| existenz2 said: Moneyhatting distorts the publishing paths and decision making process of 3rd party developers and also public opinion of a consoles relative capability.
I dont believe Sony has money hatted indies, in fact the reverse- they give the free support to allow them to make games for the platform freely.
Overall is halo better because it is not on PS3 or PC ?
No, in fact if it was on both of those Bungie would probably have made more money by now. |
Do you think Mario or Uncharted are better becasue they are not on the 360/PC?
That argument is pointless. Unless every game is released on every console, by your definition it is moneyhatted.
To me moneyhatting has become essential to get a number of games released on more systems. People only seem to look at the short term aspect of moneyhatting - "I didn't get it on my console". Most games that are moneyhatted are only delayed. We don't know for sure what is going on in the background at these studios financially. I would think that a lot of developers have this great idea and start the basic design on a game. Eventually they shop around for a publisher to help finance it. IF M$/Sony/Nintendo decide to invest or EA/Activision, they may have decsions to make. Maybe they are going to get so much $$$ if they want o do 1 system or $$ if they do multiplat. They can take more up front and focus development on one console and take the $$$ to actually develop it for the other consoles. THIS IS NOT THE CASE ALWAYS, BUT THE MONEY IS GOING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAMES SOMEHOW.
I think that most people in these forums conveniently like to think that writing code for 1 vs 2 vs 3 consoles is the same. There is a cost to it. Many here like to think the M$ in particular stole IP's from Sony/Niintendo by moneyhatting. I think that M$ talks to devvelopers at various stages of development and makes an investment that works for both parties. Sony chose differently and chose to buy a bunch of studios outright over the years and take their games that way. It's all perspective, IF Sony/M$ really cared about the gamers, they would force every game to be multiplat. They don't, because they are running a business.
