How much are games reliant on platforms

How much are games reliant on platforms

 

Some games are made to play on all available platforms, while others are made to just be played on one specific platform.

 

For example, the Call of Duty games are made for different platforms (Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One) as Activision is not owned by any of the big three gaming console companies (Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo), whereas games like The Last of Us (Naughty Dog, the makers, are owned by Sony, who are behind the PlayStation), Zelda (Nintendo) and Halo (Microsoft, who are behind the Xbox) are made exclusively for one brand of console.

 

Also, depending on what the system is capable of and what development team is making the game, a game may be different depending on the platform is on. The first Star Wars Force Unleashed game, while each version has the same gameplay and story, has different execution depending on what platform you're playing the game on.

For example, the PS3/360 version has different maps compared to the PS2/Wii version, as well as different ways to use attacks (rather than pressing a button to use the lightsaber in the PS3/360 version, you can either use the buttons or flick the Wii Remote in the Wii version. And using Force powers works in the Wii version by doing a motion with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk).

The DS version of the game uses the touchscreen for using Force powers and using the lightsaber to block attacks (using the lightsaber to slash enemies is still used by pressing a physical button).

 

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Wii/PS2

 

 

 

DS