What If Modern Warfare 2 Was A PlayStation 3 Exclusive?

PSXextreme writes: You know, I think it's a question worth asking. In the very recent past, journalists and gamers alike have seen what developers dedicated to the PlayStation 3 can do if they focus all their efforts on producing a game specifically for Sony's console. Due to this, the other part of the debate centers on the following question: could making a game for both consoles be holding the PS3 back? Naughty Dog has already said Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would have to be a completely different game on the 360 as they utilized much of the special Cell Processor. Guerrilla had similar things to say concerning Killzone 2 and those who have played both often agree that nothing on the 360 can compare to either of those two titles.

[Vicodin]

It should be obvious to anyone what the reaction to the game would be:

PS3 Modern Warfare Fails To Live Up To The Hype
review by Mike Smith(Xbox Live gamertag MasterChief666)

PS3 owners have been waiting for ever for a reason to justify their 600 dollar console. They will have to keep waiting. Sony's MW2 fails to live up to the Sony hype. Blah, blah, blah...

Sub HD graphics
PS3 is 'hard teh program'
Bad textures
Gears of War(fake marketing shots) looks better
Only 9vs9 online games because PSN is free
Lag and online problems because PSN is free
No innovation
Only 4 hour single player

7/10

[Saaking]

It would be a LOT better and match the graphics of current generation PS3 games. Of course, same thing could be said if it was 360 or PC exclusive. If a developer focuses completely on ONE console the game is bound to be better.

[Icyhot]

If MW2 were a PS3 exclusive, then it could have been GOTY (If it used the potential that is)...

[iron_sheik]

Honestly the graphics of MW2 sucked big time
The game would have ran at 1080p easily on ps3 when you have such mediocre graphics and gameplay

[Winter47th]

Then it wouldn't be held back by ancient techs.

[Maddens Raiders]

than the BF:BC2 screens which look substantially better than MW2 atm. I'm just saying....

[rdgneoz3]

If it was a PS3 exclusive, it would have been beta tested like MAG so it wouldn't have as many bugs, better graphics, and a longer SP. And then it would have been rated like 8.5 to 9.0.

[darkmurder]

What if it was? Well it isn't, it'd probly be crap anyway because infinty ward are lazy developers (not bashing PS3 im bashing IW)

[ape007]

If I chose to give IW to ms or sony,I would give them to sony,it's pretty much obvious to anyone how sony take care of their exclusives,giving them a powerful engine(don't get me wrong,mw2 look absolutely amazing with killer framerates) support like uncharted 2,kz2,the last gardian and gow3,also give them deticated servers for lag free online play,look at halo3,ms this is halo,the game that made you,it's supposed to run on a much more powerful engine,I still have faith in halo reach and alan wake,Im not giving you up ms,I HOPE REACH KICKS HALO 1'S @SS

by the way,yesterday,I played like 2 hours of mw2,sp and online and my god it's one of the best experiences I've ever played,totally mind blowing,let just finish these damn exams and then BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF UNCHARTED 2 AND MW2 AND GAY TONY

IW you have nailed it guys,I salute you

[HolyOrangeCows]

"If a developer focuses completely on ONE console the game is bound to be better"

Tell that to Bungie. They still make sub-HD, AA-less games.

[jhooty14]

cause infinity ward just wants $ they wuldnt go to ps3 just for the fact that there are more xbox 360 in the world

quality over quantity thats what naughty dog thinks ;)

[mal_tez92]

Increase in production values, decrease in sales.
Good examples are MGS4, Killzone 2 and especially the Uncharted series, they are by far the best games this generation and their sales are tiny compared to less fun games like Call of Duty and GTA

[beardpapa]

If MW2 became a PS3 exclusive, it would've sold consoles. Of course, then there'd be a petition and boycott to go along with it as to why it went from a multiplat to console exclusive.

[ReservoirDog316]

It's a hypothetical question meant to open your eyes to the unjust treatment some games get from reviewers (should've been a sandbox, flamethrower looks funny, too much variety ect.).

I'm sure it's a good game but it's a question that's meant to show you that the mentality reviewers went into mw2 with is different than say, Killzone 2.

Get it?

[nix]

Bad graphics.
Bad online.
Brings nothing new.
Guns don't feel real.
Shortest single player ever.

[Consoldtobots]

I think hypothetical situations are silly and just fuel for fanboys to flame PS3 owners (in this case). This game can be criticized on its own short-comings.

Where the hell is the vehicle support?
Why can't I climb buildings like in uncharted 2?
why can't I use a grappling gun to do the same?
where are my rolls? headkicks, necksnaps,backstabs? etc.

I could go on and on and on about all the things IW could add to their CASH COW but are just too lazy to.

guess what Bad Company 2 will do 90% of the stuff that makes these games fun, while COD just gives you the SAME OL CRAP in a new wrapper.

