More BioShock PS3 Details Emerge From EGM

Did you hear? BioShock is coming to the PlayStation 3. We're totally 100% sure of it, because the announcement made not only the cover of PSM3 magazine, but local favorite EGM as well. BioShock is featured prominently-but not as prominently as Gears of War 2-in the mag's July issue and helps to explain why PSM3 said it's "better on PS3."

[yesah]

sweet, another great game.

[lessthanmarcus]

...there would seriously be no reason to own a 360.

[ukilnme]

@ lessthanmarcus

You are blind. Gears is on the PC. There are many reasons to own a 360 but spelling them out to you would be a waste of time.

[m9105826]

Every 360 game I've wanted has come to PC, thus I don't have a 360.

[m9105826]

What did you disagree with? The fact that every 360 game i wanted came to the PC, or the fact that I don't have a 360. By all means, please prove me wrong.

[Bubble Buddy]

PS3 getting all the old 360 exclusives. PS3 games seem to be bashed more at reviews than 360's sadly. Anyone want to bet a bubble Bioshock for PS3 will score lower than 360's? :p

[DiabloRising]

Who cares? Reviews are opinion, not fact. Form your own, not some arbitrary and totally random, nonuniversal scoring system. Use a review to inform, not to judge. That's where people trip up.

But yes, the I hate PS3 bias from the media is still heavy, sadly. I just can't wait to see what extras we get, and how substantial they are.

[J@D]

Exactly... someone people take the reviews as some kind of dogma . They can help u out (sometimes) but on the end it is ur money. Spend it on whatever u want IF u want... then go for it!

^__^

[Aclay]

Bioshock was not a Xbox 360 Exclusive game because it was released on the PC as well. Exclusive means that it's only one ONE console.

At least the PS3 actually have exclusives and THEY STAY EXCLUSIVE.

[AlterEgo]

doesn't matter.

its like this:

when the regular joe walks into the store, he sees ps3, he sees 360.

he kind of wants a ps3, but he's heard about bioshock...available only on 360.

then he looks and sees it, along with lost planet and saints row 2 on the ps3 shelf...

he makes a decision

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bottom line is...the more exclusives 360 loses, just gives regular joes (meaning people not beasting on the internet like us regulars) ONE less reason to buy one.

they don't know how it performs on one system or another, they don't know the review scores, they don't know wtf 720p as opposed to 556p is, they don't know which version has 2X AA or not...

they see PS3-Bioshock, and they see 360-Bioshock.

they have a ps2 already...chances are, they're gonna go for the PS3 and its copy of Bioshock to go with it.

[Aclay]

I never considered Bioshock a must have game title, but I guess it's cool that it's coming to the PS3. Plus, the PS3 version was said to have better graphics as well as the extra content, so that's a plus.

2K Games should have released the game on the PS3 last year when it launched on the Xbox 360 anyways, and Bioshock 2 had better be coming out on the PS3 Q3-Q4 2009 just like the Xbox 360 version too.

I'm subscribed to EGM and I look forward to reading about it in the new issue.

[thenickel]

Hey nice post and very well said!

[badz149]

I second bubble on this matter! we can simply say like you said, "who cares??" but the fact is, it happened and is going to happen again with Bioshock regardless how great it was on 360! this just shows how corrupted are most of the major review sites these days! sadly, uninform people and a lot of gamers alike might trust them as a good source of info prior to their purchases but not many of them knew how corrupted they have gotten these days!! for me, I'll only trust PS mags for PS3 games - whether they're exclusives or not.

[themyk]

well lets see we'll get all of your DLC. it well fit our screens the way it was meant to. and well probably have improved visuals. so if it gets lower scores, than it's most likely the reviewers showing obvious bias.

[n to the b]

sadly, I think you're right that many PS2 owners will overlook the 360 based solely on their familiarity with sony. that's too bad because the 360 still has some great experiences you can't get on the PS3, that are at least worth consideration...

@badz149:

yes that's really smart go ahead and trust the playstation-branded reviews of playstation software...

