| LuckyTrouble said: We can't say in anything that resembles a definitive way that delays somehow became more accepted and normal, or really any more regular in the last generation, nor can we even begin to say it was exclusively the fault of the PS3. It isn't as if delays are new either. If anything, some devs are getting more comfortable simply delaying specific versions of games and releasing other versions as they're completed. The industry is in an endless transitionary phase as people try to figure out newer and better ways to get content to the people that desire it faster and more efficiently. Considering all the factors at play, blaming one console seems incredibly silly. And being on the technical side doesn't keep people from saying stupid and blatantly wrong things. If he didn't like working on the PS3, whatever, but saying it held back the entire industry is something that can't be justified and thus falls into the category of stupid statements. |
It wasn't entirely on the fault of Sony's technical decisions but with the PS3 having gaining quite a bit of traction you can't deny that it did have a persistent impact on the whole industry ...
As far as claiming that his statements are "stupid" or "wrong", what exactly do you know that he doesn't ?
Sure I think calling it "significant" is over exaggerating it however the impact was still mild ...
If it weren't for the Cell processor or blu-ray, games like The Last Guardian or FF versus XIII (now XV) wouldn't have struggled so badly and actually get released on it's intended platform plus last gen could've easily been 2 years shorter since Sony will have had an easier time making people adopt the platform or wouldn't have lost a large portion of their consumers to their competitors ...
