Ubisoft: PS4/Xbox One development to get easier

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has claimed that creating games for the PS4 and Xbox One will get easier next year.

Several Ubisoft games have been through difficult development cycles recently, including Watch Dogs, The Division and The Crew, which were all delayed.

Guillemot said those delays should become less frequent as studios get used to the new hardware.

"Starting next year, things should go smoother," he told GamesBeat. "We're not expecting every game to take longer to make.

"It's not as complex, I would say, as the jump to PS3. PS3 was extremely difficult to develop on when it came. All our teams had been on Xbox, and they had to learn how to develop for PS3, which was quite difficult at the time."

A key part of making development easier is the sharing of assets and resources.

"The first thing is making sure we re-use more effort," he added.

"Today, we create a car at one studio, and we don't ever re-use that car in any other game. We need to make sure we can re-use more items that people won't care about. That's one direction we can take, to make sure we optimise our investment."