Independent California games developer, Factor 5 has dropped planned work with the Xbox 360 in a dramatic turn of events.Factor 5 were due to make games for Microsoft's Xbox 360, that is until Sony revealed their Ps3 specs. Now the developer team will be dedicated to Sony's next-gen console on the basis that their hardware is more powerful than that of Bill's new Xbox.
I was shocked by how powerful the new consoles are," said Julian Eggebrecht, president of Factor 5. "They should really free our development." Apparently, the greater processing power of Sony's much-hyped new CPU 'the Cell', will allow Factor 5 to better simulate the real world making for more realistic games. We've no word on the nature of Factor 5's next-gen products, but the company in the past has created middleware as well as new games. We'll keep you posted on this.
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