http://www.shacknews.com/article/85610/rogue-legacy-feels-right-at-home-on-vita
Gepost door: TheMART op 05-08-2014 00:01

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Ik kan niet wachten om Freedom Fighters te spelen :}D(nooit gedacht dat EA eindelijk weer een Third Party game voor de Vita gaat uitbrengen).
Gepost door: Glo op 03-08-2014 16:21

http://psgamer.co.uk/ps4/1908/op-ed-stop-moaning-about-indie-games-on-ps4-and-start-celebrating-them/


Gepost door: TheMART op 05-08-2014 10:13

With each announcement of a new indie game coming to the PS4 that we cover at PSGamer, I have noticed a pattern emerging – that of abject negativity. “Great, another game that belongs on Facebook”, “More indie sh*t?”, “Less Indies, more AAA” and “Looks like a rubbish ZX Spectrum game” are common comments on any PS4 indie game article on N4G or Reddit and it is beginning to frustrate the life out of me. These comments are often counter intuitive, small minded and sometimes, plain stupid. We should be embracing the console indie revolution that Sony are attempting to spear head with the PS4 and PSVita instead of moaning about them and here is why.

The term “indie” has a few different connotations in the world of gaming these days but the most widely accepted definition is that of a developer who makes a game without the backing of a publisher. Indie developers come in all shapes and sizes, from 1 person bed room projects to studios with hundreds of employees and, trust me when I say, you do not “Hate all indie games”. Like Telltales The Walking Dead or Wolf Among Us? Then you like an indie game. Licking your lips at the prospect of getting your hands on Project Cars? Then you are looking forward to an indie game. The global phenomenon known as Minecraft is an indie game. No Man’s Sky blow your mind? It was developed by a group of 4 people – an indie studio. Dismissing all independently developed games with flippant comments like “I hate indie games” is puerile.

We all want new, big budget AAA games to arrive on the PS4. We crave those explosive set pieces, paper thin plots that throw us through frantic gun fights and cinematic moments – but the number of indie games arriving on the PS4 has nothing to with the lack of AAA games and complaining about indie games will do nothing to change that. There is no correlation between the 2 development models. Less Indies does not mean more AAA games. It is the publishers and first party studios that have dropped that ball coming into this generation of consoles – it was almost as if they were not ready for it to arrive – not the indie developers. In fact, we should be happy that indie developers have filled the gaps between those AAA releases in the last 8 months because if it had not been for them, our shiny PS4 would have been reasonably redundant.

I will concede that a single indie game will struggle to sell games consoles alone, but lots of indie games, coupled with first and third party block busters are the reason why the PS4 is currently destroying their opposition in terms of sales. The PS4 currently has 94 playable games – a quarter of which were independently developed. The Xbox One has 59 playable games, only a hand full of which come from indie developers. The numbers speak for themselves. Of course, I am not going to lie and tell you that all of these indie games are world class and will appeal to everybody, but they add a variety of choice which make the PS4 the “must have” console of the moment. This means that more PS4′s are being sold making it a more attractive prospect to publishers who will be more willing to green light a big budget project. More consoles in the wild, the bigger install base and the higher the potential sales of any game. Indie games have helped make this happen.

Ofwel, ook al wil je meer AAA games, het heeft geen zin om af te geven op de vele indie games die er zijn...

Gepost door: TheMART op 05-08-2014 13:18

Moeten we nou echt wekelijks het Vita topic verzieken met jouw indie gezever, mart?

Project Cars is geen 'indie', Slightly Mad Studios heeft o.a. Need for Speed: Shift en Shift 2: Unleashed gemaakt in het verleden. Die studio is dan ook gewoon een AA dev, er zijn wel meer devs die ook aan self publishing doen, maakt ze nog niet direct 'indie'.

90% van de indies zijn gewoon kansloze 2D platformers met brakke artstyle die niks nieuws doen, en dan ook nog eens voor een premium prijs op PSN store. Laten ze dat stelletje lullo's zoals Shu Yoshida en Shahid maar gewoon eruit trappen, helpen de hele brand waar Kaz Hirai jarenlang aan gewerkt heeft omzeep met hun onzin visie.
Gepost door: Cruz op 05-08-2014 13:33

@Smocho

Dan haal je die 90% van die indie games niet, je verliest er niks op door ze niet te kopen. De overige 10% van die vele releases zijn dan nog voldoende games om wel van te kunnen genieten. Het artikel lijkt mij een goed stuk leesvoer. Self publishing, ofwel een Independent Developer, is nu juist wat een indie developer maakt. Geen publisher hebben is de basis voor een indie game... Als jij het geen interessant PSVita leesvoer vindt, lees je het niet. Het PSVita topic is voor alles wat er op/met de PSVita uitkomt/gebeurd.

Gepost door: TheMART op 05-08-2014 14:05

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Mart, ik houd ook van jou maar ik reageerde toch nergens op nu in deze thread? lol.
Gepost door: Smocho op 05-08-2014 15:10

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/08/05/table-top-racing-roars-onto-ps-vita-tomorrow-watch-launch-trailer/

4,99 Euro, wie weet nog een launch discount

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(mede) gemaakt door een oud medewerker van Psygnosis studio die onder andere werkte aan Wipeout.
Gepost door: TheMART op 05-08-2014 16:34