[Ilikegames76]

Then we don't have to put up with sub HD graphics. Think MAG but to a lesser degree.

[vhero]

360 owners are lucky they got COD games from the PS brand in the first place. I do think though if it was an exclusive it wouldn't be getting the stupidly high scores its getting now and it would be getting slated for bad graphics.

[Bnet343]

What if the world will end tomorrow? Yeah .. what if ...

[Leio]

Then you´ll notice how the reviews change

[Game13a13y]

then i wouldn't have wasted $399 (since i bought the MW 2 limited edition 360 and i totally feel the 360 is the inferior console **not being a fanboy**)

plus, the game would have been ALOT longer and graphics would be ALOT better.

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

If it utilized the PS3's power/features, it would have these improvements:

- Full HD graphics
- Hi-res textures
- More action on screen at once
- Long campaign and a high volume of features due to the massive space Blu-Ray provides
- Lag-free multiplayer with more players per game using dedicated servers

GameTrailers gave Uncharted 2 a 9.3 and criticized it for being unoriginal (LOL) but gave MW2, which is just CoD4 with improvements and brings basically nothing new to the table, a 9.5. Gotta love the media bias!

[ShadowCK]

Well, Xbox 360 gamers would be very jealous and the PS3 Fanboys here would praise the game, claiming it to be one of the greatest games ever created due to it's exclusivity to their system. Anything not exclusive to the system can never be good occurring to them.

How you would spot it: "LOL mdoern warfare because teh **** out of halo!!! Ps3 r teh best conzol in teh planetz!!11! *** you b1tchzzz!!!11eleven!!!"

Characteristics: Stupid, ignorant, obvious, violent, easily angered.

[arika]

codmw 2 on xbox 360 and ps3 is 95% on metacritic.

uncharted 2 is 96% on metacritic.

now who do you think is going to be game of the year?

[Bob Dole]

COD is going to get GOTY over Uncharted just like GTA4 did over MGS4. People are too scurr'd to give the better game that's an exclusive GOTY over a multiplat that sells millions and has a ridiculous amount of hype behind it.

It's not fair but that's how it works nowadays.

[7thNightvolley]

well it would be HYPED AND HYPED AND HYPED as the second coming of christ... then all the ps3 fannies would fight internet battles b4 the game comes out and forget to buy one.. then it sales maybe 200k to 300k.. roughly.. in first week .. reviews must give a 10/10 if anything lower all hell will break loose.. graphics would be alot better .. since its being made for one console...

a few months later......game is forgotten

sales bearly reaching 1 mill...

so much for 60 mill being spend on making the game...

and the cycle goes on... and on...

[Darkeyes]

If MW2 was a PS3 exclusive (as it is) then.....
It would be criticized for having a 5 hour single player.
It would be raped in reviews for the same reason.
It would lose points cause the graphics look last gen.
360 fanboys would stick the same fact they don't care for now in our faces.

If MW2 was a PS3 exclusive (using it's potential) then....
It would be rated as one of the best looking games this gen uplifting itself to HD.
It would use Blu-Ray capacity and would have a longer single player.
It would still get raped by the reviewers aka Egde/Eurogamer (usual 7 for nothing original)
It would have DEDICATED SERVERS with more than 30 player support.
We would hear M$ PR & 360 fanboys shouting Halo>MW2...

[Sk8boyP]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[bjornbear]

everything you said basically what i was gna say =P

[ico92]

eurogamer is ok its edge that would be way more critical

[NateNater]

-PC gamers would have less things to complain about but still be pissed for not getting the game.
-Xbox 360 owners would be more pissed than ever before.
-PS3 owners would brag about it a lot.
-The world would end ;P

[CrippleH]

Reviewers would dock it for being to short.
Dock the graphics down to a 9 instead of a 10.
Making a lame excuse like GT and says it need more sandbox elements.

[HolyOrangeCows]

"Making a lame excuse like GT and says it need more sandbox elements"

LOL, too true. Xboxtrailers was looking for ANY reason to give Uncharted 2 a lower score than other games its capacity.

...but at least other sites were unbias enough, or in less denial at least, that it was the highest rated exclusive this gen, after Super Mario Galaxy.

[SpartanZero]

The first thing that comes in my mind is no split-screen. Pretty much all 360 games offer split-screen while PS3 exclusives don't.

[Darkeyes]

Uh um... Resistance... Don't act as if PS3 can't handle split screen lol.

[iron_sheik]

the game would have run at 1080p

also MP would have 60 player online too
PS3 is way more powerful than x360. there isnt any x360 game which is really next gen like kz2 and uc2

[poopsack]

And it was there that Warhawk, Resistance and Motorstorm 2 among others blasted into non existence because Jijoro said so.