[interrergator]

u never kno kuz oblivion was better on ps3 and reviews dont mean evrything

[heroman711]

ummm if they get bashed so much than y is the ps3 review average more than 360s ?
here is my proof http://www.ps3fanboy.com/20...
and if u still don't believe me and are one of those rabid fanboys and say that it was from a playstation site so probably all bs, then look at the bottom where it says via kotaku

[Whoooop]

I expect to see POG in this one.....

POW.. Where are you buddy???

[Tmac]

Buying a PS3 in time for MGS4.

[PLiPhaze]

Dayum!! Give him a chance he still has to log out of his "theMart" account :-p

[themyk]

now that sh1t was funny

[OldGamer]

Because I don't own a 360. I was always interested in it.
But I'm looking forward to playing it now.

Thanx!

[Lord_Ash]

You should, it's a great game. I have to see if this is going to be worth buying again, I doubt that I will do it since allot of great games are coming by that time.

[g3nkie]

Same here man. I played the demo on the PC when it was first released but never bought it because theirs been all this talk about a PS3 version. Looking like its actually true now.

[bootsielon]

Get out of your cave

Edit:

You guys (and girls) speak truth, bubbles for you all.

[Tmac]

He's to comfortable in the sanitarium, leave him be. You don't want Damage Control 2.0. to come out do you?

[juuken]

Leave him be. We don't want him sprouting more stupidity.

[steck67]

"He's to comfortable in the sanitarium, leave him be." lol

[Obama]

haha prisoner of Green. Good one. He's going to come in and sound like a sore loser.

[rawd]

He's busy wanking to Obama nudes

[BigBaehr]

All those 360 fanboys feel mighty stupid now. They were preaching for weeks that it wasn't coming to the Ps3. Well guess what... it is, ha.

[juuken]

With better graphics included. :D

[thenickel]

Yeah it is and it looks like alot of games are going multiplatform from PS3 also so whats your point? Just be glad your getting the game on PS3 and shut it already.

[solidt12]

I bet it will have rewards.

[dan-boy]

it better seeing as it's arriving a year AFTER the 360 version! but that's not always true, lost planet came a year after the 360 version, and looked worse.

[princejb134]

buying this for sure

[bootsielon]

Bioshock, and probably Mass Effect now that EA bought Bioware. I hope Dead Rising makes its way to PS3, too.

[OOG]

Highly recommend Bioshock....Great game and probably the best atmosphere I have seen in a next gen game so far.....makes you actually feel like the city could have been real.....awesome artstyle

[BigBaehr]

Sony is practically getting 360 exclusives thrown at them, because the 360 devs kno there is no future in that thing they call a console.

[fenderputty]

Why is this crap even allowed? Fanboy crap. The 360 does more then fine as far as software sales are concerned.

Jesus ... why can't you just be happy you're getting a good game to play? I know I am, but I'm not acting like a total prick about it.

[EZCheez]

Don't waste your time.

People like this aren't even worth the energy you used to type that. They would rather use this as some sort of positive PS3 propaganda than good news for people that like good video games. It's a great game and we should just be happy it will soon be available on the PS3 as well. End of discussion.

[AppleSlime]

I had started playing it on the 360, but only got through the first couple hours...Then the orange box pretty much consumed me.

Definitely buying this the day it drops

[Says you]

Have that they keep chanting about? considering there just twisting the term "Exclusive" in there own way and well lets face it Gears of War 2 is just going to end up like the first one and just like this game and the only real exclusives that I know of is DOA Ninja Gaiden 2 Fable 2

PS3=Real Exclusives variety engines variety games

XBox 360=Unreal Engine 3 FPS system Multiplatform games

[dan-boy]

coz you talk crap.

"PS3=Real Exclusives variety engines variety games"

"XBox 360=Unreal Engine 3 FPS system Multiplatform games"

lol you do know bioshock is a fps?? and did'nt the sony europe boss just say that the ps3 is the new fps console??? anyway, where are all the rpg's and variety on the ps3? all you have is driving/shooting and action games...oh except for the single platformer and single lara croft style game. apart from that, the genres are limited to say the least.....that's why the sony faithful are applauding bioshock coming to the ps3.

