SIM sharing all Platforms

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Let me start by adknowledging that this might not be the proper place fro this thread, so Moderator please move it to a better place, I could not decide.

Looking at F1 2012 or Dirt 3, both Codemaster, I realize, it made me wonder why is there not more games that can be played on the main devices, PC, PS3 and Xbox,
Some are obvious in the fact that they are exclusive for commercial reason, like GT5 and PS3 or Forza and Xbox.
But what are the reason for other SIMs that could benefit from a wider audience than PC sim.
Rfactor, netkar, Simbin, once a game is finished ( although they are never really finished LOL ) is it that difficult to adapt it to a different device operation system? Even with some limitation, I would love for example to try Rfactor on my PS3, since my lap top cannot run it.
Is it always just about money or marketing reason or is there more challenge technicaly?
Might be a bad exemple, but the App business as adapted very quickly to have 2 platforms instead of one, these days all apps are available for Andriod and Apple devices.
 
There is one very important thing to consider; very expensive licenses!
 
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One of the biggest issues is the architecture used in the consoles. Apparently the PS3 is a "pain in the butt" to code to, for instance. The other issue is that while you don't really have to "redo" the game logic, you have to basically rewrite all of the code for each platform. It's really somewhat interesting if you feel like looking up the differences between the current xbox, PS3 and PC.

The entire community would really benefit from there being some kind of unified architecture, but I don't see it happening. Each company wants to believe they have the "edge" and in doing so, they have to be different. Nothing wrong with that, but it makes life tough for devs and in turn, users.

So, to answer your question... Based upon what I have read and heard, the issues are money and the architecture differences. PLUS, licensing... Some console makers want to have exclusive rights to a game as well.
 
I believe one of the greatest sim games of all time would be a combination of Forza and GT. They both have their good and bad... As I see it, the bad in one is often the good in the other. Thus, if you took all of the "good" from both and combined them, you would have one hell of a good sim racer.

Top to bottom, just take all of the goods and jam them into a single game. Wow, it would be excellent, I think. :)

However, these are two examples of exclusive titles that you will probably never seen cross platforms. Simply for the sake of exclusivity. Kind of a bummer.
 
Another issue is that the companies that create sims tend to be very small (ie ISI and Kunos) For them to develop across platforms, it would multiply their already long development times.
For me, the decision to invest in a dedicated pc for sim racing was easy after trying rfactor.
 
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Another issue is that the companies that create sims tend to be very small (ie ISI and Kunos) For them to develop across platforms, it would multiply their already long development times.
For me, the decision to invest in a dedicated pc for sim racing was easy after trying rfactor.
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I wish I could try rfactor. I have been able to try Iracing, Netkar and others, not in the best condition but well enough to give me an idea of what it is on my lap top. They were not what I am looking for. But they gave me a taste if the things they do better. The future looks very good.
Would be even better if all I need is one platform to enjoy it.
 

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