sinha said:
Link?
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/08/04/ea-focus-on-ps3-as-lead-platform-for-game-development/
http://gamersvue.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/jack-tretton-ps3-becoming-lead-development-platform/
Activision is a confirmation due to the fact of COD4/5 and DMC4 was co-developed for the PS3/PC/360 at the same time.
ssj12 said:
http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/08/04/ea-focus-on-ps3-as-lead-platform-for-game-development/ http://gamersvue.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/jack-tretton-ps3-becoming-lead-development-platform/
Activision is a confirmation due to the fact of COD4/5 and DMC4 was co-developed for the PS3/PC/360 at the same time.
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LOL. Is this a joke??
It would be huge news if EA and Activision announced they are switching to the PS3 as their main platform... You provide links from gamer.blorge.com and gamersvue.wordpress.com? Why wouldn't any members of the legitimate gaming media cover this important shift in the industry?
Are there any quotes from anyone who actually holds an important position at EA or Activision stating that they are switching to the PS3 as their lead platform?
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First link:
"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."
No details whatsoever? What exactly was EA's previous comment and who made it? And what indication is there that EA "is making good on its [supposed] promise"?
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Second link:
"Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton believes that going forward third parties will make the PlayStation 3 their lead platform. So far there have only been a small handful of titles for which that’s the case."
So... SCEA's Tretton "believes" this will happen "going forward"? LOL.
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The ONLY example from both links is Burnout Paradise. ONE GAME.
And neither link mentions Activision at all... how does the fact that three games were "co-developed" on multiple platforms at the same time indicate that Activision are "switching their main dev platform" to the PS3?
And you're actually a mod around here?
We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai
It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps
We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
| Coca-Cola said: The trends are obvious. When it comes to the best-selling games month after month, the Wii and the Xbox 360 dominate. Digging a little deeper, however, and you can begin to see why the 360 is so enticing to third-party developers: 25 of the 34 games the Wii put on the list were published by Nintendo itself. The Xbox 360, by contrast, charts many third-party games each month. Many different games. In almost every case where a multiplatform game was released on multiple consoles, the 360 version hit the charts while the PS3 version was either nowhere to be seen, or sold in far fewer numbers. While the fights taking place under the top ten list are largely invisible to the public, it wouldn't be a surprise if these trends continued when looking at the top twenty, or even the top thirty. Sony lacks the ability to chart a wide array of blockbusters, and the publishers know it. |
It may interest you to know that 26 of the top 34 games of all time are made by Nintendo
It looks like the mantra "only Nintendo games sell on Nintendo platforms" can be shortened to "only Nintendo games sell"
Anyway, the 360 is still doing well from its 1 year head start and 3rd parties expecting the Wii to flop, but the Wii has overtaken it in terms of games sold per month, it's attach rate is growing and it's gaining more marketshare. I don't doubt that it's doing well, but developers are moving over to the Wii now
ssj12 said:
Ea has proven PC is beyond profitable, if Valve, Epic, and many other developers havent already.., they posted nice profts of SPORE and a few other titles including Crysis. |
I can't tell if you're trying to rebut what I said or expound on it, but I in no way meant to imply that PC was unprofitable, just that the MMO thing doesn't always work out. In Blizzard's case it was wildly successful, but not all are. For companies that make more traditional games the X360 has proven time and again that it can move a substantial amount of software - enough to justify producing the game for it, whether or not it is multifplatform.
sinha said:
LOL. Is this a joke?? It would be huge news if EA and Activision announced they are switching to the PS3 as their main platform... You provide links from gamer.blorge.com and gamersvue.wordpress.com? Why wouldn't any members of the legitimate gaming media cover this important shift in the industry? Are there any quotes from anyone who actually holds an important position at EA or Activision stating that they are switching to the PS3 as their lead platform? --- First link: "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." No details whatsoever? What exactly was EA's previous comment and who made it? And what indication is there that EA "is making good on its [supposed] promise"? --- Second link: "Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton believes that going forward third parties will make the PlayStation 3 their lead platform. So far there have only been a small handful of titles for which that’s the case." So... SCEA's Tretton "believes" this will happen "going forward"? LOL. --- The ONLY example from both links is Burnout Paradise. ONE GAME. And neither link mentions Activision at all... how does the fact that three games were "co-developed" on multiple platforms at the same time indicate that Activision are "switching their main dev platform" to the PS3?
And you're actually a mod around here?
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you know you really need to research right?
Games using PS3 as lead by EA
Madden 09
Other EA Sports 09 titles
Mirror's Edge
SKATE 2
Dead Space
Army of Two
This analysis is really quite useless, you can't explain developers' investment decisions based on NPD's top 10. You need to look at the complete data and include all countries. And even then the current data doesn't prove too much if your game won't release for another 2 to 3 years and the market shift completely in the meantime.
Unfortunately the Wii seems to be in a vicious circle at the moment.
Developers don't devote too much time an money to develop for it which means that low quality games and ports are produced, which means that Wii owners don't buy many non nintendo games and as a result 3rd party games don't sell as much which makes them reluctant to produce any big budget titels to begin with....
PSN ID: T_Gears
End of 2009 ltd sales:
Wii = 67-68m
X360 = 38-39m
PS3 = 34-35m
Prediction: The PS3 will surpass the 360 on weekly sales after it drops to $299 on all regular weeks (no big releases).
| ssj12 said: you know you really need to research right? Games using PS3 as lead by EA Madden 09 Other EA Sports 09 titles Mirror's Edge SKATE 2 Dead Space Army of Two
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I do know Dead Space wasn't lead on the PS3. They just put a lot of effort into the PS3 build.
Tease.
| JaggedSac said: Well, it was all doom and gloom for the 360 until about 3/4 months ago. |
You are correect in that some preached this as well. Thankfully, I wasn't one of them.
Hackers are poor nerds who don't wash.
Squilliam said:
I do know Dead Space wasn't lead on the PS3. They just put a lot of effort into the PS3 build.
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wasnt it co-developed though...
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