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twesterm on 21 July 2008
theprof00 said:

1.lol western, i know i fail for wiki, but i did provide the source. I'm not trying to pretend like i know what porting is by heart in a quick brief statement.

2. right how? engines in general? I should clarify that the crystal tools engine they are using to develop ff13, is an engine that is designed to work efficiently in porting different versions of the same game to other consoles more cheaply and quickly for their types of games than by using other engines.

3. Well they did specifically mention that after the ps3 version was done they would begin "porting" it to the 360 which would delay the game for some time, implying that there were at least a few changes that needed to occur before product was finished.

4. i agree

5. sorry, i didn't mean to be abrasive with you. I just prefer someone to explain themselves rather than just saying (paraphrasing) "you are wrong"

 

  1. The links in your quote point to the wiki and I generally ignore the wiki.  >_>
  2. Being that it's an engine that works for all the consoles it's also one that you can easily work on all versions at once.  I'll just be happy saying we're both right.
  3. I don't believe that.  I know they said it but there's no reason not to release it if they are finished with it.
  4. weeee number 4
  5. Meh, I'm often abrasive so don't care if people are abrasive with me.


 

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theprof00 on 21 July 2008

@western

yeah, as for 3 i am really befuddled. perhaps they just aren't ready yet with the ps3 version. Or perhaps it is a stipulation of the MS deal. In any case, the game cannot possibly be released until the Japanese version is released so until that day comes i will be content with believing that the game simply isn't done yet.



theprof00 on 21 July 2008
MrBubbles said:
theprof00 said:
ssj12 said:
all games are developed on PCs... are you people forgetting this?

yes, we know it is being developed on a pc thank you for reminding us.

Is it being developed for the ps3 though? That is my question.

i will fix the OP to help understand the question better.

 

 

The game is being developed...then optimised for a system.

 

Well, how do they know what the ceiling is for the output if they don't have a specific console/s in mind?

is it a port or not?

i'm going to put you in "it is a port" for now, since your comments suggest that it is being developed for the pc first and foremost.



theprof00 on 21 July 2008

thanks for replying axumblade. I will post the link in the OP for reference.

I just think it is interesting to see the difference in opinions here. We could all be wrong and the target console is actually an N-Gage



MrBubbles on 21 July 2008
theprof00 said:
MrBubbles said:
theprof00 said:
ssj12 said:
all games are developed on PCs... are you people forgetting this?

yes, we know it is being developed on a pc thank you for reminding us.

Is it being developed for the ps3 though? That is my question.

i will fix the OP to help understand the question better.

 

 

The game is being developed...then optimised for a system.

 

Well, how do they know what the ceiling is for the output if they don't have a specific console/s in mind?

is it a port or not?

 

wat?  obviously they have consoles in mind.  2 to be precise.  

 

id say if we are even using the term port...it qualifies to both. although i dont think we should be using the term



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theprof00 on 21 July 2008

I know the area is a bit gray,

but i firmly believe that the game is being made with the ps3 best possible experience in mind, and then altered (be it better or worse) to run on the 360.

I'm going to put your vote under "unsure" for now.



steven787 on 21 July 2008

You have me as unsure.

I'm not unsure, I'm saying that this thread is pointless.


This is another veiled attempt at saying that one version is going to be superior/inferior well before the game has even been seen being played.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

theprof00 on 21 July 2008
steven787 said:
You have me as unsure.

I'm not unsure, I'm saying that this thread is pointless.


This is another veiled attempt at saying that one version is going to be superior/inferior well before the game has even been seen being played.

lol. hey now this is not an attempt to say one version is superior at all. In fact, i wouldn't care if the ps3 version is a port of the 360 version, since i still probably won't be buying the game as i lost interest in the series a long time ago.

I'm just trying to figure out if people think that a console game is "ported" from a pc. When the console is the environment that programmers have in mind when they make the game.

EDIT: If you read in my edits in the OP you would see that that was my goal from the start. we are all friends here, yaknow?



MrBubbles on 21 July 2008

im not unsure at all. i said if you are using the term port (which you are) then it applies to both (which the ps3 happens to be one of)



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steven787 on 21 July 2008
theprof00 said:
steven787 said:
You have me as unsure.

I'm not unsure, I'm saying that this thread is pointless.


This is another veiled attempt at saying that one version is going to be superior/inferior well before the game has even been seen being played.

lol. hey now this is not an attempt to say one version is superior at all. In fact, i wouldn't care if the ps3 version is a port of the 360 version, since i still probably won't be buying the game as i lost interest in the series a long time ago.

I'm just trying to figure out if people think that a console game is "ported" from a pc. When the console is the environment that programmers have in mind when they make the game.

EDIT: If you read in my edits in the OP you would see that that was my goal from the start. we are all friends here, yaknow?

 

I'm sorry, then this thread is unintentional flame bait... Look you have the mods fighting... :(

 

This wouldn't be a discussion if the 360 version wasn't announced.



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.