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Sony Makes It Hard To Develop For the PS3 On Purpose
adeelarshad82 writes "CNet reports on a bizarre comment from Sony's Computer Entertainment CEO in response to complaints from developers on how hard it is to develop games for the Playstation 3. 'We don't provide the "easy to program for" console that (developers) want, because "easy to program for" means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is, what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years?' Given that games heavily drive console sales, and the fact that the PS3 is already 8 million units behind the Xbox 360, I think making a developer's job harder is the last thing Sony needs."
I think what they are trying to say is they don't want just any jackass writing a game for there console. They want a smart jackass
I agree fully with your sentiments.
When I was looking to by a games system over a year, and although the PS3 had less games at the time than the 360, I chose the PS3 for the following reasons.
- Although I did have an Original Xbox, I had no reason to play the 2 games I had on it.
- HDMI, Hard Disk already built in, no need at that point to buy any extra peripherals, other than the second controller. 360 at the time only had HDMI, HD, & wireless on the Elite.
- Hard Disk easily user upgradeable via SATA 2.5 drives. I later replaced my laptop's hard Disk with a new larger one, and put that disk into the PS3 120GB of storage. 360 requires a proprietary HD.
- Blu Ray/DVD upscaling Playback, DivX/XviD upscaling playback, Web Browser, DNLA. These things EASILY justified the extra expense of the PS3, enough said. The 360 simply did not have all that, and required an add-on for HD-DVD. The 360 had Media Player Extender, but only really worked well with Windows Media Player, and not any DNLA server, such as my N95. Plus its built in DivX/XviD support was better. Add to it the BD-Bluetooth remote, it became a lot better.
- Standard USB ports. Plug in a USB Drive, or a USB HArd Disk, and access anything on the drive. Add a normal USB keyboard, no problem. Need more ports? Just use a standard USB hub.
- Bluetooth. Controllers/remote control uses Bluetooth, reduced profileration of wireless standards (already have bluetooth/wireless/DECT phones in my household, dont want yet another standard to play with). On top of that, can attach a normal Bluetooth headset for audio/mic, a bluetooth keyboard or mouse for input (works well). Even supports a Microsoft Bluetooth Entertainment keyboard with a built in mouse.
- PSP integration.
- PlayTV, very cost effective (£50) Freeview Tuner. Allows me to watch free to air Digital Broadcasts, record using the HD, whilst watching another/timeshifting (two tuners built into the PlayTV). Easily Transfer recorded programs to the PSP.
- Firmware updates keep adding features.
- Linux (though This is probably more a novelty due to memory constraints, but does work quite well as a web server, etc).
Have a nice day!