123. XBOX Series X Advantages, PS6 Expectations, AMD Sponsored Titles | Ubisoft Dev
10/19/2021
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Keith Kadera, Senior Animator & Games Consultant at Red Storm, joins to discuss gaming hardware & AAA development. Why are games delayed? What advantages do consoles have? Where are graphics going?
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0:00 Who is Keith? What do animators and riggers do at AAA studios
5:11 What got you into this career? What games left an impact on you?
12:57 Early Professional Work - Savage Skies, the Ozzy Osbourne Flight Simulator
17:38 Ubisoft Games He Worked on - Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6, The Division
24:02 Biggest advantage the XBOX 360 over the XBOX? What made the PS3 difficult?
28:19 What has been the biggest hardware upgrade from PS3 - PS5?
34:17 Are AAA games still taking increasingly longer to make in 2021?
39:50 Does the PS5 or XSX have any "secret sauce"?
44:48 How long will Cross-Gen games be a thing? Are they holding Next Gen back?
55:07 How does AMD Sponsoring a game affect performance?
1:01:28 What do you expect in the PlayStation 6?
1:06:36 What's next for gaming realism? Can we do better than photorealism?
1:18:45 Biggest challenges in taking feedback? Was the BF2042 beta an "old build"?
1:28:23 Why are almost all AAA games delayed? Why can't devs plan accordingly?
1:38:28 Scaling UI with Resolution, 21:9 vs 16:9 Standards, Cross-Team Work
1:52:22 Is the era of exciting teaser trailers done?
1:57:17 What do people get wrong about Game Development?
2:02:33 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://wccftech.com/new-far-cry-6-pc-console-comparison-shows-solid-performance-across-all-platforms-faster-loading-on-ps5-slight-resolution-advantage-on-xsx/
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/
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