[quote]That still counts as recent in game development terms. In fact, nobody outside of Sony was sure when it was releasing until just a few weeks prior. Sonic Gems Collection was already well into development, and it took a while to get the arcade emulators running on PS2. The PSP’s specs are nowhere near as close to the PS2’s specs as people think, so it would have been damn impossible to get it ready in time. Hence, no Sonic games on PSP.
You think that’s going to last long?[/quote]
Ok that’s good to here.
And I must clear some stuff up. I now my garmmer isn’t the best and so need to make things that bit more clear (must proof read more)
I?m not after a port of Sonic Collection on the PSP. I would have liked to see that on the X-Box, more so as its an Emu?s dream.
Just saying I would have liked to see maybe a port of Sonic DS ready to go on the PSP as well, when the DS version is done.
I was in GAME the other day and people were just blown away by the PSP and all the talk and hype was around the PSP. In fact people say that the launch stock is more or less sold out (nowI know this is hype ).
Still though come the next month the PSP will be a big deal in Europe and so far SEGA been rather quite on the PSP front (apart from VT).
Would have liked to see SEGA capitalise on the hype with the promise of Rally and Sonic productions on the PSP.
[quote]Take a look at RR for PSP. Great little game, right? Now, try to think about how simplistic the game is. Now think about the fact that Namco has been working with Sony since the early PSX days, and has a back catalog of tech from those days they can easily rely on.
Sega has to build it all from scratch. It’s not as simple as taking a PS2 game and releasing it on PSP.
As for DS… that thing is immensely simple to develop for in comparison. And the stuff that Naka-san showed? It was stuff on rails with the occasional input from the touch screen. Like you said, immensely different than what is being shown now.
You also have to understand that the DS is a lot more attractive to Japanese developers at this point, simply due to the success of the DS in Japan vs the PSP, as well as the ease of programming.[/quote]
Good points mate. I know Namco as a great Realasion ship with Sony and will get to hear about hardware developments before most .
And unlike what the hype suggests , the PSP is far closer the DC in terms of real performance . But it be nice to see SEGA making some use of the machine ,
More so as its better able to handle ports of stuff like Rally which SEGA allowed for the GBA or N-Gage.
It can’t just be me, that thinks ports of Rally would just work wonders on the PSP, can it ???.
Ok forgot about SONY America 2D Policy , but would have liked to see a X-Box port. As like I said that?s an emulators dream.
[quote]No worries. You know I don’t get worked up easily. I know how it looks, but trust me when I say the folks at Sega are doing what they can to battle the politics ever-present in the industry.
As for E3/next gen… how much stuff are you seeing from any company at this point? The issue with hardware launches is that stuff isn’t ready until the very last minute, simply because the hardware never is.
But, even so, in the US, there is still occasional coverage of Condemned and Full Auto. Anything else is a little ways off, so there’s less focus on that from the media, anyway.[/quote]
Glad to read that,
I can sometimes go into school boy rants when SEGA Is concerned. Sometimes this can look like I?m having a go at you (for that Iam sorry), When really its more directed at SEGA. Like a lot on this board . I just so want SEGA to do well, and see them back on form and people hyped on SEGA.
Just at the mo they aren?t really giving the loyal fans much to look forward too.
While its great to see SEGA America singing up various 360 games. Like most on this board, I?m more interested in what SEGA Japan internal studios are up too.
You know the guys that have entertained me with classic productions since the Mastersytems days, but more so from Saturn onwards. When SEGA Japan consumer divisions were on fire.
It was all going so well in the early years of the Xox and Cube too.
Ok I know SEGA had merger talks, money worries and various restructuring troubles hanging over its head like some dark cloud.
And It?s a bit of a testament to the staff at SEGA, that SEGA is still around.
Many other companies with similar problems would have gone to the wall long agao.
But those days are behind us now in part. Really just like to see SEGA Japan showing off to the world what its got planned for the next generation of console , not just Arcades.
So the fans and even the haters can have something to look forward too, or talk about
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