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Goodbye to the last of the independent developers.
Jun 24, 2009 8:58am PDT
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Goodbye to the last of the independent developers.
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well.. Gearbox...
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Schnapple
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There's Valve.
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freshyk
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I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Gabe is probably waiting for Steam to get just a tad bit more popula...
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Cihte
I think Valve's going the other way...They're absorbing other independent devs.
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AxeMan808
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Epic
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xcalibur19
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Epic is not an independent developer, it's Microsoft's bitch
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paketep
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Making Gears a 360 exclusive is not the same as being a wholly owned subsidiary. Having developed for th...
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xcalibur19
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That's kinda fanboyism, it would have overall been positive on sales if they didn't sacrifice any quality...
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dancingpolkabear
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It is not fanboyism, it is developer experience. Developing for the PS3 is a huge pain in the ass, espec...
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xcalibur19
true, but I'm just saying if some other random developer ported it over to the PS3 later it would have ma...
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dancingpolkabear
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Why did Epic bother producing a PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 then?
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ShekkyBoy
I am guessing 2 reasons: 1) They promised licensees a working PS3 version of the engine. 2) Midway (p...
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xcalibur19
The answer has been stated many times in the past. Sony allowed them to do mods for UT3 on the PS3, and M...
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Wisp!
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No.
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bashildy@speakeasy.net
How about 'willing whore'?
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jtthe2nd
Gears: Microsoft UT3: Midway Unknown: EA Partners They're independent.
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kungfusquirrel
Except that UT3 was released on the PS3 first.
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Fred Garvin
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Do you really think Microsoft tells Epic what to do? Seriously?
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rudds
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Actually they do. MGS sent in teams of QA to Epic to help "get things out' because things weren't going w...
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mournival
I doubt that
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Cihte
I played UT3 on PS3... division by zero?
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CyCo_PL
lol, right.
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deadhorse
Bungie, Crytek
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eonix
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Valve, Crytek, Epic, Tripwire...
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Smurfy12
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Tripwire shouldn't be named in one breath after Valve, Crytek and Epic.
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A Trusted Friend
Tripwire is independent. nuff said. and they have more awesomeness and are smaller, which makes them even...
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BicycleRepairMan
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No, what about 3dr... Oh shit
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dancingpolkabear
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Oh shit what? They are still around.
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freakynipples69
They're still around but we have yet to discover what exactly will or has become of them. If they manage...
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dancingpolkabear
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Sabre Interactive
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IndigoAK
those guys really haven't done much over the years, but I liked Timeshift and I'm willing to give another...
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dancingpolkabear