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Witcher 3 No Longer Coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 — Good or Bad Idea?

The team at CD Project Red is working hard to deliver the greatest chapter of Witcher yet—but only for the new, current-gen systems. The company recently explained why they have decided to leave Xbox 360 and PS3 behind for this development journey.

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zeal0us3807d ago

Good idea imho. Even making a downgraded version cost money and time. No telling how many 360 disc it would've took to put the whole game up there. Disc swapping was one of things I hated about last generation. It was pain especially when playing games like Star Ocean or ME2&3 and having switch disc just to go back to a previous area.

mikeslemonade3807d ago

Good!

This decision was made for the gamers. It would have been strictly a business decision if they made it for the last-gen systems.

decrypt3807d ago (Edited 3807d ago )

Well even from a business perspective they are developing the game for X86 only i would guess making it for last gen systems would cost them time and money.

Though its a good decision leaving out the last gen systems. Specially with PC being lead platform i would think all platforms will be maxed out.

BattleAxe3807d ago

Yeah, real smart decision not to sell a game on 160 million combined systems between the 360 and PS3. You guys are complete idiots...

EVILDEAD3603807d ago

Great idea. CD red as a small team deserves to shine with the best versions of the game they can make on consoles. W2 was amazing on the 360, can't wait to play this on X1.

Evil

CapsLocke3807d ago

If it'd be made for a gamers it would come only for PC. Because PC gamers are an elite gamers.

Eyeco3807d ago (Edited 3807d ago )

@Battleaxe

7th gen isn't going to last for ever, 2015 is most likely going to be the last year we see a big multi-platform cross-gen game, It's an inevitable procedure, to slowly phase out the older systems, 2014 is probably the last year I'm going to spend with the 7th gen consoles, before I move on to 8th gen.

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AngelicIceDiamond3807d ago (Edited 3807d ago )

The titles making it sound like the game was already announced to be on current gen, but not anymore. From my understanding this game was never coming to current gen.

Anyway.

Blurry textures, downsized world, sub HD, uglier character models, cutbacks and compressed textures, strenuous and hard optimizations jaggies everywhere and overall poorer version on current gen. Plus If the game was on current gen, the next gen would suffer. The current gen would hold back next gen.

alexkoepp3807d ago

Cross gen stuff just sucks for the most part thus far, they hold back their potential in favor of higher profits... and watch dogs will be no different

DigitalAnalog3807d ago (Edited 3807d ago )

I don't think this game would be possible on the 360/PS3. Witcher 2 was very linear compared to the first and even that had to downgrade the resolution on the 360 in order for it to work.

This game now has the landmass bigger than Skyrim and with this kind of visual fidelity? Nah uh, don't think it would be possible unless they really, REALLY toned down the effects and resolution that it would look like a PSP game in comparison.

Xer0_SiN3807d ago

its whats best for business.

starchild3807d ago

Uh, as far as I know it was never coming for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Even going back to when it was announced it was only stated to be coming for PC, XB1 and PS4.

showtimefolks3807d ago

Kojima needs to do the same for MGS5
Bungie needs to do the same for Destiny

CD Red Project once again prove they are all for gamers, we don't need last gen copies of games only meant to be played on next gen consoles. Put those resources to better use and for more polished game

Great idea

maybe its asking too much, but here is hoping both xbox one and ps4 will get witcehr 1-2 combo collection with all the dlc etc,(i know very slim chances but one can hope)

jessupj3807d ago

This decision makes me very happy. The scope of the game won't be limited.

I've played the first 2 on my PC, but I wonder if CD Project Red would have an ultimate bundle that included all 3 games for the ps owners that missed out.

Would be nice to revisit with my DS4 on my couch while getting a few extra trophies.

JsonHenry3807d ago

Great idea. The other platforms won't be held back and they won't have to split up the dev team between so many platforms.

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MrSwankSinatra3807d ago

i don't even remember CD projekt red announcing this game for PS3 & 360.

GamersHeaven3807d ago

Same thought it was only for next gen platforms.

Lon3wolf3807d ago

Same as, there was never a ps3/360 version planned from reports ages ago, they said they would rather put the resources into the new consoles/PC only. Shame for people that are not buying a new console or don't have a PC that can play the game.

Murad3807d ago

But then again, you have to think about it. There's still plenty of PS3 titles to play or Xbox 360 and hell the indie market for PC is just spurring with new games and even some that make a mockery out of triple A titles.

cloud 2793807d ago

@Murad, CDPR is PC only game developer, just recently they have ventured in the console space. With the game releasing on XB1 and PS4 this allows them to release the game simultaneously(due to similarity of architecture), instead of releasing the PC first and then console versions. Also CDPR hasn't developed a PS3 game, so will they spend time & money to develop the game for PS3? The console has 80 Mil sales, but how much will that be in sales for witcher 3? I think this is the best decision by them to have a simultaneous release & move on to future projects instead of spending time on the other versions

yewles13807d ago

When was it ever thought to be on PS360?

Subby3807d ago

It was never coming to PS3 and 360 and development began for the PC/PS4/X1 only. Misinformed title..

RedSoakedSponge3807d ago

brilliant idea! making last gen versions can only hinder current gen versions imo. concentrate on the new tech!

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 16h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18220h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie11h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere2h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin7h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere2h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX23h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno22h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno20h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii7h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno6h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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