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Developers are more interested in releasing games on PS4 than Xbox One

According to a poll conducted by the Game Developers Conference, nearly 20% of developers are hoping to release their upcoming games on the PS4, while just under 17% chose the Xbox One.

Skips3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Pretty much.

When comparing the two, it's much more powerful, easier to develop for, and has a larger user base. Won't be surprised if that 3% rises even more in the future when the install base gap widens even more. (Especially when it hits Japan).

Those PC/Tablet numbers tho. lol

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MysticStrummer3720d ago

"the "so called" power gap is so small it's a non factor to everyone accept Sony lovers."

How many multi plats will show a clear difference before you admit there's a power gap? XB1 can't even keep up with a cross gen game, as we've already seen and MGS is about to show again. I'm sure for devs trying to make their game look as good as it can, that very real power gap is a very real factor.

Of course devs would rather make their games for PS4 than XB1. More power, easier to work with, and the cheaper price leads to a bigger install base. The math is simple. MS better hope things pick up soon, or in a year it may be like WiiU all over again.

Army_of_Darkness3720d ago

@edonus "so called" power gap is so small it's a non factor to everyone accept Sony lovers.

1080p vs. 720p.... is not a small gap in terms of video games.

Deadpoolio3720d ago

@edonus: HEY Genius.....You know that Irrational Games is closing themselves right? They weren't shut down by 2k derp, Ken Levine made the decision to close the studio to work on new smaller things

DigitalRaptor3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

@ Edonus

Your comments seem only exist now to expose your insecurities and fanboy tendencies.

1) There are more developers making games for PS4, and more PS4 games in development. That backs this survey up, even if there is only a small percentage difference in its results here.

2) Irrational Games closed themselves down. Ken Levine is moving on to other things.

3) 720p vs. 1080p is not a "small" or a "non-factor". It's a telling tale and is applying across some of the biggest upcoming multiplatform games. A bigger deal was made of smaller differences last generation, just so you know.

4) PS4 is the "hot boy" now, and for the foreseeable future - likely the entire generation. They earned that.

5) "unless you wanted real innovation" - so, like TV integration and paying for free apps?

6) So... 3 months into an 8-10 year cycle and there are no weaknesses? How much worse do you think it's going to get for Sony, seriously? How much worse is the quality and diversity of their game lineup going to get? How much less do you think they're going to outpace the competition during those 8-10 years, when they outpaced them with all the perceived negatives and a delayed launch last-gen?

7) And who would make such a "dumb survey"? Those seeking the general consensus, which by the way, says PS4.

And FINALLY, it seems like the entire industry are loving Sony right now, so the entire industry are "Sony lovers" and "Sony ponies". LMAO!

Giul_Xainx3719d ago (Edited 3719d ago )

Xbots are mad because the circus shows they deployed against the ps3 will no longer work. Lense of truth, chad warden, development issues, cell, vgchartz, xbl, marketing, and availability.

There is really no exploits this time around. The ps4 is a well roux mix of everything you gamers scrutinized the ps3 for. We can only thank the xbots for creating the ps4.

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come_bom3720d ago

The title of this article should be "Developers are more interested in releasing games on PC and Smartphones then other devices"

wtopez3720d ago

Or "Developers more interested in releasing more games on PC than on PS4 and X1 combined".

starchild3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

While console fanboys like you argue over the PS4's 19.66% vs the XB1's 16.95% (hardly any difference) the PC has more developer interest than any other platform with a whopping 52.04%.

That's more than the PS4, XB1 and Wii U combined (41.03% vs 52.04%).

MysticStrummer3720d ago

Hmmm… console article… check.

Meaningless PC comment… check.

Carry on.

starchild3720d ago

It's not meaningless, you just don't want to hear it.

The "article" is pure fanboy drivel. My comment is entirely relevant to the actual figures that this "article" is supposed to be based on.

You are exactly the kind of person that would defend crap like this. Anything that will give you a chance to bash the 'enemy' console, all the while you ignore reality and the wider context surrounding you.

nukeitall3720d ago

@star:

You have to get with the program on n4ps4. Your comment is meaningless because it doesn't favor the PS4.

ArmrdChaos3720d ago

Statistics only matter when they are in your favor. There is always a "reason" when they are not. Of course that is only for the individuals that feel a need for vindication.

DragonKnight3720d ago

@starchild: So the fact that 50.63% of developers wanted to put their games on smartphones and tablets is completely lost on you isn't it?

Here's some questions you should be asking.

What kind of developers showed these interests?

See, to me, the fact that 52% and 50% of devs wanted to put their games on PC and Mobile respectively tells me that a lot of these devs listed multiple devices when asked, and that it's likely most of them are indie devs. I say this because most non-indie developers aren't putting games on mobile and tablets, but most devs who will put a game on PC will also put a game on mobile and tablets.

Are you happy with developer interest coming from indie devs more than non-indie Triple A devs?

What if the developer interest translates to shovelware games, or freemium/pay to win games?

The thing about so many PC gamers who come into console articles like you have is that they always sound so insecure. You just had to post an irrelevant PC elitist comment without completely thinking it through just so you could find a way to say "teh PC iz bettar."

That's really sad you know.

