shadowprophet
January 12th, 2009, 12:31
Times sure seem to have changed a great deal just in the last year in the video game sceen,
It dosn't seem that long ago when walking into any set of forums with a pro ps3 attitude was an offence worthy of execution. "dcemu was never like this, for some reason, but most video game forums where, it only goes to show how specail this place is"
I remember posting my pro ps3 comments at 1up and various other forums only to be attacked rabbidly and without mercy by endless waves of 360 fans with no ken to reason or logic "at that time" Times certainly have changed, now a ps3 supporter can even get away with saying something like
"360 sucks" and they have a good chance of making it out alive lol.
This thinking as is my norm lead to deeper thoughts and eventualy into software development.
Is anyone privy to the old saying "first generation software blues" This is a expression that basicly mean,
First generation software is generaly the weakest on any given console as developers are new to the console and still learning how to program for them.
I simply have to state, I can understand back years ago when all we had to work with was the snes and nes and atari
and n64 and such that each console had to have it's own launguage. those systems where simply not powerful enough to support the kind of launguages we use in consoles today.
But with every generation that goes by, in my opinion the first generation blues are less and less forgivable.
i simply dont understand why a universal programing lanuguage can not be decided upon for the entire industry.
programing launghages arent really like hardware, languages simply dont become obsolite as often, languages can be updated esily via firmware updates.
Why must the 360 and ps3 have completely alien languages from one another?
to avert hackers? spftware piracy? I dont buy that The secutiry of a given peice of software isnt determined by the programing language.
As consoles become more and more powerful. every generation, every first generation software title seems like a step back. Why? it doesn't make the job any eaiser on the developer to have know learn four completely different languages to port to other consoles or handhelds. The language windows was programed in has changed very very little since windows 95. oh sure its been updated and its a different point version, but thats just spliting hairs..
So why does the console business force the developer to learn multiple difficult languages? it is this thinking that forces many smaller developers to side with one console or another. They simply dont have the time or the resources to learn another language and develop for it.
all on all, if major console brands decided on a standard programing language, it would save money. it would save time it would save a lot of headaches for not just the developer, but the end consumer as well.. It reminds me of something my great grandfather once said to my grandfather "they often dissagreed about everything"
For all your education, you have very little common sence.
This is how i view the industry, for all it's research and power and influience over the consumer, sometimes the console developers seem to have very lttile common sense.
Thoughts? opinions?
I'm going so sleep, nighty night.
It dosn't seem that long ago when walking into any set of forums with a pro ps3 attitude was an offence worthy of execution. "dcemu was never like this, for some reason, but most video game forums where, it only goes to show how specail this place is"
I remember posting my pro ps3 comments at 1up and various other forums only to be attacked rabbidly and without mercy by endless waves of 360 fans with no ken to reason or logic "at that time" Times certainly have changed, now a ps3 supporter can even get away with saying something like
"360 sucks" and they have a good chance of making it out alive lol.
This thinking as is my norm lead to deeper thoughts and eventualy into software development.
Is anyone privy to the old saying "first generation software blues" This is a expression that basicly mean,
First generation software is generaly the weakest on any given console as developers are new to the console and still learning how to program for them.
I simply have to state, I can understand back years ago when all we had to work with was the snes and nes and atari
and n64 and such that each console had to have it's own launguage. those systems where simply not powerful enough to support the kind of launguages we use in consoles today.
But with every generation that goes by, in my opinion the first generation blues are less and less forgivable.
i simply dont understand why a universal programing lanuguage can not be decided upon for the entire industry.
programing launghages arent really like hardware, languages simply dont become obsolite as often, languages can be updated esily via firmware updates.
Why must the 360 and ps3 have completely alien languages from one another?
to avert hackers? spftware piracy? I dont buy that The secutiry of a given peice of software isnt determined by the programing language.
As consoles become more and more powerful. every generation, every first generation software title seems like a step back. Why? it doesn't make the job any eaiser on the developer to have know learn four completely different languages to port to other consoles or handhelds. The language windows was programed in has changed very very little since windows 95. oh sure its been updated and its a different point version, but thats just spliting hairs..
So why does the console business force the developer to learn multiple difficult languages? it is this thinking that forces many smaller developers to side with one console or another. They simply dont have the time or the resources to learn another language and develop for it.
all on all, if major console brands decided on a standard programing language, it would save money. it would save time it would save a lot of headaches for not just the developer, but the end consumer as well.. It reminds me of something my great grandfather once said to my grandfather "they often dissagreed about everything"
For all your education, you have very little common sence.
This is how i view the industry, for all it's research and power and influience over the consumer, sometimes the console developers seem to have very lttile common sense.
Thoughts? opinions?
I'm going so sleep, nighty night.