Ready At Dawn Moving On To "Other Consoles" - Kotaku Comments

Ready At Dawn Moving On To "Other Consoles"

Kaminari — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:22:16 MST

"Sony might own the franchise and the game, but they obviously don't own the code."

'k. So you're saying that RAD owns the code to the Wii port of Okami, not Capcom?

Me thinks you don't have much knowledge of how things work in the licensing business. CoO is a full property of Sony -- artwork, music, voiceover and source code included. RAD was simply chosen as a PSP subcontractor. And remember that RAD wouldn't have been able to make CoO run at 333 MHz if Sony hadn't agree on that.

Point is, if Sony ever wants to make a PS2 port of CoO, RAD won't have any say in the decision. What RAD's manager really said is that there won't be any PS2 port from *them* (for the time being).

Besides, RAD/Sony would be crazy to announce a PS2 port so soon, while the PSP sales are just starting to take off. Likewise, Sony would be crazy to not shell out a few cheap bucks in order to get a PS2 port that will surely sell more copies than on PSP. Mind you, Sony was crazy enough to drop BC...

Kaminari

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jinpei05 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:03:35 MST

@toejam316: And I wouldn't be caught dead playing Wii. That thing's a piece of shit.

Yeah, I said it.

jinpei05

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jinpei05 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:02:08 MST

@toejam316: Have you played GOW II on PS2? You CAN ACTUALLY OUTPUT IN HD. Do you really think if they port it to PS2, they would keep it looking only PSP quality? If they did, that'd be pretty dumb on their part, not to mention lazy.

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AtomixIGN — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:55:21 MST

I'd love to see RAD develop their own in house game with their engine for the Wii. I think they've learned a lot about the wii working on the Okami port. Learned a lot of tricks and have a lot of assets/tools working on the Wii that they can easily rework into their PSP engine as they convert it to a Wii engine.

From there that can keep transitioning upwards and build a whole new engine for the PS3 and 360. Which they will totally need to do before they start a high powered game.

$10 on Wii.

AtomixIGN

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joelface — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:34:50 MST

ps3ps3ps3ps3ps3!!!

...also, im hoping for some original games.

they have some of the great minds from Blizzard AND Naughty Dog.

..i can only imagine how awesome this company could be if they really did something huge and unique and awesome for the ps3!

/crosses fingers

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MURDERFACE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:39 MST

LOL i just got my PSP copy for 17 bucks =)

MURDERFACE

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JohnnyLA — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:43:46 MST

You know, most devs have HIGHER-RES versions of geometry and textures of the games that they create. I don't think Ready At Dawn is any exception.

For example, a 256 texture was originally created at 512x512 or even 1024x1024 as sources.

I don't see with a some dev time why they couldn't do it on the PS2.

JohnnyLA

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toejam316 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:04:16 MST

@jinpei05: waitwaitwaitwaitwait.
You were looking forward to playing a PSP to PS2 port on your HD TV and it NOT looking like crap?
Next you'll tell me your Wii outputs 2160P resolution, at 120 frames per second.

toejam316

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WolfGod — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:34:31 MST

Chains is awesome. Almost done with the hades challenge.

WolfGod

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Moh — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:25:25 MST

They invested so much in their PSP engine, you would think they will make a couple more PSP games especially that they managed to make it look darn good.

Moh

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Luv2Hate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:52:16 MST

Even if it doesn't happen - Chains still isn't enough to get me to buy a PSP. I'd rather just replay GoW2 and wait for the PS3 incarnation.

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phalanges — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:50:00 MST

Wonder if R@D is the company that Sony is rumored to acquire? They would be a solid acquisition.

phalanges

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youngmike99 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:55 MST

Resident Evil 5 Wii Version...please?

youngmike99

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White-Sharingan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:56:14 MST

Its probably the wii

I mean, no offence but PS3/360 is kinda for the big boys/girls unless its PSN/Live

White-Sharingan

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bellini — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:54:08 MST

RAD licenses their engine, which means that they own the technology used to make their games, which means that Sony would have to rewrite the whole game from scratch just to port it to PS2, which is a ridiculous proposition. On their web site RAD says "GoW on PS2 is NOT going to happen," that sounds pretty definitive to me. Again, Sony might own the franchise and the game, but they obviously don't own the code.

bellini

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-EDGE- — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:53:30 MST

After my time with GoW:CoO R@D can do just about anything and I'll buy it. There is some crazy ass talent in that dev house!

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Luv2Hate — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:48:30 MST

Eh, I don't know about that. Ready At Dawn may be telling the truth - they won't port the game to PS2. But that doesn't mean a PS2 port won't happen in the future. GoW is an established PS2 franchise, with literally millions of fans. Most of whom don't own a PSP. This could easily be Sony pulling some strings behind the scenes, to get people like me, who are holding out on buying a PSP for this game, to budge. I call bullshit. :)

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jinpei05 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:42:16 MST

@pronounconnoun: Hey dumb-ass, God of War is a SONY Computer Entertainment property. There's no way in hell it will every appear on Wii.

jinpei05

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Mr.SithNinja — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:32:59 MST

@pronounconnoun: The raw power of Kratos baddassedness would melt the Wii into a puddle of goo. (yes even the PSP version would do that)

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pronounconnoun — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:25:13 MST

I hope they make God of Wii, but I'll settle for God of War 3.

pronounconnoun

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bkN00b — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:17:35 MST

@Communist_Gamer: oops. too late... innuendo realized. it is a mcwhertor post after all.

on topic: my psp will miss RAD but promises to make sweet, sweet love to it's final progeny.

bkN00b

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peAr nectAr — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:11:45 MST

They're just saying this to get people to buy PSPs. When that doesn't work, expect it to be on the PS2, at some point.

peAr nectAr

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PSN ID: Kadaj24 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:07:23 MST

Damn, my dumbass passed up COO for $35 thinking it would be out on PS2. Gonna have to get it on PSP now.

