Midway: PS3 Tech Issues Over, 'Ambitious Open-World Game' Coming Soon

Elsewhere in the call following its results, Midway CEO David F. Zucker said the company has learned from the development process of Stranglehold and Unreal Tournament 3, and that the company's multiplatform releases would be more promptly synchronized going forward.

The Midway CEO concluded of the issues: "We do believe that these technical issues are now complete at a core level in our engine. Looking ahead to 2008, we expect the PS3 versions of our titles to ship day and date..." with the Xbox 360 and other SKUs.

Zucker hinted at an "ambitious open-world game" from Midway, to be announced shortly, and said to be one of the highlights of their upcoming slate. However, no other information was given.

[ATLRoAcH]

Interesting.

[SmokeyMcBear]

multiple discs on dvd-9

[Hapimeses]

I agree -- I'll be watching out for this one in the future.

[kevoncox]

lol at bragging that the ps3 version of the game will now ship day to day with the 360 version... This is n64 vs. psx all over again.
Damn sony develop new tools please.

[mesh1]

OK so now CAN ps3 fans stop talking about ut3 BEING an exclusive +) as its going to be released on the 360 the same day as the ps3 , and also he mentioned the ps3 and the ue3 do not go well im not saying but maybe xbox version will be superior.

[vgn24]

No one else including EA has the resources to figure out the PS3, but the floundering publisher from Chicago (Midway) is the one to smooth it out? Nice PR attempt Midway.

[ATLRoAcH]

If Naughty Dog can figure out the Cell then what is everyone else's excuse.That whole PS3 hard to develop for is a little out dated.

[Bathyj]

And Media Molecule are such are huge company.

Frankly, those guys are embarrassing most of the industry, just with their lack of whining and their results speaking for themselves.

[WAR_MACHINE77]

So just because EA has drunken monkeys at the wheel means that no one can figure out the PS3? Naughty dog, Insomniac, Team Ninja, Bethesda, From Software, and Ninja Theory all have a grip on it. If a bunch of much smaller devs can figure it out then what's Ea's excuse with their vast resources?

[vgn24]

Really? Naughty Dog has a handle on the Cell? Because I haven't seen "Uncharted" in stores. I've seen Lair and Heavenly Sword getting dusty on shelves.

Look, I understand alot of you guys who only have one system. You swear by it. But if you could afford (or like me) got all you stuff free, you'd agree the PS3 is crap. I'm not here to bust your balls. But really, you know for a fact that the PS3 isn't as good. Yet everyday you guys fight so hard for it. Why would you enjoy looking stupid?

There is no argument. It's been a year. It's done. In a year, the PS2 had overtaken the Dreamcast. You can wish all you want that your expensive Sony boat anchor is as good as the PS2, but it never will be.

So stop lying to yourselves, stop looking stupid, and most of all, stop acting like you know more about games. You do not.

[The Wood]

cause you seem to have selectively forgotten the that the 'great' ea had issues with their early 360 games, strange that mr: 'When MS emails you saying, "No one can know that yet"' get ms out of your arse. If theres nothing on the ps3 just sell it and stop acting like a twat.

life note 4 u : the biggest companies are not always the first or the best at doing or achieving things.

[UnasFortuna]

Midway has finally just taken the time to get it right with some help from Sony. Sony has been working hard at helping programmers/developers figure out the correct way to program for the PS3. EA has always put out bad ports... and we all know it is one of two possibilities for this problem. First, just pure laziness. Second, and more likely... EA putting out the better version on the 360 trying to swing buyers to that console. Actually... probably a combination of the two.

[IdontTakeSides]

HMM interesting so what was Isomniac and naughty Dog doing that others couldn't grasp.....if true then that's good news for us PS3 owners..!!...so since they resolved the issues can we get UT3 in december..??

[Real gamer 4 life]

You see people. The ps3 different architecture was holding developers back, that the only reasn some multiplatform games was not lloking as good as their 360 counterparts. But now i see company like midway saying that we learned how to develop for the ps3, and it make me happy.

[kalistyles]

somebody knows whats going on. Thank you Midway.

[BloodySinner]

Don't make me laugh.

