Programming on PS3 is not difficult

[Toxa]

According to Masachika Kawata (Resident Evil 5 Producer) programing on Ps3 is not difficult compared to other console :

Kawata:I can't really say that one platform is proving more problematic than the other. [...] The PS3 is often said to be more difficult. As someone developing for it, though... I haven't found it to be too tough.

http://games.kikizo.com/features/res...terview-p2.asp


This is opposite to the producer of Last Remnant (the most beautiful game in the world ) which said it's much easier on 360.

[air_max]

hopefully this doesn't turn sour like the last thread, but this pretty much just reiterates the concept of a person's subjective opinion. its nice to actually hear the other side of the story, however.

[xtop]

Originally Posted by air_max

hopefully this doesn't turn sour like the last thread, but this pretty much just reiterates the concept of a person's subjective opinion. its nice to actually hear the other side of the story, however.

exactly. plus..how do we read "too tough". that can be taken many ways lol

[Hedchekr]

Somebody tell Gabe Newell.

[owa]

It's probably more a matter of what they're use to and more comfortable with rather than being difficult. Especially with the programmers that have been doing things a certain way for years.

[Septimus Prime]

Originally Posted by owa

It's probably more a matter of what they're use to and more comfortable with rather than being difficult. Especially with the programmers that have been doing things a certain way for years.

Exactly. And what programmer doesn't know how to program on Windows? So that's why the Xbox is easier to program for.

Of course, ease is pretty much irrelevant anyway, unless it's so hard that you can't get things done, which doesn't seem to be the case for good developers. For example, it's also easier to write sloppy code than it is to optimize. That doesn't necessarily make sloppy coding better.

[york weir]

Originally Posted by owa

It's probably more a matter of what they're use to and more comfortable with rather than being difficult. Especially with the programmers that have been doing things a certain way for years.

Exactly. Assembly language programming is easy for my Dad but he might be lost on something as simple as HTML.

Once a programmer learns the intricacies of that platform it becomes second nature.

[reiella]

I imagine the difference is in if you program threadsafe or not. Given where the differences are.

That or, simply preference to the first-party tools.

[statikcat]

Originally Posted by Toxa

This is opposite to the producer of Last Remnant (the most beautiful game in the world ) which said it's much easier on 360.

What is hilarious is the Last Remnant suffers from a lot of tearing and texture pops on screen loads on 360. It was hammered for technical issues on reviews yet the dev talks about how the 360 is easier than the PS3. I bet you anything the PS3 version will not have any of these problems. It's kind of funny that the "easy" console to program for has so many technical issues. Even Mass Effect had these problems and it was made by Bioware (lots of pc experience).

[Hedchekr]

Originally Posted by statikcat

What is hilarious is the Last Remnant suffers from a lot of tearing and texture pops on screen loads on 360. It was hammered for technical issues on reviews yet the dev talks about how the 360 is easier than the PS3. I bet you anything the PS3 version will not have any of these problems. It's kind of funny that the "easy" console to program for has so many technical issues. Even Mass Effect had these problems and it was made by Bioware (lots of pc experience).

Having seen the game in action, i would have to say that its problems are based on lazyness in the code writing, not hardware. So the PS3 version could very well have these problems if they do a lazy port of the game.