Kasz216 said:
I think the point was it the quote was more a backhanded complement then an actual complement. It wasn't a "Nobody knows the power of the PS3 because our scanning devices explode like in DBZ." It was a "Nobody knows the power of the PS3 because it's a pain to program and until Sony or someone else can tell us exactly how much power the cell has you can't expect a development company to improve much further for fear of hitting a border we can't see." It should be easy for a developer to know the limits of a well designed system i think was the implication of that statement. It'd be if the 360 was 10 by 10 foot room with spikes on all the walls and the PS3 was a room with spikes in the walls that you know is bigger then the 360 room... but that's about all you know as it's pitch black past the 10 by 10 foot center of the room. Thanks to the pitch blackness all that extra space isn't of any use to you because you don't want to risk getting impaled by the spikes. |
That is a very bold claim to make (so I bolded it). But are you sure that's what they meant? It's certainly not what they said, after all. So to put owrds into their mouth like that is a a dangerous propostion. The only thing they really said is that the Xbox 360 can only just barely handle the game and that the PS3 is hard to program for. The two statements can't even be compared, as they are rated on two different scales. Maybe the PS3 is harder to program than the PCs they are used to, but that doesn't mean they couldn't learn how to do it or that it will always be harder to work with for every developer. It just means they don't want to because they like the way they used to it, as per the comments of the company's most important man when he said he still prefers PC
They are just set in their old ways and don't want to adapt to changes they don't initiate on their own (which is human nature). Valve would rather stay PC-oriented, but the market tells them that there isn't a great future in that and they simply can't accept their fate without complaint. It only takes a quick read to learn that some important people in the company don't like anything but PCs, so of course they would complain about anything that doesn't mirror what they already trust and love.
The PS3 is harder to work with, but it apparently is capble of giving better results to the people who are willing to work with it. As a consumer I see the trade as a good one. If developers are willing to put in the work they seem to be able to put out a better product (though we have no idea by how much) and that will in turn entice a number of customers to "vote" with their money.
You do not have the right to never be offended.