PSP World writes:
"It is likely that some large publishers, spurned by high levels of piracy and relatively paltry sales figures, decided early on to shift development away from the handheld (EA is not alone in this - where is Activision in the top-ten sales list?) Sony itself became frustrated with poor performance of the machine in 2006, and pointed the finger partly at developers like EA, who were churning out quick and dirty ports of popular franchises without doing sufficient quality assurance. It is hard to sell a gaming device to consumers when most of its new releases are bad, expensive versions of titles that look and play better on consoles. "
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
EA hasn't done that well on the Wii either. But that's OK, because they make scads of money on the other systems. Some publishers are better at certain niches, and we can't expect them to dominate every single platform.