[Dev] PS2 User Poll

[RAIST]

Where's your proof to back any of these claims up??

It's common knowledge in the PS2/3 Scenes...as in people who tinker with this stuff as a hobby/job. Countless complaints in reviews about the platforms, excuses for why some houses did not lend support to the PS3 simply because it was easier to develop for the XB360 over the PS3.....it's all out there on the web if you've kept up with any of it over the years, you would be aware of it.

Announcements about FF14 Development. It was common knowledge, and the butt of jokes about them having to reduce texture sizes and such for the PS3 when it went into testing. Again, it was all out there on the web in reviews and forums back when it all went down.

[Cljader1]

It's common knowledge in the PS2/3 Scenes...as in people who tinker with this stuff as a hobby/job. Countless complaints in reviews about the platforms, excuses for why some houses did not lend support to the PS3 simply because it was easier to develop for the XB360 over the PS3.....it's all out there on the web if you've kept up with any of it over the years, you would be aware of it.

Announcements about FF14 Development. It was common knowledge, and the butt of jokes about them having to reduce texture sizes and such for the PS3 when it went into testing. Again, it was all out there on the web in reviews and forums back when it all went down.

If this is the case, as you state it, then why is ffxiv coming out for ps3 and ffxiv is not available for xbox? Just doesn't make sense, which again leads me to conclusion that there no reason why the new expansion shouldnt be available on ps2 or ffxi and all its contents shouldnt be available on ps3

[Zachary90]

If this is the case, as you state it, then why is ffxiv coming out for ps3 and ffxiv is not available for xbox? Just doesn't make sense, which again leads me to conclusion that there no reason why the new expansion shouldnt be available on ps2 or ffxi and all its contents shouldnt be available on ps3

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=no+ffxiv+for+360

[RAIST]

If this is the case, as you state it, then why is ffxiv coming out for ps3 and ffxiv is not available for xbox? Just doesn't make sense, which again leads me to conclusion that there no reason why the new expansion shouldnt be available on ps2 or ffxi and all its contents shouldnt be available on ps3

There has been much speculation on whey it's not coming to XB360--most likely it was due to some pushback from Microsoft, or simply a better deal was struck with Sony...possibly because of their long-standing relationship with Sony and their SDK. Also, PS3 kit is far more proprietary, and I would hazard a guess SE is far more familiar with the PS3 and programming directly to it's SPE's than trying to eek the prerformance out of the XB360. Even though it is claimed you can go from Visual Studio or XNA directly to XB360, Microsoft has layer upon layer of hoops to jump through to get something certified. At one point, for Windows apps, you couldn't use Java at all to get an app certified--not even a java connector or MySQL--it had to be ODBC, SQL, etc. or they wouldn't let you put their stamp on it.

Another topic of high contention is why they seemed to have stopped production of FFXI XB360 discs so soon after it's launch. Who knows, but there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes with these contracts, and from working for a company who continually struggled with recertifying partnership status with them over the years....Microsoft just likes to overcomplicate things as policy.