The last of the next-generation consoles, Sony's PlayStation 3, is now in shops, but the head of New Zealand's biggest game developer says the country's games firms need to think outside the box to be profitable in today's gaming world.
Instead of gunning to make the next Halo, Mario Wynands, founder of Wellington's Sidhe Interactive, says small and mid-size developers should build games for older consoles such as the PlayStation 2 or Microsoft's Xbox, handheld consoles such as the PlayStation Portable, or for the online download stores accessed through the new consoles.
He says budgets for games made for new consoles such as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 range from US$7 million (NZ$9.45 million) to US$12 million, about double the typical budgets for Xbox and PlayStation 2 games. Improved graphics and more interactive worlds mean companies must hire more developers to live up to gamers' expectations.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
