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FJ-Warez on 04 August 2008

Lol...

"hmmm.. you know I don’t know about that. Just by looking at Burnout Paradise I really can’t say the Xbox 360 port looks any better than what it would have looked if it was developed ground up for the Xbox 360. However honestly I really couldn’t tell you what it would have looked like if it wasn’t a port; basically it’s all marketing spin."



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ultraslick on 04 August 2008

Victory!!



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Dgc1808 on 04 August 2008

Great! No more Orange Box's I hope..... And my interest in Dead Space just increased......



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brute on 05 August 2008
Cougarman said:

August 4, 2008 |
EA focus on PS3 as lead platform for game development
By Mike Ferro




EA focus on PS3 as lead platform for game development Everyone knows it’s harder to develop on the PS3 than the Xbox 360. It’s so much more difficult to port a game from the Xbox 360 over to the PS3. EA has commented before they would switch development to the PS3 and make it the lead platform; it seems EA is making good on its promise.

It seems like porting from the PS3 to the Xbox 360 is a much smoother transition than the other way around. According to Sony VP of product marketing, Scott Steinberg even goes further, and says making the PS3 lead platform will make the Xbox 360 games look “even better.”

hmmm.. you know I don’t know about that. Just by looking at Burnout Paradise I really can’t say the Xbox 360 port looks any better than what it would have looked if it was developed ground up for the Xbox 360. However honestly I really couldn’t tell you what it would have looked like if it wasn’t a port; basically it’s all marketing spin.

The only real party it would benefit would be the developers and maybe Sony but the consumers probably won’t benefit this except possibly a prevention of a la GTA IV style delay due to the PS3 development issues.

EA have commented in the past on their desire to put the PS3 as lead platform and judging by their new titles it seems like the plan is set in motion. It has recently been revealed via OPM that Mirror’s Edge is currently developed on the PS3 as the lead platform. Dead Space is another title that have been revealed to use the PS3 as lead platform as well.

I’m starting to wonder if Sony designed such a convoluted architecture for the PS3 so this could happen. Basically force the developers to use the PS3 as the lead platform for all games, ah that’s the conspiracy theorist in me talking.

There is rumor that Madden NFL ‘09 is suppose to be developed on the PS3 as lead platform. It’s rumor for now but we will soon know in a couple weeks.


good news for ps3 owners

 

 thanks,for some reason i wasnt able to post it



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stof on 05 August 2008

So they switched to PS3 lead development because the PS3 is harder to develop for...

Victory?



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Kasz216 on 05 August 2008

It's the only thing to do because the PS3 sucks at running regular code.

It wastes too much time money and effort to do it the other way because of how bad the PS3 is at running 360 code.



The Anarchyz on 05 August 2008
Cougarman said:


I’m starting to wonder if Sony designed such a convoluted architecture for the PS3 so this could happen. Basically force the developers to use the PS3 as the lead platform for all games, ah that’s the conspiracy theorist in me talking.

There is rumor that Madden NFL ‘09 is suppose to be developed on the PS3 as lead platform. It’s rumor for now but we will soon know in a couple weeks.


good news for ps3 owners

 

If that's true, only Sony could pull that off... I remember when Sega couldn't with the Saturn, and they had to kill it early with the awesome Dreamcast...


As a software developer i would like to try developing a game for the PS3 and one for the 360, to really see the dificulty, but i'm too busy right now...



ZenfoldorVGI on 05 August 2008

I assume that they figured out, finally, that it's much easier to develop for the harder platform first, then port to the easy one. It's kinda like when you put your sheets on your bed. Start with the farthest corner, end with the easy one. That way you have to work less.

I'm pretty sure I've seen another company make a similar claim.

I can't see any other plausible reason for the move. I suppose a childish and fanboyistic claim is inevitable though.



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outlawauron on 05 August 2008
stof said:
So they switched to PS3 lead development because the PS3 is harder to develop for...

Victory?

Well, whenever your PS3 games brought in nearly double the 360 games sold. It makes sense to develop for whoever is buying the most of your games.



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horriblebastard on 05 August 2008

Well, whenever your PS3 games brought in nearly double the 360 games sold.

Except that didn't happen. The figure that all the fanboys are tossing around (a 969% increase! OMG! PS3 iz teh winnar!) includes deferred net revenue. Look further down in their report and you will see actual revenue earned from game sales in Q1 09, and here it is: -

Figures in millions.

Xbox 360 - 81
PC - 70
PS3 - 68

Check the report for yourself if you think I'm making it up.