Every E3 brings talk of a possible one-console future. Developers claim it would streamline the game creation process and publishers dream of eliminating the hassle of dealing with multiple platform holders. Yes, every year someone brings the concept up during the big show. And every year it fades away amid the din created by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
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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.
controller must be original DualShock with vibrations and sixaxis sensor, and there must be Cell and BluRay
It must have all 20+ Sony first party devs developing for it. Oh and a web browser.
Well, there would still be PC to play on :V
If there was only one games console, it would cost £500 at launch, drop about £50 over the next 4 years, peripherals would be more expensive than Even Microsoft's outrageous prices, feature additions would be few and far between, it'd be filled with shovelware and games would cost a fortune.
No thank you. Competition is where it's at.