[life doomer]

if mw2 was a ps3 exclusive i would have an orgasm.

[-Mezzo-]

The it would be twice as better in Graphics/Quality.

[54percent]

PS3 exclusive multiplayer = Dedicated servers = Zero lag and zero problem game

[MSpence516]

UC 2 (I love UC2 by the way, I just hate fanboys finding any reason to down something) has P2P and lags at times, and also has 5v5 since everyone is talking down about mw2 having only 9v9.

[poopsack]

idk what would happen, but we'd see a lot of "no innovation", "very linear" complaints, which reminds me, why no Uncharted/Killzone treatment, why? :)

[reckoner]

All the PS3 fanboys who hate this game currently would then defend it to their deaths.

And the game would probably look and play much better, like any exclusive.

[ReservoirDog316]

PS3 fanboys might criticize it saying it isn't good and all that. Whatever. But people like me would still not like it whether it was a PS3, 360, Wii or pc exclusive.

I just really hope the versions that were effected with a price hike don't sell well. That way all the developers see that you shouldn't raise prices.

If they do? We could all be paying $80 for new games because of this...

[XGreyFoxX]

Ok 1st of all. This game first sight on PS3 was amazing. I love the graphics and control(dualshock 3 or xbox i dont care they work the same) are responsive. I don't know how people can put PS3 down because of this or that but PS3 would allow this game to do more than what it has in terms of graphics sounds and possibly online.

[Rowsdower]

but these what if articles are sad

i really cant believe that people are unhappy about this gen, i own both consoles and I cant tell you how much I love this gen.

Great online experience with Live and the community I've built on there over time, and the great exclusives on the PS3

there is so much choice out there as a gamer and whether you pick PC, 360, PS3, or all of them you cant lose.

gaming has gone mainstream in terms of dollars, and while that does change the landscape in both good and bad ways it is a sign of change

change is inevitable and sometimes change is not for the better

but I honestly feel that the positives outweigh the negatives this gen

if cod mw2 was a ps3 exclusive then millions of people would not play it and that would be a shame

just like its a shame the folks solely on the 360 will never experiance Uncharted , killzone 2, MGS4, God of War III and lbp.

likewise ps3 dont get to experience gears, shadow complex, mass effect, and future titles like alan wake

i wish that all gamers out there get the oppurtunity to play great games

[Consoldtobots]

oh yes those poor persecuted gamers, forget starving children, battered women, and just suffering in general. I think this generation has made the term "gamer" completely irrelevant and the jousting lance of the most disingenous trolls ever seen on any forum. It's been used and abuse and has lost ALLLLL meaning.

Im not 100% certain it but Im 99.9999999% sure I originated the term fanboy nearly ten years ago on a now defunct boxing forum and now wish I NEVER did because that another one that's been used and abused to no end where it has now lost ALLL meaning.

/end rant

this wasn't directed at you, I just hate when gaming and gamers is made to look like a feed the children commercial.

[Diamondwolf]

Talk about going overboard in your comment/rant. This is a gaming forum, and he was talking about gaming/gamers. Should he have made this post in PETA or Starvingchildren.com then I would understand, but for you to act holier than thou on a gaming forum bringing that in?.....................heh

Let me ask you, instead of posting here ranting about another's rant, you could be out helping those starving children or providing housing for the homeless people or protesting for public healthcare, so how does that make you look?

Oh, by the way, this wasn't directed at you, I just hate when people use uncalled for rants.

(that actually made me LOL because it's blatantly obvious that it was directed at him)

/on topic

If Modern Warfare was a PS3 exclusive, I agree, it would suck for those that have to buy a playstation to play, but it will be great for Sony, also it would push Microsoft to work on possibly another franchise to fight back.

BUT! It would also give Activi$ion another foothold on Sony and the game may have been broken apart more than it is since apparently it's the goose that lays golden eggs

[Rowsdower]

apparently for some there is only one right answer to this question

how about this if it were a ps3 exclusive then the game would have sold a quarter of what it did, maybe even less than that.

sure it would look better, but the gameplay would have been pretty much the same because what we find in the game is the story they want to tell, and in multiplayer its the little details that lift the game from generic shooter to fun crowd pleasing shooter. Like i said previously cod is a mainstream franchise.

now compared to Killzone 2 which I enjoy, the most obvious thing is the graphics. PS3 exclusives blow away multiplats and most of the 360 exclusives. That is a given. Gameplay wise both Killzone 2 and Cod mw2 are equally fun, at least to me.

so in the end if the game was a PS3 exclusive it would have had better graphics, similar gameplay, and a quarter of the sales.

now back to dealing with reality

[KionicWarlord222]

These modern warefare articles are priceless .

[Eimmij]

The game is good and IW did great job making it look as good as the 360 if not better how many others have done that hats off. BTW Uncharted 2 for GOTY!

