Gaming Spin: Revolution Press
With Nintendo finally revealing the real Revolution (the controller), they almost similatiously put out many press releases, including this one: http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651304p1.html .
One has to remember, the quotes are correct. I have no doubt that developers are interested in the Revolution. The problem is that this really isn't an indication on whether developers fully support Nintendo or if they want something more or different.
One thing I have been reading about all over Revolution forums is that players want another two buttons at the bottom of the "mouse-stick" so then they could at least play SNES games. But we have yet to hear from developers directly.
The people I really want to hear from are not just developers, but publishers. With the amount of money it takes to make the average game these days, publishers have more control over which games get made then ever. Few developers have even a decent amount of control over their games (see the many buggy PC games and subsequent patches). As such, it would give us a much better look at how well the Revolution will do if we get the views from publishers.
But as I said before, the quotes are real. I have no doubt the developers in this press release feel that way, but it isn't their entire view on the Revolution.
UPDATE: Here is a good article that I found scrounging other blogs: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1084&Itemid=2
One has to remember, the quotes are correct. I have no doubt that developers are interested in the Revolution. The problem is that this really isn't an indication on whether developers fully support Nintendo or if they want something more or different.
One thing I have been reading about all over Revolution forums is that players want another two buttons at the bottom of the "mouse-stick" so then they could at least play SNES games. But we have yet to hear from developers directly.
The people I really want to hear from are not just developers, but publishers. With the amount of money it takes to make the average game these days, publishers have more control over which games get made then ever. Few developers have even a decent amount of control over their games (see the many buggy PC games and subsequent patches). As such, it would give us a much better look at how well the Revolution will do if we get the views from publishers.
But as I said before, the quotes are real. I have no doubt the developers in this press release feel that way, but it isn't their entire view on the Revolution.
UPDATE: Here is a good article that I found scrounging other blogs: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio
posted by SeanM at 4:27 PM
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