PC isn't a platform now?
No Man's Sky announced - Hello Games (VGX)
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PC isn't a platform now?
PC is still the place to be for Indie games. Even the most obscure titles reach over a million sales.
brandonh83
Banned
Looks promising. Loved the art and visuals.
bonesmccoy
Banned
That looks pretty awesome. Hopefully they're able to still craft good unique content and plots so that the game doesn't feel sterile and aimless.
Approving bigger batches of games helps but sure as hell doesn't fix it from being a big popularity contest. Why would it be a better system than whatever Sony are doing now with indie self-publishing?
BoboBrazil
Member
It is, it will come after the PS4 version I'm sure.
Sony attempting a money hat?
Would be a massive get if it happens, but what would it mean for a PC version?
They are UK based, Shahid is always actively seeking and meeting indie developers. Of course he knew the game beforehand. But we can't read nothing more from that tweet. I would bet PC at least is a given.
Miles Quaritch
Member
They don't have an X1 dev kit according to the recent ID@ list...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=728134
Massive oversight by MS...
KimonoNoNo
Member
Funny the game of the show comes out of nowhere and eats the AAA games industry's lunch.
I thought it looked like an opulent Tetris.
Chobel
Member
At least MS know about the game now, I'm sure Hello Games will be the next addition to that list.
Heh, well I guess we will see about that.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Might be too late by then...
So how do I tell Sony when I want to see a game on the PS4? Twitter?
The worlds you got to 'explore' in Mass Effect were so small and boring across the board.
That was one of the larger complaints of that game, is how horrible all of those worlds were.
You are correct, they are going to need to show more gameplay in order to keep us hooked.
Impeccable
Member
The game at the very least will be "Playstation Exclusive" if you know what I mean.
R_thanatos
Member
i love sucess stories.
Neuromancer
Member
Ok cool well the rest of us will play it and have a great time exploring new worlds. You can still play the thousands of games with hand made levels that once you see once there's nothing new to be discovered.
This game is easily more exciting than Destiny.
Then again, I thought Destiny just looked like Warframe with a higher budget and more polish.
Chobel
Member
We don't know that yet.
Yeah, that shitty requirement will bite them in the ass. They need to remove it.
People are/were just pissy/salty because for some absolutely insane reason, the Rapture devs thought that even though his game was being built by Sony, that they would be able to put it on PC later. Which is dumb, because no game built using Sony's entire resource pool has ever been on PC.
I'd say it's probably too late for this game and a full PS4 exclusive deal. Those are probably made at the pitching phase. If anything it'll launch on PC and PS4, Sony will Pub Fund this, it'll stay exclusive for around 6 months and ported to the WiiU, and never come to Xbone because of MS Launch Day Parity.
That's because the AAA industry likes to play safe.
This project would be far too risky for them and that's where Indie developers can shine.
One of the guys even sold his house so that Joe Danger 1 could be released. I doubt that any of the bosses of a AAA publisher would do that.
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/x8pp1o/no-man-s-sky-vgx-2013--sean-murray-interview
Then you might want to wait until we see the ending.
Saying things like "Every atom procedural" makes me weary.
mercenar1e
Member
Sony should use that PS+ funds to money hat this thing.
You could, I guess? Didn't Sony do a thing not long ago where they were asking what games you wanted to see on PS systems through Twitter?
But aside from that, it's sort of both the developers and the platform holders responsibility more-so than ours. If a developer wants their game on a platform they'll go to the platform holders, and if the platform holders want a game on their platform they'll go to the developers.
@shahidkamal for Indies.
@giocorsi for everything else.
@amboyes for stuff.
@yosp for things.
Also, get the developers twitter handle involved, it helps out I'd you can get a dialog with them going.
Sarcastico
Member
Well, that's quite an understatement.
I hope they can pull it off at such a scale without making it feel somewhat repetitive.
It's funny too because people wanted to see sequels to those standard AAA games and not some game from the studio that made the "D grade joe danger games." Yet, they have the first truly next-gen looking and sounding game. A game that couldn't be done on last gen consoles.
I'm glad that VGX was a platform that they could use to show off such and incredible project. VGX was much improved over the last few years.
Perceived interest from the people that would be buying the game helps put. Or was Type Zero going to come to Playstation eventually regardless? It's simply not true anymore. There's a place on the internet where a developer, a publisher, and a consumer can have a conversation with each other. Just believe your important instead of minimalizing it.
Well, they should.
It wouldn't be the best thing for gamers, but it would be a good thing for the platform.
I hope they don't, however.
jimforspeed
Neo Member
I love single player experiences but I would not mind AT ALL if this game has some massively massive multiplayer world where you interact with thousands of players, with in-game populated communities, towns, villages and stuff, with clan wars lasting for months with extreme strategy etc.
razgriz417
Member
Could totally see this happening, you can only do so much at a time with 4 people and since its supposed to be super easy to port to PS4, my guess is PS4 & PC first, and Xbone afterward (assuming no exclusivity was signed)
Chobel
Member
No, just no! fuck maneyhats.
However if Hello Games need help in funding the game then that's OK.
Black Mantis
Member
Yeah, I think some people are getting a bit too hyped, especially comparing it to games like Destiny. We all know Bungie will deliver a quality title, we know nothing of Hello Games ability to build quality gameplay in a game like this. All we can do is wish them the best in achieving their goals and that it can match our lofty expectations.
It will be interesting to see when this gets a release, depending on platform/s, it could be a mistake to go up against Elite: Dangerous.
KimonoNoNo
Member
I wonder how long MS's supposed policy of launch day parity is going to last if they lose games to their rivals.
Well to be fair I dont think anyone could have predicted a dev going from Joe Danger, to this....
But yeah, Sonys approach to all this has, and continues to be better in many ways. It also helps in a case like this that they have an established relationship with the developer already.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Platforms?
Oh it's Hello Games, so it's PS4 -> XBone gets directors cut -> PS4 gets No Man's Sky 2 that is way worse than NMS 2.
Just kidding (I am a bit cranky about the suckiness of Joe Danger 2), footage looked interesting, like Starbound in 3D (wait, is that Minecraft?)
Oh it's Hello Games, so it's PS4 -> XBone gets directors cut -> PS4 gets No Man's Sky 2 that is way worse than NMS 2.
Just kidding (I am a bit cranky about the suckiness of Joe Danger 2), footage looked interesting, like Starbound in 3D (wait, is that Minecraft?)
Why is there any interest for this game? Don't see anything you can even do on any of the millions of planets that exist except explore them.
Just cause 2 had a big world but no one cared since there was nothibg to do.
Not interested in this game until more information is released. Four man team doesn't inspire Mich hope though.
Just cause 2 had a big world but no one cared since there was nothibg to do.
Not interested in this game until more information is released. Four man team doesn't inspire Mich hope though.
DagnastyEp
Member
I thought during the interview portion after the trailer, Sean Murray said something like 'coming to nextgen platforms.' I think if the game were exclusive to a single platform that would've been announced. I have a feeling this will at least be on two of the three nextgen platforms, hopefully all.
As far as platforms are concerned: Sony has been really good with indies, but I feel like this game would really benefit from using the free dedicated servers and cloud computing on Xbox, and as Hello Games is such a small studio I can see them wanting to take advantage of that.
As far as platforms are concerned: Sony has been really good with indies, but I feel like this game would really benefit from using the free dedicated servers and cloud computing on Xbox, and as Hello Games is such a small studio I can see them wanting to take advantage of that.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Don't forget that JD2: The Movie was a timed 360 exclusive, so they had a established relationship with MS too, but still weren't chosen for the ID@ program...