I know you can’t speak too freely on this, but what has been your impression of the PS4 so far?
I’m really happy about two things in particular: The first is that Sony has recognized that gamers are becoming more connected, more social, and with the features they have announced for the PS4, it seems that developers will be able to more easily take advantage of that increasingly social nature that gamers have. The second is that we’ve seen more and more of over the last few weeks that Sony is opening their arms to indies.
That is awesome, and we are an independent developer. However, because we have been around for a long time and our size, people don’t consider us an indie as much. But, I know what it’s like to be on a small team with limited resourced and to feel intimidated by consoles. The fact that Sony is helping independent developers get onto a console and reach audiences, that perhaps they wouldn’t normally couldn’t reach is great. It’s a recognition of how much things have changed in the development industry, and how accessible game development is to anybody that wants to make a game. I think they’re helping lower barriers for those of us that maybe aren’t intrenched already in the console and high end PC world.
What PS4 feature are you most excited about as a developer and as a gamer?
Well I will probably go to the most obvious one, based on my last answer, and that’s the share button and the potential it has. Sony showed off one aspect of the it, but I anticipate there will be more functionality either built in, or that developers will be able to take advantage of it to bring gamers closer together with that kind of sharing.
