Why next-gen horsepower needs to power AI, not scripted spectacle

It’s a tragic fact of video games that some of the most important, coolest, most game-improving stuff in them is also the least superficially sexy and the hardest to sell. Look at the bullet-points on the back of your average game box. What do you get? Epic, cinematic action! Tense, twisting narrative written by That Guy Who Wrote Twister Or Something! More graphics per square inch than any other sequel