IGN: Devs Help Shape Next PlayStation

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Gnizmo said:

This is not entirely true however. The Gamecube did not get a lot of complaints about being hard to develop for despite using new architecture.

was it as different as PS3 is.no it wasn't

and did it have the userbase of PS3,no it wasn't so devs didn't care

New architecture does, by necessity, increase the level of complexity some degree but it does not automatically make it hard.

but that complexity to take power out of the machine makes it hard

Notice that the TEV system which the GPU on both the Wii and Gamecube use is not understood by most developers, but does not stop them from being able to make games of an acceptable quality

but most of the devs develop a separate version for Wii

for PS3,they use the same for both PS360 so it creates proble.

like that people developing solely for PS3 like SONY's devs don't complain that much

(before you ask, yes I think it is ultimately a bad design decision but for other reasons I will go into upon request). So long as you have the proper tool, and design then you can get developers everything they need, and more to effectively utilize new architecture without many of the growing pains you see with the PS3.

the PS3 exclusive developers are doing that

its only the developers who don't spend much time on PS3 that are complaining

Still using the same architecture with the PS4 is probably a good idea given they have worked out enough kinks. If they have a set of tools robust enough to direct a developer to the right area then there is no real issue. If not then it may be a good idea to rethink the design.

if the developers already get used to the architecture and ge th power out of it then there is no need to change,SONY first party devs won't have any problem

While older development studios won't have issues there will be new ones that would which is bad for the end consumer.

yes but it is the job of the new developers who don't know the architecture to understand and spend more time on it which they don't do these days and just concentrate on taking the game out as fast as they can