PSN ID: Kadaj24

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Candlejack — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:59:15 MST

@Aflack: Likes slushies: Ah, I thought it was internal. Cheers :)

Candlejack

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Aflack: Likes slushies — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:54:39 MST

@Candlejack: That would be Sony's Santa Monica studio.

Aflack: Likes slushies

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dexterr — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:53:22 MST

they already said its coming.

dexterr

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Spartan1308™ — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:51:55 MST

@bellini: I only read the Kotaku article, not the original.

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Candlejack — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:37:03 MST

So, wait, RAD isn't the original developer of GoD? I know that Jaffe was involved in the first one. But which dev team is behind the real franchise that should be in the works for the PS3 now?

And this is an entirely different team, yes? Then, my money's on....the Wii. I said it.

Candlejack

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Ashurahori — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:17:55 MST

They're right. God of War 2 used the PS2's entire potential. It'd take a MASSIVE overhaul to get Chains of Olympus to look the same, no matter how good it looks on a PSP. And they can't just release a gimped game.

Ashurahori

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KirbyMorph — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:08:58 MST

They must hate money. I'd do the nickel and dime port to the console with a 130 million or some odd users in a heart beat.

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Lateralus63 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:01:11 MST

Wii please!

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jinpei05 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:00:34 MST

@bellini: Is it up to them or SCEA? That's the real question.

jinpei05

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Wolfers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:59:50 MST

@ArmyofJuan: I hope that's the case.

Wolfers

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Struct09 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:59:29 MST

Good news, RAD is a great developer, excited to see what they'll do next

Struct09

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niall077 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:58:31 MST

so they will be making a ps3 game then

niall077

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Aflack: Likes slushies — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:54:36 MST

Some of you seem to have short memories. Or maybe I'm just on here too much?

They said this before awhile back and the headline read "RAD sick of the PSP". No one knows what the're doing at this point. They might be making something for the Wii,PSN, PS3, 360, XBL, and there's really no evidence to suggest anything specific at this point.

Aflack: Likes slushies

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BlackANUS — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:53:33 MST

"Other projects and other ideas on other consoles"

Clearly, I am not the only person excited about the development of a new Gizmondo.

BlackANUS

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ArmyofJuan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:48:00 MST

Hopefully they'll make a new IP instead of taking other poeples properties

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deek — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:44:21 MST

It's nice to see so much quality in such a new developer. Just started God of War but damn impressive so far. I missed Okami the first time around, but for sure will be getting the wii version.

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LLamaStar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:43:45 MST

they own themselves. sony was just their publisher.

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Anarchist_Gamer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:54 MST

Something original finally? Now that they've established themselves as top-notch developers and have a little cash in tow, they can finally create something new - probably on the Wii because of low dev costs.

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bellini — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:14 MST

The devs are saying specifically "there will NOT be a PS2 port" and you guys are saying "yes there will be." Some real funny people around here... ;)

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Eddy666 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:41:15 MST

So is that company not owned by Sony?

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Communist_Gamer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:36:43 MST

I'm a 360 fanboy, but my bets on Wii. But I have a Wii, so I'll be happpy. Ready at Dawn are good devs, whatever they do they'll pump out the good stuff.

Innuendo not intended.

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RPGCrazied — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:36:11 MST

its only a matter of time.. it'll come to the PS2

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Doshu — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:34:12 MST

I'm guessing they'll try something on Wii.

With so many consoles out there, it'd be a no brainer for a company whose produced a bunch of stellar titles so far. Their games are sure to stand out from the rest of the shovel-ware on that platform.

As for the PSP? I snatched up a slim with 2 games and 2 memory cards for AU$240 off ebay yesterday. Should have it in time for GoW to be released here. GoW and Patapon put me across the line.

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Spartan1308™ — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:33:11 MST

Just b/c RAD isn't porting it, doesn't mean it isn't being ported. I'm sure the cost for Sony to get one of their studios to do this is far less than what they could make off the game going to PS2.

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Pombar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:32:49 MST

More Wii, some PS3, no 360. That's the way I see these guys going.

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Lemming To The Sea — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:31:03 MST

As long as it's not on PSP and it's a good game I'll probably play it. I lost my PSP Charger many moons ago and haven't yet had the urge to find it or buy a new one.

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:30:41 MST

Well, clearly Wii is in the cards, what with them being behind the Okami port, although it remains to be seen if they'll stick with the Wii after that.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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sergotron — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:30:34 MST

I just beat it 8 minutes ago, it is just as epic as its older brother counter parts.

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Saint Anima — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:29:59 MST

@JustJake: Doubt it. Daxter been out for a while and hasn't been ported, and they just said they like them as PSP Exclusives. So yeah...enjoy it on the platform it was made for!

Saint Anima