PSP/XBOX360:Humble Microsoft, no-so Sony

[jwilds73]

Yeah it's like if when the first cars started being produced horse ranchers formed mobs went around burning and destroying them because they needed to protect their horse selling businesses. They don't want to adapt to what technology is capable of. Just like the movie industry doesn't want to change either. I don't want to go to the theater. Nor do I want to purchase the movie in a store front. I want to download it burn it to disc and watch it from the comfort of my own couch. However they aren't willing to allow this to happen. Though there is some development here it's crawling at a snails pace and I am not willing to wait for them to play catchup.

[NoQuarter]

yeah,they're trying to milk the last bit of profit before the industry changes forever.
Ever heard of elephants dream,worlds first open source computer graphics movie.
That's the direction everything is going,we're just meeting so much resistance cause the companies don't wan't to change.
But they will have to,it's inevitable.
Most companies operate on the theory of the established model and resist any change due to profit loss risk.
The idea of paying for homebrew on a subscription plan doesn't really sit to well with me,I like the donation based model.

[nhlhockey]

Homebrew is great but I think "homebrewers" are the minority. I think most people don't care about it one way or another. We all like it, after all thats why we are all here but in reality most people that I know aren't even aware of homebrew. Sony probably isn't concerned about the 5% percent of people that live and die for homebrew. Homebrew causes more problems than gains for them like people bricking their psp while still under warranty and then expecting a replacement at sonys expense.

[NoQuarter]

Fortunetly for sony a bricked psp is simple to fix, they just reflash it with the most current firmware.Which is kinda win,win for them.
Unfortunely for us most people are still big media driven,but that is changing though,because of the net.

[jwilds73]

Homebrew is great but I think "homebrewers" are the minority. I think most people don't care about it one way or another. We all like it, after all thats why we are all here but in reality most people that I know aren't even aware of homebrew.

And that is the largest problem. We need to put the paper and crayons out for our children to play with. Meaning giving them the development tools for modding and making their own games. Giving people the ability to develop content will only help the industry in the long run. With more and more talented people getting into the field because of being exposed to it right from the start. Games like the RPG Maker series were great for this. However development needs to start with the console first and game developers need to add the ability to create and add content to their games. Look at SmashGP it's a great and fun game based on Super Smash Brothers. Just imagine if we could have created our own character models, combat moves and abilities for the N64 version. Also look at the GTA series with all the hacks and mods being done to it. It's wonderful to see people do these things. I just want to see these companies give our children these tools so they can grow and learn to do these things from childhood onward.