if you're suggesting that Intendo tapes should work on a Sehgga, then I'll ask you to kindly leave.
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if you're suggesting that Intendo tapes should work on a Sehgga, then I'll ask you to kindly leave.
Frog I agree with that, but those games are finding a home now. More and more niche titles are finding their way out. Far more than last gen, christ a monkey island remake just came out didnt it? I'm not saying it wouldn't be easier for these titles to come , just that they still are. I cant think of a single genre that isn't doing pretty well considering. I think the distribution methods are going to promote niche genres far more than a single console future would. And I think my point about people being institutionalized still stands.
Yeah, but a lot more of them aren't coming out or aren't making money. Stuff like Monkey Island is easy to get released because it has a major publisher behind it and it's part of an established IP, but if you talk to a lot of smaller developers, it's getting almost impossible to self-publish on XBLA if you're an original IP and you don't have the backing of a major company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rem
G.rev, Triangle Service, and other indie shmup developers have all said that Xbox Live isn't viable for them because they can't get stuff out quickly and they can't control the pricing. Many indie developers that I've spoken to have said that it's difficult even to get your game released at all. Stuff like No Quarter and Owlboy are having difficulties with the whole process.
Here's an article from this week on the very subject:
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1003833p1.html
But trust me, this has been going on for a while. When I did the independent games column for IGN I talked to a lot of small developers and I heard these complaints over and over.
All of this depends on third parties agreeing on a standard and implementing it without the first parties throwing a wrench into the whole thing. Of course, Sony, Nintendo, and MS won't like it, but all of their hardware partners will be indifferent.
I believe a single standard is viable and beneficial, but serious skepticism is justified, and the simple fact that it could work doesn't mean it will happen.
Anyone who thinks having a standard would stifle progress and the advancement of the standard is just dense.
Market saturation alone is enough to justify a new generation of the standard, since all of the hardware manufacturers will want to continue selling shit.
The companies that actually make the silicon in current consoles, namely IBM, AMD, and Nvidia, will continue to advance there tech regardless, so there's no chance of a standard stalling progress in that area.
Most importantly though, the industry association in charge of the standard isn't going to want to see the old business model return, so they'll have to keep the standard up to date in order to compete with the possibility of new proprietary hardware using cutting edge technology.
This is retarded. :lol:
Enjoy your Phantom Console, fellas. Design by committee is the best design of all!
Attached is your best case scenario projection for the upcoming 'fiscal decade', a term I may have just made up on the spot.
Behold, the one console future:
What does that have to do with anything?
Nobody is suggesting that the industry adopt a business model where proprietary vaporware is used to steal money from venture capitalists.
Let's see how this turns out first before you say that. :lol:
There had better be a Nuon in that post before you're finished.
Oooo good catch.
Yeller, seriously, at least try to follow what the conversation's about. The only one of those that's third party is the 3DO. Just because it looks like a DVD player doesn't make it a third party system. I'm really starting to think you don't even get the concept. You have a fucking Genesis in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
*Ok, the nuon, too, technically, but that was more of an attempt at an "enhanced DVD" thing than a real console.