Secret Ponchos Developer Explains The Difference Between PS4 And PC Games Development

Many developers have come out and praised the ease of development for the PS4, and with a lot of indie devs releasing their games simultaneously on PC and PS4, the devs behind Secret Ponchos have discussed the similarities and difference between the two.



GamingBolt spoke to creative director on Secret Ponchos Yousuf Mapara about the same and asked how developing for the PC compares to PS4 development.

“I would not say one is better than the other. Each development platforms has advantages. It’s definitely nice how on PS4 we are dealing with a common set of hardware for all customers. We can optimize the game to have a very exact line between performance and quality. With PC that line is in a different place for every machine, so the approach is different. You let the customer pick what they want and give them the settings to do that.

“PS4 development is pretty cool for devs because of things like the Share feature…It’s great when you have a bug and you press a button and it captures the footage, although it’s a feature for players, we use it a lot as a dev tool. I like being able to run the game on my dev kit and have my computer I’m animating on running at full speed.

“Some stuff is really cool on the PC though too. You can take your Laptop to the coffee shop, and not worry about your dev kits! Both have trade-offs.”