Just because one from one company sells more PSX games than PC does not mean that other companies does not sell more PC than console games. Currently, developing in c# is a PC only thing although c# to my knowledge is being converted to other platforms as well. What does this mean for the future? I would think that it means that the general parts of the code probably will be made in c# and the more demanding parts in c++,c or assembler depending on the current needs. As with any artist, producer or what ever, you need to use the tools that best suits your current need. To argue wether or not you should use c# or c++ is quite pointless as you can either pick one or do the smart thing and pick what does the job best. It really doesn''t matter if c# is 10% slower than c++ since a good c# programmer can probably beat a mediocre/half good c++ programmer as far as performance goes. On the other hand a good assembler programmer can beat any other language programmer by a mile but for what cost? It will take forever to write (Actually there is now an OOP package for assembler programmers available on the net so this is not entirely true). And there comes the whole point I believe. After all, the company has to meet a deadline and if writing in c# does that job then c# it is. I know very little of c# since I am a asm/c/c++ programmer and will probably remain that for the better part of the future but that does not mean I reject the idea that c# might actually be more commonplace.

Feel free to comment, object, laugh at or agree to this. I won''t engage in flaming because of what I have said. I could be wrong or right but the ideas are mine.

Good luck to you all.

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Well, let''s put a little different spin on the cross-platform thing, shall we?

Most of the developers I see posting here are indies or trying to break in. They''re not well-funded startups with tons of money to invest, they have a PC and are wondering how to develop PC games.

Getting a console development license is NOT cheap. And, last I checked, you have to go through an approval process as well. How many people on here have the resources and backing to do so? Damn few. And I recall something about each game having to pass through an approval process as well, although I''m not sure every console manufacturer has this requirement.

So, given the nature of the question and the likely situation of the poster, I think we can safely say console development is out of the question. Or am I off-base? I''d be happy to be corrected, if someone can point me in the direction of a place where a lowly indie developer like I can get, say, a PS2 dev kit and a license to produce games for it for under $2K I''d party on the patio! $2K I can pony up out of my own pocket, although I''d have to leave off my computer upgrades for the year...

Until then, cross-platform to console is meaningless for me and I would suspect the majority of the developers here. Not like I want it to be, it''s just a fact as far as I can tell. Like I said, please prove me wrong, I''d love to develop a console game and make my engine cross-platform...