Crytek confident it could port Crysis to consoles

***wraggster*** · October 6th, 2006, 18:43

Crytek's lead artist, Michael Khaimzon, has revealed that the developer could confidently port highly-anticipated PC title Crysis to PS3 and Xbox 360 - although there are no current plans to do so.

Speaking to our sister site GamesIndustry.biz, Khaimzon said, "I don’t think there would be any problem to convert anything we work on to the next-gen consoles if we decided to.

"We have enough power here, with programmers and artists, to be able to do such a thing. It's just a matter of making the decision."

Khaimzon's comments will only fan the flames of rumour which surround Crysis - a first-person shooter already wowing consumers and critics alike - that publisher Electronic Arts may bring the game to home consoles after release on PC early next year.

Discussing whether the team at Crytek would be interested in working on the next-generation of home consoles, Khaimzon added: "I'm pretty sure it would be interesting for us to do stuff on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

"We would just have to see how much of a sacrifice to the game we'd have to make. Or whether there would be a sacrifice at all, maybe we could find a way to make the game look exactly the same as it does on PC on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3."

When asked directly whether there was a possibility that Crysis would appear on home consoles, Khaimzon replied: "There might be, the decision isn't mine to make. I don’t know of any official plans to do so, but I know there are rumours and talk, but I couldn't say anything concrete."

**ACID** · October 6th, 2006, 19:02

Well i hope they do port the game

**migsgiz** · October 6th, 2006, 19:28

wasnt the same people that that said they couldnt
port the game b/c the ps3/360 wasnt powerful enuff?

**ACID** · October 6th, 2006, 19:29

Yeah the same people. But i guess the lead developer had a change of heart and is now teasing us.

**F9zDark** · October 6th, 2006, 19:36

No he's just being an asshole. First he said they couldn't because consoles are underpowered, thus trying to promote PCs. When he was forced to eat his words by either someone in the office or the astute public, he admitted that it could be done (so as to 'apologize' for being wrong) but in a total assholish manuever said it wont be done.