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WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 cancelled for PS3

Posted Jul 23, 2006 at 9:49AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: playstation 3 updates, PS2, Sony, THQ, WWE
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Smackdown VS RAW 2007It looks like yet another PS3 game is going down the drain - it was recently announced on the German THQ website that the PS3 version of WWE Smackdown! vs RAW 2007 has been cancelled. The publisher wants to concentrate resources on the versions for the other platforms, as the PS3 version would have taken several months longer to develop.

While this hasn't been officially confirmed in a press release yet, numerous sites have picked up this news which was originally posted by a site administrator on THQ's German forums, so it will most probably be true. Certainly unfortunate news for wrestling fans hoping to play this title on Sony's next-gen hardware. But seeing as THQ regularly releases new titles in the series, PS3 gamers will get their WWE action sooner or later.

Now without the Playstation 3, WWE: Smackdown! vs RAW remains due for a release in November for PS2, PSP and Xbox 360.

Via THQ.de



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# ah ah ...I knew itGuest 2006-07-23 12:31
Ps3 is another world. Don't cry PS3 lovers... WWE are just a visual upgrade, the ps2 version will be the same as the xbox360 one (hmm like fight night round 3)

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# Nacho Libre!!!iNCREDiPiNOY 2006-07-23 12:36
Where my 2 Lion beasts, lol!!!

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# reerGuest 2006-07-23 12:37
Ps3=this gens gamecube







pity that world is arrogant and ridiculously priced



also....HA ps3 is too expensive and time constrainting to develpe on

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# AWESOMEGuest 2006-07-23 13:03
I think this is great because now the developers are going to concentrate more on the ps3 version which will make the game even better than the other ones. Think of it this way, would you like to take care of 5 children or take care of just one.

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# HmmGuest 2006-07-23 13:12
What other game/s were canceled for PS3?

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# ehFin 2006-07-23 13:16
I could care less. I never really like the wrestling games. The gameplay gets pretty fusturating. Once one person gets momentum and does good damage, its almost impossible to get back and win, and you end up rubbing your thumbs off just to get off the ground and out of grapples.



Anyways, as the article says, we'll eventually get on on the ps3, you'll just have to stick to the ps2 version for now.

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# Unhappier 360erGuest 2006-07-23 13:20
You hit well Steve... they can do the xbox360 version on ps2 (but less in graphic)why do hit for PS3.



Even in the US THQ website they remove the PS3 logo.



When i look at my xbox360 i have a tear in my eye.... I use to be a Xbox fanboy . But when i see news like this it's should make me happy but it's not...



The developers always associate xbox360 with ps2 and handle....Maybe xbox360 is not next-gen.



Developers says wii it's different to develope = next-gen

Now it's seems that PS3 are different too..=next-gen

Don't tell me i pay 400 bucks for nothing except graphic Damit !!

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# so whatsenjutsu 2006-07-23 13:20
so what if THQ have no talent in developpement? maybe they should go to university before even entering the video game market...



A lot of devs said the ps3 was a lot easier than what they expected and epic games said that all devs that say the ps3 is hard to program on are stupids because the ps3 was easy to program on ( they will release unreal tournament 2k7 on ps3 with the best graphics ever seen )



ps: anyway I don't like this king of games, but this may discourage buyers, this is not good for the ps3, THQ have lost a part of my respect...

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# Come to grip with reality fanboysGuest 2006-07-23 13:37
I have a 360 its great and all so far but no leaps and bounds just yet. kinda like the dreamcast before the ps2 came out. but the diffrence is this machine is around to stay with news like this stemming from various devolpers latley its gonna be first party city for the ps3 and well EA games of course. not because of the hardware. no the system itsself is like the ps2 when the xbox came out with the ps3 being the latter. it has the potental to be great its just the cost of making it so. what it seems like so far is companys were all eager to produce ps3 stuff strickly because of the way ps2 took off and the sony legacy but with sony dropping the ball latley and people attacking it left and right like bush(but he deserves it) devolpers are gonna take a wait and see approach to the console like what the did with the 1st xbox.

Summary Games seem to be better for ps3 when built from the ground up instead of being ported from an engine thats been used on the 360 or other consoles.



so expect original ps3 only titles to show true power and ports to either not exsit(which is less likley) or the game be released further from the date of the other games.

