[2_headedmonster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

There's no such thing as "innovative tech only this generation of consoles can process". "Next-gen" consoles are simply last-gen consoles with faster CPUs and GPUs that don't even approach high end PCs from years ago. Most of the innovation you see now in next-gen games are almost entirely in the animation and graphical department-- something 2K already lead when the first next-gen games were released-- and much of this has been possible for years, just with trade offs in other areas to keep a game running smoothly. The problems we see in 2K and the advancements we desire aren't so much issues unlocked by better hardware as they are long standing computer science challenges in simulating realtime human biodynamics and AI behavior in a dynamic sport that are still difficult and haven't been fully solved yet. More powerful hardware helps, but it's an issue of iterative development when already leading in their field-- not because 2K has somehow failed to take advantage of magical innovative features next-gen consoles unlock. 2K could certainly stand to improve by advancing AI and how physics and captured animations interact-- but this was never really solely a next-gen vs last-gen problem.

I dont know if you meant the statement that 'there is no such tech in existence' to be literal when you follow it with the statement that graphical achievements on the ps4 have been possible on the previous generation of consoles.

maybe you're speaking semantically and referencing dedicated tech demos rendering a single character at a time, essentially leaving that capability useless. But even then i would disagree. The ps3 "kara" tech demo doesn't look as good as the Lebron 2k14 ps4 commercial by my estimation.

Even if your point is that the improvement is marginal, i would still argue that a real-time physics engine running simultaneously with the games other process would be a leap even if a solitary tech demo was possible on the ps3.