Om vi får tro Crytek som intervjuats av Games Beat kommer världens snyggaste spel i två år framöver vara PC-versionen av Crysis 3. Det kommer rent av vara så snyggt att det kommer vara måttstocken som andra spel mäts efter, menar man.
"Crysis 3 on PC is going to be a benchmark experience for at least two years. When I see what's happening on the PC market, and even what we do. The PC market is not going to grow vastly more before a lot of games catch up. We had the same thing with the first Crysis on PC. When Crysis launched, it was the high-end benchmark for a good three years. I think Crysis 3 is going to do that again",, säger Crytek-bossen Cevat Yerli.
Det här kommer inte heller nya konsoler kunna ändra på, menar Yerli: "As far as next-gen console games, I think Crysis 3 on the PC will be very comparable. Because it's a high-end PC title, implicitly it's a next-gen game."
Med tanke på att Crytek sannolikt hör till de utvecklare som redan fått utvecklingskit för nästa generations konsoler, ger det såklart uttalandena lite extra tyngd.