Killzowned Engine to bring in more PS3 Exclusives!

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darendt said:

Jereel Hunter said:

darendt said:

nightsurge said:
I guess we'll see?? Seems like the only people likely to use the "Killzowned" engine, are high budget developers that don't already have reliable engines to use. That rules out EA and pretty much all the multi-plat titles obviously. I imagine if a developer really wanted to make a great looking game, without spending a fortune, they will likely go the route of the Unreal Engine given it is also a graphical power house, is much more commonly used, costs less, and will be available for multiplat titles.

If they want to make the engine proprietary to the PS3, there will not be many developers using it at all. The money is with multi-platform titles and the Wii/360 right now when it comes to software. Developers that are not first party to Sony would be foolish to use this engine and shut off the larger selling markets.

 

The URE3 isnt that great. Unreal tournament sucked. As for the money, games like KZ2 sell consoles. The more games like this, the more user base the PS3 gets and the more the dev will make.

 

This is exactly why M$ is hurting our industry though. They release a sub-par console that is capable of very good graphics and keep the developers from pushing there games due to its inefficiencies. With just the PS3 and Wii, the devs would be able to focus on the PS3 and make amazing games. As is stands now, they either need to make there game on the PS3 to the specs they desire and port to 360, leaving content behind or offering DLC or they need to make it on both at the same time and gimp the PS3 version once they reach there limits on the 360. Exclusive is where its at on the PS3 right now. We are a lot pickier when it comes to our game purchases because we are probably an older crowd. It seems to me that the 360 and Wii have a ton of shovel ware that gets eaten up. Not so on the PS3 front.

 

 

"This is exactly why M$ is hurting our industry though. They release a sub-par console that is capable of very good graphics and keep the developers from pushing there games due to its inefficiencies."

Wait, what? This is, believe it or not, one of the most idiotic fanboy posts I've ever seen. 360 is a sub-par console? based on what criteria? and it's inefficiencies? Oh the irony, since MS's platform is far EASIER for developers to get the horsepower out of, whereas coding for the PS3 platform takes longer for the same result. Less effort for the same result = EFFICIENCY, not inefficiency. It's good to consult a dictionary every once in a while, chief. Also, you can hardly call the 360 sub-par because they decided to not put out a $600 beast that noone could afford, promptly destroying their chances at meeting their goals. Besides, MS didn't have a new format they wanted to try to push at the expense of their loyal fans.

"With just the PS3 and Wii, the devs would be able to focus on the PS3 and make amazing games." Oh really? Instead of making amazing games on the 360? Your complaint seems to be simply that the 360 has stolen your favorite console's thunder.

"We are a lot pickier when it comes to our game purchases because we are probably an older crowd. It seems to me that the 360 and Wii have a ton of shovel ware that gets eaten up. Not so on the PS3 front."

First of all, 360 has the highest attach rate. Do you think it's millions of 14 year old kids with tons of expendable income? Hardly. The attach rate indicated an older crowd with money to blow. One good year of games and you're trying to be elitest? Remember the first year of PS3 software? Disappointment after disappointment. And the only reason it's early games weren't considered shovelware were because games like Lair were bigger budget games that were just terrible, instead of low budget terrible games. Shovelware is a natural result of a console being successful and moving hardware units, so devs try to cash in on the userbase... Congrats, the PS3 won't have to deal with much shovelware.

 

That is wher you are mistaken. The 360 does not give the same result. Uncharted, Uncharted2, KZ2, GT5P. All games that look better than any 360 exclusive. The 360 has a higher attach rate due to its shovelware. Its all the crap games that get picked up by the 360 and wii that give it such a high attch rate. Look at games like GTA. Went multi and made a ton of money. The game suffered due to lack of media space and still sold at a higher attch rate on the PS3.....number of copies sold vs. number of consoles sold.  I never stated that the Ps3 doesnt have shovelware, nor did I state its early games were great. LAIR was an excellent game with horrible controls. Just like RE5 is now.  My point about focusing on the PS3 without the 360 is that the Wii sells its own games. 3rd party games dont sell well for it. So instead of devs taking the easy road and developing games on a console that breaks 300+% more and lacks basic features that M$ started with like a HDD in every console, wi-fi and bluetooth, they would be able to make truly stellar games on a console that could handle it.

 

I do however welcome a company that pushes technology further. Why would I want to keep the same tired format around for years on end when there is something better. BD is a far better format then DVD no matter how you look at it. Just like plasma is a far better technology than CRT. It takes companies like Sony to move us forward. Companies like M$ seem to be content with putting out the same crap, calling it something different and selling it for twice as much.  Kinda like what Nintendo did with the Wii and M$ keeps doing with there OS.  The Ps3 is too expensive for the masses, that point I agree with. Sony has to live with that and I expect they undertood that to an extent when launching. They will however have a price cut this year now that the BD format is taking off and the PS3 will see a huge jump in sales......just like the 360 did when they dropped there price. Up until they dropped the price, they were getting outsold week after week by the Ps3 in almost every region.