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Game developers leaving PS3 for Xbox 360?

Posted Nov 25, 2006 at 6:44AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Koei, playstation 3 updates, Sony

Are you still smarting for being one of the many who didn't get a PS3? Here's something that might lift your gaming spirit - there aren't too many games (outside ports) for the PS3 right now - or so Opposable Thumbs seems to imply: "sometimes it just doesn't pay to be an early adopter."

According to the site, the low supply of PS3 consoles have not only frustrated consumers. The shortage has forced game publishers and developers to re-think their plans of releasing PS3 exclusives.

Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War from Koei have reportedly defected to Xbox 360. We haven't confirmed this yet, though.

But if the buzz is true that game developers are shifting to Xbox 360, it's not because the don't like the PS3.

It's just that there are so few PS3 units out there right now (298,340), so game developers think they won't get as much money from a PS3 game. In contrast, an Xbox 360 exclusive title has a larger base (7,477,762 sold) so they will sell more. It's just your basic law of supply and demand at work.

The drought of PS3 titles (and hopefully, consoles) is not forever though. There will be more consoles sold, and by March 2007 a deluge of PS3 titles will be coming our way.

NBA Street Homecourt
Formula One Championship Edition
Heavenly Sword
Lair
MLB 07: The Show
MotorStorm
Burnout 5
Def Jam

And then there's Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War which despite rumors are still listed as PS3 titles.

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this sucks :(

once a price drop is implemented with the ps3, it will sell like hotcakes. the problem is not that people don't WANT a PS3, its that they cant AFFORD one. Thats how it is with me right now, i want one really badly.

But then again, even if I had the money, it would be damn near impossible to locate one.

As for the games, I think its going to take a major hit on the PS3. I remember the day when video games were about having fun, trying something neat a new... nowadays, all developers care about is money... and they always want more of it..

Just remember, GREED is one of the seven deadly sins...

Just my two cents.

# Ugh QJ needs to get thier damn facts right — Shadownet 2006-11-25 08:33

They haven't "defected" to the 360...they will now be multiplatform (ps3 AND 360, maybe PC too). QJ is just trying to start flame wars. In my opinion, i would have liked it to stay PS3 exclusive, but i cant say i would have even bought the game regardless. Fatal inertia looks cool though, if Sony doesn't release a WipEout before march, then i mmight buy it, but probably just end up getting Hevenly Sword instead.

# meh — Guest 2006-11-25 08:45

Its not like those games were system sellers. What matters is that we got MGS4, GTHD, GT5, Heavenly Sword, Resistance, ratchet and Clank, Motorstorm, Killzone 2, Final Fantasy, Tekken, Unreal 2007, and a load of multiplatform, Assassins Creed, Mercs 2, GTA4 etc etc. Its not like Sony haven't got exclusives....

anyway, its a stupid assumption by the devs that because in the first 2 weeks its only sold 300,000(almost) the game will sell next to no copies. Jesus, more PS3s will be made and they will be bought, developers are *****ing stupid, this is why people don't like you you *****s (EA I'm looking your way) you don't care about the gamer anymore.

# yea... — Vecha 2006-11-25 09:28

so...would you pay 600 bucks for a system with little to no exclusives and only multiplatform games...or 400$ for a console full of exclusives.

this gen seems that sony and microsoft have copied eachothers strategies...

can't believe sony is retarded enough to act like the LOSER of last gen.

# HAHA — Guest 2006-11-25 09:29

*stands and laughs at the dumb sony fans*

now give me your exclusives betches!

# hmm — Guest 2006-11-25 09:31

It's not the price. They still sell like hotcakes. Its the production speed. Though 100 000 new units per week isn't bad so the numbers should change soon enough.

Besides, even if I get a PS2 1 or 2 years own the line, Ill still look into getting some of the early titles that I miss, so the companies wont go poor from releasing games for the PS3 now.

