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My Exclusive Game can't run on your Console

Don @ Gamingvice.net writes:

"What is it with Developers saying that a game they are creating can't run on a competing console? Usually they ramble on about the processor, chip or some other hardware that "let's us take advantage of such-and-such feature". This is just another cheap way to market your game without spending advertising dollars while giving people something to read about your game…while creating a buzz about it."

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qface645875d ago

i don't know why but i have always found that character and that screen annoying

chaosatom5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

On topic:

When developers say that this game can't run on other console such as the 360, they mean that it has to be watered down and stuff.

Of course any game can run on the 360, but they have to take a lot of stuff out of the game, and they won't be able to deliver the same experience for the game.

LOL, I find it funny that now the first-party ps3 titles are making 360 games look weaker and weaker in comparison. Looks like the tables have turned.

GWAVE5875d ago

Funny how we call THIS into question (the word of actual developers creating actual video games) yet we take the tons and tons of PR BS spewed by the console manufacturers (M$, Sony, Ninty) at face value...

marinelife95875d ago

Arguably GeOW is the best looking 360 game that has been offered and it's limited with how many characters can be on screen at once. They can spin it by saying 5 vs 5 combat is more tactical all they want but GeOW 2 wasn't bigger, badder, and more bad@$$ by much.

Killzone, Uncharted, and Heavy Rain all look better than Gears. With more detail and more activity.

Has anyone stopped to think that maybe what these developers have been saying is actually true?

Bnet3435875d ago

Fuels the console wars if you ask me.

StanLee5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

Gears of War may be the XBox 360's most visually impressive game but it was developed with a budget of 10 million dollars with most of the heavy lifting outsourced. A paltry sum by today's blockbuster standards. The sequal really only added improvements made to Epic's engine like lighting, textures and modelling. I expect Mass Effect 2 to take the same incremental leap. Sony has invested this generation in showcasing it's first party titles and developing technology built around it's console's hardware. There hasn't been a title built from the ground up to optimize the XBox 360's 3 cores and memory and I don't think we will see it. This hasn't been Microsoft's focus. I don't question Sony's focus but in the end, has it been the most successful?

soxfan20055875d ago

It's because the most extreme fanboys derive some perverse pleasure from knowing that a game they are playing is not available to the competition.

"What an AMAZING game! I'm SO happy that 75% of the gaming public can't play it!!!"

lowcarb5875d ago

"Has anyone stopped to think that maybe what these developers have been saying is actually true?"

Why would anybody with a brain believe anything a developer or company told them that was out to make money? The only people falling for this hype are the ones that truly can't decide things on there own.

DelbertGrady5875d ago

It's a way of viral marketing.

StephanieBBB5875d ago

your fav console can't do what some other console can. But hey, grow up? Life is not fair.

CaseyRyback_CPO5875d ago

But thats not to say it cant do better than the current underwhelming benchmark of the Unreal Engine. Thats the biggest crutch holding this gen & the 360 back graphic wise. I'd love to see what crytek could do with the 360's hardware. I mean we saw what bungie did, but I doubt they were concerned about pushing things to the next level.

Keep in mind how OLD the unreal engine is, it was old when it came out to the consoles. PC games had been enjoying normal maps & unneded light bloom for years.. Gears brought what console gamers saw as detail never before seen to games and bam.. the former graphics king.

As it stands we have yet to really see a developer push the 360 with an engine designed for it, rather than just a pc port of like code. I doubt it would trump a killzone2, but it would definitely trump gears.

gaffyh5875d ago

When some devs say this, I usually say, "it probably could be done, but more discs and more money required on 360". But Heavy Rain looks better than any game out this gen, especially the character and face models alone. So with this game I'd probably agree with Quantic Dream, I don't think it could be done on the 360.

Ldubbz5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

@GWAVE

Do you actually think before you type? How in the hell can studios owned by Sony, or at least making games funded by Sony, be impartial? How does that even make sense?

Mind you these are companies with no 360 devkits, or any experience programming on a 360. I personally think its just Sony feeding their dev houses lines to say to the press to pump up their system.

If Im going to listen to what any devs have to say, it would be the 3rd party devs, whom we all know have griped about the PS3 hardware numerous times. And why would RE5 and SF4 STILL look better on 360? The only spin-free answer I can come up with is the 360 has better HW? No, but thats impossible because the CELL...blah blah blah.

I prefer to trust the words of a much more highly respected dev house, Valve, over any of these small Sony-owned studios. And we all know how Gabe Newell feels about the PS3 HW....lol

marinelife95875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

The 360 has been out since 2005 the PS3 since 2006.

Gears is arguably the best looking franchise the 360 has to offer.

