Quote: "ok what if Sony does allow FPSC games on it`s PS3 do you think the publics reaction would be positive? "
Assuming that we lived in a magical world where it worked fine and all was well... no, public reaction would not be positive. Not in the least. Please read on...
A long time ago, before many of this forum's users were probably even born, there was this console called "The Atari 2600." The Atari was groundbreaking in a number of ways and remains one of the coolest consoles of all time for many of us "old timers." In fact, it's achieved a level of legendary pop icon status that no other console has achieved, or so it would seem. But did you know that the Atari 2600 almost killed console video games (I mean the WHOLE INDUSTRY) entirely?
People were making Atari Games left and right, and it got to a point where, in the early 1980's, the market was literally flooded with crappy titles that no one wanted to play. This event is known as
The Video Game Crash of 1983. There was no means of quality control for the Atari because the industry was still new at the time and trying to edge its way into the mainstreams of western civilization. The industry took some serious blows and some nasty lawsuits in those days, but that all changed with a little system called the Famicom. Released in 1985, the Famicom (known to most of us as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES) was developed by Nintendo (obviously), and introduced something pretty new and fresh to the console market: quality assurance. Nintendo had a rule that it had to qualify and certify games for release on its console, marking such games with the
Nintendo Seal of Quality. This small gold label, which simply read "Official Nintendo Seal," informed consumers that the game was tested for quality by Nintendo, and helped prevent people from purchasing games that were made by people with little or no talent/ taste.
So in effect, if you were to have independently-developed console games roaming around, it could potentially end up having a negative impact on the people who own said consoles. Whose going to assure that the game isn't going to be riddled with glitches and pornographic material? The PC market and the console market are extremely different... they're pretty much different industries entirely. While on a PC you can experiment and provide a wide array of products, people are more prepared for problems when they occur with PC software, and they know that they're taking a risk when they purchase games. On the other hand, people expect a certain level of quality when they purchase a console and games associated with that console. They can't simply download a patch to fix a game... so they expect that game to work as perfectly as possible the second it comes out of the box. The ESRB is a strong player in the console industry, and if there's no ESRB rating on a console game's box, there's a good chance someone won't purchase the product (would you?).
Anyway, this is one of the many reasons why it would be impractical for TGC to release a console version of FSPC, unlikely that Sony/ Microsoft/ Nintendo would approve of it, and highly unreasonable why the public would endorse it.
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