PS3 tops Xbox 360, Wii beats all

RedDevil#26655 said:
I dont get how PS2 is still selling I mean, yes it has probably the biggest collection of games but for how long? Dont people realise that titles like FIFA, Call of Duty etc wont be made for the PS2 anymore?
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There are a number of developers still making games for the Ps2/Xbox/GCN.

Hell, I had a PS1 game published in late 2002!
 
WeasteDevil said:
If you have kids to look after and need some cheap form of entertainment for them, then PS2 fits in there quite well. It also has a very large number of child friendly and family games. We are not talking about "hardcore" gamers here, unless they are buying units to replace older ones.
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Ah, makes sense i guess
 
Redlambs said:
BTW Weaste, I've been sniffing around the XNA, it looks like I may go with that one. Although it doesn't really have an animation pipeline, there's plenty of add-ons and the fact you can run it on an actual 360 is turning my head.

Although I, at this moment, know a little of animations, my Artist has already started demanding ridiculous things in the Editor tool! Damn demanding ponce. How's your C# skills btw? I've not touched it yet, but I assume the usual transition from C shouldn't take long?
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C# is basically C++ in a sandbox, just like Java - they fecked about with a few things in the same way. Although they have added a new keyword "unsafe" if you want to go outside the sandbox and use say pointers for natively compiled stuff that will not run on the VM - I think the 360 uses the VM however, so you have no choice there. Take you a day. I've got a small C# manual somewhere as a RARed e-book I could email you if you want.
 
WeasteDevil said:
C# is basically C++ in a sandbox, just like Java - they fecked about with a few things in the same way. Although they have added a new keyword "unsafe" if you want to go outside the sandbox and use say pointers for natively compiled stuff that will not run on the VM - I think the 360 uses the VM however, so you have no choice there. Take you a day. I've got a small C# manual somewhere as a RARed e-book I could email you if you want.
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That would be cool, cheers. I've briefly looked at it, but since I've not really done much project work over the past few years (and definitely not in a team), I've never really bothered. Stuck in my crusty old C ways I suppose!
 
RedDevil#26655 said:
who said anything about the wii?? were talking ps2 and manhunt 2 was ages ago
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I said something about the Wii. Most games made for the Wii are easily translated onto the PS2 and (unfortunately) vice-versa. Those hardware sales figures == software profit.

Manhunt 2 was hardly ages ago! Guitar hero 3? Pro Evo 2008? WWE 2008? God of War 2?
 
These are the top ten software US sales numbers for 2007.

1. 360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) 4.82 million - Release: 09/25/07
2. WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 4.12 million - Release: 02/12/07
3. 360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) 3.04 million - Release: 11/06/07
4. PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) 2.72 million - Release: 10/28/07
5. WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2.52 million - Release: 11/12/07
6. NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2.48 million - Release: 04/22/07
7. PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 1.90 million - Release: 08/14/07
8. PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 ACTIVISION (CORP) 1.89 million - Release: 11/07/06
9. 360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT 1.87 million - Release: 11/14/07
10. WII MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO OF AMERICA - 1.82 million Release: 05/29/07

PS2 games still sell. Nobody is going to spend a large amount of money creating a brand new game series for it, but they will keep the high selling ones alive for as long as they can make cash from it.
 
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