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wegster wrote: @MikeB Quote: MikeB wrote: @BrianK Yes, that sounds stupid. He´s not a tech guy, the PS3 isn´t intentional more diffcult to get the most out of. It´s just provides an ahead of its time design (thus developing proper tools take some extra time) and they had to sacrifice some non-crucial conveniences (more so than is the case for the 360). That kind of sounds like an excuse for MS Dev tools consistently being better out of the gate than Sony's...

As an Windows applications developer since '99, I can tell you they've had a great product for a very long time...not that I am a fan of MS mind you...

@wegster

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That kind of sounds like an excuse for MS Dev tools consistently being better out of the gate than Sony's...

Obviously what I stated makes sense and counts just as much for 3rd party middleware as well.

Taking new, better more innovative approaches has disadvantages as well, the disadvantage of being different. If everyone is riding a bike and you have a car, the available roads may only be really suitable for bikes, but that doesn't mean your car doesn't have the potential to go significantly faster, but it will take some additional time to build proper roads for new car owners.