The players Sonistas still await the first titles that explore the true power of the console, but we can be sure that the games indie will be increasingly present in the new generation.
Last Wednesday Adam Boyes Sony's representative at an event in San Francisco revealed that more than 1000 independent studios are now licensed to self-publish games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PS Vita platforms. He also stated that more than XNUMX indie games are currently in development for the three platforms.
The good news does not stop there, according to the Destructoid, Boyes said that 21 self-publishing titles have already been made available for Playstation 4, among which, the horror and adventure game called Outlast had more than 1,8 million downloads, as well as the Mini-Roguelike and Don 'games. t Starve that reached the milestone of more than 1 million downloads.
Since the announcement of the Playstation 4, Sony has been flexible to the indie cause. As proof of this, several indie games were shown during E3 and one of them was named as one of the most anticipated titles for the platform.
However Sony's big rival, namely Microsoft has also followed the same wave with Xbox One. In March, the company announced that 25 indie titles would be released for the console courtesy of the program. ID @ Xbox, which provides development resources for small studios.
INFLUENCES OF THE WORLD MOBILE
Looking back over the past few years we will note a large ascendancy of small game development studios to launch more successful titles to smartphones than for consoles. This is because of the bureaucracies imposed by the consoles. An example is the process of obtaining a developer license where at most 100 USD it is possible to obtain a developer license for the well-known mobile devices, but not the consoles, many of them only offer licenses to registered companies, thus leaving small startups with innovative ideas.
Big companies like Sony and Microsoft need to review their licensing processes for independent studios, so they would be reawakening the interest of many developers who are leaning on mobile platforms today.
As in the mobile world, the greater the number of indie games available, the greater will be the number of people to buy and have fun with small games, and the greater number of small studios will have enriched it. And at the end of the day all the consoles will come out with the biggest slice of the cake.
Source: The Guardian
