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Stephane Roy has called for developers working on next-gen
consoles to be "smart" and ensure they use the additional power
offered by PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's next Xbox to "support
the gameplay" and "not just be impressive for the technical
aspect".  "It would be stupid to think, 'Alright, [next-gen is]
more powerful, so let's do stuff bigger and bigger,'" Roy told
"We will have to be careful because it would be easy [for us to
say], 'it's more powerful, let's have more food on the plate',"
he says. "It would be dangerous for the cost of the product.
Let's say you go into a restaurant and now you have more money.
There is a maximum of what your stomach can receive, I guess. So
it's the same thing... We have to be smart."  Roy believes that
the "technical freedom" offered by next-gen consoles will
finally allow designers and artists "to really do what they have
in mind".  "That said, I think now with this technical freedom -
it's not unlimited bu