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PS4 much easier to publish for than XB1, according to Paradox

A chat with Paradox's Gordon Van Duke reveals that developers still feel PS4 as a friendlier system.

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NatureOfLogic4320d ago

Xbox One can only hope to sell as much as the *clears throat* original Xbox did.

s8anicslayer4320d ago

You mean as the 360, cause the original Xbox did not sell particularly well.

mouzone4320d ago

i think that was his point

falviousuk4320d ago

Trolling was his point.

I would prefer a system that keeps the crap away from the system, than allowing anyone to publish.
Allowing anyone to make a 'game' and publish it would result in a lot of rubbish being put onto the system. Much like the android store.

By using some control, this should hopefully weed out the multiple fart button games etc that will appear

nukeitall4320d ago

@falviousuk:

If you can manage to avoid or demote the crap yet keep it easy to publish would be ideal. However, having an open system often means getting a few diamonds in a sea of turds, but the diamonds tend to be humongous.

Right now MS is targeting larger or establish "indie" devs (I call them semi-pro). However, they will open it up like XNA and then the question is, how is MS going to manage the sea of turd from taking over.

s8anicslayer4320d ago

@mouzone

I just realized that..lmao it's been a vert long day at work for me

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user74029314320d ago

I think the market will be

50% PS4

30% Xbox One

20% WII U

True_Samurai4320d ago

Sony control 50% of the market? Lmao

JP13694320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

I honestly hope it's closer than that. My favorite series are mostly Playstation exclusive, but I like the way Sony is acting now and continued competition can only help. It's as if someone awoke a sleeping giant and now they're totally focused on absolutely dominating again. All I'm saying is that I hope it takes a while to get there, so that I can enjoy the benefits of the so-called console war, i.e., more exclusives and more aggressive tactics used to generate good will (read: free shit).

Everyone should hope the stakes remain high and the margins close. We all win that way.

Edit: TrueNinja-
Do you live in a world where the PSX and PS2 never existed? Sony dominating the console market isn't unprecedented. In fact, only one of the three main players has yet to do so.

Edit 2: sckipt thinks that the major manufacturers will, when combined, control 130% of the market. Wow, that is some really bad math.
Yes, people can buy multiple systems, but market share is determined by systems sold by your company, divided by total systems sold by yourself and everyone else.

Rimeskeem4320d ago

actually when super smash bros wii u comes and playsation 4 gets the games from their big studios it will look like this globally

60% PS4
30% WII U
40% xbox one

remember people can buy multiple systems

AsimLeonheart4320d ago

@TrueNinja

I hope you do know that the PS3 has more than 30% market share despite its stumbled launch, Xbox360 launching a year earlier for a much lower price with success and Wii's runaway success. With the Wii U looking impossible to reach Wii's success levels, Xbone's negative publicity with higher price point and both consoles releasing at nearly the same time; it is entirely possible that PS4 may gain 50% of the market share or at least the majority.

admiralvic4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

@ sckipt

I suggest taking a statistics or business class, since you don't even have a logical point.

While people do "buy multiple systems", these duplicates do not make up a sum over 100% like you seem to believe. What happens is that these people are written off in favor of a number (like total sales) and then are divided by the sum of the three consoles put together.

So if 1 guy buys all 3 systems, 1 girl buys all 3 systems, 2 people buy a XB1 and 2 people buy a PS4, then the market share would be as follows...

2 Wii U - 20%
4 PS4 - 40%
4 XB1 - 40%

MWong4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

@ DirtyPimp

I would say the way the market is currently shaping up is:

60% PS4 ... Sony is on a great pace, their big 1st party AAA titles will start to come out in 2014
30% XBone ... M$ needs to lay out a concise vision to increase their market share
10% Wii-U ... without 3rd party support the Wii-U is in a lot of trouble

This current-gen shapped to be more like 39% PS3, 41% XB360 and 20% Wii (Nintendo lost a lot of ground when the 3rd party support vanished).

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JP13694320d ago

s8anicslayer

He's saying that he thinks the One is going to tank.

WooHooAlex4320d ago

It'll definitely outsell the original Xbox, it has built up a loyal user base and they appeal to a much wider audience than they did a decade ago.

In the US, I see the market share being around 60/40 (between MS and Sony) in Microsoft's favor but as far as worldwide sales, I think they'll take a beating.

