I think everyone can figure out that he was talking about how hard it is for a small shop or lone developer to get their app on the big three console stores.
Because he didn't evaluate how hard it is for a small shop or lone developer to get their app on the big three console stores, in any way. He's just jumping to conclusions.
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all the game consoles have app stores. seriously.
App stores, yes, but how difficult/expensive is it to get your code onto the console?
edit: PS3 devkit is 1,700 Euros. There's also this: https://psm.playstation.net/portal/en/index.html#register http://www.playstation.com/pss/index_e.html
the title of the article claims there are no game console app stores. you are talking about a barrier to entry. two different things entirely.
I think everyone can figure out that he was talking about how hard it is for a small shop or lone developer to get their app on the big three console stores.
And yet, he has done nothing to investigate that idea.
Why do you say that?
Because he didn't evaluate how hard it is for a small shop or lone developer to get their app on the big three console stores, in any way. He's just jumping to conclusions.
And if you read more than the title, you would know that he was actually talking about barrier to entry.
Xbox 360 was a great step in the right direction with easy access to XNA and the ability to publish to xbox live.
A number of friends who I thought would never get into game design managed to push games back in 07/08.
No kidding, the last console game I bought was by an indie developer, cost about $2 and was downloaded over the aether.