Factor 5 drop Xbox 360 for PS3

News - Defection boon for Sony

Factor 5, an independent Californian developer previously responsible for a couple of Rogue Squadron games, has switched allegiances in dramatic style this week, having previously backed the Xbox 360. Factor 5 were one of the first studios to demonstrate the potential of Microsoft's XNA development platform (a system for making PC and Xbox development easy), but switched exclusively to Sony's new beast when its power was revealed. The Xbox 360 is certainly very strong, but technically the PS3 is more so, and Factor 5 claim it is for these reasons they switched.

"I was shocked by how powerful the new consoles are," said Julian Eggebrecht, president of Factor 5. "They should really free our development." Apparently, the greater processing power of Sony's much-hyped new CPU 'the Cell', will allow Factor 5 to better simulate the real world making for more realistic games. We've no word on the nature of Factor 5's next-gen products, but the company in the past has created middleware as well as new games. We'll keep you posted on this.