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Why do developers make game specific niche devices anymore?

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September 1, 2013 10:37:54 AM

I want an all in one super device. Who carries their psp with their android? I hope this trend dies out already

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September 1, 2013 10:47:21 AM

This is not a 'trend'. It has always been thus.
Windows/Linux/Mac/PSP/Android/iOS/Blackberry/Gameboy/etc/etc/etc All different platforms with different capabilities.

And developers can't just make 'one' version that runs on everything. And porting to a different platform takes time and money.
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September 1, 2013 10:58:34 AM

Beside software capabilities, the hardware of each device is different and so their operating systems.
Each platform is meant to build for different purposes so don't expect them to port their entire work in different platforms
which only increases work for developers instead of providing time and ease of access to develop the main content.
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September 1, 2013 11:01:31 AM

stuff that's already done on certain platforms I can understand, but when developers and even consumers don't eat up the idea of a one in all solution, then that is weird. And maybe it's changing, we'll see in the future
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September 1, 2013 11:04:05 AM

Naer said:
stuff that's already done on certain platforms I can understand, but when developers and even consumers don't eat up the idea of a one in all solution, then that is weird. And maybe it's changing, we'll see in the future


Creating a new 'something' for 3 different platforms (Win/iOS/Android) takes almost 3 times the work. The only part that doesn't have to be 'redone' is the storyline.
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September 1, 2013 11:06:30 AM

....and the box art! don't forget the box art! list all your reusables, man.
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September 1, 2013 11:09:10 AM

That's the problem, there are three different platforms. It would be helpful if there was one platform, one operating system. Occoms razor removes the complexities of having multiple solutions and gives the simplest answer the best one. I do realize this may seem unrealistic now, but it should be the inevitable progression
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September 1, 2013 11:11:24 AM

Naer said:
That's the problem, there are three different platforms. It would be helpful if there was one platform, one operating system. Occoms razor removes the complexities of having multiple solutions and gives the simplest answer the best one. I do realize this may seem unrealistic now, but it should be the inevitable progression


Just like if there were one car brand, one TV brand, candy bar brand, one camera brand...Everything would be so much easier.
That's not going to happen. Nor should it.
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September 1, 2013 11:38:36 AM

If there was one operating system for all. doesn't mean you wouldn't be able to custimize it. If there was an all in one solution, the custimization features would be greater, since developers are free of the burden of having rules to abide by when developing, ways to custimize said smartphone, tablet, or anything would be greater. Products are developed because the consumers demand them. It is far from communism
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September 1, 2013 11:43:59 AM

Google, Microsoft, Apple.
Of these 3, convince 2 of them to succumb to the design wishes of the other one.
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September 1, 2013 11:47:40 AM

There are only two ways for this to happen that I can see.

1. A single company controls the market (USAFret's every-cyberpunk-scenario-evar-scenario), or
2. An independant, freely avail. OS becomes the standard, i.e. start-moving-everything-to-one-linux-distro-now-or-you're-a-hypocrite.

Either way, you still have a fragmented hardware issue that would need to be solved in tandem by 1. or 2. and the combination of those requirements makes development so astronomically untenable that my time is better spent working on my perpetual-bikini-models-with-martini's device. Crap, all out of hyphens.
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September 1, 2013 11:48:44 AM

Naer said:
That's the problem, there are three different platforms. It would be helpful if there was one platform, one operating system. Occoms razor removes the complexities of having multiple solutions and gives the simplest answer the best one. I do realize this may seem unrealistic now, but it should be the inevitable progression


Just imagine if there's one operating system dominated by one company that controls it..
There will be no improvements , no competitors , only monopoly of one that makes no sense and developing that system will consume lots of memory of any platform cause it's all in one..which contains all solutions for all problems..around 50-60GB only for an operating system which is not feasible.
People want different for different tasks and those organizations tries to provide the closest option that is achievable.
So you want games there's consoles....you want to communicate there are cell phones...you want general purpose computing there are notebooks/desktops....you want to develop stuff there are workstations....you want want consistent systems there are server systems.
Each one for different purpose , that has specific tasks to perform.
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September 1, 2013 11:51:10 AM

quilciri said:
...my time is better spent working on my perpetual-bikini-models-with-martini's device. Crap, all out of hyphens.


I like that option better.
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September 1, 2013 11:51:51 AM

USAFRet said:
Google, Microsoft, Apple.
Of these 3, convince 2 of them to succumb to the design wishes of the other one.


Though of that. Takes too many ninjas and not a small amount of Crisco.
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