MLB 14 The Show Video and Developer Blog - Quick Counts and Player Lock

[Bobhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanjeezy

How do you know if the screens are months old? Your assumption is no better than mine or anyone else's. Looking back at previous years, the only time I remember screenshots in December looking different from the ones in February was when there were new player models (which isn't happening this year). I'd say the majority of developers nail down the graphics early in development so they can start optimizing as soon as possible.

Quote: Originally Posted by seanjeezy

Well that settles that lol. If you could, can you answer these questions? How much older? How early is early in this case? In a one year dev cycle are you still improving the graphics engine and art assets with 6 months to go? 4 months? 2 months? How much time is left to optimize the game if you are dealing with moving targets? Thanks woodweaver

Obviously WW already posted... but for what it's worth my assumption was based on the fact that it takes time for an image or video to even be extracted from the PS4. Someone(s) has to convert it to a computer format, touch it up, cut it down, etc.... Even if I assume it only takes a week to do all that... that still puts the newest video at about 8 days ago. Some of these threads are a couple weeks old already.

On top of that, the accompanying blog posts, articles, press release videos, music, etc... whatever format a particular "teaser" is in, all that has to be created too. Articles have to be proofread and approved. Videos have to be recorded somewhere, edited, cut down, finalized etc...

And those pieces are created in response to the video/screenshot (you can't record a press release video about gameplay footage until you already have the gameplay footage)... so that means the media is at least a week older than the article that comes with it. So if a blog was posted 2 weeks ago, it's likely that any screenshots within are at least 4 weeks old.

That puts the newest thing posted at no less than 20 days old, and that's using the very conservative estimates above.

If you just work backwards from when each respective item was posted on OS, you see that most of it is at least 4-6 weeks old, if not more.

I don't know anything about dev cycles though, and what "normal" at this time is. I'd like to know that myself.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

Who is this inch.....mile guy you keep calling on?...and can we get him here quickly?!!! I'm dyin' here!!! M.K. Knight165

Seriously, I concur.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro

Seriously, I concur.

Yeah...but you mean for info.

I wouldn't mind if I didn't see another shread of info on the game...

I just want my copy in hand(then in PS3/4!)



M.K.
Knight165

[ShowTyme15]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobhead

Obviously WW already posted... but for what it's worth my assumption was based on the fact that it takes time for an image or video to even be extracted from the PS4. Someone(s) has to convert it to a computer format, touch it up, cut it down, etc.... Even if I assume it only takes a week to do all that... that still puts the newest video at about 8 days ago. Some of these threads are a couple weeks old already. On top of that, the accompanying blog posts, articles, press release videos, music, etc... whatever format a particular "teaser" is in, all that has to be created too. Articles have to be proofread and approved. Videos have to be recorded somewhere, edited, cut down, finalized etc... And those pieces are created in response to the video/screenshot (you can't record a press release video about gameplay footage until you already have the gameplay footage)... so that means the media is at least a week older than the article that comes with it. So if a blog was posted 2 weeks ago, it's likely that any screenshots within are at least 4 weeks old. That puts the newest thing posted at no less than 20 days old, and that's using the very conservative estimates above. If you just work backwards from when each respective item was posted on OS, you see that most of it is at least 4-6 weeks old, if not more. I don't know anything about dev cycles though, and what "normal" at this time is. I'd like to know that myself.

I remember Ramone saying last year the 13' intro took like 3 months to make. So everything you just said makes sense (Not that I didn't believe you already, I myself already knew this as well, just saying for the sake of this convo).

[A_Quiet_Pro]

Quote: Originally Posted by ShowTyme15

I remember Ramone saying last year the 13' intro took like 3 months to make. So everything you just said makes sense (Not that I didn't believe you already, I myself already knew this as well, just saying for the sake of this convo).

3 months????? Holy crap!

[nemesis04]

Quote: Originally Posted by A_Quiet_Pro

3 months????? Holy crap!

There was a lot of floating tickets!

[ShowTyme15]

Quote: Originally Posted by nemesis04

There was a lot of floating tickets!

And one hell of a floating lineup card.

[Factzzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

-The PS4 pics were older. -Most development teams do not have "the graphics" nailed down early when dealing with new technology. -Every game and every marketing plan are unique when it comes to these subjects.

The problem that a lot of people are complaining about when it comes to the ps4 graphics are the player models, so i doubt they've changed the actual player models since the pics were released.