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Activision: PS3 Development Not a Problem

Activision has stated that, while other companies may be struggling to develop for the PlayStation 3, it has no such problem.

Speaking to investors during Activision's earnings conference call for the financial quarter ending 31/12/07, Michael J. Griffith, president & CEO of Activision's Publishing Unit, said:

"What you are seeing with many publishers is they are unable to simultaneously develop and launch on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Instead, they develop and release one SKU at a time or they simply don't release a PS3 SKU at all. Call of Duty 4 represents the best-in-class next-generation development, making it the number one selling title of all time on the PS3."

"Over the past year, our central technology group has created a proprietary set of tools for next-gen development that has enabled our developers to address the challenging PS3 architecture in efficient ways. Our tools allow us to identify performance bottlenecks in the PS3 and focus our effort in a targeted way to improve performance that would otherwise without these tools simply be a trial-and-error approach."

While Griffith is clearly trying to send out the message that Activision is on top of developing for the PS3, the phrases "challenging PS3 architecture" and "performance bottlenecks in the PS3" still stand out.

Griffith also noted the PS3 as "a technically challenging platform where many continue to struggle".

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Violater6353d ago

the remotely negative term would be a standout

ionace6353d ago

Nothing is perfect .. thats my way of looking at it. some of the most difficult things to use make for the best results.

avacadosnorkel6353d ago

with all the extra room on the disc, all PS3 owners get is a couple extra players in multiplayer?

dude_uk6353d ago

dude if u are too dumb to post this sh1t don't even post it...

its not up to disc space (off course thats also a factor)
but its the DEVS THAT CHOSE what to put in each version of the game for the different consoles

mighty_douche6353d ago

Some have problems, some dont, why dont they share??

Kleptic6353d ago

SCE's development empire shares everything in house...and has tools available for free now to third parties (part of the EDGE kit pioneered with Naughty Dog, Insomniac, and Guerrilla)...

that is one reason that all first party stuff looks light years ahead of most 3rd party games...save CoD 4 and UTIII...

not sure how 3rd parties handle it...I guess that is where middleware like UE3 comes in...but pretty much no developers have done good things with that, except for 2k and Epic...

timmyp536353d ago

Infantry Ward I wonder how easy it is to get help from Sony's ninjas. I always see special thanks to to guerilla games and stuff so I know some struggling developers can get a hand from some 1st party developers If they ask. All i know for sure is whatever they do they have to weane off the ports ASAP.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Coming to Game Pass July 24

Everything you need to know about Modern Warfare III coming to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

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darthv72343d ago (Edited 343d ago )

Will be interesting to see what sort of numbers GP users draw in come tomorrow. It is believed that this is one many have been waiting for.

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thesoftware730342d ago

Darth,

That is not accurate; this game is old, and most people who want it have already bought it. You might get a small number of subs, but we will mostly see a good influx of players(not new subs) from people with Game Pass who will try it, which is what happened with D4.

CoD: BO 6 will be the test for actual sub numbers.

darthv72342d ago

That's fair... seeing as many have been saying they want CoD in GP. My comment was more of , now that its here... what can it do. Im sure there will be other titles in the franchise that will either entice or turn off different users.

Bathyj342d ago

No one's buying a console and signing up for a monthly bill just to get this game to avoid buying it. That's ridiculous. Besides everyone bagged the crap out of this on release for the 4 hour campaign.

andy85342d ago

Sweet. Never got round to it on release. I'll give the campaign a go

chicken_in_the_corn341d ago

Severly underrated game. Big improvement over 2.

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC439d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (2023) Review - Jump Dash Roll

Call Of Duty is back with its yearly instalment, but is Modern Warfare 3 breaking new ground, or just a lazy cash grab? The answer may not surprise you in today's review from JDR.

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