09-21-2007, 12:15 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NiX+September 21, 2007 11:50 am--><div class='codebox_title'>QUOTE (NiX @ September 21, 2007 11:50 am)</div><div class='codebox'><div id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> As for Kojima, I don't recall him saying MGS4 will be his last game. I do recall him saying it would be his last MGS game... 
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Yeah sorry, that's what I meant.
Console exclusivity sucking major ass has never stopped developers from continuing to produce games that are so, however. Historically games that could have been ported over to different platforms are usually done waaay after they've reached their prime, as just another measure to milk the proverbial cash cow.
<!--QuoteBegin-Lord_Leperman+--><div class='codebox_title'>QUOTE (Lord_Leperman)</div><div class='codebox'><div id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Now I'm wondering why the gaming industry hasn't evolved to the likes of the movie industry where there is an agreed, standardized format for movie players (albeit the current competition between blu-ray and HD-DVD formats today) such as VHS and DVD. Console makers would just stick to making their consoles much like how Sony produces DVD players based on an international standard and competes with other DVD players in the market, but all stick to the same universal format. Is the current market setup for games conducive to innovation, or is it setup for major console makers to make a profit?[/quote:1584a78c05]
Competing formats are simply the effect of competing companies. It's natural that one will want their medium to be the de facto standard, and they'll use any means necessary to achieve it. Sadly this translates most of the time to forcing the people they create products for into their own direction, whether or not that means the person can actually play the games he or she wants to play, and just pacifying them with humanistic marketing techniques and promises of a brighter future for the said medium. Is it sad and a waste of potential market share? Yes it is. But is it legal? Most definitely. As long as Microsoft, Sony, and to a smaller degree, Nintendo, are at each other's throats we won't see the movement towards a universal medium.
But hey, the games industry is still young compared to the movie industry. Only time will tell if the Big Three will put their heads together, or keep bashing them against one another.
[/quote:1584a78c05]Yeah sorry, that's what I meant.
Console exclusivity sucking major ass has never stopped developers from continuing to produce games that are so, however. Historically games that could have been ported over to different platforms are usually done waaay after they've reached their prime, as just another measure to milk the proverbial cash cow.
<!--QuoteBegin-Lord_Leperman+--><div class='codebox_title'>QUOTE (Lord_Leperman)</div><div class='codebox'><div id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Now I'm wondering why the gaming industry hasn't evolved to the likes of the movie industry where there is an agreed, standardized format for movie players (albeit the current competition between blu-ray and HD-DVD formats today) such as VHS and DVD. Console makers would just stick to making their consoles much like how Sony produces DVD players based on an international standard and competes with other DVD players in the market, but all stick to the same universal format. Is the current market setup for games conducive to innovation, or is it setup for major console makers to make a profit?[/quote:1584a78c05]
Competing formats are simply the effect of competing companies. It's natural that one will want their medium to be the de facto standard, and they'll use any means necessary to achieve it. Sadly this translates most of the time to forcing the people they create products for into their own direction, whether or not that means the person can actually play the games he or she wants to play, and just pacifying them with humanistic marketing techniques and promises of a brighter future for the said medium. Is it sad and a waste of potential market share? Yes it is. But is it legal? Most definitely. As long as Microsoft, Sony, and to a smaller degree, Nintendo, are at each other's throats we won't see the movement towards a universal medium.
But hey, the games industry is still young compared to the movie industry. Only time will tell if the Big Three will put their heads together, or keep bashing them against one another.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
