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papflesje on 21 February 2010
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Xelloss said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Xelloss said:

If Sony was smart, they would find the financing to pick up Epic, and partner Epic with their hardware division. Ie: Have the best engines, tools and middleware available pre-launch for the PS4 to guarantee that the PS4 isnt a repeat of PS3.

Hrmm....Sony and a PC company? nahhhh. Microsoft has much better relationships with them.

Epic isnt a PC company. They are a middleware/hardware support company. The hardware they support, happens to include most major PC hardware, but they are not a "PC company".  Engines, design tools, programming support, technical integration & etc for multiple platforms... that is what Epic does. Which is also exactly what Sony failed to provide pre PS3 launch, and along with poor pricepoint, is why PS3 suffered for so long.

 

Oh, and Epic occasionally builds a game based on their tech , partly for game profits but mostly to showcase.

 

 EDIT: @papflesje : Naughty dog is not set up to provide tools or support to 3rd parties. They are skilled with certain aspect of coding to be sure, but they are primarily a game maker. Epics buisiness model is one of licensing to 3rd parties and providing not just tools but support for those tools.

 Somethng people forget, is PS1 succes was largely prediated on Sony wisely aquiring European Publisher Psygnosis , which was responsivle for some of the best Amiga games, and also had some really good development tools that were converted for use with the PS1 and shared with all, significantly lowering early dev costs and increasing quality. Sony needs to remember these things.

Hmm, I think ND does indeed deliver tools for other devs (because of their great knowledge of the hardware) tbh.