[steck67]

If MW2 was a PS3 exclusive and everything stayed the same, then it would be called the Socom Confrontation of 2009 and would be given 7's and 8's for being buggy the first couple of days ( or even perhaps weeks). Gamedaily will say the footprints in the snow isnt realistic and that alone gives MW2 a 1 point deduction and IGN would give the graphics a 7 because the textures of the weapons are weird..

[LTC]

It would have gotton 7/10 from most sites

[-Mezzo-]

you mean like retarded press that tends to support 360 for 1 stupid reason (It's There Home Boy).

I usually read sites that are neutral and praise a product on it's capabilities without being a fanboy.

[Cajun Chicken]

Why would you ask this?

[Sigh]

There would be no reason to own a 360 console, simple as that.

[rjgbyrne]

PS3 should have much better tech but in fact it doesn't. They are both almost even platforms as far as grunt goes. It would look the exact same on both consoles but if it was exclusive to one then it would look better. This fanboy crap just makes no sense at all... so does the My PC craps all over Xbox and PS3 argument. IW and Activision done a great job, MS done a great job with live, Sony have doen a good job but need to catch up. If anything these developers need to be harnessed by MS and Sony instead of focusing on fanboys, ha! Unreal engine as far as I am concerned has provided a perfect middle-ware tool for great games to come out. Fallout 3, Unreal Tournament, Gears of War, BioShock, BioShock 2, Mirror's Edge, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Splinter Cell, Mass Effect, The Last Remnant and loads of others. If it wasn't for EPIC we would be wait still for these great games or more to the point... not ever seen them. Exclusives are a few games here and there. I must show support for Infinity Ward by thanking them for the best game I have played in the past 3 years, loved the first Modern Warfare and am wholeheartedly enjoying this one. Exclusive games for each system in theory couldn't be done on the other as well. But, they can all be done. Uncharted could easily be done on Xbox with very little difference. As a designer and artist, enjoy the games, not willie-waving!

[Bathyj]

3 years? Really?

[Cajun Chicken]

Fallout 3 doesn't use UE3, it runs on Gamebryo.

[Dutch Boogie]

And kids, this is why abortion receives my vote.

[rjgbyrne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Its a lot and some great games on it. Either way the tech for PS3 should be alot better than Xbox but it doesn't show with multiplats(I am sure exclusives on both consoles could be adiquately ported including Uncharted). Look at other console generations and its the first time Xbox has kept up and gained a lot of ground on Sony yet still multiplat games perform generally better on Xbox. Programmers and designers use PCs to make games and Dev kits with the PCs so it not like either console is holding the other back. Sure developers could optimise for each platform... they would be doing this anyhow as they want their product to be as good as it can to sell more. As I said, both machines have their pros and cons. MS get a lot of slack and they deserve a lot but they are the only ones going above and beyond with Banning consoles from live and fighting piracy. Developers will always take the safer, more profitable route.

[Bathyj]

Depends really.
IW would have had to start from scratch. Insomiac, Naughty Dog and Guerilla have been working on their engines for ages, and helping each other.

No one else is going to just fluke it. You have to put in the hard work, theres no other way around it.

Thats why we called so hard for devs to do it early, not late, so as not to get left behind and find it to hard to catch up. Some do their homework, some dont.

Guess which one ND is, guess which one Valve is.

PS
IW is not really being given proper props here.
We were all so relieved when CoD4 was the same on both consoles, and not a bad port. Personally I feel the same way now. The PS3 version is never going to improve drastically until they drop what holding them back. Been saying it for 3 years. M$'s short sightedness and cheap arsery has gimped a whole generation. I think when they drop it and release XB3 you will see PS3 improve on multiplats since the bar will be raised overall and PS3 will have to keep up.

[Siufu]

What if tomorrow is the end of the day?

[Odin777]

There would be a mass xbox-fanboy suicide in front of IW Studios if that were to happen.

[Sigh]

LOL

[baodeus]

What is the point of discussing things that aren't true like:

MW2 is PS3 exclusive
PS3 is the only console in existence
Only PS3 games are good game, everything else is obsolete
FF13 is still PS3 exclusive

Shouldn't u guys be playing UC2 and KZ2....Those are really good games so go play it.

[NMC2007]

Then it wouldn't make nearly as much money, heck, I don't even think they would break even.

[Shadow Man]

and low on sales. AKA uncharted

[54percent]

So... the bot logic is :

Low quality game with poor gameplay and graphics (aka halol) with high sales = ZOMG WIN!

high quality game with great gameplay and graphics (true next gen almost all the ps3 exclusive) with decent sales in millions = roflmao teh flopz gork! gork!

[tawak]

and much longer campaign without worrying to fit on dvdrL and compressing everything