S.T.A.G.E. said:
HappySqurriel said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
DarkD said:
Your argument falls flat with the good old, people like working with what they know. Ever see an old person with a computer. How about your parents? Do they use all this new technology that's coming out? If so, did they shy away from it for awhile quoting how they are too old for it? People like using what they know works. Technology is the same, and people who love making games, love making games on familiar platforms because then theres no learning curve.
Given this fact, I say the PS4 and xbox 720 are doomed for the very reasons we just stated. Game developers who love making games won't want to develop on them. |
Game developers are the ones who have been demanding the next gen tech from Microsoft and Sony.
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Here is the problem ...
The executives at Epic Games do not reflect the opinion of the game industry as a whole, and they have a huge vested interest in pushing graphical technology to the point that the typical developer struggles to survive. Certainly there are lots of high profile studios who want more advanced hardware, but the silent majority is probably less excited about dramatic increases in development costs to target platforms with small userbases again.
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True, however, a large percentage of developers depend on Epics engine and will use Unreal Engine 4 for next gen titles. If the Wii U gets those titles they will be dumbed down. The Wii U ports have been quite ok at best. When next gen comes they will need to work around the rules of the top western devs.
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I think we may see the Unreal Engine falling out of favour this gen. We'll see Unity 4 and CryEngine 3 gaining popularity, particularly since developers get a licence for the former engine for free with each Wii U dev kit. And after the PS4 and 720 are released (next gen is already here) the fact that Nintendo have chosen a GPU with a fair amount of grunt behind it and low latency RAM combined with all 3 consoles this gen having similar architectures means that developers will find it easier to port code between them. The Wii U will give up-ports and receive down-ports but the difference in eye candy quality isn't going to be as much as people think. We're not going to see the same difference in power between the Wii U, PS4 and 720 that we saw last gen with the Wii, PS3 and 360.