You should just go back to begging for our "console peasant" games that you don't, but actually do, want so badly like you did for GTAV and Dark Souls and so many other games.

starchild3719d ago

Piss off, DragonKnight. You Sony fanboys are the ones that constantly sound insecure, flooding into articles by the hundreds and making irrelevant comments.

And as for begging for console games, I don't know how effective petitions are but there is nothing wrong with wanting more games on your preferred platform. Sony gamers also have made plenty of petitions.

In any case, the PC gets more games than any other platform. You might be able to point out a couple multiplats that the PC has missed out on, but I can point just as many or more that your precious PS3 missed out on. The Witcher 2, Alan Wake, Splinter Cell Conviction, Titanfall, Mark of the Ninja, Metro 2033, to name a few.

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Joey_Leone3719d ago

Of course man, its a no brainer. A console focused on games and easy to develop for? Or a console thats focused on TV and hard to develop for.

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oODEADPOOLOo3720d ago

"the Wii U barely irked out an appearance with just 4.4% of developer interest. In fact, more developers are looking to release their games on the PS3 and Xbox 360 respectively than on the Wii U."

Ouch....

Ricegum3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Starbucks_Fan

It's true, he has Titanfall. Well that's that, he wins at life.

iNFAMOUZ13720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Pc is microsoft

Boody-Bandit3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

iNFAMOUZ1

So if I play a game on my Sony Vaio laptop and install the disc using my Sony BluRay DVD drive but it's a mircosoft game because of Windows OS?

That never made a damn bit of sense to me. So I guess Dell, Alienware, ASUS, Sony, Hewlett Packard, etc and so on should all just stop making computers and laptops since MS makes all the money? SMDH

What about app games like Candy Crush? Does MS own them too since I can play them on my Windows OS on my laptop and PC. Oh but wait I can also play it on my Ipad and smart phone that don't have a Windows OS. Seriously I'm confused. MS might get a little coin with certification fees for games to run on Windows OS but it's not an MS game.

That's like saying any peripheral (keyboard, Wheel, Fight Stick, 3rd party controllers, headphones, etc and so on) that works on an XBOX 360 or XBOX ONE are all MS products.

Wait a minute. The XBOX ONE has a BluRay drive and Sony owns a percentage of the BluRay format. So that means all physical games on the X1 are Sonys? See. That's what I mean by silly. PC is not Microsoft.

MysticStrummer3720d ago

@iNFAMOUZ1 - So you're saying it's the same for MS if you play the game on your 360 or PC that you already own… as opposed to buying a new console in order to play the second best version of Titanfall? Do you really think it's all the same to them? If so, you're wrong.

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MysticStrummer3720d ago

…except on XB1, where the devs opted to preserve the visual aesthetic of the original title.

KingKongKilla3719d ago

What's Going To Be Funny When Microsoft Says Alright Here's Another 30 Million To Keep It Exclusive Once Again. Microsoft Kills Sony With Exclusives! Money Rules Everything! And Who's Making More For Each Consle Microsoft.

TristanPR773720d ago

What? Is that the best you can come up to? A COD clone with bots running at last gen 720p?

Wow

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Fishy Fingers3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Wow... A mighty 3% difference.

Mobile/PC are the big "winners". I use the term loosely.

jaredhart3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

It shows that various early indicators are in Sony's favor.

bleedsoe9mm3720d ago

both 20% and 17% are pathetic when 51% are making iphone/ipad games and 52% are making pc/mac games . the headline should be devs flock to pc and apple

Fishy Fingers3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Just a blatant attempt to generate attention by using the console war rather than actually reporting what is/could've been interesting news. Embarrassing.

OrangePowerz3720d ago

Given the quality of 95% of mobile games they can keep those games. Thanks to mobile and social gaming we have microtransactions.

mhunterjr3720d ago (Edited 3720d ago )

Lol if you come out of a conference survey with a 3% margin, and find that news worthy, especially when the margin of error is probably even greater, you've got issues.

Given all the negative PR MS has been getting, I would have thought the margin would be 20% or better. 17% vs 20% is nothing to write home about. The real story is that mobile and PC are by far the platforms of interest for developers... Sony and MS need to do more to make their platforms as desirable to developers.

Kiwi663720d ago

but people will find any reason to make things look worse plus this story was the same one posted by maria earlier

jessupj3719d ago

The PS4 actually has increased interest of 17.6% compared to the xbone.

And this early in the life cycle, 17% is very significant.

And the sales gap is only going to widen.

mhunterjr3718d ago

What are you talking about? there's a 3% difference. That means if there were 100 console developers at the conference only 3 would want to make ps4 exclusive games, the rest would make games for both consoles... For all we know, those 3% could have represented developers that already have exclusive deals in place. That margin is insignificant

Compare that to the interest that PC and mobile got and that 3 percent becomes even more insignificant.

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mkis0072h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows902h ago(Edited 2h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

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Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis00729m ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Michiel198911m ago

the score on metacritic is 71 from journos, its 9 points lower than your review so stop making stuff up. They didn't hate it from the start, they on average just liked it slightly less than you.

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@Michiel1989

I'm not making anything up, they held a grudge against it and made stuff up themselves like mkis007 has just pointed out. That 71 on Metacritic is why it didn't get a sequel.

Anyway how can I make anything up when I didn't even mention metacritic in my original post?

Leeroyw2h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

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I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy8549m ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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