Which console is the best for indies?

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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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JoeTheBro on 21 September 2014

mii-gamer said:

JoeTheBro said:

It's just out of date I guess you'd say.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

I'm in the US so that could be a possibility.

Just realized OP is in the Philippines.

That changes things a lot. You'd be working with the Japanese branches I think, and also you'd have to make sure they support shipping development hardware to your country. I really can't be much help then, sorry.

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killpass on 21 September 2014

I'd still tell you to go for PC anyway.

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Captain_Tom on 21 September 2014

Is this even really up for debate? It would be like asking: "What platform is best for playing Halo games?"

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Nicklesbe on 21 September 2014

Captain_Tom said:
Is this even really up for debate? It would be like asking: "What platform is best for playing Halo games?"

In both instances that would be the same....PC :p

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PC. Though its not a console. Then PS4, then XBONE, then PS3, then X360, then Wii U.

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QUAKECore89 on 21 September 2014

There are a lot of indie games that never seen before on PC(Steam & Desura)

Weird, always PS4? :S

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BlackyCat on 21 September 2014

For indies, pc is the best way to go.

And if i want a console full of indies i'd choose a ps4.

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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 would say: shortterm it is the PS4, longterm it is definitely X1. MS are looking into crossplatform releases for indie games, making it supereasy for a developer to release on X1, W8.1 and WP8.1 at the same time, meaning your audience grows very much, while you only have to focus on developing in one environment.