# Huh? — Guest 2006-11-25 09:34

They arent copying Microsoft. Look at PS2's launch titles. Great huh? It was Tekken Tag and DOA worth mentioning. The other games came later. And like the PS3, PS2 was very hard to come by, and they couldnt produce enough units for a while.

Both games and more units are coming.

# The developers stand in shock and surprise — Planet 2006-11-25 09:58

They all thought the PS3 would have an installed base of at least 100 million on day 1. But Sony broke that promise, so the go over to the competitor.

Next lack-of-common-sense-rumor?

This is no surprise at all. Why shouldn't a 3rd party developer try to broaden the audience in this early phase of PS3 life? Especially since Fatal Inertia uses Unreal Engine 3, which makes the port a relativly simple thing. 3rd party exclusives will come later on.

# doahh — Guest 2006-11-25 09:59

this happens every time a new console appears, and is just based on NOTHING, all the sites just ache to scrape some newsworthy crap together made up of vague rumors, and make if fact.

one site posts the news and all the others follow and blow it up every time, and add speculation.

remember when the 360 came out !!, every little fault, factoid or game rumor was blown up to abnormal proportions.

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE !!

# once a price drop is implemented with the ps3, it will sell like hotcakes. — CSFFlame 2006-11-25 10:03

Not really...

You need good games... something the PS3 doesn't have right now.

That and their trackrecord with firmware updates... (PSP owner)

# how many did thay think thare were going to be? — lansingone 2006-11-25 10:12

oh well atleast i can still get motor storm. been playing the demo since i got my PS3 and i love it, i mastered the tilt controls already, fatal inertia looked like it would have been fun with tilt controls. also i just wanted to tell everyone that just as i said after playing for about a half hour you don't even remember rumble is gone (cuase that is the point that if you had rumble that would would start to ignore it)

# well — Guest 2006-11-25 10:15

I'll keep playing my 360, (own a ps2 & xbox)..I'll have to wait and see, but right now sony doesn't seem to have anything exclusive that is out...so i can wait.

# Hey, it's Vecha.... — phalanges 2006-11-25 10:16

the MS douche bag fanboy. Anywho, it's obivious Koei is a multiplatform developer, look at their track record (DW and SW series were on all systems last generation). It's up to the gamers to choose which system they want to buy it for. If you have a 360, then pick up they version, if you have a PS3, pick that one up.

# Fantasy — Guest 2006-11-25 10:23

3 words: Devil may cry.

go wank over a crosshair, xtard

# hh — Guest 2006-11-25 10:45

When the price drops, it definitely will, so your point is moot. And btw, it sells like hotcakes even at 600.

# ... — Guest 2006-11-25 11:09

Xbox 360 and wii................... BETTER THAN PS3

# uh... — Guest 2006-11-25 11:42

You do know that DMC4 is rumored to be coming to 360 as well right? lol, what an idiot.

# true — Guest 2006-11-25 11:44

yes, most of us know this by now.

# . — Guest 2006-11-25 11:52

Devil May Cry 4 doesn't fit on a DVD9 enough said.

# haha — Guest 2006-11-25 12:52

you can't see the point can you?

600 dollars to pick up a mltiplatform port?

you are a dumbass...try to argue without 12 year old name calling you dumbass

# about the price — Guest 2006-11-25 12:54

Yes everyone complains about the price of the PS3, but comparing the 360 to a PS3 is like comparing a hamburger to prime rib.

# The PS3= Big Dissappointment — Guest 2006-11-25 13:29

Its sad to say.

# ... — Guest 2006-11-25 13:31

I like the xbox 360, but the only problem is that most of its exclusives are shooters and they are not my favorite. Im still waiting and trying to decide which one to get, the wii is definetly out of the picture.

# lkjhlaf — Guest 2006-11-25 13:54

just like how oblivion wouldnt fit? enough said.

# hmm — soapinmouth 2006-11-25 13:59

where do you get your info the it will not fit, is it really the spawn of Satan when u have 2 discs?

# DMC — Guest 2006-11-25 14:19

A DMC might appear on X360 in the future, and Wii as well. But I doubt it will be DMC 4.