Gears arguably has been passed in graphics by several PS3 titles in less time.

The trend is currently favoring the PS3 producing more titles with higher graphical fidelity.

Dogs like cat poop.

aldesko5875d ago

@Ldubbz: If you're looking for an unbiased opinion, don't look at valve. MS has published one of their games and the founders were MS employees. But then again, Sucker Punch has some ex-MS employees as well...

On topic: I think the only noticeable difference between the two consoles is blu-ray.. and linear games like MGS/FF can just use multiple discs to counter this. Free-roaming games like infamous, on the other hand, would need another solution since there are no levels.

't3h cell' may be as amazing as some of these devs are saying, but I'm not qualified to give any type of opinion on it.

menoyou5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

The PS3 has technology that the 360 does not have. It is highly likely that they are telling the truth. Have you seen games as impressive as Killzone 2 or Gran Turismo 5 or Heavy Rain on the 360? They don't exist yet, if they ever will. Until then, the evidence points to these statements being true.

Also the interviewer asked, he didn't just come out and say it.

I think a better question is: WHY DOES EVERYONE ON N4G (NEWS 4 GAMERS) MAKES SENSATIONAL HEADLINES FOR HITS THAT ARENT EVEN NEWS?

ShabzS5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

its as simple as that... ps3 got the obvious edge with the blu ray... so anytime they say only possible on ps3 ... immidiately you jump to the conclusion ''oh that wouldnt have fit on a dvd''...

but if you go saying oh the spu's and gpu's and watever- u's of 360 cant handle the awsomeness of the cell .. then thats just fanboy instincts kicking in

Edit @ MARINELIFE9 : do we really wanna have an unreal engine argument again... gears is NOT the best looking game on 360... far cry 2 resident evil 5 hell the upcoming lost planet 2 look 5 times better than gears... gears 1 was good for its time ... a year late cod 4 was ready to kick gears 1's butt in graphics... (not the gameplay though its an adrenaline rush playing gears.. love every second of it)

talltony5875d ago

PS3 developers have been saying this time and time again. WHY havent we heard any developer say that a certain game is only possible on 360 technical wise.? please explain xbox 360 fans, enlighten me.

Maxned5875d ago

Yea i know what you mean. I think its because theyre trying to make an emotional story, but its bound to be really really stupid.

RememberThe3575875d ago

then stop asking them... It's not a hard concept to grasp.

evrfighter5875d ago

"They can spin it by saying 5 vs 5 combat is more tactical all they want"

I don't care about the console games or who said what about X cant run on Y...

but

Wanna take a crack at what the most popular ladder is on nearly every competitive gaming league dealing with shooters?

You guys consider yourself the hardcore gamers right? there's also the casual gamer and then there's the competitive gamer. These guys usually hate pubs and play in either scrims or matches exclusively. Ask any competitive gamer why 5v5 is so popular.

rockleex5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

He simply answered with "I don't think it can run on the 360, because of the tech we use".

It wasn't like David Cage was trying to brag about the PS3.

If people don't want developers to say Game X can't run on System Y, then stop asking them those questions! -_-"

Kleptic5874d ago

the tech director of killzone 2, in an interview that is still up on GT, was quoted saying 'in certain situations, the Cell can render as much as 40% of each frame...to stabilize the framerate, and allow all massive amounts of action on screen...'

take that how however you want...obviously killzone 2 was built from the ground up for the PS3's architecture...so it exploits its strengths, and they probably kept the game as far away as possible from any of the PS3's weaknesses..

but if that is true...and developers are able to get that much extra speed out of the PS3 by means of using both the CPU and GPU...that puts a massive advantage towards the PS3...you can argue the gpu in the 360 is stronger than the RSX...but its definitely not 40% stronger...

i'm letting the games talk for me...if the 360 gets something as impressive as killzone 2, or MGS4, or Uncharted 2, etc...then yeah...the two systems are very similar other than media format...but up till now...the 360 has nothing close to killzone 2...if you think it does have something close...you haven't played killzone 2...

mal_tez925874d ago

"The only way we can tell is when... top notch games that release on the PlayStation 3 look and play vastly superior to anything available on the 360."

Hasn't MGS4 and Killzone 2 already proven this? Seeing as how they are graphically a far leap ahead of any other console game, and Drake's Fortune has shown animation quality far better than anything else.

What more proof do they need?

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Gun_Senshi5875d ago

You can talk crap all you want (which are factS), you're still one of the top developers with the one of the greatest game ever made.

