Smaller developers leaving XBLA/PSN. Too expensive and closed up.

[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"][QUOTE="FPSDad1161"] Is that just for retail and XBLA games or indie games as well?OhSnapitz

While I would agree, you do have to take into consider that many smaller developers do not have enough resources to keep beta testing games and working on them for too long. It costs a lot of money to run that.

Also, it is quite impossible to have a public beta testing or have a pre-sell sales. On PC is quite popular nowadays for smaller developers to sell a game (for lower than full price) while it is in Beta, so gamers can help the developers beta test the game before a full release is done.

Also, beta testing on PC is much easier since you can patch up a game while it is released super easy without the need to jump through hoops. Smaller developers would need to hire an army of testers, which they can not.

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[QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"] I would assume for any game. I know developers get the first three patches for free. After that, they have to pay $40,000. No wonder why you see XBLA games get the drop in support. Monday Night Combat started up as a 360 game, quickly to be abandoned when the PC version was released. Now the sequel is a PC exclusive.ShadowDeathX

While I would agree, you do have to take into consider that many smaller developers do not have enough resources to keep beta testing games and working on them for too long. It costs a lot of money to run that.

Also, it is quite impossible to have a public beta testing or have a pre-sell sales. On PC is quite popular nowadays for smaller developers to sell a game (for lower than full price) while it is in Beta, so gamers can help the developers beta test the game before a full release is done.

Also, beta testing on PC is much easier since you can patch up a game while it is released super easy without the need to jump through hoops. Smaller developers would need to hire an army of testers, which they can not.

They mean that they want to make an unfinished game and then patch it ?

That is only happening on PC, why even talk about it like they did not know consoles have high standards ?

I agree out of principle too. The PC is the natural home for indie games.ActionRemix

Games will continue to come to Steam and the App Store, whereas consoles will continue to decline until tablet completely replaces those useless junks.

It's a shame but it's true. Indie games thrive on PC, specifically Steam, because of the open nature of the platform. Hopefully Sony and MS learn from this in the future.

AcidSoldner

Geez all my pc gaming brothers on here really dropped the ball on the big budget exclusive for non rts/mmo games.

Guys Diablo 3 coming out soon, not an MMO or RTS and pretty sure the budget is quite large.

Geez all my pc gaming brothers on here really dropped the ball on the big budget exclusive for non rts/mmo games.

Guys Diablo 3 coming out soon, not an MMO or RTS and pretty sure the budget is quite large.

whitey_rolls

They really screwed the pooch didn't they?

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Okay, non-MMO or RTS big budget PC exclusive.

p4s2p0

Because you dont get any of those genre worth mentioning on consoles they dont count? Honestly a single free to play MMO can have more gameplay/fun/content and keep you playing longer than all of the in house developed games for PS3 or 360 combined.

"But not everyone" does not = EVERYONE. There are more than a few million people that are interested, ...obviously.

Not everyone is interested in sloppy rehashed first person shooters or Kinekt games either.

Consolites say MMOS and RTS dont count because they dont have any good ones on consoles, its as simple as that. Another one of the many strong points of PC that cant count as a pluss for the platform because they are pretty much none existant on consoles, just like mods and games that arent available on to them.

Hopefully, Playstation Suite can offer a happy medium. PS Suite is open (currently in private beta) and is available on more than a single hardware.