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Darc Requiem on 24 March 2009
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult task for MS.



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IllegalPaladin on 24 March 2009
Darc Requiem said:
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult take for MS.

What's the price of 360 dev kits then?

Either way, good price drop and hopefully that helps Sony to get more developers to put some games on the PS3. How many dev kits do developers usually need when they make a game anyway?

 



saimcheeda on 24 March 2009

Gud thing nw we cn expect a price cut



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Max King of the Wild on 24 March 2009
IllegalPaladin said:
Darc Requiem said:
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult take for MS.

What's the price of 360 dev kits then?

Either way, good price drop and hopefully that helps Sony to get more developers to put some games on the PS3. How many dev kits do developers usually need when they make a game anyway?

 


one per developer?



Xen on 24 March 2009
Max King of the Wild said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Darc Requiem said:
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult take for MS.

What's the price of 360 dev kits then?

Either way, good price drop and hopefully that helps Sony to get more developers to put some games on the PS3. How many dev kits do developers usually need when they make a game anyway?

 

one per developer?

One per development team, you mean.

 



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Max King of the Wild on 24 March 2009
Xen said:
Max King of the Wild said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Darc Requiem said:
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult take for MS.

What's the price of 360 dev kits then?

Either way, good price drop and hopefully that helps Sony to get more developers to put some games on the PS3. How many dev kits do developers usually need when they make a game anyway?

 

one per developer?

One per development team, you mean.

 


how many devs usually consist of a team?



SpartanFX on 24 March 2009

that drop is huge , around 75% drop



 

 

 

Xen on 24 March 2009
Max King of the Wild said:
Xen said:
Max King of the Wild said:
IllegalPaladin said:
Darc Requiem said:
Euphoria14 said:
Xen said:
That is some drop!

Does it mean that they are making progress in making the PS3 hardware cheaper and profitable?

I sure hope so!

 

I think they may have been making progress that nobody knew of. Either that or they are trying to lure in some more developers.

It's probably a little of both Euphoria14. A very smart move on Sony's part as the cost of development and the quality of the development tools were two of the biggest complaints developers have with the system. Not only could this improve the quality of multiplatform games on the PS3, it will make securing exclusvity a more difficult take for MS.

What's the price of 360 dev kits then?

Either way, good price drop and hopefully that helps Sony to get more developers to put some games on the PS3. How many dev kits do developers usually need when they make a game anyway?

 

one per developer?

One per development team, you mean.

 

how many devs usually consist of a team?

Hmm... can't say. But 100 people are considered a big team... so... I'd say something like 65 is the avg.. purely by gut feeling though.

 



izaaz101 on 24 March 2009
Euphoria14 said:
izaaz101 said:
What was it before........$2500?

 

Nice try.

Previous price was $10,240.

Sorry, we’re late with this. Sony’s confirmed it’s to drop the price of PS3 dev kits by over 80 percent to $2,000, down from $10,240.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/03/24/gdc-sony-cutting-price-of-ps3-dev-kits/

Ah, ok. I guess I thought the 50% drop was when it was priced at $5000 (which it apparently never was). Strange. Then this is much bigger than I thought.



outlawauron on 24 March 2009

Wow. That's a nice price drop.



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