| LordTheNightKnight said: "Developers choosing higher power systems aren't being lazy.. They're choosing the systems they think can best allow themselves to maximize the vision they have for their games." It actually takes more effort to realize a vision with less materials, as it encourages creativity, and even being forced to throw things away that are superfluous to the vision. So it is lazy to just maximize it, since it means you don't have to be as creatively adept as you would be with more limitations. |
Of course it takes more effort to realize a vision with less available horsepower, but there is a difference between say choosing a PS1 over a N64 and delivering a game that realized that vision compared with choosing a Wii over a 360 or PS3 and delivering a title that would be comparable to one you could have achieved on one of the latter systems.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that yes, having limitations inspires creativity in ways that wouldn't have been thought of earlier (The entire Wii series wouldn't have ever been designed had Nintendo gone with a GameCube 2) but it's the mindset of a game designer I'm trying to get across to you.. The fact that they have this team, they have these ideas and they want to be able to do everything everybody else is doing and more.
As for the 3DS, it's a strong platform but it's the combination of that strong hardware, the unique aspects that made the DS perform so well, the controls that are much more suitable to experiences developers these days want to craft and the 3D hook that is causing developers to say 'hot damn I wanna make a game for that!'
Without the horsepower being there, a lot of the things the 3DS is capable of now (multitasking, 3D, AR etc) wouldn't be possible and it just wouldn't be as attractive as it currently is.
Now I can understand your argument as I also think that limitations in hardware brings out the best in devs and thus brings us the best games. However wouldn't Nintendo limiting the specs because of that be worse than giving it some more power so that third parties are happier? I would hate for the 3DS to turn into another Wii two years into it's lifespan.
