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[Draugoth]

According to an IGN translation of an interview with a Taiwanese YouTube channel, Yoshida said it would be better for developers and players alike if there weren’t competing console platforms.

“Game platforms… I probably shouldn’t say this, but I wish there was only one,” he reportedly said. “It would be better for both the developers and the players.”

Sony and Microsoft have both secured a number of third-party titles as console exclusives over the years. One of the most notable examples of this is the PlayStation maker’s ties with Square Enix, which in recent years have seen Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16 excluded from Xbox.

 

[Myths]

Just develop it on Windows, but even then..

 

[Punished Miku]

Sometimes I think he's a little too transparent to the point he sucks at PR.

• July 28th - We are so happy to announce that we're putting as many games as possible on Xbox. Let's publicly shake hands and announce this to all the Xbox gamers to reassure them and show that we're enthusiastic about it and reliable.
• August 14th - Honestly though, making games for more than one console kinda sucks. Wish the other consoles didn't even exist if I'm being honest.

Okayyyy lol.

 

[LordCBH]

I strongly disagree. Then we’d have a landscape ruled ONLY by one of the shitty big 3.

 

[Lokaum D+]

competition is a good thing, if we only had one we gamers would be doomed.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

competition is a good thing, if we only had one we gamers would be doomed.

Not really. You would still compete as a 3rd party to make sure you release the best games and make people spend money on your product, not the competitor’s.

Right now platform holders do not offer any meaningful hardware advantage.

Xbox “power of the cloud” = lies
PlayStation “SSD magic” = lies

So what happened is you are left with them moneyhatting different games. You as a customer have no say.

 

[damidu]

miscrosoft buying sony confirmed?

 

[Fess]

How about no?

Without competition the hardware advancements would halt because why change hardware and make it difficult for devs to learn new hardware and force players to buy new boxes and start over with a new userbase? Would be better to still make games for NES.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Iphone games are the future. Embrace the iphone.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Embrace the cloud.

 

[Andrew Evenstar]

competition is good. wonder what be a good name for a mixed micro sony platform - xstation Quatro ? playbox 360 ? PlayXS1 ? Microsony - but yeah it would be awesome to actually get one console like that for a generation. would be interesting.

 

[violence]

Games are only as good as they are because of the war. Competition is good.

I think a company would rather coast much like Intel did before AMD came back with Ryzen CPUs.

 

[Zathalus]

Easier for developers yes, better for players is a hell no.

 

[checkcola]

Sounds very anti-consumer.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Nevermind

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

That certainly explains why FFXVI was a technical masterpiece.

 

[Guilty_AI]

PC it is then

 

[Pagusas]

Not really. You would still compete as a 3rd party to make sure you release the best games and make people spend money on your product, not the competitor’s.

Right now platform holders do not offer any meaningful hardware advantage.

Xbox “power of the cloud” = lies
PlayStation “SAD magic” = lies

So what happened is you are left with them moneyhatting different games. You as a customer have no say.

Oh my summer child. If you had no competition, you'd have very little hardware innovation or any push to do anything more than iterate on things. We've seen through all of corporate history, even in the gaming area, companies with no compitition sit back and rest.

Third parties would do their best to optimize to the tech at hand, but tech progress would be set back extremely far.

 

[RoboFu]

Only platform that would remotely work on is pc.

 

[FoxMcChief]

That certainly explains why FFXVI was a technical masterpiece.

 

[Dr_Salt]

My man Yoshida has finally gone senile.

 

[Puscifer]

I strongly disagree. Then we’d have a landscape ruled ONLY by one of the shitty big 3.

You aren't wrong. Even on PC we see where this laziness has gotten us, Vulkan on Linux and it's shader handling has eliminated the stutter struggle of DX12 but you can't say that without starting a fight.

 

[K' Dash]

Square develops almost exclusively for Sony and still manage to make mediocre games and complain like a bitch.

Can't wait for Sony to finally buy them for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Horseganador]

It is an idea that does not work, there must be several manufacturers and brands in a market for it to be healthy.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Not really. You would still compete as a 3rd party to make sure you release the best games and make people spend money on your product, not the competitor’s.

Right now platform holders do not offer any meaningful hardware advantage.

Xbox “power of the cloud” = lies
PlayStation “SAD magic” = lies

So what happened is you are left with them moneyhatting different games. You as a customer have no say.

This post is a lie...

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

It would be the case if this One platform was consistently consumer friendly and innovative, but we know for experience that is not the case in the real world. Competition is the best for consumers.

 

[Azelover]

I would agree with it as long as they get rid of cell phone gaming.

 

[nikos]

It's time to start developing for PC and porting to consoles again. PC version should be definitive considering hardware is far superior. Things are ass backwards now.

 

[cireza]

It would help having better competition between third parties, this would be good for the quality of the games.

However it would be bad for the pricing.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

I see his point, but with the greed and anti-consumerism of the games industry, one platform would probably be a nightmare and even monopolistic with no genuine competition imo. $100 broken games? Where you gonna go if you wanna play? Mobile? Retro?

Also I know exclusives are rare, but I feel that all games on one platform would cut into sales of each other because there would be too many games all competing for the same dollar and audience. Imagine Mario, Zelda, TLOU3, Spider-Man, Gears of War 6, Uncharted 5, Starfield 2, FF17, Baldurs Gate 4, Resident Evil 9, Forza 8 all coming out in the same month in one platform? Some game sales would inevitably eat into other game sales imo. Did I mention no hardware innovation?