# Multiplatforms Rule — Guest 2006-11-25 14:21

Why should anyone hate multiplatforms? They promote competition and advancement in systems. I love multiplatforms!

# Lol — Guest 2006-11-25 14:21

Yeah because X360 had such a great launch, huh?

Seriously the only console Im disapointed in is X360. The good titles are few, and even the ones already announced for PS3 outshines most of them. I'll get a PS3 in a few months when good games start coming out.

# ... — CSFFlame 2006-11-25 14:40

88,450 is not "hotcakes"

and "it definitely will" is incorrect, because people buy consoles for the games, not just because it's a certain console.

(at least no intelligent person.)

# PS3 is cheaper than 360 — Guest 2006-11-25 14:45

The playstation 3 may cost $600, but the xbox 360 is more when you include everything.

PS3= $600

Xbox 360= $400 + $200 (HD-DVD) + $100 (Wifi Adaptor) + $250 (5 years Xbox Live) = $950

Not to mention the PS3 is technically superior.

# YUP — Guest 2006-11-25 15:32

M$ games sux, most of those stupid shooters and half of them or more are on computers

# I don't care — senjutsu 2006-11-25 17:13

I bought an xbox 360 last week, the pack with GRAW and gears of war, but I wasn't impressed at all, the hardware is looking like an old 166 PC... I was ashamed of myself and returned it for a full payback :D. So I don't really care if I have to pay more for a ps3 that have the same games as the xbox 360, because at least I know I paid for a real new hardware, and not a rushed one. And anyway the ps3 have still some exclusives lol, like devil may cry, metal gear solid, final fantasy, kingdom hearts, etc... it's just a bit sad that bladestorm is not an exclusive now... I would have show off to my x360 owner friends lol. now I'll only be able to show off the beatiful hardware botting in fedora, lol.

# Selling — Guest 2006-11-25 17:17

88 000 was the number sold in Japan.

It's selling every single unit available. Thats hotcakes. You can't sell more than you have, and the demand for it is certainly not low.

And I said "it definitely will" (have good games) when the price drops.

People know what games are coming for it, so they can buy it now. I did so with PS2. I wanted Gran Turismo 3, so I got DOA 2, Tekken Tag and Resident Evil Code Veronica in the meantime.

# Lets talk XBox360. — Vietone 2006-11-25 17:21

Lets all see how Microsoft is ruining the Xbox360.

Almost every game has focus on the online portion of the game and lacks a developers single player game.

GoW for example has a very lacking Single Player experience that can only be compensated with its multi player option.

Why has the Playstation always been a success. because of its games. Playstation has the better single player games.

Thats why 100 million people purchased the PS2. only 24 Million purchased a Xbox.

What does that tell you? The console experience offline should come first before the online experience. the FF series is still one of the largest RPG series in existence because its offline is better then anything else.

Not one RPG on the Xbox console comes close to what FFX offers. And now not one RPG on the Xbox360 will ever top FFXII.

Xbox360 is all about the online experience. Every single game thats tailored to have online play has more polished online play then offline play.

So why will the PS3 win over the Xbox360, because you dont have to have a broadband connection to enjoy it.

# selling like pancakes? — Guest 2006-11-25 18:10

80% of people that bought it are bussiness people that are reselling it on ebay or on the internet. show of hands here in the forum who actually own a ps3. i bet less the 50% of people here don't even own a ps3 but still brags about something they dont have. if you guys are really hardcore fanboys then why don't you have one? was it the price? ;P

# . — Guest 2006-11-25 19:21

There has never been a Devil May Cry title for any Xbox console and there never will. A pc port is more likely.

# the guy above me — ContrAss 2006-11-25 19:26

is totally correct. Less than 50% of posters here have a PS3. Infact many that don't own one still argue that it's a great machine, a show of hands for console support. And yes the price kept many of us away, yet when that price comes down another hundred bucks and AAA titles hit, well then...360 is pretty much what it is now in the news: dust.

