For you code-monkeys out thereFollow

My sources say:

"Ask again later"

Depends on how good you are, how strong the drm is, and if you can get the OSX code to compile nicely for the Cell architecture.

If you read the second link I provided, you'd see that maybe it's going to be REALLY easy to do this. Seems like PS3 is partnering a bit WITH Apple to make this happen.

No biggie, just thought you'd find it interesting.

XBox360/Microsoft
PS3/Apple

The lines are being drawn.

:)

Hmm, I wonder how well MaconLinux would run if it turns out that the HDD in the PS3 will only have Linux on it after it's all said and done.

Although, if Steve Jobs gives his blessings for OSx to go to the PS3 natively... I'd go out and buy ten iPods in support of his company!

The only movie studio that doesn't support Blue-Ray is Universal Studios. They are expected to fall as well, since they will be the odd-man-out in the format war. Also, Blue-Ray is supported by HP and Dell. Although, HP is kinda flip flopping lately. Dell will definitely be able to stick around because the BD-ROM offers the amount of storage capacity they want.

MS has been playing pretty dirty with the HD-DVD thing. Since Blue-Ray dropped support of iHD in preference to JavaHD as its interactive layer, MS has been trying to drum up support against Sony. Seriously, I dont think an OS maker and a Chip maker (Intel) can really make as big an impact as people claim. After all, if the movie industry supports a format, then the general consumer will gravitate towards that format. What is Intel or MS going to do about it? Drop support of the leading technology and risk handing over the OS business to another company? The funny thing is Apple supports Blue-Ray and will be changing to Intel processors soon. So, a major OS that supports BlueRay will be using Intel chips that throw their weight behind HD-DVD... I'd love to see Intel trash a lucrative partnership with Apple over a pissing battle between MS and Sony. It won't amount to anything when push comes to shove.

I see what you're saying here, but it sounds like the Cell processor is going to both up the development costs for games and make it quite difficult to port games to other systems.

Thing is, making difficult to port games could be either a blessing or a curse for Sony in the long run. Longtime Sony developers will probably stick to the PS3, and will be pretty much stuck there unless they want to develop something exclusively for the XB360 or Nintendo Revolution. However, with the upping of development costs Cell causes, many beginning developers making tomorrow's classics might choose to migrate towards other systems.

It'll be interesting to see what comes of it, though I believe Sony will continue to stay on top. With all the support behind Sony already, I can't see Blu-ray simply becoming a flop.

You are correct that development costs for PS3 game is very high. XBox is bit less. Nintendo Revolution will do what Nintendo always does rely on in house games.

The higher cost of producing the next-gen games( esp. PS3) is and will winnow down the number of developers. It's already happening. But smaller developers will continue to make (yep) PS2 games. Making their name in the lower ranks before getting the clout to make PS3 games.

I read it, but I didn't understand a thing.

This is what we talk about all night long in my Game Design class.

You'd go apoplectic with sploogosity.

Ahhh...

All them big ole fancy words. They's jess tryin' to confuse me.

Well... One can also argue that having 10 times as many tools to ultimately do the same thing (are the games going to have 10 times as many "new" features?), will cause a lot more headaches. There's certainly going to be a significant learning curve for developers.

Sometimes, simple is better...

How YOU doin?

I can press play. That's about it.