Why don't developers...

understand that if they're complaining how hard it is to develop for the PS3, why won't they take the tools that Sony is offering them with Playstation Edge. It really makes me mad when I read their comments on how hard it is todevelop games on the machine. Look at Killzone 2, Guerilla is using the tools for the game and it looksabsolutely stunning.Plus on the bright side, Sony isn't charging for their tools, so why don't developers just take the tools and just work what Sony is offering them? What do you guys think?

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in reality, i think they're complaining more about how hard it is toPORT to the PS3

Capcom, Tecmo andGRAW's developerhave alreadydenied that
they all disagree that the PS3 is harder to develop for comparing to the other machine

I agree, but why don't they just build it from the ground up instead of porting it if they're trying to learn the use of the PS3's architecture?

they just got the Edge Tools at GDC07. even though these tools should make development easier... they still need to take the time to learn and understand how to use those applications.

as far as Guerrilla doing well on the development side... all SCE teams got the Edge Tools since their creation, so they had the time to learn how these tools should be used. this shows that when third party dev teams have the amount of time on the Edge Tools as all SCE teams... then their games look great as well.

I agree, but why don't they just build it from the ground up instead of porting it if they're trying to learn the use of the PS3's architecture?

e_stone001

increased amount of time and effort to develop another game stops dev teams to do this. Publishers just won't allow it when porting would be easier.

on the upside... more developers are choosing the PS3 as its lead SKU for their games. all games using the Renderware Engine will have PS3 as lead SKU, and if the Gamespot NDA slip-up is correct, all EA Sports games for 2009 will be optimized for the PS3.

As time goes by, more devs are going to look at the PS3 and really work on the software for their games. The only problem is that the more devs develop for the PS3, the more money they have to put into it.

Ubisoft said developing for the ps3 was easy. And they made GRAW 2.AgentZero225

At least Ubisoft is trying to dig into the PS3's architecture, while EA on the other hand, just gives us crappy ports that look worse compared to the 360.

once again same thing was said abou the ps2, and of course it will be difficult at first what isnt? Developers need to learn from Insomniac that is ready to do so (on their website).Sora311

So tru. Insomniac already understood the PS3's hardware when making Resistance, and now they're making Ratchet and Clank only one year later! IG is crazy. :D

i think the ps3 is still extremly complicated. Cell is a programmers worse nightmare.Blk-Gnome