making it harder to develop for the PS3 is better? Kaz maybe on to something....

and I want what he's taking.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-360-vs-ps3-face-off-round-18-article

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Lol, I'm glad Kaz Hirai exists. He is a brilliant panto villain in the world of gaming industry PR.

Sad, but some cows think the same way. Not all but some.player_leo

[QUOTE="player_leo"]Sad, but some cows think the same way. Not all but some.Rhubarb9

Right, RRoD = Kaz Hirai . They are both bad. Xbox fixed their RRoD, when will PS3 fix their Kaz Hirai?

well, in a way he is right because the hardware forces developers to think outside the box that they normally think in and come up with new ideas and new ways to do things. Harder hardware means that games continue to look better each year for the life of the console instead of seeing sharp improvements for the first couple years and then seeming to level off or only offer minor, barely noticeable changes for the rest of the consoles lifespan.

On the other hand, all these things become moot if developers get frustrated with your difficult hardware and don't bother.

Kind of a catch-22, I guess.

well, in a way he is right because the hardware forces developers to think outside the box that they normally think in and come up with new ideas and new ways to do things. Harder hardware means that games continue to look better each year for the life of the console instead of seeing sharp improvements for the first couple years and then seeming to level off or only offer minor, barely noticeable changes for the rest of the consoles lifespan.

On the other hand, all these things become moot if developers get frustrated with your difficult hardware and don't bother.

Kind of a catch-22, I guess.

[QUOTE="Rhubarb9"]

[QUOTE="player_leo"]Sad, but some cows think the same way. Not all but some.player_leo

Right, RRoD = Kaz Hirai . They are both bad. Xbox fixed their RRoD, when will PS3 fix their Kaz Hirai?

We hope they fixed the RROD, we're not 100% yet... although Kaz Hirai does need to find a job where his eccentricities are more suited

Well of course he would say that he is unlikely to raise his hands and so ok we mucked up now is he.

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Rhubarb9

well, in a way he is right because the hardware forces developers to think outside the box that they normally think in and come up with new ideas and new ways to do things. Harder hardware means that games continue to look better each year for the life of the console instead of seeing sharp improvements for the first couple years and then seeming to level off or only offer minor, barely noticeable changes for the rest of the consoles lifespan.

On the other hand, all these things become moot if developers get frustrated with your difficult hardware and don't bother.

Kind of a catch-22, I guess.

Well of course he would say that he is unlikely to raise his hands and so ok we mucked up now is he.

Duckyindiana

NO.

Making it easy to develop for from the outset = smarter. end of story.

Kaz is out there with his crazy damage control again :lol:

It's made hard to develop for so that multiplats wont occur.

Of course, it assumes that PS3 will be king - which its not.

Which is why there are no benefits to ANYONE regarding the PS3's tricky design.

Well, let's look at the pros and cons of the PS3's difficult development dilemma...

pros:

Forces designers to work smarter AND harder, yielding better quality games.

Discourages amateur studios from developing games - less awful titles.

cons:

Encourages delayed releases, whether for 360/PC or PS3.

Discourages experienced studios from developing games for it - see Valve.

Restricts game selection - less titles to choose from.

Less indie titles released for the PS3 than 360/PC

Ports are often awful (Fallout 3, Orange Box)

Did I get that about right? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the PS3 being hard to develop for is bad.