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(Sorry, screwed up with the poll.) So, which should I develop for?

PS4 113 47.68%
 
XB1 5 2.11%
 
PS4+XB1 4 1.69%
 
Wii U 71 29.96%
 
I'd still tell you to go for PC anyway. 44 18.57%
 
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mii-gamer on 20 September 2014
TheWPCTraveler said:

This is an honest question.

If you were an indie dev, which console(s) do you think would be the best to put your games on?

No joke about this, I want to develop eventually as a side job (or a hobby). I want to ignore the PC for now, and if I would, I'd go cross-platform between Windows 8 and Windows Phone. But, that's just me.

(And, yes, I know about The Letter fiasco.)


I've spoken to Shin'en, Beautifun games, Dahku creations, and a few other one man indie dev's - Nintendo's eShop marketplace is appealing because of the lack of competition as oppose to the mobile market (more visibility for your game and a higher chance of purchasing). When you are a licensed Wii U developer - you get a Wii U dev kit (it's around $3000-6000 for the licensing), free access to unity and Nintendo will help you with their Web development framework. There are a few conditions that you must obide to in order to qualify as a Wii U/3ds dev, you must have a secure working location (in the past this meant a work office, but a lock-and-key room at your house will suffice), and you have to a sign a NDA which essentially stops you revealing the spec's and you cannot take photo's of the dev kit etc.

I think Sony has the similar conditions, and I'm not sure about microsoft.

I'd say go for either Sony and Nintendo - depending on what type of game you are creating.



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JoeTheBro on 20 September 2014
mii-gamer said:


I've spoken to Shin'en, Beautifun games, Dahku creations, and a few other one man indie dev's - Nintendo's eShop marketplace is appealing because of the lack of competition as oppose to the mobile market (more visibility for your game and a higher chance of purchasing). When you are a licensed Wii U developer - you get a Wii U dev kit (it's around $3000-6000 for the licensing), free access to unity and Nintendo will help you with their Web development framework. There are a few conditions that you must obide to in order to qualify as a Wii U/3ds dev, you must have a secure working location (in the past this meant a work office, but a lock-and-key room at your house will suffice), and you have to a sign a NDA which essentially stops you revealing the spec's and you cannot take photo's of the dev kit etc.

I think Sony has the similar conditions, and I'm not sure about microsoft.

I'd say go for either Sony and Nintendo - depending on what type of game you are creating.


No.

 

@OP also a word of advice, take everything people say with a large grain of salt. What people hear and what really happens (or even what's up to date) are often completelly different.

Also here are the links for registering.

Wii U indie: https://wiiu-developers.nintendo.com/

Nintendo: https://www.warioworld.com/apply/devapplication.asp Only do this one if you want 3DS

PlayStation: http://us.playstation.com/develop/

ID@XBOX: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/Developers/id



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mii-gamer on 21 September 2014
JoeTheBro said:
mii-gamer said:


I've spoken to Shin'en, Beautifun games, Dahku creations, and a few other one man indie dev's - Nintendo's eShop marketplace is appealing because of the lack of competition as oppose to the mobile market (more visibility for your game and a higher chance of purchasing). When you are a licensed Wii U developer - you get a Wii U dev kit (it's around $3000-6000 for the licensing), free access to unity and Nintendo will help you with their Web development framework. There are a few conditions that you must obide to in order to qualify as a Wii U/3ds dev, you must have a secure working location (in the past this meant a work office, but a lock-and-key room at your house will suffice), and you have to a sign a NDA which essentially stops you revealing the spec's and you cannot take photo's of the dev kit etc.

I think Sony has the similar conditions, and I'm not sure about microsoft.

I'd say go for either Sony and Nintendo - depending on what type of game you are creating.


No.

 

@OP also a word of advice, take everything people say with a large grain of salt. What people hear and what really happens (or even what's up to date) are often completelly different.

Also here are the links for registering.

Wii U indie: https://wiiu-developers.nintendo.com/

Nintendo: https://www.warioworld.com/apply/devapplication.asp Only do this one if you want 3DS

PlayStation: http://us.playstation.com/develop/

ID@XBOX: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/Developers/id


What? the link just from nintendo confirms what i said



sergiodaly on 21 September 2014
JoeTheBro said:
I'd say go with Nintendo.

