Konami IS set up to do multi-platform development - they make PS2 and Xbox360 versions of the game...

FunkyJ

Some developers obviously have the talent and the manpower to ensure high quality releases on multiple formats, but for every Black, Burnout, or Call of Duty 4 there are at least two dozen F.E.A.R.s, Half Lives, and Maddens.

Granted, this is nothing new to PlayStation owners. Being either the fault of complicated architecture or insufficient hardware resources, PlayStation fans have gotten the short end of the multi-platform stick more often than not. In fact, I find it curious that people would even complain about this on the Xbox, since it was obviously receiving consistently better versions of most games last gen. How else could one explain the inevitable section at the end of any multi-platform PS2 review that would list the deficiencies present in the PS2 version that were absent in the Xbox counterpart?

Issues aside, I actually do hope that developers abandon the idea of porting most titles. I haven't felt a pressing desire to own more than one home console for the last decade or so, and a great deal of that has to do with the fact that I can replicate at least 50 to 90% of any other library on the one system I already own(ed).

Nightshift_Nurse

Ratchet & Clank sold above million ONLY PREORDER. I didn't check the latest numbers yet. Google it.

n00bseeker

The PlayStation 3 has proved that it is not a failure by selling neck to neck to the Xbox 360 while the Xbox 360 is 2.5 year old. Some people will say "What about the Wii? IT SOLD PRETTY MUCH" Ofcourse it would sell pretty much. Its cheap and has a new idea and seems fun, at first. Everyone knows the Wii is starting to lose momentum. You can call it, burst of bubble.

The PlayStation 3 is at his first year and its only beginning to rise. Its hard to develop and it would indeed take a while for developers to get used to. On my opinion, there will be no winner on this console war. Hardcore gamers would get all three consoles, casual will get a Wii or a PlayStation 3.

One thing for sure, that they wont stop the PlayStation 3 and let it die that fast as a post above me mentioned. It already has 5 million and something install base and thats pretty much for a one year old console.

In the end, we'll see that the Xbox 360 wont match the PlayStation 3 on term of hardware and performance since the PlayStation 3 has blu-ray (Which has 60 GB capacity) and can be useful. Once the PS3 install base goes larger, developers will lean toward development on the PS3 but the Xbox 360 will be still there for FPS lovers.

n00bseeker

Daemonati

Owners of both consoles deserve the best version possible, but seriously, is it just me, or have there been so many "PS3 version of [insert game here] is fucked"

Malefic

no wonder Konami is releasing MGS only for the ps3, they are not setup to do both...

latinogamer

Q80

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

moclippa

theprof00

sxp151, the happy-headed nose

The circle of life.

Spidermonkey

Muppetmeat

Mr.Waffleton

peacefuloutrage

Personally, Screw ports. Exclusives 100%, to the PC.

Scuba Steve

MGS4 is made by KCEJ (Kojima Productions), PES is made by KCET. They are two different development groups running under the business body named Konami. They are based in different locations and have different development setups. Just because Seabass and co have a hard time with multiplatform development from where they are it doesn't mean KCEJ suffer the same problems. Don't get the issue mixed up here, this news holds no bearing on MGS4.

TheChosen

DarkNight_DS

If that were true, the Oldbox would have totally destroyed last-gen.

It didn't, it's not.

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Having the best hardware does not guarantee success.

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Aside from the DVD dongle issue, what tech advantage did the PS2 offer over Xbox?

It even had a higher failure rate.

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The PS2 taught us that superior hardware is just a a nice bonus if you have the most desirable platform and cold comfort if you don't.

kNZA

How do you PS3 football gamer feel, after been given the Nintendo Wii-Port fuck-over?

Not so next-gen now huh? HUH?!

i want you to look at your crappy pes port, and then what as everyone slag off the ps3 with "oh, see how shit your console is?" or "you see. its only three ps2 stuck together", "its just a gimmick. it'll won't last", or "how hard can it be? it only has eight processors with state of the art coding!"

Yeah! not so hot now huh? now you know exactly how use wii owners feel like.

I hope you like the pain!

*lick the bitter tears from a weeping ps3 owner*

oh yeah, sooo sweet....

*has to stop watching south park*

Onizuka-GTO

I went to an interview at Konami in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago, and they shoved it down our throats about how "Konami is a company focused intently on multi-platform development." "Konami is spending millions of dollars to be a 'mult-platform' 'multi-genre' 'multi-region' developer.....blah blah blah

Looks like that was all just a bunch of BS

FarmboyinJapan

as702ecs

Malkavian

Sugaray

the A-Team?

as702ecs

*if I'm not mistaken,the Wii version was made by another team.

Malkavian

Matt B

Are the developers even offer reworked version, with better compatibility nowadays °-°" you know...like send your game in get a working one? like "i paid the whole príce give me a whole game"

ibunkun

godhandiscen

Pornosaur

I ranted about this before so I'm not going to again, but Capcom is truly showing out ALL other Japanese 3rd-party devs. When DMC is released and the two versions are virtually identical, they will have officially put themselves at the top of all Japanese development when it comes to this gen. They saw the benefit of this approach (which Western devs have for years already) and will be reaping the benefits of it.