[SofaKingReetodded]

the po widdle xbot is mad that now they have nothing to troll the PS3 about.

[BloodySinner]

Actually, I don't browse the PS3 section spreading FUD.

[Heaven_Or_Hell]

I hope some others compagny will take an example for them, taking the PS3 as the lead plateform...

[MK_Red]

Superb find and news. Hope they finally make a great new IP after Psi Ops.

[xionpunk]

argh.. why is there no psi ops sequel!?

[MK_Red]

Good question with one sad answer: Because not too many gamers were smart enough to buy that gem. When Wii Sports and Wii Play are outsellibng Metroid Prime and BioShock, what chance do games like Psy-Ops have? :(

[WAR_MACHINE77]

Very sad and very true MK

[ichimaru]

i wonder

[PimpHandHappy]

if there just blowing smoke

it takes time to learn a new system. Thats why the 360 has done alright with the multi platform games

even thou

i think Oblivan Dirt and Graw looked better on my PS3 then on my buddys 360

[Darkiewonder]

But hurry up with the UT3 ;O

[Meus Renaissance]

Makes those people who commented on the previous Midway article look dumb now doesn't it. I hope they come back here and admit they were wrong with their "every game will be better on the Xbox" shenanigan's.

Hopefully as time progresses we'll see developers produce bigger and better things on a platform that is screaming out for it. However I'll reserve praise for once we see Midways product.

[KINGDRAMA]

studios will begin to share developing techiniques and methods.
.............Sony is REALLY picking up the pace in other areas as well. things will be even better when the more technical games are launched in 08 and those tools are spread around............I GUESS THE PS3 REALLY IS DEAD!!!LOL.

[ichimaru]

my bad i was referring to pimphand

i say they look same for dirt. that and 6 extra months for graw and an extra year to give oblivion that "shine". but i see whre yur commin from.

[SofaKingReetodded]

is the worst case of MASS DELUSION ever witnessed in the history of mankind. Only in their minds can a NOOB of company like MS outdo one who has won the last two generations by a landslide. Actually landslide is an understatement for how much everyone who has gone up against Sony has been PWNED.

[RonDeMuerte]

That the Dreamcast (much like the 360, although 1 year to be exact) came out like a year and a half before the PS2 (PS3), and it had an installed base around that time of 11 million (much like the 360), and the Dreamcast won (Much like the 360) against the PS2 (PS3) during their first holidays competing against each other, and the Dreamcast went on to be defeated (Much like the 360 will) by the PS2 (PS3).....see...the lesson here kids is....history repeats itself.....hahahahaha......

Oh and just to piss off gnothe1 (Take a look at comment #26...since he actually dares to talk back to his superiors.)

Do you wanna know how else the Dreamcast and the 360 are alike???....well the Dreamcast was the first console to come out last generation, much like the 360 was the first console to come out this generation...and the Dreamcast sold extremely well in the U.S.A, while it did poorly worldwide (Much like the 360 right now).....hahahahaha....aw man this is so much fun....hahahaha.....

[SofaKingReetodded]

those of us who have Ps3's know what it's capable of. I was pretty neutral at the beginning of this generation. I reserved a 360 in xmas 05 and didn't get it because I was working that day and wasn't free till Saturday(two days later). The turds at gamestop went ahead and sold my reserved 360. I was pissed but I was like whatever.I finally bought one in the fall of 06 and was mildly amused with it. I thought Gears was a great game and enjoyed playing it online (until the 12 yr old teamkilling "stfu u b1tch ass nigga" xbots started showing up. In spite of all this I had no ill will against Sony or the playstation brand because I enjoy playing good games no matter what console they are on. Mind you that last gen I was more partial to the xbox because games did run better on it. Even then I knew it could never compete with the playstations game selection. I finally bought a 60gb PS3 in february 07. I already had Fight Night Rd3 for the 360 since I am a big boxing freak and thought this was as good as it was going to get for this title. Then I bought it for PS3(again because I'm a boxing whore) and WHOAH the graphical difference was just amazing. The trunks actually looked like they were made of real cloth and made me realize how CARTOONY the 360 version was. I was hooked, at that point I realized Sony had definitely overtaken the once more powerful xbox brand by a pretty wide margin. It was then that I started to look around internet forums to see what the consensus was with other gamers, only to see what seemed like a well orchestrated campaign to lie about and obfuscate anything related to PS3 and it's games. The rest is console war history. Take it from someone who was partial to the xbox last time around. MS got owned by Sony severely in the console department this time around. Every leap in innovation and computing power requires a new learning curve, the fact that the 360 is pretty much a PC with a logo stamped on it doesn't bode well for it's future.

