Bill Roper Responds To Champions Online PS3 Rumours

IncGamers interviewed Bill Roper earlier this week, and during the interview, they asked him about the possibility of forthcoming PC and 360 MMO Champions Online coming to PS3 - particularly with regards to prior news that a job offer for a PS3 programmer appeared on Cryptic's site.

[Maticus]

It seems pretty likely that there will indeed be Champions Online on the PS3, which makes complete sense. Why limit it to the Xbox 360?

[Leord]

Yeah, was gonna say that as well. Unless they (M$) pay them a very nice fee for XBOX exclusiveness, then I think we can count on a PS3 appearance.

[barom]

I think they (MS and Cryptic) used to have a deal as this was initially the Marvel MMO that got cancelled (and they turned it into Champions Online). And I'm guessing that ever since they were acquired by Atari, they (or Atari) are looking to go multiplatform. Which would seem like a logical step

[Leord]

Well, hiring a person specifically for PS3 just to have an inhouse guy to check out the situation... Really?

[AndyA]

Yeah, it's blatantly on the cards.

[creeping judas]

Doesn't make sense to me, as isn't Champions Online in direct competition with I think it's Marvel Universe Online. Why have two very similiar games on the same console?? Especially a MMO, that has limited fan base on a console and would cost $$/mnth to play.

[mcgrawgamer]

in competition. but the same could be said with DC universe online for the ps3.

[Anon1974]

What the hell is Champions Online?
And who exactly plays all these MMO games anyway? I'm a 30 something gamer, I know plenty of other 30 something gamers. I don't know a single person who plays MMO games, and yet somebody's playing them. I just can't see myself ever paying a subscription fee to play a game I already bought, and with so many great games available who on earth wants to pay to play that same game over and over again.

I don't know. Maybe it's just me...

[ceedubya9]

I've actually kept up with Champions for a bit. It looks really interesting. I'll probably get it for 360. I'll probably get DC for PS3 too. I really like the concepts for these games. The fees and massive amounts of time I would have to put into them are what have me a little wary of these types of games.

I don't play games every day, and paying a fee for a game that I don't know I'll be able to put the maximum effort into is a hard pill to swallow.

[Anon1974]

I just don't have the time needed to commit myself to these type of games, certainly not enough time to justify paying a monthly fee. I've got games I got for Christmas that I'm dying to play but haven't even booted up yet for almost 3 months now. With so many great games out there why would you bother with one you had to pay for, which would then force you to play it to justify the fee. Why not just buy games and play them at your leisure without worrying about subscriptions. Do these type of games really offer an experience that can't be found with regular games? Is the social aspect really something you'd pay extra for? Again...maybe it's just me.

[silvacrest]

ask that same question to the MILLIONS who pay for there WoW sub every month also consider all the other health MMO's with subs

i used to play city of heroes and there was enough adults and kids willing to pay for that every month so yeah, maybe it is just you

P.S most MMO players think the regular updates justify the sub and i agree

[evrfighter]

ya I myself have not met much mmo gamers outside of an mmo. But they're there. Just because you've not met much of the 12 million people that play wow. Doesn't mean they don't exist.

[ud]

"Do these type of games really offer an experience that can't be found with regular games?"

What I like about MMOs is the customization. Every good MMO has that and you can really play differently than others.

But the best feature about those monthly fees is that you're paying for an evolving game. Not that the game isn't complete, but they add "Downloadable content" (I guess you could say) so it's kind of an endless expansion.

[ceedubya9]

But it really doesn't need to. The PS3 will already have DC Universe Online, and also The Agency. That there is enough. It would probably be in direct competition with DC, and I don't like those odds.

Its better served as a PC, 360 game in which it can hog its own spotlight.

[syrinx]

I think it's just you :)

[Sangria]

Isn't Phil Harrison at the head of Atari? Himself being the vice president of SCEE, i'm pretty surprised he wouldn't insist on a PS3 version of Champions Online.

[kingme71]

Console gamers are about to be swarmed by MMO's in the not too distant future:

Agency
DC Universe
Champions Online
Free Realms
KOTOR MMO

It will be interesting to see how it shakes out and what can survive. You can bet not too many people can afford a monthly subscription to all of that.

[ChozenWoan]

I know I'm going to play some FreeRelms... due mostly to it being mostly free. As for the others, I'm keeping tabs on DC and KOTOR to see which one is gonna give me the most bang for the buck.

It's been a long time since I've payed to play a MMO, mostly due to me getting out of computer gaming and back into console gaming. Now, my EverCrack addiction is starting to come back to haunt me now that MMOs are coming to the PS3. Whats a gamer to due these days...

So many games.
..So little time.
....So little moneys.

[mcgrawgamer]

free realms becuz it's free; though I really wanna check out the agency been following that one for a while. And now that level 5 is working with sony. I'd like to see them try another go at true fantasy live online; one of the reasons I bought a original xbox that never came to be.....

[free2game365]

Making a console MMO just seems stupid to me, the dev costs of those games are high enough as it is.

[evrfighter]

actually if ffxi never existed on the ps2 the servers probably would have shut down a long time ago.

It's able to survive imo by just by being available across many consoles...Ps2, 360, ps3 if it's backwards compatible.