[dragunrising]

Bubbles for you. Some people need a bull whip to the face. Seriously though...why is Bioshock so important to PS3 users, a year after release? These are the same people that discounted the Game of the Year as nothing more than another FPS on Xbox and PC; furthermore it was argued that Bioshock wasn't an exclusive because "millions of PS3 users" could play it on their PC's. I guess a lot of people with PS3's didn't play it on their computers, because they came out of the closet about their secret....they never played the game because a) it was on Xbox (it must be shunned) and b) they didn't have good enough PC's as they said they did. A year old port for full price is nothing to gloat over. The exact same experience can be had w/ all enhancements built in on the Xbox and PC for $30...And for those of you claiming the PS3 version will be superior, read the fine print. Superior is often used to refer to a port that has all the updates of the original...with the original being sans updates at retail. If you graphic affectionados on the PS3 are so concerned with graphics, buy it on the PC.

[ActionBastard]

My 360 buddy is always saying how great this game is. How the experience was one of the best he's had in gaming. Of course, the game probably sucks now that it is on PS3. Since this news was announced, I've seen countless "BioShock is so last year" comments from angry 360 owners. Regardless, I'll check out the "better" version.

[solidt12]

I have a PS3 and a 360 and this game for me was the best game I played all year but this year we have MGS4, and last years best. How about, and don't forget Resistance 2. 2008 will be the best and 2009 will kick off with a BANg with Killzone 2. I feel sorry for those who can't buy a PS3 this year.

[themyk]

agreed. i mean if you havn't bought a "next" gen console yet. why would you not want it to be the ps3. i mean really. any educated gamer making this decision is obviously going to take the ps3.

[Ace Ventura]

LOL PS3 is going to destroy the FLOPbox.

[DJ]

It was one of the best PC/360 titles of '07, so I'm pretty stoked. =D

[Figboy]

these kinds of decisions are difficult.

but i imagine they are even harder for the guy that DOESN'T have either.

i mean, look at it this way; consumer Joe walks into the store, looking to get in on all this HD hoopla. he's already bought the HDTV, so now he's looking for a console to show it off.

on one hand, you have the X Box 360.

it's top games are:

Bioshock
Gears of War
Halo 3
Mass Effect
Eternal Sonata

plus some really good multi-plats.

it's upcoming top games are:
Ninja Gaiden 2
Fable 2
Too Human
Alan Wake (2009)
Banjo and Kazooie
Halo Wars
Bioshock 2 (2009)
Mass Effect 2 (?? maybe 2009?)

and on the other hand, you have the Playstation 3.

it's top games are:

Resistance: Fall of Man
Motorstorm
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Warhawk
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet and Clank Future
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

plus some really good multi-plats.

it's upcoming top games/features are:
Metal Gear Solid 4
Little Big Planet
Eternal Sonata
Bioshock (with extra content and features)
Wipeout HD
SOCOM: Confrontation
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Resistance 2
God of War 3 (2009)
White Knight Story (2009)
LA Noire (2009)
Heavy Rain (2009)
Killzone 2 (2009)
Final Fantasy XIII (2009)
Playstation HOME
and it's possible Mass Effect 2 (with EA owning Bioware now, it's highly likely)

considering that some of the most praised and talked about 360 games are now coming to the PS3 (from Bioshock, to Eternal Sonata, and possibly Mass Effect 2 and 3), i think it's kind of obvious which console Joe may find more appetizing. especially coupled with the fact that the PS3 is also a kick@ss Blu Ray player (Iron Man on Blu Ray, anyone?).

i'm not saying the 360 has a "weak" lineup of games. far from it. i'll own every single one of those games i listed above outside of Gears of War 2 (i just couldn't get into that game, maybe i'll give the first one another chance, just to be 100% certain), just that, as far as quality and variety, the PS3 has all those bases covered, and then some.

i'll be picking up Bioshock for my PS3, for the extra content and features (here's hoping for some good HOME support), but my 360 will be getting some love also.

i'll probably be done with Haze by the time Ninja Gaiden 2 hits. and against my better judgment (Sigma pissed me off so much...but i couldn't stop playing it), that i may actually buy NG2. it just looks so bad@ss. NG2 will tide me over for the few short days until MGS4 hits, then MGS4 will keep me busy for June, and i'll probably go back to beating my few 360 and PS2 and PS3 titles that i haven't beaten since i got sucked into GTAIV last month.

being a multi-console owner is simply the best way to go. it's costly, don't get me wrong, but you get to enjoy so many more excellent games that way.

my current problem is trying to put aside the money to be able to afford all those games i listed above, and all the multi-plats coming out also (ie, Fallout 3 is on my must buy list, as is Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Lego Batman and Lego Indiana Jones, and so many more i don't even want to THINK about how much money i'm going to spend on games this year!).