[astralwerks]

If I'm not mistaken the Dreamcast went down because you could download any game and play them without a modchip. When developers start realizing that they cannot make money they will not publish games for that system. I owned a DC and a PS2, and I played my DC more than the PS2.

[wangdiddy82]

A lot of developers are starting to figure this out.. Not to just port 360 games over to the ps3.. A lot of multi player games are starting to look better on the ps3.. by next year i think all of them will look better on the ps3 or exactly the same as the 360..

[Ri0tSquad]

about time.

[PimpHandHappy]

i remember my buddy beating everything on that game,360. 100%

Not to start a flame war but do we all agree the 360 didnt really try anything that wasnt already done? They made a PC friendly system that just so happens to be where they are strongest.

but they really didnt push the envolpe of what a nextgen machine is IMO.

atleast the PS3 is in the Guiness Book of World records

lol

[TheXgamerLive]

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[dhammalama]

ok brainiac, tell us what the xbox360 did to push the envelope. Did they use a high capacity disc format? no, dvd9.

Did they use cutting edge processor? No, although intel quadcores were already in development they opted to go for a cheaper three core ppc. (not bashing it though)

Actually, they ended up hamstringing the design pioneered by the original xbox by REMOVING the built in hd.

Don't get me wrong, I like my 360. I like 360 games. But I don't think I'd like you, you seem like a fool.

[OpiZA]

After reading that post... I don't think you're the one too comment on Mass Delusion.

[Salvadore]

Where is the Orange Box for the PS3?

[Darkiewonder]

Valve :o

[dhammalama]

:-(

[Maddens Raiders]

@ AcFreeze and his "hearty" belief in Electronic Arts. Damn, I'm having a laugh.

[jackdoe]

Sure. How about Blacksite huh? Don't think your problems are quite over...

[Solid_Skip]

every comp should at least do 1 game for the ps3 as its lead so it can understand the diffs. one year thats all they should need to get use to a system. and they wouldnt have these problems anymore. HINT HINT EA, i use to support this great comp but they have disapponted me with the madden franchise, have no choice but i wish 2k sports could have a shot at the nfl game again, then ea wont have a choice but to make good games.

[Solid_Skip]

every comp should at least do 1 game for the ps3 as its lead so it can understand the diffs. one year thats all they should need to get use to a system. and they wouldnt have these problems anymore. HINT HINT EA, i use to support this great comp but they have disapponted me with the madden franchise, have no choice but i wish 2k sports could have a shot at the nfl game again, then ea wont have a choice but to make good games.

[Solid_Skip]

every comp should at least do 1 game for the ps3 as its lead so it can understand the diffs. one year thats all they should need to get use to a system. and they wouldnt have these problems anymore. HINT HINT EA, i use to support this great comp but they have disapponted me with the madden franchise, have no choice but i wish 2k sports could have a shot at the nfl game again, then ea wont have a choice but to make good games.

[RonDeMuerte]

but i didn't think it was going to evolve to triple posting.....damn...

[gnothe1]

hey RonDe. sega didnt have BILLIONS of dollars to back the dreamcast. they run out of money trying to keep up with sony!! MS on the other hand doesnt have that problem. but as it goes sony is the one that has to prove its self this time around!!

wingdaddy you say alot of PS3 ports are starting to look better on the PS3, when you say ALOT, how did you come to that conclusion!! didnt PES just come out better on the 360 also. please just shut up!!

[RonDeMuerte]

It's really smart for Microsoft to keep supporting a console that's never gonna earn them a f@ckin cent back in profits.....after all they still have to make up for the losses they experienced with the original Xbox....(Much like Sega did, does anybody remember the Sega Saturn???)

