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PS4 : "number of developers joining has increased from 126 to 505" since Feb 2013
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I have no problems with that. I have a subscription until 2016.
Dead Prince
Banned
since development is easier than ps3 they shouldn't have any problem.
GotchaForce
Member
Come on the train and ride it!
Maybe there was a misunderstanding, all the 126 developers left, only 505 remained. XD
My only hope is that they don't screw up the store on the PS4, having all these indie studios isn't going to help anyone if people can't find, buy, and download their games easily and without hassle. If they end up using the current PS4 store or something like it I think it would still be a bit of a pain to find them.
And? Everyone knows it.
But it's still a good sign, so of course people can be happy about this news.
If the PS4 doesn't fail in terms of sales, then many/most of these will probably develop games for it.
Marked_Bravado
Banned
Yes!! Soo glad this is happening. Hopefully Amnesia day and date with PC. Hotline Miami 2 day and date with PC. The list goes on and on. Bonitoooo!!
Indie games will always live on PC, Sony only just started allowing them over
Nintendo requires you to have at least one game released on another platform, and I don't believe Sony has the same requirement.
BrainZEROX
Member
This is bad news.
This is very bad news.
My wallet. My poor wallet... ;_;
This is very bad news.
My wallet. My poor wallet... ;_;
a secret-boss
Banned
Only if Nintendo has this
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Sony has been focusing too much on Indies.
They need to forge better alliances with high profile developers.
They need to forge better alliances with high profile developers.
The Bookerman
Member
If they make a solid gap, you can bet AAA publishers will go where the money(ie: Install base) is.
Off-Kilter
Banned
Looking forward to all that indie content.
Outtrigger888
Member
Great for ps4, but Nintendo, theyre not doing bad...
"Since then it appears to have been a hit with small developers as more than 1,000 have registered their interest in developing games for Wii U, according to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata who was addressing analysts at the E3 analyst briefing."
Most of the innovation in this gen will come from the indies. Most of the AAA companies are just looking to pad their profits and won't take too many risks.
Look at CoD: Ghosts and BF4 lol.
hmm, maybe he was talking about customers and someone translated it badly.
Outtrigger888
Member
Oh, grow up.
SolidSnakex
Member
Dead Prince
Banned
i was one of the people that signed up as well ;P
BlackLagoon
Member
While there were hurdles in terms of the cost of the devkit, quality of the SDK, and complexity of the submission process that they've been removing over time, self-published titles were present on PSN since at least 2009 (Burn Zombie Burn).
electroshockwave
Member
So basically they're like those employers with an entry level position requiring 2 years experience...
Outtrigger888
Member
Source?
Canis lupus
Member
Damn, I see that number only increasing.
Delusibeta
Banned
I think it would be a very safe assumption that the vast majority of that 500 intends or is currently developing at least one game for PlayStation 3, Vita or 4.
Why would Microsoft do that? They think you're going to buy their box for 500 bucks and pay for Live Gold on top of that.
Delusibeta
Banned
The latter. I mean, Ubisoft alone has more than 505 people working on PS4 stuff.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Sony allows self-publishing and doesn't charge for updates/patches like MS does.
This isn't surprising news honestly.
This isn't surprising news honestly.
MMaRsu
Banned
Yup...
DragonSworne
Banned
You think that impressive, just wait and see how many consumers join within the first couple months of release.
The Xbox 360 did pretty well with that clearly not so end of the world limitation. PS+ nets you free games, there is no real downside.
Honey Bunny
Member
Nothing to stop Sony doing a subsidized PS4 in response. So that won't be it.
Monty Mole
Member
It's going to be friggin' awesome indeed! Add in all the PC F2P ports, third party support and first party exclusives and we have a winner
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Honestly, one can make an argument of success through profit. While more PS4's will be out there, maybe MS ends up making more money with their controlled policies. Who knows? All this could be an acceptable loss to MS considering they plan on making more net profit from each individual consumer, so they don't need as many and still make more money than they did before. Whereas before, it was possible that MS was possibly losing money on an individual consumer especially if that consumer pirated or bought used games all the time.