 

[Knightime_X]

Sometimes I think he's a little too transparent to the point he sucks at PR.

• July 28th - We are so happy to announce that we're putting as many games as possible on Xbox. Let's publicly shake hands and announce this to all the Xbox gamers to reassure them and show that we're enthusiastic about it and reliable.
• August 14th - Honestly though, making games for more than one console kinda sucks. Wish the other consoles didn't even exist if I'm being honest.

Okayyyy lol.

Name one person who wishes to work even harder for their paycheck?
Porting isn't free.

 

[Punished Miku]

Name one person who wishes to work even harder for their paycheck?
Porting isn't free.

If you're a public figure and can't factor anything more into your statements beyond telegraphing your own laziness, then you're probably not fit for PR. They literally just made a public statement with two CEOs 2 weeks ago about this exact topic.

 

[DeepEnigma]

From the other thread,

Maybe they'll institute a social credit system as well, if we're lucky.

 

[Knightime_X]

If you're a public figure and can't factor anything more into your statements beyond telegraphing your own laziness, then you're probably not fit for PR. They literally just made a public statement with two CEOs 2 weeks ago about this exact topic.

He's still not wrong though.
1 platform would be significantly easier, for everyone.

 

[nightmare-slain]

No it wouldn’t. We need Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Valve.

It’s why console war and fanboyism is fucking stupid. You’re defending major companies and wanting them to profit and control.

Competition is good.

 

[Interfectum]

PC.

 

[mckmas8808]

Not really. You would still compete as a 3rd party to make sure you release the best games and make people spend money on your product, not the competitor’s.

Right now platform holders do not offer any meaningful hardware advantage.

Xbox “power of the cloud” = lies
PlayStation “SSD magic” = lies

So what happened is you are left with them moneyhatting different games. You as a customer have no say.

This is a pure lie and a half. You act as if Nintendo doesn't exist. Plus their philosophies matter. MS views the gaming sector differently than Sony does. And Nintendo is different too. This is GOOD!

 

[Varteras]

It is an idea that does not work, there must be several manufacturers and brands in a market for it to be healthy.

Man that was a fucking wild time in gaming.

 

[nightmare-slain]

PC.

Either we’d have 10 different operating systems or an operating system controlled by 1 company.

best case would be for Linux to overtake Windows and each publisher distributed games through their own stores. Can’t just put it on Steam cause then Valve has control.

And on PC you need to develop for all sorts of hardware configurations. If developers struggle with consoles then what chance do you have?

PC would be the best shot at it buts not gonna happen.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Sometimes I think he's a little too transparent to the point he sucks at PR.

• July 28th - We are so happy to announce that we're putting as many games as possible on Xbox. Let's publicly shake hands and announce this to all the Xbox gamers to reassure them and show that we're enthusiastic about it and reliable.
• August 14th - Honestly though, making games for more than one console kinda sucks. Wish the other consoles didn't even exist if I'm being honest.

Okayyyy lol.

Seriously, Yoshi-P should just step away from the spotlight now before he talks himself into a corner. If he already haven't done it. So many strange things he says these days.

 

[nikeboy94]

We'd have zero first-party innovation if there was only one platform. So, hard "no" from me.

Atleast it's a lot easier to develop for multi-platform than it used to be. Plus the increasing number of games supporting cross-platform online play softens the blow of friends having different consoles.

 

[Bridges]

With one platform, we would not have Game Pass, we would not have hybrid consoles, we would not have the dual sense. We would maybe have one of them, but definitely not all of them. Now, we have the choice.

Maybe for developers, sure. One platform to focus on. For players? No. No way.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

It's time to start developing for PC and porting to consoles again. PC version should be definitive considering hardware is far superior. Things are ass backwards now.

That's a pretty uninformed take.

So what exact PC configuration should be the blueprint then?

Having consoles in X86 architecture pretty much assures porting to PC later on should be quite streamlined. And you have to hit a very baseline spec target, otherwise it happens what Larian is facing with the Xbox Series Potato when trying to run Baldur's Gate in split screen.

Basically it's easier to start low and go high than aim at the moon and then have to run on shit hardware.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

That certainly explains why FFXVI was a technical masterpiece.

 

[Gambit2483]

That PS5 userbase not doing it for you, eh?

 

[Kataploom]

Ah, they should make their games on PC and take advantage of PC hardware... Or is he referring to another specific platform?

 

[Mr Moose]

If you're a public figure and can't factor anything more into your statements beyond telegraphing your own laziness, then you're probably not fit for PR. They literally just made a public statement with two CEOs 2 weeks ago about this exact topic.

Didn't Todd Howard or someone else from Bethesda say something similar now that they don't need to do a PS5 version of Starfield?
Edit:

Starfield not coming to PS5 means more focus and "a better product," Todd Howard says

He still wants everybody to be able to play

www.gamesradar.com

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Ah, they should make their games on PC and take advantage of PC hardware... Or is he referring to another specific platform?

It is coming out on pc.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Ok, as long as it’s not mircosoft.

 

[bender]

PC only via the Epic Game Store is the future.