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

Meaning, that development on PS3 will get easier once you're no stranger to it.

I mean we all know now that PS3 is different to develop for, so it's natural than the first time around developers are gonna have a step back. But not so much the second or third time around.

If anyone if having trouble with the PS3, please ask Insomniac how to do it.

[kunark]

man i miss the nfl 2k games those was fun was a huge dissapointment when i saw after nfl 2k5 was last nfl game for them. kinda made madden only nfl game to buy from there out..... i liked having a choice wish they would try again give ea some competision

[DrWan]

calm down guys, PS2 came out, and everyone was bashing the hell out of the dev tools...and then what happen?

[segasage]

Are we talking a-Bout Midway?

Hahahaha Come on guys even Konami was having issues..

Are we still talking about MIDWAY?

[ThaGeNeCySt]

cool beans I guess... but I wouldn't put my complete faith in "Midway" of all developers

[HarryEtTubMan]

THINK ABOUT THIS... Midway is Epics biggest publisher.... PS3 is going to be the Lead SKU on all Epic Multiplatfrom games and ofcourse exclusives. More great news for the PS3!

@15.1 & 15.2- I completely agree with you guys and I am a junkbox owner(for now) but will be getting a PS3 soon. Damn. PWNED.

[xc7x]

open world game and PS3 issues fixed at the core,nice

[CaliGamer]

Basically, the PS3 is different and has to be treated as such when developing for it. Due to the differences, there are new things you have to learn to tap into the systems power. If this isn't a no brainer, I don't know what is.
Lesson to all the jacka$$es who have been trolling for bad PS3 news since its inception, look back at the 360 and see if there wasn't a similar difficulty when it first came out.

Lets see what midway has to offer now, I will get excited when I see some results from their alleged "fixing of the issues". Hopefully all the other developers who complain will have to STFU and do their job and make games from now on (VALVE).

[Trebius]

The PS3 is no longer considered hard to develop for, look at all the great first generation PS3 games that have been developed...theres no reason to make such a statement. It's new, just like PS and PS2, but once you get it it's no problem. We're not going to be hearing anymore developers complain about difficult developing for PS3, because now that so many good games have been released, it would make them look weak as developers compared to those who have adapted themselves to the architecture.

[karlostomy]

PS3 development troubles over.

No more excuses fanboys
When PS3 multis and exclusives don;t live up to the 360, please don't blame it on developers.

It is now official

[solidt12]

By 2008 most developers wold have at least put one game on the PS3 and will we'll see most games on time and looking better than anything else. Some developers learn faster than others.

[honorable1]

First what the topic is about, wow an open world game! A part of me wishes it was a blend between Mortal Kombat and the Dynasty Warriors games. It would be cool to fight for the Lin Kui or Shao Khan up against Goro and his people. While in the middle of battle Raiden would descend and start blasting whoever didn't like earth at the time. While Shang Tsung is slowly sucking up countless souls and building his own army. Eh that really didn't do my idea justice but hopefully you can at least get some of the picture.

Now for some posts, I must have misread something I didn't see anywhere that they said that the PS3 is going to be their lead platform. I didn't know companies were saying that we are going to make games for all of you but these are the only ones we care about. Then again it is really late and I could have misread something.

One last thing. I am in school for game development though I really have just started. Anyways do any of you guys know much of anything when it comes to designing games? If you ask me all of them are hard work even simple flash games. It all depends on how many choices you want to give your player. You could take the simplest of engines and make a very complex game out of it. I can only imagine how hard developing for any of the systems or the PC would be hard especially now that Direct X ten is out. That is the new Direct X right, I haven't played my pc games in forever.

[sleepbox]

Funny how every one cares so much about what Midway has to say all-of-the-sudden. They have become the equivalent of Acclaim to video games as one of the worst publisher/developer teams in most cases but the Sony fanboys are putting story after story of the same topic as high as they possibly can.

I would be willing to bet if not for this statement, every Sony fanboy would be bashing Midway as a crap company that makes crap games.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

This isnt totally related to this article...but seemed like a good area to bring up since it was discussing the "tech issues" with the PS3.

