Itagaki says PS3 development easier than Famicom

I think he's looking for a job with Sony. What better way than kiss up.

I was under the impression that he was just getting annoyed that people keep asking if NG2 was coming for PS3 when he clearly announced it wouldn't be, sort of like how Kojima is getting sick of the 360 MGS4 questions.

he never said he 'hated' the PS3. he just, at the time of NG2/DoA4, thought the 360 was the best hardware for his team.

he hated on Sigma, because that was his project and didn't take full advantages of a remake (in his view).

I wouldn't mind him working for Sony, but Jesus Christ man! Seriously, does Ninja Gaiden really have to be so hard that after cutting off both of a Werewolf's arms its actually more dangerous than when both of its arms are attached?

Itagaki said he didnt work on sigma this could be a hint at a new game or maybe he is just a good developer who knows his dev kits like he knows his er...... women and booze

he just never had anything positive to say about Tekken and DMC. which so happened to be Playstation franchises from their start.

but, developers trying out new platforms and finding new ways of simplifying them is always a good thing in my book.

That's what I've been saying all along. Typically, this is how consoles have _always_ been. Microsoft screwed up the paradigm by packaging a PC in a console shell and handing devs PC dev tools (which in a way is similar to the Amiga/Genesis situation back in the day).

I guess everything has pluses and minuses.

ive thought the same thing too guys

Somebody please tell me how developing DevTools for the xbox is a bad thing for the gaming industry.

Sony should learn from that not ignore it.

@Ysleiro: I knew someone would fly to Microsoft's defense. I didn't mean to say that MS did a *bad* thing, just that they screwed up what developers have come to expect, which also brought many PC-only developers into the fold.

Each new console traditionally has been a 100% custom piece of hardware and the manufacturer (Nintendo, Sony, Sega) has written dev tools to harness it. Each has had quirks and has allowed for extra talented developers to pull off techniques (for graphics, processing, whatever) that the hardware engineers had never imagined (see Treasure, Team Ico, etc.).

When the original Xbox came out, it shocked the industry because few console devs had done pure PC programming. Nobody really expected it to last, so most devs just ignored it. Then the 360 launched with the same basic concept (PC with a cut-down Windows OS sitting next to your DVD player) and suddenly, attitudes changed. Since Sony was late to the party (or MS was too early, your choice), consumers ready to get the next big thing jumped on board. Meanwhile Sony's dev tools were too young, too raw, and everyone had trouble even beginning to make games for it except for first party, in-house dev teams.

Of course this is a simple history lesson that anyone with access to Google and wikipedia can discover. MS's move was originally _disruptive_, but at this point it doesn't really matter much.

he didn't aprove of what the director (his subordinate) had done with Ninja Gaiden. i dunno. it came out fine to me, but this is guy has high standards (which didn't help NG2, but then again that was development hell under the Tecmo boss).

insert RROD comment here

The PS3 costs millions and millions of dollars to develop for. Why would they waste money putting shovelware like those titles on the PS3 when they got the wii?

dude, he said that like 3 years ago. people change. wanna call him "confused flip-flopper sucking up to Sony"? fine. i just call it a change of mind after some problem solving.

I never even insinuated that I thought he is a "confused flip flopper." It's just a bit strange because Itagaki is such a critical and affirmative man. Or at least that's how he comes off in his interviews.

But this is probably because the person programming wouldn't really know what "3d" is, and thinks it would be impossible (besides mode9 :D). However, find a famicom programmer NOW and i think he could develop for PS3, possibly.

You can go to your local Goodwill and find the same outfit.

Nah, Gabe would eat him for breakfast. Literally.