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Machiavellian on 08 August 2014
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jnemesh said:
Machiavellian said:
jnemesh said:

WHAT???  What reality, exactly, are you living in?  The PS4 is the lead platform for most developers for three reasons.  One, it's the most powerful platform, two, it's easier to develop for than the XB1, and three, the install base of potential customers is triple what the XB1 is!

No developer in their right mind would consider shifting to the XB1 for their lead platform!

Hmmm wasn't this the same scenerio during the 360 era.  Man I wonder why they did the same thing back then as well.  I guess those developers must have been crazy.  Really could it be that 3rd party developers look at a problem different then gamers.  The way you talk, you would think software sells like crap for 3rd party developers on the X1 which i believe is definitely not the case.  The priority you are looking at is more gamer specific in how you think then how a developer runs their business.  A developer wants to gain as much sells on all the platforms they release on.  If one platform is eaiser to get up an running, means it takes less time, effort and resources to do so.  For a project, you need to know how long it takes to get the part that takes the longest not the shortest.  You need to know what you can do on the weakest platform more than then the most powerful because you know you can make it work on that platform.  You are not thinking of the project like its a business.  


You (and many others) are still making the mistake of comparing this gen to last.  It's a whole new game this gen...and the (modest) success of the 360 has nothing to do with what is going on now.

Before you can tell us we are making a mistake, you first have to tell us what make this gen different from last.  So far things have been going pretty much the same as last gen for 3rd party developers.  Even now 3rd party developers are looking for parity more than expanding the features or advantages of one platform over another.  Even the platform holders are doing similar things like they did last gen.  My question to you is what has changed for a 3rd party developer.