Eat Sleep Play co-President and former God of War designer David Jaffe writes:
"Can anyone explain to me how having ONE console would be bad for gamers? Or game developers for that matter?
The argument that keeps coming up is, 'oh, it would stifle competition and competition is good for gamers!'
But I don't understand this in regards to console hardware.
One game publisher would be bad. One giant game developer would be bad. I get how those things would hurt gamers. But why would one unified hardware platform?"
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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.
the only person benifiting from a unified console would be the developers and the console creater. Consumers on the other hand never benifit from something like this. It's called a Monopoly. Imagine having one car maker, one fuel company, one TV company, one computer company or even one shoe company. Prices would be dictated by the company. Competition drives down prices, creates differentiation, and makes us consumers happy. One console might be good for you MR. Jaffe but, it is in no way good for my gaming self.
What's the difference between Hardware and Software? The consoles are similar but, both consoles push each other. Each console has a feature that was influenced by the other. The playstation might not even have an online network if it wasn't for M$. I sure as hell know it wouldn't be free too. This goes both ways.
All this is, is developers trying to maximize their profit by not having to develope for more then one platform. They can also hit a larger market with one game. It's good for the console maker too. I just don't see how it is good for us in any way.
In fact, there is a better chance that the console war will get a 4th platform. Probably Apple will become the next company to enter the race.
Oh yeah, and tell others that according to EGM #225 Left 4 Dead has gone multi-plat.
Nintendo=First ever
Sony=Most Successful ever
Microsft=Just becoming Succesful
.....how is that gonna work LOL
Left for dead went multiplat? I think I saw that at E3. Can any 360 owners tell me if its the survival horror fps? multiplayer or whatever?
That's lame. We'd end up with massively overpriced weak hardware and loads of trash games. Oh wait we already have that with the Wii.