If your only goal is to get your game on consoles, they are the best. Sony is great too, but it takes more work/dedication on your part. My game is exclusive to PS4 so obviously I think it's worth it, but I've been working on it full time for over a year. You don't seem like you have that amount of time to spend.

I have no first hand experience with Microsoft, but for new/smaller guys they are the worse of the three.

Off topic
Is your game out yet? Can you talk about it? Name? Genre? 

On topic

I have no clue, but I think you must think first about the type of people who would buy you game, try to find the shortest way to get to that people... I know it sounds too "common sense " type of advice but with no further info its unwise to give one more specific than this. Good luck.

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sidmeiernintifan on 21 September 2014

I think it depends on the kind of game. If the indie game is a platformer it will probably get a better reception in the Nintendo console.



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JoeTheBro on 21 September 2014
mii-gamer said:
JoeTheBro said:
mii-gamer said:


I've spoken to Shin'en, Beautifun games, Dahku creations, and a few other one man indie dev's - Nintendo's eShop marketplace is appealing because of the lack of competition as oppose to the mobile market (more visibility for your game and a higher chance of purchasing). When you are a licensed Wii U developer - you get a Wii U dev kit (it's around $3000-6000 for the licensing), free access to unity and Nintendo will help you with their Web development framework. There are a few conditions that you must obide to in order to qualify as a Wii U/3ds dev, you must have a secure working location (in the past this meant a work office, but a lock-and-key room at your house will suffice), and you have to a sign a NDA which essentially stops you revealing the spec's and you cannot take photo's of the dev kit etc.

I think Sony has the similar conditions, and I'm not sure about microsoft.

I'd say go for either Sony and Nintendo - depending on what type of game you are creating.


No.

 

@OP also a word of advice, take everything people say with a large grain of salt. What people hear and what really happens (or even what's up to date) are often completelly different.

Also here are the links for registering.

Wii U indie: https://wiiu-developers.nintendo.com/

Nintendo: https://www.warioworld.com/apply/devapplication.asp Only do this one if you want 3DS

PlayStation: http://us.playstation.com/develop/

ID@XBOX: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/Developers/id


What? the link just from nintendo confirms what i said

Yes, but that link has been essentially replaced by the Wii U link with regards to indies. It's only if the OP wants to do 3DS.

For Wii U development non of the stuff in that link applies.



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mii-gamer on 21 September 2014
JoeTheBro said:

Yes, but that link has been essentially replaced by the Wii U link with regards to indies. It's only if the OP wants to do 3DS.

For Wii U development non of the stuff in that link applies.

I'm confused now. What doesn't apply now? What I said, has been the general experience from dev's that have been allowed to tell me (without getting into trouble).



JoeTheBro on 21 September 2014
sergiodaly said:

Off topic
Is your game out yet? Can you talk about it? Name? Genre? 


No it's not out yet but yes I can talk about it.

Game's VizionEck.

MP is a competitive FPS, single-player is an open world story driven puzzle platformer.

 

Website needs some work but you can get a lot more info: vizioneck.com

 

 

I'm also part of a team working on a second project targeting Wii U, but my role with them is pretty limited atm since I'm so busy working on VizionEck. This second team's game has yet to be revealed.



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JoeTheBro on 21 September 2014
mii-gamer said:
JoeTheBro said:

Yes, but that link has been essentially replaced by the Wii U link with regards to indies. It's only if the OP wants to do 3DS.

For Wii U development non of the stuff in that link applies.

I'm confused now. What doesn't apply now? What I said, has been the general experience from dev's that have been allowed to tell me (without getting into trouble).

It's just out of date I guess you'd say.

The option to register as just a wii u indie and skip most of the paperwork in the warioworld link was only introduced a little over a year ago.



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mii-gamer on 21 September 2014
JoeTheBro said:
mii-gamer said:
JoeTheBro said:

Yes, but that link has been essentially replaced by the Wii U link with regards to indies. It's only if the OP wants to do 3DS.

For Wii U development non of the stuff in that link applies.

I'm confused now. What doesn't apply now? What I said, has been the general experience from dev's that have been allowed to tell me (without getting into trouble).

It's just out of date I guess you'd say.

The option to register as just a wii u indie and skip most of the paperwork in the warioworld link was only introduced a little over a year ago.


probably differnet procedures In north america all the dev's i've talked to our european