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Sony promises to further help Developers on the PS3 game development.

September 20, 2007 in News comments 9

SCE president Kaz Hirai stated in his Tokyo Game show that Sony is going to help developers make better quality games by allowing them to use their software tools. Also Sony states they are listening to opinions of devs.

Sounds like Sony is taking care of the game making issues.

During his Tokyo Game Show keynote address, SCE president Kaz Hirai promised a "much closer relationship" with Sony's partners.

Hirai pointed to Crisis Core, a Square Enix collaboration on the PSP, as a recent example.

"Some of these collaborative endeavours are going on behind the scenes already," Hirai said, "largely in terms of development assistance courtesy of Sony Worldwide Studios. Sony is also listening to the opinions of developers whose games are already out."
Final Blade via gamesindustry.biz »
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    Final Blade Sep 20, 07
    This should stop the devs saying how hard it is to make PS3 games.
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    Existenz Sep 20, 07
    They still need to allow Sony to help them, that is still hard to do, some developers can be subborn... I mean i would be i am a development studio, i have spent 2 years working on an inhouse graphics engine and another 2 years making a game with it, sometimes it may actually take more work to adapt to Sony's EDGE development tools, than just struggle on trying to get my engine to run nicely with the CELL.
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    VeGiTAX2 Sep 20, 07
    This isn't much of a statement, it was the case for decades of gaming where the console maker helped improve their SDK and made it easier for developers to code on their systems. Are we supposed to thank them for doing what the industry, and even they have done as well for ages?

    The devs are right for any system where the producer fails to provide a decent SDK, the same problem hit at the launch of the PS2, "hey can we get AA?" "figure it out" "er ok we'll just ask kojima who apparently hacked it together after intensive research"

    Lovely, introduce a new architecture and repeat the same mistakes, I think at least this time they're acting on it a little faster.
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      Final Blade Sep 21, 07
      The thing is though If Sony allows devs to use there software tools its makes making game a hell of alot easier than b4, also it states that they will be helping devs alot more than they have been for months. Its a step in the right direction to getting games on the system faster.
      • 0
        VeGiTAX2 Sep 21, 07
        That's amazing because thats the purpose of a console maker producing and improving their SDK for developers. Thanks for ripping what I said and trying to make it sound original. Go ahead and read and comprehend my first paragraph again.

        It's about time they got with the program yet again, it's just sad that they need almost a year of prodding before they do what they're supposed to be doing and what they've had to do for all of their systems just like the rest of the industry. Just like Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, Atari, Philips, Neo Geo and etc have all done for ages.

        It's them getting common sense again. Nothing more.
  • 0
    Bale Fire* Sep 21, 07
    They've actually been trying to help developers for several months now and are enlisting help from more experienced developers as well (like Insomnaic)
    • 0
      Final Blade Sep 21, 07
      Exactly my point thanks. With all this help they should not complain at all.
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    Seproth Sep 21, 07
    This is a good plan. The Wii needs to do this most of all though. It's second party games are struggling to make anything decent.
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      VeGiTAX2 Sep 21, 07
      Third party you mean, and yes they could do to actually develop more helpful items in their SDK to address how to make use of the controller setup. I think there are quite a few 3rd parties making waves these days because they do work just on how to use a wii-mote in gaming variations without all the programming normally required.

      SDK's used to be the biggest thing for developers, they'd go through numerous revisions through a console lifespan. Yesh even in the earlier days of the PS2 I remember them being on like revision 7 or 8 and this was just as the system was really kicking up probably around 03-04.

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