Programming on PS3 is not difficult

[Septimus Prime]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

Here, here. You would think that programming for Linux is programming for Linux, but different flavors of Linux have different problems. Some of them automatically initialize pointers, and some of them don't. Everything is different in subtle ways, and there's no real "easier" platform. It's all about practice and what they feel comfortable with.

Right, but wouldn't you say migrating from, say, C++ to C# would be easier a transition than migrating from C++ to, say, Scheme or something? That's probably what they're talking about when they say it's easier.

I'm fairly confident the Xbox at least uses a good amount of Windows APIs.