Bioware: PS3 Mass Effect 3 a 'good guess'

Bioware has hinted that the final game in the Mass Effect trilogy may be available on the PlayStation 3, alongside the Xbox 360 and PC.

When asked whether future Mass Effect titles would be appearing on Sony's PS3 Bioware CEO, Dr Ray Muzyka indicated that it would be a "good guess".

[Newtype]

Why would it not be on the PS3?

[NYC_Gamer]

the series will end on all 3 platforms...and might be released at same time

[nygamer28]

i hope you dont mean the wii?

[ThaGeNeCySt]

think he means 360/PS3/PC

[yewles1]

So PC's not a platform all of a sudden?

[scott182]

The wii version would be interesting to see, barf.....

[R2D2]

Why give the PS3 fans a great game like ME2 only to have them not experinace the next one.

My only guess is that MS will use there 3 month exclusive tactic which I hate about MS.

Edit: @ below you are correct sir but that does not mean that the PS3 cant get a ME3 Sigma on the same day as ME3 360 - It all depneds on how far in development ME3 and how well ME2 is received by the PS3 fans.

[Kastanaras]

Microsoft has the publishing rights for all 3 games. Like ME2 you won't see ME3 on PS3 till after it's released on 360.

[LionheartAce]

Microsoft only held the publishing rights to the first Mass Effect at the time. BioWare is owned by EA now so they own publishing rights to all of them, including the first on PC. So the probability of a time exclusive is down to EA - which is unlikely considering the partnership they have with Sony. Which is why they more than likely thought to bringing it over to PS3.

[SeanRL]

He meant all three actual next gen platforms.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

EA owns the IP as a Publisher, not Microsoft.

And yeah, ME3 is coming for PS3 too.

[AtatakaiSamurai]

the nintendo DS has a version ea is working on... you didn't hear that from me :X

I'm disappointed w/ these guys article. Stating the obvious for a rather blah write out. Ofcourse ME3 will be on the PS3.

A more interesting article and headline would have been "Mass Effect3 exclusive on the PS3?" always have to put that question mark in there you know cause it looks so pretty that why it's always done on n4g titles *sigh*

[0mega4]

EA will release all three at the same time as they do not have any exclusivitivty contacts with xbox.

and by releasing them on all three
will maximize there sales and profit

i expect if they make me 2 better than it was on xbox
and do what they've recently been doing by giving the ps3 versions more content

that the ps3 version of me3 will out sell the 360 version

as die hard fans will want the best console experience they can get if they do not have access to a computer

[Commander_TK]

the publishing rights to 1st 1 only, that´s why it isn´t PS3. Just like Nintendo owns the rights for GoldenEye 007

[AlienFodder]

Because BioWare could decide to pull a Ubisoft on PS3 owners. Ubisoft started releasing the Splinter Cell games on the Playstation as well as the 360until they suddenly changed their minds this year with Conviction.

[Shazz]

makes sense i mean the console ONLY DOES EVERYTHING .

[2FootYard]

It has never rolled me a joint.

[thedisagreefairy]

ask nicely enough

[ThaGeNeCySt]

Of course it will be... why wouldn't it? lol

[jdktech2010]

I figured they would release just two and leave 1 and 3 out of it.....teasing PS3 owners and saying to get the whole picture you have to get a 360......

Seriously, why wouldn't it be? Really newsworthy here people?

[AgileNate]

That happened last generation of consoles with Onimusha on the xbox :P

[Shazz]

doubtful EA do that though i mean have you seen what they have done with ps3 over the last year and next year , exclusive dlc and nearly if not all there games are developed on ps3 now and with mass effect the reality is that 500k in sales makes it worth the effort bringing it too ps3

[TheTeam06]

Happened to Metal Gear Solid 2 on the Xbox.

Still, that wasn't EA. EA not only has a good relationship with Sony, but they are pretty anti-exclusive. They'll try to make any game they have part in a release on as many platforms as possible and if not, they'll make their own version of an exclusive game (Dante's Inferno).