[Bebedora]

of Bioshock coming to the PS3. I know 'ages' ago when I got a PM from someone in here telling me they are working on it. He made some good points that it really was something in the works. Just can't remember who it was in here...

[JoelR]

do you mean this from the PC Demo config file? (notice the PS3 after the comma?)

config.ini

[Console]

Console (XBox360, PS3) specific settings

StreamingDynamicFloatingLimit :

If this is a positive number, then instead of using the fixed per-level limits, the StreamingDynamic resource will use as much memory as is available as long as the total memory allocated by the game is less than the specified number. In other words, StreamingDynamic will grow and shrink to fit to the available memory instead of being locked to a fixed budget StreamingDynamicFloatingLimit= 500

[Bebedora]

Ok, I can get the concept of streamingdynamic. Sort of allocating/freeing mem as you go to fit a certain situation? Thanks for the info though. :)

Hmm. No actually not. He was referring to sources of inside nature working on PS3 code. Like he was one with the know-how of the actual work. But when you mention that about the .ini file, I recall this being mentioned in here as well. I have erased all my PM:s for a few weeks back, so I cannot quote him. :(

[xaphanze]

I hope they dont give it low scores for having ''outdated graphics''.The media and their bull.

[Dacapn]

Outdated? Bioshock still looks better than half the sh1t on the market.

[badz149]

you can actually expect thing to turn out like that! I'll give some example from (f**ckin')IGN. R6V, GRAW2, SC:double agent and Lost Planet. the exact same games ported later to PS3 from 360 and got lower scores by a margin! Lost Planet on PS3 came with all the extra which needed to be downloaded in 360 and PC version and a slightly improve graphic but IGN canned it as $HIT just because the game feels just like the original one on 360! I think Bioshock will get at least 1.5 points lower than the one on 360! you heard it here first!!

[xaphanze]

I know.I meant the media :).

[Deadpool101]

im a 360 owner and personally im glad you PS3 guys are gonna get to play this. Its easily one of the best games to come out for ages and its great that more gamers will get to enjoy it. Lets try and get passed the fanboy rubbish, yes the ps3 version will have better graphics and more content but then what else would you expect? Its an older title and the developers need to make sure it doesnt look out of date when its released, its what happend when Virtua Fighter 5 came to the 360, we got it later so they added stuff to it. I have not problem with games going multi format, without it i wouldn't have vf5, gta4 and dmc4. Lets just leave the console war at home today and just be happy more people are getting to play more great games no matter what console they've chosen :)

[Sovannah Phum]

so much for the douchebag from thebitbag denying it like he controlled the destiny of bioshock.

[G1L]

I remeber when it came out for 360/pc, I really wanted to play it. As I don't have a 360 I decided to give it a go on the pc, just to find out my gfx card (ATI Radeon 9800 pro), couldn't handle the shaders (my gfx card has 2.0 pixel shader which is not supported by the game engine). I was truly disappointed. But now it's good 2 see 2k games reconsidered and We're finnaly getting to play one of the best games out there :D
Cheers :D

[STARS]

LOL, pwnd.

[Lumbo]

Already had it on PC, but i might consider buying it for PS3 as it has less activation BS than the heavily DRM infected PC version.

I even went and downloaded a no-cd version from the warez sources to use with my bought copy...

[SL1M DADDY]

Getting back to Rapture and killing some crazy psychos. Traded the 360 version in for something a while back and look forward to seeing what they have in store for the PS3 version. As for reviews... Yeah they will be worse for the PS3 version but as most multiplatformers know, the reviews are all bias and amount to little.

[celticlonewolf]

Add some stuff for the ps3 version or atleast bring it out at a cheaper price than 59 cause the 360 version is now at 39 thats 20 bucks diff.

[dauden]

I played the game for some hours on PC, and it really bored me. I will not purchase this for my PS3, but it's great news for all that want to try it out none the less.

