Planetside 2 listed as a Playstation 4 launch title

[Timithos]

PS4 is a separate team, but it'll only be optimization for one chip set - the PS4. Hopefully the PC devs will extract some additional learning benefit out of it though.

[DirtyBird]

Launch was mentioned a couple of days ago but clearly the 2-4month timeline for "optimization" was a distraction.
http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...4&postcount=48

[Calista]

Here is an interview with Smed regarding user and revenue distribution between PC and PS3 on another of their titles, DCUO. 70/30 and you wonder why they want PS2 on PS4?

"The single fastest growing segment of our business is DC Universe Online on the PS3," says John Smedley, president of SOE. "70 percent of our revenue [on that game] comes from the PS3 and 70 percent of our players come from the PS3."

Because the company has been offering deep free-to-play experiences longer, it also has worked out a system to more quickly approve updates - something that could aid it in the next generation.

"One of the advantages we have had is we were the first with Free Realms," says Smedley. "With that, we've helped the QA group set up the system. What happened is there's a trust level that builds up. They do certain checks every time - but over time, if you don't screw up, they start to trust your [internal] QA."

Consoles, he says, actually have some notable advantages over the PC when it comes to free-to-play. There's consistently stable hardware and software and the installed base is constantly growing. Most importantly, though, the barrier to microtranscation purchases is lower.

"There's a higher likelihood of having a payment system on file," he says. "And since these are dedicated gaming systems, you're more predisposed to try something, whereas when you're on the PC, you might get distracted by, say, Facebook or something."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ff-on-consoles

[PredatorFour]

Originally Posted by Calista

[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"The single fastest growing segment of our business is DC Universe Online on the PS3," says John Smedley, president of SOE. "70 percent of our revenue [on that game] comes from the PS3 and 70 percent of our players come from the PS3."

I have no doubt there's more market with PS3 however them numbers that he said are like he just spewed them out without thinking... 70 % revenue / 70 % of playerbase from PS3. I played DC online (for about 5 mins) on PS3 and i'm pretty sure it was F2P if my memory serves me correctly I never paid a thing and i'm sure there were many, many more who did the same. That's why i don't under stand them figures.