source: http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=65056Shao said:
"Developers worried about surviving next gen. - Latest EDGE"
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jvd said:
The issue isn't really the tech.... Or even the content....
It's getting funding, If publishers believe you need X people to make a next gen game in Y months an you have X/3 people in your team your going to find it very hard to get funding for your project. And often if X is large you can't afford to proceed through development because publishers rear load payments.
jvd said:
So who makes the scores upon scores of hi-res textures? Who's going to animate all the character models to make sure they're sufficiently life-like? Who's going to write the story? Who's going to design and plan all the events throughout the game so that the game feels alive and exciting, yet doesn't feel linear and contrived? Who's going to record the hours and hours of voice?
That's where the budget concerns are coming from, not just programming new graphics engines. The days of ihawking graphics engine tech demos as full games are apparently behind us, or something.
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fearsome.
When you get an engine you save alot of time , you can start from the begning doing the art and animations . Getting rid of an engine and tool design from the equation should decrease development time.
Making new textures and characters of high lvls will take alot of time and that wont change. The best bet is to reduce costs where you can .
When you get an engine you save alot of time , you can start from the begning doing the art and animations . Getting rid of an engine and tool design from the equation should decrease development time.
Making new textures and characters of high lvls will take alot of time and that wont change. The best bet is to reduce costs where you can .
jvd said:
You know that over 25% of games this generation are using Renderware, right? It's not like developers aren't already licensing engines and Epic has just now thought up the idea, so now all they need to do is get on board. If that was the solution to the problem, then they wouldn't be worried, because they solved that problem 10 years ago.
I don't really see the problem with going to portable/DL game development. I think it's great that we have something like that for developers to move to.
On the whole, I think the game development/publishing industry has to figure out how to make games profitable regardless of the cost. The current system is geared towards producing summer blockbusters year round, which is screwy. Online distribution seems to be the best solution here since much of the current system doesn't scale with development cost.
On the whole, I think the game development/publishing industry has to figure out how to make games profitable regardless of the cost. The current system is geared towards producing summer blockbusters year round, which is screwy. Online distribution seems to be the best solution here since much of the current system doesn't scale with development cost.
Alpha_Spartan
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Multiplatform mofos. That solves that.
Alpha_Spartan
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A tale of two different markets. The movie audience is much larger than gaming audiences. A niche movie can send a producer singing to the bank but a niche game will send a developer out of business.blakjedi said:
I think the insane expectations for PS3 and Xbox 360 games will have a negative effect on a lot of developers. Look at Madden 2006. It looks leagues better than the current gen, but somehow it's not enough in most circles. Some people are still waiting for the "real" version of Madden, Madden 2007, to show up on the PS3 next fall.
I'd pay any price of admission just to see the looks on these folks faces when it ends up being much of the same or negligibly better.
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In the case of Madden and many of the other next gen titles, the developers are almost completely at fault for the high expectations. They allude far to often that the offline rendered concept trailers are what we are going to see in the final product. What do they expect people to do when they finally see the real thing?.. Of course they are going to be disappointed.
This has irritated me since day one in the video games industry. If your going to show me a game I want to see it. Not some rendered concept sequence. TV spots are the worst, 28 seconds of concept 2 of game-play(if your lucky).
This has irritated me since day one in the video games industry. If your going to show me a game I want to see it. Not some rendered concept sequence. TV spots are the worst, 28 seconds of concept 2 of game-play(if your lucky).
Boke said:
Actyally madden delivered graphically all the expectation. It is a full next gen visual game.
Just watch the 720p trailer to see how good it look
http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-360-hires/2666/Madden-NFL-06-HD-Trailer/
DudeMiester
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If they did NPR, then I'm sure they can use all that horse-power, look amazing and get it done for cheap. For example, try a real anime style game. I mean many anime's are done in 3D, then run through a complex toon shader, and there is no shortage of anime, lol! Port those techniques to the consoles, and see what happens.
Alpha_Spartan said:
Guilty as charged.
However I think Madden looks great, it's just the lack of an animation/physic upgrade that i am disappointed with. Sure, they added new animations but they still look stiff and unatural. I can't say for certain but I'm betting that you will still bounce off a ball carrier if he is in the middle of an animation while being hit by another player. That HAS to go this gen.
And Madden 2007 will be the real version of the game, for BOTH consoles, not sure why you would think other wise. 06 is lacking in features. Think about it. EA is most certainly developing 07 right now and probably started it months ago. It will have the mini-games they left out and a better owner mode as well.