[Delive]

Seemed to be a good game, but the lack of ANY online multiplayer or Co-op sorta soured the deal for me. If the extra content includes that, then I'll be more interested.

This does not mean Co-op and Multiplayer are required. I bought and Loved Drakes Fortune and I am playing the original Fable now preparing for the sequel.

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

Be WARNED About this cross platform endeavor!!!
I'm getting sick of this SH*t!!!
All these letdowns!
Do you know your Sh*t on PS3??2k Boston??

2k Boston do you guys understand parallel PS3/RSX!!!
You better!
Remember These guys are cross platform PC360 developers! and guess what they are not Cell and Parallel inclined and so with this in mind; the game might turn out to tarnish the PS3's reputation once again with these horrid PC/360 lead ports to PS3's complex technology and so be WARNED!!!

Im sick of these people making quick ports and them turning out to be SH*t ,the list is building,,Haze is one of them!!!
You've all been warned porting from PC360 old tech to PS3 can get ugly!!!!
Learn Cell/RSX guys,or this could be a mess! Cross your fingers!!!!!

It would appear allot of Cross platform game made with PC/360 last gen engines/tools ported to Cell/RSX have came out mediocre!!!Low def.Be Warned!
We need PS'3 leads and exclusives not hand me downs(hand me downs are for 360 and PC!)!!!!
Its a new Paradigm learn it!!!

[yesah]

easy on the punctuation

[Mozilla89]

lol at Kotaku trying to make downplay the whole thing by saying the extra ps3 stuff is probably just educated guess work.

[Perverted]

It can't get much worse in my mind....I really hated the game...Just an opinion...(awaits MANY disagrees).
But then lots of people loved it and it got good reviews so you should all check it out and you'll probably like it. Enjoy.

[iconic blade]

bioshock is a good game but not as good as the media made ot.great graphics and art style with average combat.

you will only play through it once,and it is not challenging either,dunno why some people are making a big fuss over a year old game getting ported over to ps3.

i really dont think 360 owners are bothered about a game going over to ps3 which they dont play anymore

[n00bPwner]

the guy with the stupid Irish accent is actually the bad guy; not your friend. It's a fake accent!!!!

HAHAhaHAHAHahahAHAHAHahahAHA ENJOY!

[Tmac]

Dude, the mods will permaban your ip address if your gonna give out spoilers. I'll make sure of it.

[Ace Ventura]

Here's a tissue, jealous.

[n00bPwner]

DUHHHHHHHH, everyone knows this already. It's like how Snake won't die at the end of MGS4 since Kojima says there will be an MGS5, even though he said no more MGS for the passed three games LLOLOLOOL!

[funkycoldmedina]

I've played the PC demo when it released a while ago, but my GF 7800GT videocard wasn't up to the graphics challenge. I played through it again a couple days ago just to test two GF 8800GT SLI and the game looks good. The gameplay itself was alright. I do like the environment interaction, like electrifying the water around the foes feet then wrenching them when they're stunned. I thought about picking up the PC version until I read about the DRM limited 2 install (5 now I think after patch). I don't own a 360 so if the port is done well I might purchase it.

[sleepbox]

Funny how we have all these EGM articles yet no scores when I think it's because of NG2 beating MGS4.

[ukilnme]

As I've said before, some people are happier that the 360 lost another exclusive than they are about Bioshock coming to the PS3.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Now you've got like what..3 decent "exclusives" left? (which i can play on my PC) Not like i'll buy it anyways. played it on 3fixme it was pathetic. ALMOST as bad as lost planet.either way,it'll be in the 20$ bargin bin soon enough

[harpua]

"it'll be in the 20$ bargin bin soon enough"

arcade model or premium?

[n00bPwner]

Wow, you Canadians truly are dumber than you look.

[name]

Kinda like how every 360 owner seems to want mgs4 and final fantasy and yet none of them seem to think either game series is any good?

[Delive]

Guy I work with is a Die hard 360 is the greatest thing kind of guy. He is also a Metal Gear FTW guy as well. He waited for news that MGS4 was on it's way to the 360, but once he saw the MGS4 limited edition PS3, he had a tough choice to make and looks to be planning on adding another console to his entertainment system.