| heruamon said: Well, while it's not the push of a panic button, but you've gotta wonder what he means by this statement? Some would have you believe that all is swell is PS3 land, it's interesting what EA's concern in approaching development on the PS3. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-exec-crosses-fingers-for-sonys-future I know in the past, EA has stated that PS3 would be the lead console: http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/08/04/ea-focus-on-ps3-as-lead-platform-for-game-development/ But this was all based on EA's perception that PS3 would start to dominate the 360, and eventually the Wii: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-expects-ps3-to-outsell-360-in-2008 Well...the 360 got a timely price cut to boost the heck out of the holiday season, but it also received a slew of content that really helped to push consoles. With that said, the console was still on track to top EA's estimates, and 2008 probably provided M$ with a big stick to bash a weakened EA over the head, for publicly making those estimates in early 2008. Looking at some franchises like Mass Effect...if I was M$, I'd play hardball like hell with EA to keep it exclusive for as long as possible. No exclusive, not “privileged status” at launched…see Gears of War Franchise for the benefits of such a label. In actuality, Mass Effect was published by M$, so given the tight finances at EA, it benefits them to keep it that way, and avoid adding more cost to the launching of the game SALES to the launching of the game. |
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I would also add that considering how well multiplateform title (who said SFIV ?) sell well on the PS3 despise it is restricted userbase, you should have bring your brain think a bit more before creating a thread ...
and +1 for Procrastinato
"""The PS3's marketshare would have to fall well below half of what the 360's is, in order to justify the shift from PS3 development to 360 development again. Remember it only costs ~%10 of the overall dev cost to port a HD game from one to the other, and you get better results (on both platforms, according to many sources), if you start with the PS3.
I don't think that could happen by the end of the generation -- even if the 360 continues to outsell the PS3 for the entire remainder of the gen. It has nothing to do with the PS3, and everything to do with both HD platforms combined, ease-of-porting, and the end result -- thanks to the more rigid requirements of the PS3 also happening to yield gains on the 360, when adhered to."""
Time to Work !
