Space Giraffe ... on PSN???

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The Bag wrote:Am I the only one who thinks Mr Mak is overrated?
No, I bought Everyday Shooter and was bitterly disappointed. Would have be lost amongst the other releases on XBLA but given that there's nothing else on the PSN it seems to have shot to critical success.

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Bubba wrote:
The Bag wrote:Am I the only one who thinks Mr Mak is overrated?
No, I bought Everyday Shooter and was bitterly disappointed. Would have be lost amongst the other releases on XBLA but given that there's nothing else on the PSN it seems to have shot to critical success.

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That's probably one of the reasons Space Giraffe might do decent on the PSN. The PSN store really has a lack of really good downloads so far.
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Phineasfool wrote:
Bubba wrote:
The Bag wrote:Am I the only one who thinks Mr Mak is overrated?
No, I bought Everyday Shooter and was bitterly disappointed. Would have be lost amongst the other releases on XBLA but given that there's nothing else on the PSN it seems to have shot to critical success.

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That's probably one of the reasons Space Giraffe might do decent on the PSN. The PSN store really has a lack of really good downloads so far.
Judging by the problems Giles is having doing a PC version of SG, I'd guess that if they started a PS3 version once the current games are finished/launched, they'd be releasing the PS3 version sometime next year, by which time there may be as many games on the PSN as there are on the XBLA now.

SG on PS3? Doubt it's worth the risk.
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Isn't a PS3 SDK prohibitively expensive ?
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PVB wrote: Judging by the problems Giles is having doing a PC version of SG, I'd guess that if they started a PS3 version once the current games are finished/launched, they'd be releasing the PS3 version sometime next year, by which time there may be as many games on the PSN as there are on the XBLA now.

SG on PS3? Doubt it's worth the risk.
Yeah, I'm definitely not expecting it to go to the PSN. I already have it on the 360, so it's not a huge deal for me. It would be nice if Jeff and Giles could get some more exposure and more money though. And I do know it would be a huge amount of work for them and they have enough on their plate as it is already.
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SG on PSN? I guess that needs some SCE contacts, an expensive dev-kit, time to learn the new platform, then time to do the actual port(which isn't straight forward at all). It doesn't sound practical to me...

Anyway, I want to see a new game if they ever work on PS3. (...And then I have to get a PS3 ;) )
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I can't speak for Jeff and Giles, but it does seem like a risk I wouldn't be willing to take. AFAIK, Sony doesn't have any "indie incubation" stuff similar to Microsoft and Nintendo's.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Neon an integral part of SG? If it is then that would put a stop to a PS3 version as I seem to remember talk of an exclusivity contract for x length of time with Microsoft. The only way round it that I can see would be to write a new visualzer engine and I'm sure neither Jeff or Giles would want to do that at the moment.
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chr$ wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Neon an integral part of SG? If it is then that would put a stop to a PS3 version as I seem to remember talk of an exclusivity contract for x length of time with Microsoft. The only way round it that I can see would be to write a new visualzer engine and I'm sure neither Jeff or Giles would want to do that at the moment.
No, we're allowed to reuse it for non visualizer applications on other next gen platforms.

But there is period of exclusivity to being on X360 for XBLA games. Practical matters aside (dev costs and platform acclimatisation) I can't see Sony seeing an old XBLA game on PSN as a something they'd want to encourage. :)

It would be quite a bit of work and I can't see it happening to be honest. Stranger things have happened though :)
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I reckon GR+++ would be a nice little addition mind...falling nicely into the Super Stardust HD niche....



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gravy wrote:
chr$ wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Neon an integral part of SG? If it is then that would put a stop to a PS3 version as I seem to remember talk of an exclusivity contract for x length of time with Microsoft. The only way round it that I can see would be to write a new visualzer engine and I'm sure neither Jeff or Giles would want to do that at the moment.
No, we're allowed to reuse it for non visualizer applications on other next gen platforms.

But there is period of exclusivity to being on X360 for XBLA games. Practical matters aside (dev costs and platform acclimatisation) I can't see Sony seeing an old XBLA game on PSN as a something they'd want to encourage. :)

It would be quite a bit of work and I can't see it happening to be honest. Stranger things have happened though :)
I was here because I had to check stuff ..

What Gaz said, the big tech problem I see is that the PS3 architecture is so different that it would take a) quite some time to learn it, b) see if it's really possible to someway convert all this stuff and how.

Seeing all the problems we are having with the PC version I can only say "yes all can be done but it takes a fuck load of time".

We could maybe do it if we'd have enough resource to say "ok we can try a new project" but so far we really can't, the "Neon Engine" is
looking like quite a bit of a tough thing .. "portable" yes but yes but .. hmmmm ..

I could say "they made the 360 even too well", everything works so nice and smooth there without many problems :roll:

Bit of a complex story really things are lot more complex than what one could think/imagine, always.
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Giles, slightly off-topic but is neon going to be in the next xbox too ? Any word from MS ? It was one of the nice surprises in the 360.
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axel000 wrote:Giles, slightly off-topic but is neon going to be in the next xbox too ? Any word from MS ? It was one of the nice surprises in the 360.
In the *NEXT* :?: :?: :!:

What NEXT ??

"I don't know anything, I am from Barcelona" ...

Is there already a next xbox in plan ??
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gilesgoat wrote: Is there already a next xbox in plan ??
Nah, just Edge magazine talking out of their arse, as usual, asking "Is the Xbox 360 past its peak?" :roll:
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