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jacklasbof · 25-03-2009, 07:42 PM

my hypothesis for fifa 10 launch!!
repeat, my speculation,not the truth!

MAY 2009

Hello guys, I'm EaLukeDidd,FIFA 10 PC VERSION PRODUCER

THE FIRST THING:

FIFA 10 PC version will not be next generation for technical and commercial reasons:

When we re-wrote the gameplay for FIFA 360/PS3 a couple years ago, we took full advantage of the multiple, multi-core processors (actually 3 essentially dual-core CPU’s on 360, and 6 available Cell processors on PS3). The bottleneck for getting “NG on PC” was the CPU (i.e. it was AI, not graphics). Unfortunately, unlike graphics/rendering, you can’t scale gameplay depending on the CPU in the machine because the game needs to “play” the same on each machine – you can't just turn off the decisions, positioning, or inverse kinematics for some of the players. Why does FIFA 360/PS3 gameplay use so much CPU compared to Crysis, CoD4, etc.? It’s because of the depth of the gameplay (21 players making 1,000 decisions/second, the new animation system, etc.) – very different from the amount of gameplay ever running in an FPS. This meant if we ported the 360/PS3 gameplay to PC and optimized it, we would have to increase the minimum spec on the CPU to a level where only around ~5% of FIFA PC gamers would meet it. As much as any of us wanted to do this, it did not make sense.

FIFA 10 CURRENT GEN FEATURES:

NEW STADIUMS LOOK/ATMOSPHERS (FOG,SKY,CROWD)
NEW CINEMATICS
NEW NETS
IMPROVED GAMEPLAY
NEW ONLINE MODES
NEW LEAGUES

Stay Tuned!

I hope you can appreciate OUR EFFORT !!
Cheers.

25-03-2009, 07:42 PM	#42 (permalink)
jacklasbof Forum Guru Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,702	my hypothesis for fifa 10 launch!! repeat, my speculation,not the truth! MAY 2009 Hello guys, I'm EaLukeDidd,FIFA 10 PC VERSION PRODUCER THE FIRST THING: FIFA 10 PC version will not be next generation for technical and commercial reasons: When we re-wrote the gameplay for FIFA 360/PS3 a couple years ago, we took full advantage of the multiple, multi-core processors (actually 3 essentially dual-core CPU’s on 360, and 6 available Cell processors on PS3). The bottleneck for getting “NG on PC” was the CPU (i.e. it was AI, not graphics). Unfortunately, unlike graphics/rendering, you can’t scale gameplay depending on the CPU in the machine because the game needs to “play” the same on each machine – you can't just turn off the decisions, positioning, or inverse kinematics for some of the players. Why does FIFA 360/PS3 gameplay use so much CPU compared to Crysis, CoD4, etc.? It’s because of the depth of the gameplay (21 players making 1,000 decisions/second, the new animation system, etc.) – very different from the amount of gameplay ever running in an FPS. This meant if we ported the 360/PS3 gameplay to PC and optimized it, we would have to increase the minimum spec on the CPU to a level where only around ~5% of FIFA PC gamers would meet it. As much as any of us wanted to do this, it did not make sense. FIFA 10 CURRENT GEN FEATURES: NEW STADIUMS LOOK/ATMOSPHERS (FOG,SKY,CROWD) NEW CINEMATICS NEW NETS IMPROVED GAMEPLAY NEW ONLINE MODES NEW LEAGUES Stay Tuned! I hope you can appreciate OUR EFFORT !! Cheers.