Comments on: E3 Recap: Console Wars http://www.edery.org/2006/05/e3-recap-console-wars/ For those interested in the business of making good video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David J Edery http://www.edery.org/2006/05/e3-recap-console-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 David J Edery Tue, 16 May 2006 14:02:14 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=204#comment-1618 > surely there’ll be certain things one can do in the PS3 > that will be cheap in terms of labour time I don't have a strong sense as to how much more true that is on the PS3 than on the Xbox 360. It was rumored only recently that the PS3 had serious <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060225-6265.html" rel="nofollow">compiler issues</a> (among other problems challenging the platform, like lack of an online service comparable to Live!). Meanwhile, Microsoft is putting a lot of energy into tools and developer support. At any rate, I'm definitely not counting Sony out, nor dismissing the quality of the hardware. Just wondering if that hardware will make a difference anytime in the next couple of years. > surely there’ll be certain things one can do in the PS3
> that will be cheap in terms of labour time

I don’t have a strong sense as to how much more true that is on the PS3 than on the Xbox 360. It was rumored only recently that the PS3 had serious compiler issues (among other problems challenging the platform, like lack of an online service comparable to Live!). Meanwhile, Microsoft is putting a lot of energy into tools and developer support.

At any rate, I’m definitely not counting Sony out, nor dismissing the quality of the hardware. Just wondering if that hardware will make a difference anytime in the next couple of years.

]]> By: Factory http://www.edery.org/2006/05/e3-recap-console-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Factory Tue, 16 May 2006 08:26:35 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=204#comment-1606 "But a couple of important developers told me that they don’t even intend to take full advantage of that extra capability (at least anytime soon) because it simply costs too much." Perhaps not full advantage, but surely there'll be certain things one can do in the PS3 that will be cheap in terms of labour time and can made PS3 graphics look better (turning on AA, higher ansio, faster/more stable framerates). Which should help Sony. “But a couple of important developers told me that they don’t even intend to take full advantage of that extra capability (at least anytime soon) because it simply costs too much.”
Perhaps not full advantage, but surely there’ll be certain things one can do in the PS3 that will be cheap in terms of labour time and can made PS3 graphics look better (turning on AA, higher ansio, faster/more stable framerates). Which should help Sony.

]]> By: Adrian Crook http://www.edery.org/2006/05/e3-recap-console-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Adrian Crook Tue, 16 May 2006 06:54:19 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=204#comment-1604 Great to meet you at E3, David! Keep up the great work! Great to meet you at E3, David! Keep up the great work!

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