Unlike other developers that talk crap all the time and not even facts with nothing under their belt.

qface645875d ago

i do partially agree with you
the fact they made indigo prophecy alone is enough to give them the right to talk smack a bit that game was amazing

but as for heavy rain giving em that right nah game looks kinda boring IMO then again won't know until i actually buy the game when it comes out

RememberThe3575875d ago

I was freakin awesome.

Oh, and expect a ton of quick time events in Heavy Rain.

SeanScythe5875d ago

What was the last game a Developer for an Exclusive 360 game said our game can't be done on the PS3? Not talking about lazy devs like valve not wanting to port L4D to the PS3. I mean when was the last time a game on the 360 was said it couldn't be done on PS3 because it lacks "X" ability?

Just give me one game. Because I haven't seen one yet, but the PS3 has had several.

alan0015875d ago

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

"It's NEVER gonna come out on the PS3 or the Wii." It's a logical decision. Nintendo's console simply doesn't have the graphical horsepower, and he candidly told Gameplayer.com.au how the PS3 can't handle AI nearly as well as the 360."
SOURCE: http://www.n4g.com/News-588...

"Ubisoft also mentions that they doubt they would be able to achieve what they're doing with the game on the 360 on the PS3 even if it was PS3 exclusive title."
SOURCE: http://ps3.kombo.com/articl...

dj555555555875d ago

Nice examples form 2007. That was said when the PS3 had just been released and there where allot of unknowns, but now in 2009 its a very different story.

You fanboys can go on and on about what the 360 can do but at the end of the day the PS3 has proof of its capabilities and all the 360 has is you guys bleating.

Genesis55875d ago

Alan the date on your article is May 8 2007. This was from a time when they were trying to run regular PC code on the PS3. We all know now that dosen't work, it has to be specificly desinged for the cell.

Ju5875d ago

After KZ2 these statement look pretty dump if you ask me. All the complains about how long KZ2 took, but if those things were true, where is that 360 exclusive game NOW which destroys KZ2 ? I'm waiting. Where is Splinter Cell Convictions ?

BTW: KZ2 AI is one of the best yet seen in any game. It is adaptive in the way for example this damn Helgast get smarter if you play on Elite (not, harder like GeOW, where you shoot them 5x in the head instead of once, or now you get 50 waves instead of 10, no, these a$$...es start to flank you, or start running at you, pulling out a knife. WTF?). So much to PS3 can't handle AI.

ptotoy5875d ago

that this was supposed to be out a year ago.. the dev had problems because of the limited specs of the 360 so they keep pushing the release..

4 years in develpment and sill no video or screen revealed.. i think that is vaporware or it will look last-gen compared to MGS4, which came out a year ago

Ldubbz5875d ago (Edited 5875d ago )

I just said this in the post above, but again, THESE ARE SONY-OWNED STUDIOS. Or at least Sony-funded. You people in here have let us know that time and time again.

How are we supposed to take at face value the statements of Sony devs working on Sony funded games? I think some of you forget how arrogant Sony is, and thats why you dont see these terrible comments coming from the MS side of things so much.

And when you do see those comments aimed at the PS3, its always a 3rd party dev that has no reason to side with MS or Sony, they are just telling the truth.

EDIT: @above

I cant believe you just typed vaporware in the same sentence as MGS4. Now THATS irony...

ZuperAmazingCooKie5875d ago

Jade Raymond said the same about the PS3 and AI, which is blatantly false misinformation. First of all, Jade Raymond is a producer and not a programmer, so she knows jack sh1t about PS3 specifics. It is unlikely that Ubisoft makes a new engine for each game that they make, they most likely share a lot of resources with every one of their development teams, so if the leader behind the tech team is a moron( which wouldnt be surprising as corporations usually hire idiots for important roles (see: aaron greenberg)) then it is likely that the products they are involved with will be trash, as is the case with Hawx, assassins creed, etc. My point is, Ubisoft has not made anything revolutionary this gen so everything they say is tosh, they can not really back their statements.

Anyway, after playing Heavenly Sword you would realize that what the devs behind Splinter cell said is non- sense. Thousands of independent AI agents running simultaneously in the Cell processor, and if you have more doubts then play Resistance 2, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank and Killzone 2. That should shed light on the blatant ignorance that it is to think that somehow the Xenos has an advantage over the cell processor.

PS3 devs can claim to have better games because their claims can be backed by the hardware they use. 360s bullet points are development ease and small OS, not more raw horesepower.

RememberThe3575875d ago

Especailly since GG said they had to tone down the AI in KIllzone 2 because it was too good.

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ptotoy5875d ago

xbots cannot handle the truth.. so they whine and cry that their 3fxime is weak and inferior, which is the TRUTH

oh, and which crapbox exclusive cannot be done on a ps3? bioshock? ninja blade 2? ToV?

cry moar xbots!

