17:36:20 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Tom and Keith. This was superb. Another great conversation. Very informative.
Mark Smith
2021-10-19 04:29:54 +0000 UTCBah I meant to write Activision with CoD. Brain fart there with EA. Thanks for asking my question!
Travis Gooding
2021-10-18 22:52:28 +0000 UTC
