14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like there's more to why the PS3 doesn't sell than its price. Well, not that developers didn't hint at this before; but now, EA's confirming it loud and clear, literally. According to PSXExtreme, a NASCAR developer (supposedly) from EA Tiburon confirmed that the two giants aren't getting along at all. This was known in the past, but now EA badmouths the PS3's tools in such a radical manner that a PS3 - Xbox 360 comparison throws the first right into the mud:
Via PSXExtreme: "The truth is the PS3's tools and the way it works just sucks. The truth is they are both virtually the same in terms of hardware when it comes to how powerful they are, maybe the PS3 has a few different things that makes it a bit more advance, and Sony has this idea that it is designed for optimal development but that's a load of crap. In the last generation we would make the game for PS2 and then port it over to Xbox, but because Xbox was easier to develop for, we could actually enhance the title a little if we wanted to. The case with this generation is different, now we make the game for 360 first and then port it over to PS3, but we really don't have the time to mess with how the PS3 works to really add to much more. It will change in the future, but for now it sucks."
It wasn't hard to imagine that the PS3 was more difficult to develop, but who even thought that the situation was so serious. Think about it a little. Since for any big-a*s company out there time is money, and since developers would rather work on Xbox 360 first every time inspiration kicks in, Sony loses a lot of money just because they've come up with alien technology thinking it'll blow everyone's mind away. That it did, but fame isn't what Sony was after.
However, as the respective developer states, "It will change in the future" - when Sony probably decides to ease down on the ego and start sharing its secrets (tools to work more efficiently with the PS3). Let's just hope for Sony's sake that this won't happen when Microsoft and Nintendo launch their next, next-gen systems.