You Already Know5875d ago

well, Bioshock is on the PS3 and ToV is coming as well...

the PS3 hardware is touted as superior from within...and they run on Blu-ray discs...so it would be hard for anyone to say that about the 360...

the one major thing that separates the consoles is the format they use to put the games on....the rest is just opinionated....at this point anyways and we'll see about that over the next 12 months...

blackbeld5875d ago

Yooh... Bots!!! Wazzup!!!!

Now listen guys...........

If Heavy Rain can run on the 360 then it can run on the WII too!!!!!!!!

Stop cry ... and get over it!!!!! Go play you're Halo kiddy game....

And have a nice day!!

Maxned5875d ago

I highly doubt you have a single friend.

EYEamNUMBER15875d ago

i always wondered but who is this mysterious disagree fairy flying around n4g?

RememberThe3575875d ago

There used to just be a few, now days there seems to be a horde going around.

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Why Guerrilla Games Shouldn't Abandon the Killzone Series

Hugely disappointingly, it seems that Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone and Horizon series, may be done with Killzone for good.

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IAMRealHooman235d ago

1 was fine, overhyped as a " halo" killer
2 was a graphical beast at the time, and felt heavy
3 was good a refinement of 2 but not much else. weird audio issues environment were to quiet
shadow fall was pretty but bland

OtterX235d ago (Edited 235d ago )

Shadowfall had great Multiplayer though. Too bad the campaign was meh at best. It did have the occasional great moment sprinkled in.

TheNamelessOne235d ago (Edited 235d ago )

I played through 2/3 multiple times. I played through the original once, but it felt pretty lukewarm for me. I couldn't be bothered to beat Shadow Fall. I got a couple hours in and just went "I'm done". Never touched it again. It was awesome on the tech side, being a launch title, but it didn't even match up to the first game when it came to actually having fun playing it.

Rude-ro235d ago

3 in 3d was an amazing experience to be had.
Although not many experienced it as intended for good reasons.

just_looken235d ago

You forgot the ai advancements on the playstation 2 killzone one you could have a full team of bots doing everything even playing the objective that was a big thing.

In killzone 2 they always flanked you and when available used the high ground.

Playing killzone 2 no hud 5.1 audio was/is awesome

MDTunkown235d ago

They should finish Horizon story first

darthv72235d ago

I dont mind if someone else takes up the mantle for the KZ franchise. We are several years removed from the first game. It certainly could use a remake to gauge interest in the rest of the series. I know it has its fans... Im thinking of how a proper reboot can rekindle that old dormant flame and bring in a new generation of fans in the process.

just_looken235d ago

You forgot killzone mercenaries on the ps vita but it was the worst selling sony game for awhile there.

Yui_Suzumiya234d ago

Yeah, a remake would be pretty awesome

anast235d ago

They should let it go or sell it. No use spending millions on this project.

LucasRuinedChildhood235d ago

Would like a new IP before Horizon 3. Just because games take so long to make these days.

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Infamous Franchise Deserves Another Chance From PlayStation

Sucker Punch rejuvenated the superhero genre with Infamous, a series that focused on the pure fun of wielding destructive powers.

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shinoff2183357d ago

Atleast release a remaster trilogy or something to gage interest. I'd buy it. With that said I'm pretty over superheroes at this point. Infamous is still dope as fk though so it'd be a buy

isarai357d ago

Omfg i would go apesh!t for that 😩

jznrpg357d ago

I agree but games take 4-6 years to make so who knows when they would do it? After Ghost of Tsushima2? They could have something else in the world as well in early production who knows.

mkis007357d ago

It's a shame Sucker Punch finally figured out a good open world formula only while making Ghost of Tsushima. Infamous 1 and 2 were great for their time, but Second son felt too much like a checklist in It's design. I love the hell out of all 3 games (2 and 3 are just so damn good, while 1 shows it's age and the ps3 struggles), but I would love to see how they would do another infamous with all they have learned. Wouldn't hurt to release a remastered collection either.

Demetrius357d ago (Edited 357d ago )

This series, days gone, will continue to get ignored by sony, luckily we still have the horizon series, sly cooper not getting pushed anymore, speaking of that I'm bout to get on my ps2 and play some sly 2 anyways lol, but seriously I never woulda thought back then sony would ever cold shoulder most of their franchises I'm actually surprised they're still letting ratchet&clank be around

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX464d ago (Edited 464d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro464d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv72464d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_464d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga464d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos464d ago (Edited 464d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt23464d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball2000464d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin464d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole464d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix464d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989464d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor464d ago (Edited 464d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel1989464d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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