My Question: If Sony's Cell processor is so fantastic, why is it NONE of their PC's and Laptops on their own home store offer up the cell processor? EVERY laptop and computer I saw on there was some kind of Intel dual core processor, etc. I mean doesnt it put a little bit of doubt in your mind as to its true functionality and capablility if they arent using it in their own PC/laptop lineup?

I know this is a gasoline filled question...but it really just struck me odd when I was looking at their online shop website and noticed the alarmingly missing processor from the lineup.

[kornbeaner]

its for the same reason you don't see linux installed on a consumer PC.

Just like Linux isn't very user friendly as an OS, the cell processor is not very friendly for developers.

Case in point take the new Intel chips and even the "quad-father" chip set from AMD. Both have very powerful quad-core technology in it yet very few programs take advantage of all four cores, but the key to these chips success have been that you can code for these chips to work just like a dual core or even a single processor without any glaring flaws.

The biggest problem with Cell as seen with the PS3, is that it doesn't take code not written for it very well. The main reason for the $hitty ports. If PC developers have yet to muster any effort on a quad-core PC chipset, how long would it be before they can guanrantee performance of applications for the Cell processor on a Home PC?

and another thing would be in the home PC market you have a bunch of third party hardware that gets put into a machine either by different companies or by the consumers themselves, so now the job of coding has been made even more difficult because not only do the developers have no idea exactly what every consumer has on their machine, but now even hardware companies have to find a way to make their RAM, Video Cards, HDD, Disc roms and other periphals work with the cell. It's just not very friendly to the industry as a whole to try to push cell on the consumer in a market with so many varibles.

I hope that was a good answer to your question.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Thanks for taking the time to answer. :) +bubble for you.

[theoneandonly]

This is just getting stupid and laughable.

Does the SDF force have anything better to do than point to "XBOX bad sales in Japan" ?
What the HELL are they even talking about, and how does that effect the fact 360 has over 288 games out for it now?!?!?

And for the final time, NO, the XBOX360 is FAR from dead in Japan!

http://www.famitsu.com/game...

That is what I do NOT call "dead" whatsoever.

Given the XBOX is newest to the market there, and has 10 times as less games out for it than the Playstation 2 brand & 10 times as less role playing games.......4000-5000 units a week is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

The Game Boy Advance is close to dead. The 360, is out-selling it by over 14 times EVERY WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, amazingly the XBOX360 is actually doing pretty damn well for the less games it has in JAPAN of all places.

Its doing FAR, FAR better than was expected for that matter.

Hell, that week it was only 5000 behind the Playstation 3!!!!

So what does it do to constantly bash them in JAPAN!?!?? Its no different than the PS3's terrible sales in Europe until the pricecut bundle packages made them rise up again.

Just give it a rest. "THE" Xbox360 is NEVER leaving Japan at all, and people are actually getting more interested in the system as before it would barely sell 500 units a week or 300 back when it was called "XBOX

In fact, this is the first time many Japanese students have even HEARD of the XBOX360 and they are getting more and more interested in its games. That is a success, no matter which way you cut it.

The PLAYSTATION 3 with all its hype, is who is really doing a bit lackluster. Dear lord, it should be destroying the WII!!!!!!!!! Based on the thousand plus games it has out on the PS2 and SONY brand, the PS3 should be selling 75,000 a week at least and be wrecking the Nintendo DS!!!!!!!

ITS NOT. The PS3 is more of a lackluster performance in JAPAN given how "POWERFUL" it is and, hell whats going to happen? Is it going to pass 75K once FF13 comes out? Will it last for a month?

Meanwhile, the XBOX360 just slowly keeps chugging along and people are playing the system and loving it in JAPAN. Attitudes there are gradually improving to accept a game regardless who made it, besides FPS games and you see that by strong sales of ELDER SCROLLS 4.

I don't see "360" dropping to single digits at all in Japan unless it had ZERO games out!

Ace Combat 6 and a bunch of others are coming out next, and Lost Odyssey who knows how many units that will sell a week for a while!!

Personally I could care less, just as long as the 360 succeeds in JAPAN at the end of the day which I believe it will since people like it and one day they could be on top. Great games and fun games. =)

[kornbeaner]

your name must refer to how many bubbles you got left.