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SvennoJ on 20 January 2014
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selnor1983 said:
ethomaz said:

selnor1983 said:

I believe it is.

Sony have only  'LENT' 'chosen' indie devs PS4 devkits for 1 year. After which they have to pay. Developers have confirmed it is indeed $2000 more expensive on PS4 Devkits. Largely thanks to every Xbox One being a devkit. Sony havent given ANY developer ANYTHING for FREE. Here read this article.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/24/4553842/so-how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-for-playstation-4

That's the issue... no Xbone right now is a devkit.

It is the same like PS4... MS lent for free the devkit like Sony with PS4.

Yes but there is a difference.

Sony are expecting payment after 1 year. Microsoft are implementing the every console this year, meaning for an indie dev on PS4 to keep making they have to pay. For the indie dev on Xbox One they just give the borrowed one back. All developers are saying they have to pay after 1 year on PS4. And that Microsofts option is cheaper. Theres 100's more articles confirming thae same thing.

As I said, I expect this year the lead Indie platform due to costs will be Xbox One. Especially as I understand some Indies have already starting paying as their first year is already up.

But to make a full game don't you need extra ram and processing power in the devkit to run debugging tools beside the game?
If you use the final specced machine as a dev tool it will limit what you can make and/or make more difficult.