Carmack - Sony's restrictions on third-party ports

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mitsuhide said:
I am awaiting the Sony announcement that what he is saying is all BS... unless they can somehow spin it in their favour.

Even though this type of thing does have benefits to Sony and PS3 gamers in the forms of possible better graphics and exclusive content i.e Bioshock and Eternal Sonata.

The way I look at it, the deal could have gone like this:

Carmack: The PS3 jsut doesn't work like the PS3.  You should provide me incentives or I'll delay the game so it sells better on the 360.

Sony: We just don't have the means to be footing the bill on this stuff.  Here.  This is a list of some information we obtained form ___ on using ___ technique and how it works with the Cell/RSX.

Carmack:  But this doesn't work with my code structure.  In order to do this, I'd have to delay the game on your console.

Sony:  We have no problem with that, but we highly suggest that you add in some extra content so that the delayed product has a selling point.  Otherwise, it's not likely to sell well.

Nobody really knows what conversations went on.  Nobody knows how much self indulgence Carmack is adding, and nobody here knows any more than one side of this story.