| EncodedNybble said: LOL people are funny. GDC *is* a tech show to devs (basically, I didn't go yesterday or today though, boo, I'll go tomorrow). It is *NOT* a consumer show. The games are "pre-alpha" (It says that on the damn screen) and are not final. They will probably get better when the thing launches in 6 months. The conference was basically "look at this neat thing we made. Devs, look what you can now play with!" |
Software is still important to developers however.
Take for example... Gears of War. Most people just see it as an "awesome" game.
What it really is however, is a marketing device for the Unreal Engine. Epic made the game to show people "Hey look at all the awesome and popular stuff you can do with the Unreal engine."
Making successful software shows the uses of the product your trying to sell. Afterall, if the designers of the actual product can't use it to make compelling software... what are the chances that other Dev houses will be able to do so?
Which is generally Sony's biggest handicap, they remodled their existing motion technology to be "wii-mote" like and really don't have any expierence with the wiimote... so they're behind the curve of Nintendo and other developers who have already made Wii-mote games.
