Without Playstation, would the industry be in another crisis?

[bouzane]

Materia-Blade said:

bouzane said:

How is this approach terrible for gamers, I certainly enjoyed the plethora of third party titles available on Playstation and Xbox? Additionally, I fail to see how the relatively open environment the Playstation and Xbox have provided third parties has been the source of any major issues. Most problems being experienced by third party developers can be attributed to other causes such as the graphics arms race and the resultant bloated budgets. Do you have any examples of third parties struggling due to Sony's / Microsoft's lack of oversight and regulation? Furthermore, how on Earth can you justify your statement that Sony and MS have the worst approach to third party relations when Nintendo is clearly doing the worst? Finally, how is the Sony / MS approach unsustainable?

Nintendo doesnt have the worst approach, you are again misunderstanding the subject. I'm not talking about support, I'm talking about efficiency.

Sony and MS made 3rd parties think they should charge money to develop a game instead of developing a game to make money.

What are you talking about, please be more specific? I take it from this vague comment that you mean developers should just deliver a finished product and move onto the next instead of supporting a game for years with patches and DLC (excuse me if I misinterpreted your comment, again, it's vague)? If this is what you are implying then you are wrong. The approach that third parties have taken toward PC, Xbox and Playstation development has certainly enriched the experiences that they provide and I am grateful for it. I can not imagine games like Deus Ex Human Revolution if they released on WiiU at the same time as the other versions but without the option to patch in additional content.