Ken Levine, esteemed creator of the BioShock franchise, has admitted he’s none too fussed over the prospect of a new generation of gaming platforms.
Speaking on the latest Irrational Games podcast, Levine revealed he’s quite content – both as a developer and a gamer – to stick with the current hardware line-up.
"At this point I have no desire as a developer and zero desire as a gamer to see the next generation come out where I’m sitting right now," he said.
"Connectivity exists today on the platforms, and that’s definitely the thing I like in a platform like Steam or something.
"I don’t have to worry about that **** – wherever I am, my games are with me, and if I don’t have my game with me, I can have it in a few minutes."
Levine’s comments echo those of THQ core games head honcho Danny Bilson, who last month said a new hardware cycle “would be horrible.”
"It still costs us a fortune to make games on this platform," he told Eurogamer. "If they’re going to up the scale, up the art, up the content, I don’t know how to make that and sell it to anybody for under $100 a game. Who wants to do that? It’s bad for everybody."
Sony’s said on more than one occasion that it’s set its sights on a 10-year lifecycle for the PlayStation 3, with Microsoft also aiming for a similar time frame with the Xbox 360.