Japanese Devs Talk 360 Development

Japanese developers have had the chance to work with the Xbox 360, and as Gamespot reports, there are mixed feelings over there. From the article: "...but even with Microsoft's development tools and strong technical support (another aspect for which the developers had kind words), there are still a number of issues game makers face. Many developers consider the system's graphic capabilities 'double-edged.' The Xbox 360 can handle much better looking graphics than previous consoles, but it also requires a lot more effort in development."

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Extra Extra, /. Hates the 360

[TechnoPope]

Wow, another day, another article being used to try and bring down the Xbox 360. Is this seriously going to be happening every day till the PS 3 launches? Every 24 hours there's another article griping about something related to the Xbox 360. I mean, I know we're all supposed to just hate MS and anything they release, but come on. This is ludicrous. From reading today's thread, everyone is pissed about not going to either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Wow, Microsoft is being punished for not trying to force an unproven standard down everyone's throat. And can we stop the comparisons to when the PS2 chose DVD. The situations are very different. When the PS2 came out, DVD's were a standard backed by all of the major consumer electronics companies. Everyone was for it. It's not like they were taking some risk. By not picking either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, MS isn't going to get stuck forcing people to use what could ultimately become a dead standard. And no, multiple disks aren't going to kill anyone. Some of the most popular games for the PS and PS2 were multiple disks. It's not less immersive, and is it really so hard to get up and change once as you play through? (You don't boot off the first disk when you load a game from the second disks save point) Why don't we stop trying to nitpick every little thing about the console. Wait, here's a better idea, let's actually wait till the console releases? Seeing as how very few people have even touched a 360, it seems a bit premature to talk about it like we're experts. And while we're at it, why don't we treat all three systems fairly. I don't see daily articles about the PS3 or the Revolution. Oh that's right, not much is being said because they aren't even close to being released.(Which means that the 360 is the new DC because releasing early = teh l0ssz0rs) But since they aren't MS, everyone knows they are clearly superior. Bah.