Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Eeep - Week 15 - From generalist to specialist...


In the industry at the moment, I can throw my head back and laugh at my friends back home who have always been Nintendo bashers, after the release of two best selling consoles.

The DS and Wii.

Both of which I now own.

Muahahahaha!

And I have to say being a Nintendo girl has never been sweeter, I love Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess, and Wii Sports.


Currently in the gaming world, Nintendo are easily on top, with Sony and Microsoft a close 3rd. Yes, Nintendo is 1st and 2nd :p

Listening to guest lecturers and reading things on the internet, a single person could no longer possibly match up to games companies, who deliberatly gather Games Artists to work for them, or Outsource thier work to people from either other companies or other countries. A single person would not have the skills nessesary for game art, game animation and game programming, they could at best create a very bad game, and that would take a very long time.

Inside the industry, the passion for making better games and getting more money, I quite like that idea, since the better games side of things means better games for the many many consoles that I own.

Challenges I suppose for the industry is living up to the specs of the new-gen consoles, and the new technology of the Wii, and the PS3, games can be designed to work with motion sensors but it's important for the games to usefully use it instead of using it because it's there, ya know?

This is something people will have to think about in the near future.
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Playtime is now over Panik, it's time to duel! - Yugi Muto (Vs. Panik) (I think it's more Yami talking, this is pre them switching and when they're still merging souls)

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