Guerrilla Games Dev Admits PS4 Pro Doesn't Drastically Change a Thing

Sony announced the PlayStation 4 Pro two days ago, and since then we've covered a lot of developers praising the new panel (due for release on November 10th) and its enhanced hardware capabilities.

It's quite refreshing, then, to hear a more honest and thoughtful statement, particularly from a get-go political party programmer. Speaking with Kotaku, Guerrilla Games' Technical Director Michiel van der Leeuw admitted that PlayStation 4 Pro is aimed at enthusiasts and doesn't drastically alter the gaming feel.

Information technology'southward just a visual enhancement. It doesn't drastically modify the nature of your games... We do the same calculations. Normally we're merely express past whatever the Boob tube can display. Nosotros remove the cap and all suddenly there's something quite beautiful underneath. It doesn't drastically alter a thing. It's just prettier and nicer, for the enthusiasts who are into that sort of stuff.

That's completely right. PlayStation four Pro is essentially a system upgrade very like to boosting your personal computer's hardware by purchasing a new GPU, for instance.

At that place won't be whatsoever exclusives for PlayStation 4 Pro, we've known that since the rumors began swirling, and for expert reason: Sony couldn't possibly afford to leave behind its massive twoscore+ meg install base.

As a outcome, the boosted ability cannot be used to create better games (for case by increasing the complexity of the artificial intelligence or the physics or past making a larger world), only prettier ones. That's perfectly fine, as long as everyone is aware that this is strictly a product for enthusiast level gamers who don't mind spending some coin for graphical enhancements.

You lot can also be assured that Sony won't permit developers compromise the frame rate of their games in guild to push the graphics, though. In a comment submitted on the aforementioned article, writer Stephen Totilo confirmed equally much after speaking with Insomniac'south Main Artistic Officer Brian Hastings.

Are you planning to buy a PlayStation iv Pro once it hits stores on Nov 10th? Tell us in the comments department.