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   Time and again, Crytek made it very clear that they aren't porting their latest PC game Crysis on any next-gen console. Not a chance. Not in a hundred years. No way! But what if... What if we were to indulge the thought that it doesn't necessarily have to be a straight port? What if it's a completely new Crysis game - would that stand a chance to be developed for, let's say, Microsoft's Xbox 360 console? Apparently it would, according to speculations raised by the latest 1UP podcast (fast forward prior to the 22 minute mark).

   Making another Crysis game for the Xbox 360, or PlayStation 3 for that matter, is something that Crytek is confident they can do: "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", lead artist Michael Khaimzon told GamesIndustry.biz last October. The only problem is that such a game can only be inferiour to the PC version they're currently working on, in terms of luxuriant graphics. So, in other words, the so called "next generation" consoles are already lagging behind the PC. Kindda makes you wonder about a thing or two...

   But let's not wonder too much, and get back to the point, with 1UP's (most obvious) arguments:
"Crysis is one of the first games to take serious advantage of Microsoft's DirectX10 technology, something that can't simply be patched into the Xbox 360 hardware. Consequently, if a version of Crysis does hit 360 eventually, it will have to be tailored to the console's strengths."    Further speculation about such a hypothetic Xbox 360 version of Crysis is of little use right now, but unfortunately that's all we can do. Especially after EA's response to 1UP's enquiry, that pretty much ruins it for Xbox 360 fans:
"Representatives from EA have told us that any comments about Crysis on a platform other than PC are purely speculative. The Crytek team is currently only tasked with working on the PC version of the game."    Oh well, one can always hope, eh?