Epic Games VP Mark Rein recently told CVG that, despite Microsoft's efforts to push the technology, DirectX 10 won't see much in the way of enthusiastic adoption, largely because game developers will "have to dumb the games down for the consoles" making it "less and less economically viable to do the super high-end stuff." Rein expects that Crytek's first person shooter Crysis will represent the zenith of graphical fidelity for years to come. That is, whenever Crysis is actually released.

Having seen Unreal Tournament III in person again this weekend, and Epic claiming that it's building the game for two-year-old PCs, I'm going to be less concerned about the advancement in PC graphics technology at this stage. It's getting to the point where I'm having a hard time noticing the difference between something like Gears of War and UTIII, anyway. Maybe I need my old lady glasses.

Besides, we're all going to be "playing" Wii Fit with such intensity and dedication, we won't even care what any of these PC games look like, right? Guys? Wii Fit? Hello?!

Rein: Consoles put a stranglehold on DX10 [CVG]

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