RE: [GD-Consoles] Nobody on this list?

[Awen L. <ali...@ed...>]

>Issue #1
It depends of your main target. Ours was PS2. We had to be clever with
texturing. XBox it's a bit more comfortable on this topic... So, no
particular problem with resources flow.
At first sight XBox output is a bit 'less bright' (bad impression ?), but we
had to be careful with that on PS2 (because of the general graphic design:
'not too shiny pleaaaase'). Keeping the same resources on XBox will make my
art director an happy man. GC dev. is preliminary, but we have no particular
fear.
With a technician perspective, i believe that it won't be the most
problematic thing (for THAT project: at most an annoying detail) the hardest
work is not 'here' while cross-platforming, is it ?

>Issue #2
Mmmh. See Tom Forsyth's answer. Fits perfectly.


>Issue #3
Consoles are our main targets.
No big parallelism in developments here: so we are queuing platforms from
the biggest sales potential to the lowest. Being hard on this (brrr), it's
more desirable to kick the lowest potentials (the last ones, you can switch
to another project)...
Another point: 'lowest common denominator' ? I prefer 'first version on the
hardest', being very smart at the beginning (you gain some brand new
neurons) -> and toying with the next (you can dedicate them to implement
some new funny features, probing some new Tom F. deliriums...)
Since the beginning we have hardware independant code, using libraries for
the low level stuff guarantees us from being stuck while converting. We have
'other platforms culture' too (experience), useful when designing these libs
:).


>Issue #4
We are not particulary hit by the virus around here... Europe you know. A
bit cautious with internet/broadbands, etc :)
Previously a 1.5 developper for Sega, i had to do some efforts on this
point: it was technically interesting, but a bit... dedicated. Basically a
question of design/market/budget: 'i'm not sure about the sales gain while
considering online... Could that budget be more useful to another part of
your project ?' Well, and more, it depends of what drove your studio:
exciting (online ?) design, or mass market seduction (ok. Binary. But the
melt is not obvious, i believe, for our decision mens)