Console Certification - Things That Are Harder

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Mark Darrah on Games

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Published on June 1, 2021 12:00:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43k_TbltzRI

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Certification is the final check before the platform holder allows you to make discs for the console(or go on the digital store)
Did you even know it existed? This may not be "Things That Are Harder" and more of a "Things That Exist". It is definitely the production phase most likely to be forgotten by someone who hasn't gone through game development before
There are some weird, console specific, things in there amongst the load time checks and store front requirements.

Chapters:
0:00 What's Certification?
0:34 Early Clearance
1:50 Checks
2:46 TCR and TRC
3:13 Looser Cert
4:03 Push vs. Press
4:41 NOT QA
5:13 Secret Hardware
6:02 Summary