I wanted to have a reasonable discussion about the lack of games for the PS3. Fanboys for either console need not post, and in fact I'd rather you just stayed away. This is a place to both air frustrations about lack of games, discuss why this is so, and what Sony can do.
It's almost every week I read a news blurb about how some game is releasing for the 360 as the lead system, or on live arcade. This makes me wonder just what is Sony doing to get these games?
It should be easy enough to court small developers of games that could be on the PSN and XBLA.
It does look like we're getting some good games out this year.
Yes, the PS3 has been out for less than a year while the Xbox has had a year lead.
But, then again, where was Sony when some great developers looking to go console started looking for funding money? Mass Effect and Bioshock could have been made at least multiplatform.
I recall one of the main problems, beyond high price, low intall base, was that the developer kits were very poor.
One interesting thing, though, is that Sony is working on getting games, even some big ones. Quantic Dreams, the guys working on Heavy Rain and formerly Omikron and Farenheit/Indigo Prophecy are in a partnership with Sony, so that's likely an exclusive, especially since it seems like Sony paid to give them a massive mocap facility (and I suspect it's the same one they used for Heavenly Sword's mocap).
I'm also wondering what they have in store for Liepzig.
It's almost every week I read a news blurb about how some game is releasing for the 360 as the lead system, or on live arcade. This makes me wonder just what is Sony doing to get these games?
It should be easy enough to court small developers of games that could be on the PSN and XBLA.
It does look like we're getting some good games out this year.
Yes, the PS3 has been out for less than a year while the Xbox has had a year lead.
But, then again, where was Sony when some great developers looking to go console started looking for funding money? Mass Effect and Bioshock could have been made at least multiplatform.
I recall one of the main problems, beyond high price, low intall base, was that the developer kits were very poor.
One interesting thing, though, is that Sony is working on getting games, even some big ones. Quantic Dreams, the guys working on Heavy Rain and formerly Omikron and Farenheit/Indigo Prophecy are in a partnership with Sony, so that's likely an exclusive, especially since it seems like Sony paid to give them a massive mocap facility (and I suspect it's the same one they used for Heavenly Sword's mocap).
I'm also wondering what they have in store for Liepzig.