From IGN's interview with Cevat Yerli:
"In order to make the quality of 2 run in consoles we had to rewrite a lot of the engine," said Yerli. "Without that knowledge of CE 2 we would not be able to bring that quality on console. So we had to go through that experience first of delivering a high-end PC engine then optimize it to a lower-end Warhead experience. Research was going on the last two years parallel to development of Crysis, and only with the two things happening at the same time were we able to know how we could actually bring the visual quality of CE 2 into an engine that can actually perform on the console. So that's why CE 3 is not just a little improvement upon CE 2, it's actually a significant rewrite towards a console engine... It's not 2.2, 2.5, it's actually way more for us, and that's why we called it CE 3."
"There are some concerns from PC gamers that 'you've sold your soul to the consoles.' That is completely nonsense, because the PC version of CE 3 is still scalable and has more features, thanks to consoles actually... Let's say you want to do a PC-only game with CE 3 over CE 2, CE 3 will enable you to do more. There are features like our real-time lighting system and real-time global animation system that are not in CE2. These are features that are significant in adding visual fidelity that were not available with CE2." Another interview comes from Polish Gry OnLine website. They have done a short video interview at Crytek's Game Developers Conference booth.
Gry OnLine: Would you point out any particular features and advantages of using CryENGINE 3 for developers?
Crytek: The fact that we can update levels at the same time on a PS3 and on the Xbox 360 as we build the level on the PC means that you can see your work on the console the second you build it. You don't have to compile anything. You can see the color values, the time of day and you can see the level is fun very very quickly without having to compile and work in other programs. http://gtv1.gry-online.pl/filmy/goltv/750_992_51536292.wmv
Источник: http://incrysis.com | 