Kakashi Hatake4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

Why are people so certain Xbox will dominate US again? You do realize PS2s dominance didn't help PS3 nor did Wiis dominance automatically help Wii U. Why does Xbox magically keep ALL its fans? Sony has made a lot of strides and will capture a lot of US marketshare. New generation, new mindset.

Alexious4320d ago

Of course it will outsell the original Xbox, but I think in the US the situation is going to be much closer, and Sony may win by a considerable margin elsewhere.

RedHawkX4320d ago

yeah it makes sense for everyone to get the ps4 so devs can have an easier time making games and not have delays and such. ps4 for the win.

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JP13694320d ago

It took Sony years to regain the trust of the industry after the travesty that was the PS3 launch machine. It would be best for MS to put its head down, weather the storm, and learn its lesson.

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XboxFun4320d ago

"Of course, I’ll add that this conversation occurred before the announcement made at Microsoft’s Gamescom conference,..."

theWB274320d ago

Coming from a developer who makes PC games, released one console game 3 years ago. I mean if they still say it's hard to publish a game on X1 then there's nothing to be done.

Free kits upon approval, self publishing with no fees...I mean really c'mon.

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Paradox & Harebrained Schemes Are Parting Ways Following Weak Sales of Latest Game

Today Paradox Interactive announced that it's parting ways with its subsidiary studio Harebrained Schemes effective January 1, 2024.

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shinoff2183610d ago (Edited 610d ago )

I mean it wasn't that intelligent to begin with, release it exclusive to the system that doesn't buy games. Plus it was on gamepass if I'm not mistaken. It's been a minute since I had mine on cause I just wrapped up chrono cross on ps5 but remember looking forward to checking this out on the Xbox. Try it on xbox if I liked it I would've bought on ps

mjchitown608d ago

dude go somewhere with that hating on xbox crap. you just admit yourself you wasnt buy the game on xbox , you played it on gamepass and buy it on ps5. you sounds dumb . you silent on forspoken and FF16 didnt sale good. and many other games. keep eating that foot in your mouth

shinoff2183608d ago (Edited 608d ago )

Ff16 sold fairly well.

I prefer to buy on the console who isn't openly trying to kill physical media sorry for your feelings. Ms has been trying to kill physical for some time. Nintendo and sony are the ones still working with smaller publishers. So yes I will buy a game preferably on ps when possible. You act like I just admitted to murder lol. Relax

mjchitown608d ago (Edited 608d ago )

@shinoff2183
lies. the ceo said himself FF16 didnt sale good. stop the cap. and you can buy them games on xbox. so you full of crap. and what you mean Nintendo and sony are the ones still working with publishers.???? what the hell are you talking about dude xbox works with small publishers. you trying to move the goalpost to fix your narrative. so gonna ignored sony ps5 all digital system huh . rumor next nintendo system will be a digital also with two version.

shinoff2183608d ago (Edited 608d ago )

Really xbox works with smaller publishers. I've heard numerous times xboxs minimum print is to high which is why you don't see smaller publishers like limited run games, special reserve etc work with xbox physical releases. I've read as high as 50k meanwhile Sony and Nintendo have had prints of 1k. Some wonder why smaller publisher haven't worked with ms on smaller releases. That's exactly why.

I assume you just don't know wtf your talking about. And again as someone who prefers physical video games why would or why should I give my hard earned money to a company who has since the announcement of xbox one been out to get rid of physical games. Gtfoh

Far as final fantasy 16 it's been stated It sold fine, would of sold more on pc sure, but it wouldnt of sold well on xbox, we know this, thank you ms. Ms admitted to games bot selling well on that platform already. Here's a newsflash to ya though psssss I didn't really like ff16 much anyway. So that's cute of you.

shinoff2183608d ago

To clarify maybe a little I'm talking about smaller publishers that produce physical games. Not just any publisher

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Paradox Is Teasing Something Mysterious That Will Be Revealed Next Week

Paradox Interactive appears to be about to reveal something mysterious next week. It could be a new Civilization-style game, or something else entirely.

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Paradox Interactive Has 13 New Games In Active Development

Besides its 11 active games, Swedish video game publisher Paradox Interactive currently has a staggering 13 brand-new titles in development.