February 5, 2008
Play All head: ‘ engine independence is critical’ for future of dev biz
Boss of French middleware initiative says team is already thinking ahead to PlayStation 4 .
In an in-depth Q&A looking at the French PlayAll middleware scheme, we’ve been talking to project manager Anne Dévouassoux to find out more – and she has said the collaborative technology effort is key to supporting independent developers in France.
(…) »Building an Xbox 360 and PS3 toolchain is already very risky for a studio to undertake on its own, and when we project forwards to PlayStation 4 the risk is even greater. So our bet was to start a collaborative approach on this generation so we will be ready to face next cycle challenges. We really are thinking that far ahead – it’s a highly ambitious and long-term project. »(…)
The full Q&A, which also asks how the project exactly works, can be read here.