Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 14, 2005, 01:08:39 PM
PS3 costs scaring away developers
Post by: Ian Sane on October 14, 2005, 01:16:16 PM
Good old Nintendo. Always creating lots of hype and anticipation for their consoles.
What the hell is this source anyway? Isn't the Inquirer that bullsh!t tabloid full of made up celebrity gossip?
This is an area where Nintendo has a good strategy in trying to have lower development costs. Though deep down I think that if Sony scared third parties off they would all go to MS first. Nintendo might be cheaper but they're also in last place and have an unproven controller design.
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 14, 2005, 01:51:19 PM
Post by: foolish03 on October 14, 2005, 02:56:00 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 14, 2005, 03:32:24 PM
Post by: stevey on October 14, 2005, 04:05:39 PM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on October 14, 2005, 05:56:54 PM
Post by: Djunknown on October 14, 2005, 06:36:26 PM
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“Kutaragi has said, ‘Please develop suitable software for PS3 - this software must not be of the same standard as PS2 software.’
This can be interpreted as telling 3rd parties to not get lazy. Or it could mean something else.
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The previous interviewee also said, “Kutaragi is pursuing hardware evolution, and the credibility gap for him is now even worse than that of the GameCube era [when many developers defected from Nintendo].”
Damn, that's low. Really low.
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In an aside about the Nintendo Revolution, the journalist remarked, “It will survive on the basis of its originality. I don’t know about [its prospects in] other countries, but it may win alone in Japan.”
At least he didn't say Nintendo is teH DoOmEd!...
Post by: Artimus on October 14, 2005, 07:39:44 PM
Post by: Kairon on October 14, 2005, 10:46:18 PM
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Post by: BigJim on October 14, 2005, 10:53:53 PM
I wonder if that would either work out great for them, or bite back hard.
Post by: KDR_11k on October 14, 2005, 11:25:05 PM
Plus, 17MUSD initial investment? Yeah, sure. That sounds so blatantly made up it's not even on the same planet as "believable".
BigJim: Don't listen to the guys at Valve. They would throw a tantrum about how complex it is to develop for if it was a plain old Mac. "OMG No DirectX! How can anyone develop a game for that?"
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 15, 2005, 03:49:57 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on October 15, 2005, 07:16:45 AM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 15, 2005, 07:21:51 AM
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Dev costs are one thing but the "and that's before they start" bit seems to suggest that's without actual development. Also, keep in mind that while the "blockbuster" games may cost that much, many games are developed for MUCH less than that top cost. Especially the niche games like Katamari aren't close to the "Hollywood" budgets.
Problem is this might end up phasing out the niche games on the PS3, it might be an attempt to create only the most graphically stunning games on the PS3. (but with that much investement, could you imagine the fallout if the game flops
)As a result they may no longer care about getting the small time devs.
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I watched a video interview from a guy at Valve. He made an interesting point how Sony could be making development so complex in the hope that everybody's development budget will go towards PS3 games, squeezing out the budgets for Xbox and Rev development.
Might work with the medium sized devs...but the large devs can take the hit, while the small devs will avoid the system altogether.
Post by: nickmitch on October 15, 2005, 08:00:22 AM
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on October 15, 2005, 08:04:07 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on October 15, 2005, 09:22:57 AM
Post by: Zach on October 15, 2005, 06:02:50 PM
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Originally posted by: Artimus
That's an interesting comment. If the PS3 has difficulties it would actually make sense for Nintendo to win back Japan and Microsoft take North America...
not only that, but correct me if Im wrong not only is there a good chance that the japanese gamers would go for the rev, but probably the japanese developers as well.
edit: grammer mistake
Post by: couchmonkey on October 17, 2005, 12:29:05 PM
Post by: King of Twitch on October 18, 2005, 03:09:08 PM
I expect it'll be the same this time.
Post by: Galford on October 18, 2005, 06:32:29 PM
is Factor 5.
Look at what they did with the N64...
Look at what they are doing with the PS3...
