Speaking during an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine (OPM), Naughty Dog’s Christophe Balestra has revealed PlayStation 4 has opened up a wealth of opportunities not previously available to the studio.
Balestra described how Sony’s next-generation home console arrived at just the right time, admitting it was ‘running out of steam’ during the previous hardware cycle.
"It’s like getting a new toy. We’re very excited about the possibilities. After several years working on the same machine you kind of just run out [of steam] and you feel like you need something new just to be able to express yourself and push it to the next level. So I think PS4 came at the right time for us – it’s definitely opening lots of doors to us that we didn’t have before," he said.
"Of course, technically the games we’re going to be making are going to look better, but it’s going to help the experience that we’re trying to deliver as well. Everyone is extremely excited right now because we get to do all the new things we couldn’t do before. We showed some of it at E3 just a couple months ago, and there will be more to come. It’s a good machine, and we’re extremely happy with it."
He went on to add that The Last of Us: Remastered has given Naughty Dog heaps of experience with PS4’s architecture, facilitating its efforts on the hotly anticipated Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.
"We’re still learning how to get the best out of it. I mean, back on PS3, if you see the change between Uncharted 1 and 2, that was a pretty big gap! So it takes some time to really get familiar with the machine. But so far it’s been great. We’ve learned so much about it just working on The Last Of Us Remastered. It’s putting us in a great position to work on Uncharted 4."
Uncharted 4 is due out on PS4 in 2015.