Hardware testing beyond mobile
Let’s investigate in more depth how to organize hardware testing beyond mobile games.
Console hardware testing
Console games are usually made for one model of the current generation of consoles, although many do offer backward compatibility. Consoles of the same generation don’t have too much differentiation. They might have more or less memory or look slightly different on the outside, being painted in different colors or patterns, but the console hardware itself is pretty much the same.
When we test for consoles, we can’t test on commercial versions of the console hardware that you buy in the store. In order to test consoles, the studio needs to be registered as a developer with the target console platform (Sony Playstation, Nintendo, or Xbox) and order development and testing consoles directly from the manufacturer. While the process of ordering and getting the target console might be lengthy, testing the hardware itself...
