With the visually impressive Crysis 3 - the third installment in a series that’s continually pushed the bounds of video game graphics - releasing today, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli shared his thoughts on consoles, stating that they will never be able to come close to the high spec performance of today’s or the future’s gaming PCs.

In an chatting with Eurogamer, Yerli explains:

Rumors in January pointed towards a $400 price range for the next-gen consoles (further supported by this week’s rumor of a $400 PS4), putting them a little higher than the Deluxe Wii U bundle, but significantly lower than the PS3 and Xbox 360 launch prices.

Yerli raises a good point about the price point of components being too high to realistically offer groundbreaking tech in a $400 package. It is entirely possible to build a competent PC for $400 but it wouldn’t be able to perform with the capabilities of next-gen consoles. You would need to spend far more than what the normal price range of a newly released console is to get comparably graphical quality. The consoles could be sold at a loss to recoup costs in software and service subscriptions, and there’s the obvious discounts in mass production, but the rumored price points do lend credence to the idea that gaming PCs will continue to lead the charge in game power, even if it is quite a bit more costly for the user.

Yerli also isn’t shy in admitting that Crysis 3 will be on par with next-gen consoles and that their in-house CryENGINE 3 is built for the next-gen.

Though Yerli is under Non-Disclosure Agreement from both Microsoft and Sony regarding next-gen tech, he does drop some interesting points about the specs of next gen consoles and how they could (or maybe cannot) hold up. Sony’s press event is this Wednesday and we’ll be there. It won’t be long to wait and see what the future holds.

“Crytek is probably the only company where you read forums and YouTube, people are excited if they can’t run the game. I don’t think it’s like that at any other game company… Our graphics programmers said, ‘we’re going to give them a game they can’t run any more.”

Do you think that it is truly “impossible” for consoles to catch up to PCs or will cloud gaming make such a notion obsolete? Will you be upgrading your PC or buying one of the new consoles? Let us know in the comments below!

Crysis 3 is now available in North America and out February 22 in Europe for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Source: Eurogamer