You know - I was thinking about that the other day. "Why are all these people abandoning xb360 and rushing to ps3 these days?" And then it hit me. They aren't.
Game Informer - Factor 5 Q&A
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You know - I was thinking about that the other day. "Why are all these people abandoning xb360 and rushing to ps3 these days?" And then it hit me. They aren't.
I would disagree with you.
Look at Apple IPhone. Even though touch screen is out on the market few years already but the IPhone is still considered as next-gen phone. I know they fixed here and there but it's still a technology of the past.
Your right. MS may have done motion control pads first, but Nintendo made it popular/mainstream.
scooby_dooby
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Man this guy talks alot of crap, really have a a hard time believing anything that comes out of this guys mouth.
The_legend_of_drtre
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No you read that wrong. He said he wanted all that in 2004. When Sony announced the six axis in 2006 Factor 5 was suprised. They only told them a few weeks before.
scooby_dooby
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Of course they wanted motion sensing controls, they make flying games!!
Julian is, unfortunately, about as much of a platform whore as any developer. He's strangely similar to Itagaki. Some developers you really never want to hear from again, and Eggebrecht is that way for me.
Eagle-Vision
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You guys are blowing the HDMI stuff out of proportion. The other guy is right in saying your turning into some sort of neogaf.
Anyways, it's good to read they're now optimizing the game. I hope they manage achieve stable 30 fps by their next showing.
Also in regards to the story, they seem to be going all out. Not something you're used to see with these guys so it could be either really good or TERRIBLY cheesy. Hope it's the former.
Say hello to blu-ray! There are people (xbox360-HD-DVD drive audience) that are going format neutral on the HD movies front and are purchaseing the PS3 as a cheap blu-ray player. Swing over to avsforums, and other AV forums for case in point.
That boomerang thing was the best evidence that Sony planned something like that [motion sensing] from the beginning and its size and forms also add to that as well.
Angelcurio
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Personally i think that the boomerang controller is more suited for motion sensing control than the actual sixaxis. I think that it would be nice if sony were to release the old boomerang controller as a limited version.
To be fair to him thats his right. He certainly comes off that way. But saying things like "But Microsoft was saying no, 720p, 720p, and so we went with Sony" is bad even for a platform guy. I really respected them back in GC days. Having this level of disinformation coming from a top-notch dev is dissapointing. I was hoping that would be left to tabloids like CNN.
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1.) To throw of the competiton?
2.) Because it wasn't a 100% certainty that the tech would be mature enough by launch?
3.) It might be too expensive in the long run CELL + RSX + BluRay?
4.) other strategic factors?
I'm quite convinved never any real intention of launching in Spring of 2006, but decided to watch the competition closely (namely Microsoft). I'm sure they took many options into consideration over the years until launch... why is it an impossibility that motion sensing was one of them?
I certianly don't think it was reason one. Nobody uses bad press to throw off thier competition. I think you forgot #5.
5.) They never intended to include the functionality until they found out what Nintendo was doing. They had been researching it and decided to include it last minute, partially due to not having force feedback and to differentiate itself from xbox 360. This is why it was such a shock to those developing PS3 games.
5 indeed - The tech is certainly not cutting edge so co tand ability should have been well known if Sony were serious about it's inclusion in the planning phases of ps3. For some reason the word duct-tape just came to mind. Perhaps the rubber ducky could be a good mascot.
He's definitely an audio/videophile, he was big about check mark features last gen and the gen before as well. Didn't his company have Dolby Surround in a SNES game?
BTW, interesting that this and last gen he took about any opportunity to diss Microsoft's system, but he's never really said bad things about Sony or Nintendo.
Kind of interesting to see how the other technically inclined 3rd party Nintendo dev turned out, Silicon Knights. Similar comments about technology and the superiority of the system last gen, but they went to MS instead, and I think their comments have tamed a bit.
To come off as an idiot?
Sure, I guess that's his right. But then it's equally my right to judge him based on what he says. I haven't really cared what Eggebrecht has said for years. He's really never impressed me as someone whom I could trust to be unbiased. And since there are more unbiased developers out there talking, why listen?
I would be interested in whether the entirety of Factor 5 is like the guy. I mean, how does one studio sell themselves out to one platform every generation? Does everyone live or die by Eggebrecht's whim, or do they all agree? IMO, the time for platform wars from third parties is over. I think he's still living in the N64 days.
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