Solo developer Yang Bing has attracted a lot of attention after showcasing a trailer of his game Lost Soul Aside, built in Unreal Engine 4. After having been contacted by multiple publishers offering help to complete the project, he found himself facing the choice of whether to complete the project as a full-time developer or not.
Apparently, he has now taken a decision.
Insider Gaming sits down with ExoCross creative director Paul Coleman to talk about the game's development, features, gameplay, and more.
In an era dominated by digital downloads and streaming services, the importance of physical media in gaming remains a topic of discussion.
Of course, Nintendo has always preferred physical sales, especially since they skew to a younger audience, and kids want games for their birthdays and holidays. They go to the store and pick the game they want.
Since the Wii they have always been the last major publisher to support modern tech or concepts, and they will be the last to support physical if it ever goes away. Which I hope it doesn't.
Nintendo just likes sales in general. If they can sell digital more, they would because the 2nd hand market they do not get a cut of. For me, i tend to buy more physical switch games than I do other platforms. I do have my fair share of digital deals from the eshop though. Especially if its something that i have a sealed physical copy of and dont want to reduce its value.
OK, but you need better format where these games could actually fit instead of half of the game being in physical form and all I have being on a digital code or have to download
The one caveat with cartridges. If the leaks are true the internal storage stands at 256gb plus SD card support too.
You could have a 256gb card and a 10gb card. Publishers will simply use the 10gb one and make you download the rest.
There are cards that can fit all of a game but those cost more, and publishers are cheap. It's weird cause with how much the switch has sold and how long it's been on the market the costs to manufacture these cards should've been much lower by now. It's a publisher issue cause there has only been very few exceptions on PS and Xbox, rest of the industry would rather force a download despite Blu-ray being cheap.
Your right. It's definitely a publisher issue. From my time collecting that's what I've come across. Just always remember
Doesitplay.org
Tell you everything you need to know about releases.
Pretty sure most, if not all, of Nintendo first party titles are all on cartridge. It’s the third parties.
Yeah it artificially retains the high prices for their software. Hence Pirates will always have their day with them.
Supergiant Games' Studio Director, Amir Rao, has said that he's worried about some unbalanced boons in-game, with nerfs coming soon.
Great story. I wonder who he went with.
"Maybe we don’t know each other,but actually I’m a self-closing and nameless guy in real life, and now I realized my dream is not to create a game, is to create a world belongs to me, so I can dive into it from the real world, "
"I said I will make it commercial some day but when they really came to me, I’m scared just like someone want to take my world away from me, I begin to be like a little boy protecting his toy."
I just really hope people similar to konami aren't contacting him. this is his life, passion, ambition and persona. and he's not doing it to be better than other developers.
- May the force be with you Yang Bing!
Why doesn't the title include "BEAUTIFUL PC EXCLUSIVE" at the beginning?
Whichever direction he decide to go in making sure to keep IP ownership is key , don't be taken in by the Tons of BS companies will mention.
Ownership is priority while getting it out to the public . Remember EA Partnerships deals & how Insomniac got to keep both its recent IPs.
Good for him. I hope the company he ends up with supports him and his vision instead of grinding him down and forcing him to make the game into something more "appealing" to mainstream audiences.