Its time for Konami (and S-E too!) to enter the 21st century. SNES was an entirely different market.

DARTH_TIGRIS

So far, luckily for Sony, their first party and near-first party developers have come through for them and as long as Wipeout HD, UT3, KZ2, MGS4, Haze, Lil Big Planet, Pain, FFXIII, and the likes are in the works, I cannot see the PS3 being anything but successful in the long run. Not a doubt in my mind.

Alls I know is, competition sure is freakin great for us! The competitive prices, the gluttony of games, the humble pie spread equally to all major compaines involved.. I hope that the big three as well as any other hardware company who wants to jump in continue to do their best to win my hard-earned money. And guys, I'm willing. Definitely willing.

raskol

ubisoft and activision/inifity games are doing it right and making ps3 development completely separate.

epionx111

krisb

btw I remember that in a previous post you said that (control-wise) it's the same on the 360 pad as a ps2 pad luke but it's just not true. 2007 and that d-pad almost killed it for me. the sticks are great but the pad is terrible.

krisb

"Check this out I'm giving my kid an English name."

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Mongoosekun

tehFluffz

I'm not surprised that Konami is "not set up" for multiplat. There has pretty much been one dominating console in every gen until the last, when the Xbox finally put up a decent fight up. MS and the big N learned a lot from the last round and Sony finally has a good fight on their hands this time, so it's time for devs to step up and realize that multiplat needs to be a higher priority.

Matt B

For the record, the reason people are buying the PS3 here in japan isnt because of the load of amazing exclusive games, those dont exist. The best selling PS3 titles in the last month were on the 360 as well. Ratchet sold like crap, lair is...well....lair, and there are many titles that are not even out here. Basically the last 6 months software sales consist of Dynasty warriors and gundam games which are mixed with dynasty warriors.Not what I call quality work, not to mention both are multiplat.

People are buying the PS3 simply because its gotten cheaper recently, not because its the better choice. That coupled with brand loyalty I would think. I would be really surpised if sony started showing massive sales on par with the wii in the US prior to them getting a massive boost of whats important to gamers, that being games ofcourse.

Anyways, there is no excuse for konami's draconian approach to this. Any modern company should be setup for multiplat support on an equal level.

RuneX

BigManZam

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feartheraven

FP_slomo788

or i'll tear your goddamned head off, G.

feartheraven

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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

solidsquirrel

All these exclusives are showing that good quality games can be made for the ps3, ending with the notion that that the structure doesn't allow it and making programmers of faulty ports looking like lazy asses.

Once the American charts start looking like the Japanese ones, which shouldn't take too long, all these companies are going to change their colors about what they think about the system. And if past experience is any indication, money attracts publishers like crazy, and they won't miss the opportunity of making a good game if they think that the console will help their profits.

Something that people don't seem to realize is that the only reason why someone would buy a faulty system with 33% failing rate is because there wasn't any real competition to the kind of games that the 360 offered, and people had to settle from lack of choice. But what will happen once the good games ratio between the two system changes? I must emphasize that I don't dislike the good games that have come out for the 360 or the brand itself, but the RROD should have been fixed by now and it is just a slap in the face for xbox supporters to have to continually fear the dammed thing. My guess is that when the ps3 shows everyone to be a good choice the tide should change very quickly.

Sorry if this note enrages anyone as I don't mean to start a flame war (some other posters have done a fine job at it so far), but it is just my opinion.

Masterpain22

FP_slomo788

Wii owners register the tiniest measurable amount of surprise.

sxp151, the happy-headed nose

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

The PS3 was designed on the basic idea that Sony could do whatever they wanted and third parties would fall in line behind them. "Screw the Xbox, these guys made the PS2! Let's support them!" They didn't expect Microsoft to aggressively push in on their market, and they didn't expect Nintendo to run off in the other direction to go frolic in the flowers.

Moonshadow101

/definition of irony

Sqwerell

knulpm

FP_slomo788

This is a phenominon that has been increasing with PS3 software development: First, games just were skipped on the PS3 platform (i.e. NBA 07). Then game's where released but with terrible performance (Madden 08) and finally we are seeing a third round where things have gotten past the visual failures but still leave many things broken under the hood (COD4, FIFA, Assassin's Creed, etc...). I believe the forth round will be the last hurdle but the toughest where developers and publishers will realize what it takes to deliver a quality and comparable PS3 title but also fast the significantly more expensive process of doing so. This combined with the install base and attach rate of the current PS3 system will prove a formidable challenge for the PS3 platform. Should the platform survive this, one thing is for sure, Sony will never enjoy the market dominance that the the PS1 and PS2 garnered only because developers will never put their eggs in one basket for a very long time if ever again.

Again this is my own take on the whole thing and Japan is going to prove to be a strange wild card in how this will all play out but that's its own market and I'm not sure it is showing healthy market patterns at the moment.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

MCWHAMMER

My PS3 works, my 360 does not and I'm fine with that.

Royal_Highness

They did. You just have to do one tiny thing. :)

[kotaku.com]

Slashlen

MCWHAMMER

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Slashlen

MCWHAMMER

it's not their fault the ps3 has no rumble pack, or is harder than ass to develop for.

fuck you game developers! it's all your fault =)

death_is_the_spice_of_life

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