[Stealth20k]

Of course ME 3 will be multi plat. That was the real implication of the ME 2 announcement

[Shazz]

damn just thinking i will be playing mass effect 2 and added dlc and also be playing deadspace 2 and extraction all in january , DANG

[USEYOURFIST]

yep jan-march is the new xmas period it seems

[Bellcross]

It would be dumb if they didn't.

[Acquiescence]

Imagine only having the second game in the series on the PS3. Would look totally random.

[Nac]

I would be trying my hardest to lock up ME3, at least for a couple of years.

[ER-AM]

I seriously doubt MS has the money to do that. They will probably go exclusive DLC though.

[DrillaKid]

That would be difficult since it's EA we're talking about here - they don't do exclusives and they have a close relationship with Sony (which isnt recent btw but extends all the way back to the PS1 when EA became the first publisher to back Sony and its new console).

Fact is that if EA had it their way ME2 wouldve had a simultaneous release on all 3 formats back in January.

[thief]

They should make Mass Effect 3 exclusive to PS3. Hardly anyone buys Mass Effect on the 360, and most of the non-Halo crowd is likely to switch to PS3 anyway by 2011 as the PS3 has about 15 awesome exclusives next year while the 360 has maybe one?

[George Sears]

Well EA is on board now so I highly doubt this. Not to mention that the franchise started on the 360. Tbh if it wasn't for it's success on the console there wouldn't even be a Mass Effect 3.

[Hades1337]

Are you having a laugh? Seriously, your comment is so retarded isn't even worth arguing.

[Mista T]

you are an idiot, ME2 sold 500k copies day 1, and to this day its sold 2 million on xbox 360 alone

[ER-AM]

The only thing that annoys me is that now it seems unlikely that there will be a Mass Effect: Complete for the PS3, ala Ninja Gaiden: Sigma, with all 3 games.

Anyone who didn't figure that Mass Effect 3 will also be coming to the PS3 after the announcement must need to be told that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. The only real question is if it will launch at the same time or not, because I seriously doubt MS has the money to buy exclusivity for this. They will probably go the exclusive DLC route though.

[George Sears]

I wonder if Bioware will call Mass Effect 2 on PS3 well, Mass Effect 2.

Most likely a subtitle perhaps?

[iammason]

What I'm trying to say here is I hope they don't rule out your actions from Mass Effect 1 for the next installment. I mean, what if they say "screw your choices from the first game. the PS3 owners won't get it, so we'll keep them out of sight, out of mind."

I really hope BioWare does focus more on the 360/PC version of ME3 more for that reason before bringing the third one to PS3.

[LevDog]

Heck If they wanted to take the time.. Now that they have the blu ray to work with.. Why not throw ME1 on the same disc as ME2? You know just for fun..

Since they have all the space now.. They are gonna be like.. Ummmm we made a 9 gig game when we could have made a 50 gig game with PS3?

Shoulda done this sooner.. Lets Roll

[Nac]

They could be waiting to see how the series is going to do on the PS3 before they bring the third entry over, no use in making it multi-plat if people arent going to buy it.

[Acquiescence]

then shit's gonna get real. Mark my words.

[mrmikew2018]

Yea I'm pretty sure MS is going throw huge duffel bags of money to assure that ME 3 is release first on the Xbox 360 or make some type of deal with Bioware that if the consumer buy the 360 version they will get an exclusive world(something of that sort) not found on the PS3 or PC versions.

I strongly believe MS should focus on first party studios, third party developers are starting to jump ship to other platforms, just like they did with the PS3.

[Wolf873]

It makes sense to put it out for PS3 as well. But I'm wondering how they'll be titled for PS3. Is ME-2 going to be called ME-1 on PS3 and so forth?

[Sizzon]

It's coming.

[saimcheeda]

same thing happened with Bioshock, they released the other version after a year and the sequel simultaneously!

[CheesySnow]

I REALLY love my PS3, especially with Move coming, but I think I'm going to play the series on the X-Box 360. A lot of the experience for me was seeing the results of your actions from Mass Effect 1, and I want that feature for the 3rd as well.