Second tier developers not bothering with PS3

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2007-03-28 10:13am

Too complicated a platform? Come on, who DIDN'T see this coming from a mile away.

Complicated PS3 platform discouraging second-tier game developers

Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) platform is, in comparison with that of Microsoft's Xbox 360, technologically too complicated to facilitate development of supporting games by second-tier developers, according to Taiwan games developers.

The PS3 platform imposes a technological barrier for second-tier game developers because these developers, including those in Taiwan, do not have as sufficient financial and technological capabilities as leading international developers, the sources pointed out. This partly accounts for the relatively limited availability of PS3-specific games, the sources said.

In contrast with the PS3, the Xbox 360 platform is easier for second-tier developers to produce games on, the sources indicated. In addition, the Xbox platform makes it easier for them to develop console-PC cross-platform games, the sources noted.

PS3 could have potentially stronger hardware functionality than Xbox 360, but many users feel that, for the same game, PS3 video quality is no better than or even inferior to Xbox 360's, the sources indicated. The reason for this is possibly that game developers are willing to invest more effort to achieve optimized performance from the Xbox 360 because these games are a more important source of profitability, the sources pointed out.

Post by **Vympel** » 2007-03-28 10:32am

Who the hell makes games in Taiwan?

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-03-28 10:36am

Mostly budgetware companies that target the far east markets.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-28 11:14am

No Sandlot loves for PS3 Then?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2007-03-28 11:17am

Who the fuck cares if it's from Taiwan.

The PS3 platform imposes a technological barrier for second-tier game developers because these developers, including those in Taiwan, do not have as sufficient financial and technological capabilities as leading international developers, the sources pointed out. This partly accounts for the relatively limited availability of PS3-specific games, the sources said.

In contrast with the PS3, the Xbox 360 platform is easier for second-tier developers to produce games on, the sources indicated. In addition, the Xbox platform makes it easier for them to develop console-PC cross-platform games, the sources noted.

It's repeating what people have said elsewhere, the PS3 is NOT that easy to develop for and that IS a reason why there arn't so many games coming out for it.

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2007-03-28 11:52am

Sony should have dropped the Cell as soon as it was obvious that their plan to ditch the GPU and have all the graphics ray-traced in real time on the CPU was just a tad unrealistic. Instead, they kept with it for the coolness factor (8 CPUs in 1!) and now it looks like it could well bite them in the butt.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2007-03-29 05:38am

What does this tier system mean?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-03-29 06:43am

2000AD wrote:What does this tier system mean?

probably something like this
First Tier:
AAA to B+ games made by big studios and big devs(Square Enyx, Nintendo, Team Ninja, etc..)

Second Tier:
B to C games made by smallest team with less money and usually targeting smaller audience (see Sandlot games like EDF or Onechanbara)

Third tier:
Shovel Ware; see also Phoenix Games; Davilex