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gebx on 08 August 2008
badgenome said:
Million said:
gebx said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19672

The in-depth 180-page report was compiled by surveying almost 2,000 video game professionals from North America and beyond who read Gamasutra.com or subscribe to Game Developer magazine.

Overall, 70% of those replying are making games on the PC or Mac, with 43% creating for console and 28% for web platforms - with just 16% making games for handheld platforms such as the DS or PSP.

Of the surveyed console developers, which represent a notable cross-section of the entire industry, 73% are creating games for Xbox 360, 58% for the PlayStation 3, and 42% for the Wii - with 15% still creating games for the PlayStation 2

This implies that the greatest amount of Western console developers by sheer numbers are creating games for Microsoft's console - but due to team size differences, this doesn't necessarily imply that more games will appear on the Xbox 360 than other consoles.

 

Doesn't the last sentence make this whore thread irrelevant?

No, why would it?

And LOL, "whore thread."

 

 

 eheh

@million

Actually no, unless you think that developing teams working on PS3 games are smaller then the 360's.



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HappySqurriel on 08 August 2008

Development teams vary quite drastically in size across platforms ...

If you're developing a high end PC game, or HD console game, it isn't that unusual to see development teams that are more than 100 people; in contrast a lot of Wii games (in particular a lot of Wii games that third party developers are working on) can have development teams in the 20 to 40 person range. If you look at a Nintendo DS, Wii Ware, PSN or XBox Live Arcade there development teams can actually be under 10 people.

On top of this "video game professionals" who read (or subscribe to) Gamasutra or Game developer magazine and respond to a voluntary survey may not be all that representative of development studios as a whole. I used to read Gamasutra quite regularly, and (from what I saw) its articles tended to be far more useful for an engine programmer who is working on a cutting edge project than anyone else in the industry; if you're working on very conventional technology (PS2, Wii, PSP or Nintendo DS) the value of reading Gamasutra, and I assume Game Developer Magazine, is probably not that great.



obieslut on 08 August 2008

its cuz them at=re lazy fucker but when they realzie thast true next gen graphivs are only found on 1 system then they will crawl to the ps3



KZ2 on 08 August 2008

Gebx so this is some much needed good news for the X360?... claps... Here we go a X360 Propaganda thread created by the one and only gebx.



WiiStation360 on 08 August 2008
gebx said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19672

The in-depth 180-page report was compiled by surveying almost 2,000 video game professionals from North America and beyond who read Gamasutra.com or subscribe to Game Developer magazine.

Overall, 70% of those replying are making games on the PC or Mac, with 43% creating for console and 28% for web platforms - with just 16% making games for handheld platforms such as the DS or PSP.

Of the surveyed console developers, which represent a notable cross-section of the entire industry, 73% are creating games for Xbox 360, 58% for the PlayStation 3, and 42% for the Wii - with 15% still creating games for the PlayStation 2

This implies that the greatest amount of Western console developers by sheer numbers are creating games for Microsoft's console - but due to team size differences, this doesn't necessarily imply that more games will appear on the Xbox 360 than other consoles.

This actually implies that the greatest amount of Western developer are making games for the PC or Mac.

I assume the average Wii game has a team about 1/4 the size of the PS3/360 team.   The DS/PSP/XBLA/PNS teams are much smaller that this too.



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colonelstubbs on 08 August 2008

Gamasutra eh.....what a clever pun on karma sutra. They deserve a medal for that name. They do not deserve a medal for their silly surveys



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Godot on 08 August 2008

I assume the average Wii teams are smaller than the Gamecube teams. That would explain why a lot of 3rd party games look much worse than Gamecube games.



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Jordahn on 08 August 2008
Million said:
gebx said:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19672

The in-depth 180-page report was compiled by surveying almost 2,000 video game professionals from North America and beyond who read Gamasutra.com or subscribe to Game Developer magazine.

Overall, 70% of those replying are making games on the PC or Mac, with 43% creating for console and 28% for web platforms - with just 16% making games for handheld platforms such as the DS or PSP.

Of the surveyed console developers, which represent a notable cross-section of the entire industry, 73% are creating games for Xbox 360, 58% for the PlayStation 3, and 42% for the Wii - with 15% still creating games for the PlayStation 2

This implies that the greatest amount of Western console developers by sheer numbers are creating games for Microsoft's console - but due to team size differences, this doesn't necessarily imply that more games will appear on the Xbox 360 than other consoles.

 

Doesn't the last sentence make this whore thread irrelevant?

It's just statistical precentages in North America.  Reading between the lines, you can tell that it's just statistics that doesn't equate to the reality of the big picture.  But the last statement clarifies as such. 



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Kyros on 08 August 2008

This only means that there are still more games developed with the 360 as a lead platform (surprise).

More developers are needed on the lead platform than for porting the game.

BTW western developers are the only devs that count as long as you do not have a morbid love for JRPGS



Ail on 08 August 2008

So what you are trying to say is that developing game for the 360 takes more time than for others platforms am I right ?



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