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Squaresoft To Go Multiplatform
Gemini writes "Gamespot has an article on how Squaresoft is to go multiplatform, starting with Final Fantasy XI. This is good news for Nintendo." Well, good news for the Microsoft's X-Box as well, since they will release for it as well. But I'm sure Sony has happy to hear that it will be out for the PlayStation 2 first, since that will be key to their strategy for defeating the X-Box.
-It isn't impossible, they just made the basic avenue of programming the bare metal. Developers have been asking for this since the PSX was released
"Numerous companies have jumped ship because of that single fact."
-One company jumped ship. They had never done a 3d title before. Their reason is also dubious as this Penny Arcade comic so nicely points out.
Companies have been all over debunking the 'hard to develop for' FUD such as in this article.
Some more quotes:
Hideo Kojima - "It will take three years for games to make complete use of the total potential of the PS2. What's key is where to use those capabilities and what to make stand out. After some trial and error, titles with new ways of expressing things will appear. However, this is not going to happen right away."
John Riccitiello (President of EA) - "It's drop dead sexy."
George Lucas - "It's mind-boggling. What they've accomplished is just beyond comprehension, if you know anything about computers."
Trip Hawkins (President of 3D0) - "It's historic, a mass market appliance that fundamentally changes society in the same way the printing press did."
Jeronimo Barrera (Rockster Video Games) - "What usually happens with new hardware is, the people who are having a lot of trouble are the ones who are talking a lot of sh-t."
Most developer house already have created their own toolsets, some are even licensing them out to other developers, the 'hard' to program issue is a dead-issue and has been for several months now.
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