But it's funny, you ask why hardcore sony fanbois brag about the console. Can you do the same for the 360?? Anybody here that doesn't have a 360 and thinks its the shiznit of gaming? why do i have a feeling it's far below the amount of sony fanboys...

As much as i would love to kick mud in your face, I don't like to pick on kids that wear a helmet 24/7.

# well if they post it...maybe they are right — Guest 2006-11-25 20:47

stop whining and be happy that ur fellow 360 owner is getting better games than YOU-NEED-BLURAY-DISC-PLAYER(THATS-WHY-WE-ARE-CHARGING-YOU-200-USD-EXTRA)-TO-PLAY-GAMES-ON-THE PS3 CONSOLE...hehe have fun with ur 600 dollar toy and port titles from 360

# get your facts straight fool — Guest 2006-11-25 23:43

Thats funny cuz I have a 360 and it has only cost me $450 so far. And as for it being technically superior you might wanna read this...

http://www.itvidya.com/playstation_3_vs_xbox_360

# Idiot. — Guest 2006-11-26 01:37

You're so predictable it's boring.

>"GoW for example has a very lacking Single Player experience that can only be compensated with its multi player option."

It's at that point I know I can ignore the stupidity of your post (no change there then). Almost EVERY review of GoW has praised it's single player game. The main issue with the sp game is that it's a little short, leaving gamers wanting more. Hence it's lacking in terms of length ONLY, not gamplay.

I prefer to enjoy 10 hours or so of superb gameplay rather than wading through 20 hours of rubbish. It seems you prefer the later.

And did you even read the GoW reviews? Obviously not, of if you did, you conveniently used your fanboy filter to ignore all the good points and focus only on what you believe to be bad. Typical.

# Well.. — Guest 2006-11-26 01:41

...you can start by taking off YOUR helmet, kid.

# HD-DVD Drive? — Guest 2006-11-26 05:24

Who needs HD-DVD? Who needs Blu-Ray? If you own both, congrats, you can now watch all of six movies. YAAAY!

# HAHA — Guest 2006-11-26 07:54

Nice job throwing in high prices. Wifi Adaptor + 100 dollars? LMAO i think not.

5 years of Xbox Live costs 200 bucks. Which is technincally $3.50 a month. Not a big cost at all.

If you've played it, I'd say its worth the $3.50 a month.

I can easily jack up your PS3 price too.

PS3 + $600 Another Controller + $60 Another Controller + $60 Router + $50 Gas to go buy all this stuff $100 Mcdonalds you ate after getting PS3 + $10 Tax + $40 PS3 Game + $60 Extra Content+ $50 HDTV to fit PS3's 1080p only-thing + $2000 Alltogether + $3030

Not to mention the Xbox 360 is technically more fun.

# are you kidding — Guest 2006-11-26 07:59

I played Gears of War all night last night with 7 of my friends, and we had a blast!

We would make fun plans like "Ok Guys let's rev the chainsaws to scare them out of the sniper tower and lead them into our trap"

It's so fun. Everyone here should experience the fun that we had yesterday.

# okay — ContrAss 2006-11-26 09:29

so one person answers my question and the trys to put a spin on my words. looks like i wasn't too far off.

# . — Guest 2006-11-26 17:20

lol everyones response to sonys mistakes are "when a price drop comes" yea the os3 wont see a price drop for atleast 3 years this isnt the ps2, the only reason the ps2 had a price drop was to compete with the competitions price drops, and since neither ms nore nintendo feel like droping the price since they already look good compared to the price tag on the ps3. in those 3 years u wait for a price drop to "save" the ps3 it might already be pretty late for them. u might aswell tell sony to skip 3 xmas seasons and leave the 360 unchallenged for the holidays. once xna is in full swing the 360 will have most if not all the pc game developers working for games on the 360 since it will be point and click porting. ide like to see sony when pc games hit the 360 a year from now or what is MGS4 and DMC going to combat all those pc games, this isnt japan u kno.

# . — Guest 2006-11-26 17:26

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