PSN -Questions (LOTS OF THEM!)

seforin

ok this is a few questions I need to ask, my company might currently be working with sony to develop a game for PSN.


Now originally our game was being developed as X-Box live, but a better offer came and blah blah blah, my question is this


since its a bigger download limit , my boss wants us to change all of our art work from the original 256X256 ,128 X 128, 64X64 etc for all different assets characters etc..

now with PSN....since the limit is bigger, what are the recommended sizes/ polycounts?


anyone whos familiar with PSN or developed for it , can you please give me some info, my boss is on my case today and I have really no idea about it.

Eric Chadwick

These sound more like PS3 questions than PSN. Amble on over to your lead programmer and ask him/her what they recommend.

seforin

programmer said :We dont know figure it out

Eric Chadwick

That's bad news. It's their freakin job to work with you on these things.

Send an email to your programmer, let him/her know you that your manager was asking for specs but you can't give any details until you know better yourself, that's why you wanted to ask them. It's always better to have something in writing when your boss comes back to breathe down your neck again. Also try to keep it civil, writing from the standpoint of wanting to clarify things, not trying to cover your back (even though it helps that purpose if it comes to that).

You need the info to get your job done. If that person you asked isn't helping out or can't, move up the hierarchy a notch at a time, until you do get answers.

seforin

small company unfortanetly we were just told about this project and were all in the equal dark about it, its why im trying to find info about it.

Eric Chadwick

Sorry I can't really help out, no PS3 or PSN experience.

Do you guys have a devkit? I know Xbox has dev-only online resources and contacts for figuring out some of these things.

seforin

ah well let me explain were right now in a kinda bid war if that makes much sense. Basically ps3 is looking for us to develop a game for them possibly but its a POSSIBILITY , so my boss wants to revamp artwork / code to work for psn games BEFORE the contract is set (stupid I know) So anyway hes giving me hell to find out the info so if anyones developed for it , it can make my life a little less stressful this week

pior

Well if this is such a small structure and since your boss is smartass enought to know what a 64*64 is, I'd say that's him to do the research?
I don't think there is any 'open' information about that kind of stuff on the net anyways? Like, UDN-locked style.
Sorry, I'm of no help here...

aesir

e-mail psn people?

Eric Chadwick

Dog and pony show, yeah been there. I'd do some searches around the idea of downloadable PS3 games, like size of other game downloads that are a similar kind of game to the one you're pitching, PS3 texture compression formats, that kind of thing. Look up industry conference papers on PS3 titles, they often have some info. Also emailing some Sony people might actually yield something, you never know.

seforin

yea I appreciate all the help anyway guys, yea my boss really isnt so much as a smart ass as oppose to troublesome idiot, he really dosent validate what I say or do , but the company having now 1 artist left (me since the other guy left to n-space now) I really dont know if he will start listening to me again or just go and do something even more retarded (Like get anew intern make him model a character who cant model or texture for the life of him and tell me its comparable to my work)


Oh well venting sorry, Was really hoping there would be some more info on this

Oh eric: the game where pitching theres nothing comparable to it so kinda dead end there to.

Xenobond

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Network - General information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Network_games - Should give you a better idea of the levels of detail that should be attainable as well as their file sizes.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17707 'Making Games For PlayStation Network - The Facts'

seforin

I just saw this reply thanks alot that helped me ALOT!

Snight

Lets hope your boss doesn't read these forums.

Michael Knubben

Or that he does and has an epiphany.

Unlikely, I know.

seforin

haha trust me I dont think I have to worry about either happening anytime soon, again though thanks guys, avoid me getting in trouble for a few days here