State of PS3 Production

[pipo]

In E3 2006, they had 1 retail PS3 unit for each "demo" room...

At E3? Are you sure about that?

And what's that game in the second shot? It looks lovely...

 

[inefficient]

And what's that game in the second shot? It looks lovely...

Warhark

 

[Graham]

Right. Excellent. Well thats very good news then

That game looks to be warhawk.

 

[pipo]

Must be the picture (or my eyes) then. It looks so cartoony...

 

[LunchBox]

Secret pr0n collection.

he should share the wealth

 

[MightyHedgehog]

. . . and if 211 companies why not 200+ games? Seems a little odd.

Probably because quite a few non-game developers get kits to work on production/development software to sell/license to game makers. That and there are a lot of games that haven't been approved by Sony or haven't reached the point where they are given the full green light for production.

 

[Arwin]

Probably because quite a few non-game developers get kits to work on production/development software to sell/license to game makers. That and there are a lot of games that haven't been approved by Sony or haven't reached the point where they are given the full green light for production.

Yes, there is a lot of middleware available for the PS3, I think I counted 14 applications last - the Playstation 3 Wiki entry has a list. And yes, some developers who get devkits may eventually decide not to produce a game, at least for now. There may also be some wildcards in the form of Linux/PS3 stuff, PS3 third party hardware, etc.

 

[ZiFF]

PS3 will first use 90nm Cell and then move to 65nm in 2007, right?

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Yep, same with all the consoles.