360 vs. PS3 vs. Wii - The Designer's Perspective 361
Gamasutra is running a piece today written by Ernest Adams, a frequent contributor to the site and an amusingly opinionated game designer. He writes to weigh in on the console war debate from the perspective of a game designer. He runs down the usual list of pros and cons for each machine, and then digs into the most creative aspects of each machine. Finally, lays out what he sees as the end result of this hardware generation: "So who, at the end of the day, will be the also-ran in this generation of consoles? On the global scale, I'd say it could well be neither the PS3 or the Wii, but the Xbox 360. The PS3 will win over the hardcore gamers who have to have the fastest, most amazing machine available. The Wii will skim off the younger players and those who don't have as much money to spend. Both have the advantage of being made in Japan, so they'll crowd the Xbox right out of that market. In the US and Europe, it's harder to say, but I see the Xbox's early start as more of a liability than a benefit."
Doesn't matter (Score:2, Funny)
An odd set of priorities (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I have to disagree (Score:2, Funny)
Advice of the Wise Muse (Score:2, Funny)
Re:An odd set of priorities (Score:5, Funny)
Bah! For a 6 figured salary many of these developers get, I'd be willing to get worked up over Barbie's Pink Pony Video Game Adventure if they gave me half of that.
Re:Winner: the PS2 (Score:5, Funny)
be careful, someone might get pissed and stab you in the face with a jagged PS2 polygon
Re:I have to disagree (Score:5, Funny)
What do you mean, "unless Sony drops the ball?" Not only has the ball been dropped, but it's rolled down the driveway and is sitting in traffic! The only thing the remaining exclusives could be waiting for is to see if Sony can retrieve it without becoming road kill.
Re:I have to disagree (Score:5, Funny)
Infinium Phantom
No, no ! You're wrong (Score:4, Funny)
No you're wrong. They'll have Duke Nukem Forever.