If ea had to choose

[Stu]

Re: If ea had to choose

So If im a big ea fan im better off waiting for the ps3 .And what are the odds ps3 comes out shortly after xbox 2 with a world wide launch.

I don't know much about the details of each new system, but the consensus I've heard is the current technology isn't outdated enough to require a new system. So if you're EA, why would you want to develop for a brand new system when you already have tons of ps2's out there still being used?

[Stu]

Re: If ea had to choose

So If im a big ea fan im better off waiting for the ps3 .And what are the odds ps3 comes out shortly after xbox 2 with a world wide launch.

I don't know much about the details of each new system, but the consensus I've heard is the current technology isn't outdated enough to require a new system. So if you're EA, why would you want to develop for a brand new system when you already have tons of ps2's out there still being used?

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

sony for sure.

Thats to bad because i was really becoming an xbox guy. But then you never know maybe ea will give full support to the xbox 2. Just hope maddens on xbox 2.

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

sony for sure.

Thats to bad because i was really becoming an xbox guy. But then you never know maybe ea will give full support to the xbox 2. Just hope maddens on xbox 2.

[BatsareBugs]

Re: If ea had to choose

It'd most likely be Sony because they got more hardware out than Microsoft in the world. But then again, it depends on who they're catering their games for.

[BatsareBugs]

Re: If ea had to choose

It'd most likely be Sony because they got more hardware out than Microsoft in the world. But then again, it depends on who they're catering their games for.

[sdrotar]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

[sdrotar]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

Is ea giving solid support for the nextbox?

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

Is ea giving solid support for the nextbox?

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

There was a rumor that madden would only be on the ps3 and not xbox2 .Is this true.

[kondo]

Re: If ea had to choose

Keep in mind that developing/porting between systems has less to do with sales numbers than you might think.
It has more to do with production cost. In their current situation, if EA built one engine with the technologically superior Xbox in mind, it might have a rat's next of things to untangle before it could be ported "down" to a less capable machine.

At the moment, this approach works doubly well for EA. Sony's machine is much more popular, and so they can code for that, and rest assured that the Xbox can handle anything they port "up", so long as it's handled well in the process.

However, I've never spoken to a single developer who hasn't said that the the Xbox was easier to write for than the PS2. Microsoft's XNA architecture will likely make that advantage even greater as it steers more towards current industry standards then Sony's new "hardware testbed" approach (which is proprietary in nature). If, as it's been speculated, PS3's Cell system is more effectively powerful than the Xbox Next's triple PowerPC core - it's not unreasonable to suggest that developers like EA may optimize code for the Xbox Next and then port it to the PS3.

It's simply a case of convenience and cost effectiveness.

There was a rumor that madden would only be on the ps3 and not xbox2 .Is this true.