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# Bad pub onlyGuest 2006-07-23 13:39
Even if we don't care about the game, this is bad publicity.



I just hope this post will not be pack with 360Fanboys. I'm tired of childrens play (my dad is stronger ..no it's my dad etc..)



Oh oh .. i know, i know... now i see why backward compatible is important. Good move Sony

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# EhhGuest 2006-07-23 14:10
Not that the game looked very impressive, but it's sad to see them cancel it nonetheless. Endless Saga got shut down too, but it's not the end of the world. I mean, if MGS was cancelled then there'd be hell to pay. By the way, I wonder if Starcraft: Ghost will come out any time soon. I know they wanna remake it for next-gen and all, but damn.

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# 0_0hush404 2006-07-23 14:36
lame. The PS3 hardware challenged them to do something different and they quit? wow.

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# kind of dishearteningGuest 2006-07-23 14:57
i mean i really couldn't care less about this game... i haven't played a wrestling game since the 16bit era... but still, just the fact that a publisher straight out dropped a PS3 version of a game they're producing because it's too hard to develop for, it's kind of scary. the ps3 already has plenty of critics and this news is just adding more fuel to the fire. it continues to get this bad press that might end up hurting it come launch date...... anyway, hopefully not! i know the ps3 still has plenty going for it... sony pr just needs to step up because there's so much negativity floating around the ps3. hire me!

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# more businessDan (deathtok) 2006-07-23 14:58
Challenge? PS3 this gens Gamecube? No. It's all about viable market.



Their cost of development vs. risk is extremely high. There is no point in making more units than consoles so it only makes sense to wait. WWE 2007 is not a game that will sell when WWE 2008 comes out on PS3 next year.

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# thisGuest 2006-07-23 15:01
is most likly a rumon because in a interview

they said they was 60% done they won't cancel it

after spending the money and time on it.

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# think about itGuest 2006-07-23 15:07
well definitely 2k8 is going to come out for ps3 so while we wait for that why dont we buy 2k7 for ps2 play it on our ps3's since all games are backwords compatible and save about 10 - 20 dollars :)

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# yeahGuest 2006-07-23 15:11
but the ps2 version is missing the graphics

like the crowd over 2000 are 3d the ps2 only has

the front this just one of many things.

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# SvR was NEVER CONFIRMED for PS3!!shagg187 2006-07-23 15:23
Hi, i read the recent article posted almost EVERYWHERE...



People are crying about smackdown vs Raw not being able to make it on PS3...



But the fact it, it was NEVER Confirmed to show up on PS3...



It was a media mistake saying that it would come out on PS3, and THQ followed with that lie because they knew it would heartbreak alot of fans by saying "They are Lying! no SvR2007 for PS3!!"





Proof is right here:



http://www.svr2007.com



Scroll down and read the fine print that NO ONE ever reads...



ive been viewing this from past 5 months and everyone's been making fun of me for not looking at the PS logo on the page.



Well... that PS logo is for PS2



For PS3, it says that "This title has not yet been concept approved for PS3 by Sony Computer Entertainment America."



http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=svrconceptapprovedez9.jpg



In short, either THQ never had intentions to make it for PS3 or Sony just didn't approved this title for PS3...



whatever the story is, its pretty bad for PS3...

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# it makes senseGuest 2006-07-23 15:29
think about it....these developers dont have enough to cover ps2,psp and 360 so adding ps3 to their work is just too much.if this game only came out for 360 and ps3, they it wouldnt of been cancelled it.and the other hand, other developers have enough to cover all the systems like EA.

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# listen it doesnt matterGuest 2006-07-23 15:36
save yourself 10 dollars for the same gameplay with less gfx with your ps3 backwords compatibility and it wont looks all jaggedy because im sure the ps2 games will get hooked up with 4x anti aliasing and 16 AF so it wont really look all that bad just wait and see

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# are you stupidGuest 2006-07-23 15:36
thq announced it for the ps3 first.

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# to # 21shagg187 2006-07-23 15:45
no... ur stupid... they never showed the PS3 version of the game, and plus it was announced as "Next-Gen Title"..... NOT "PS3 and Xbox360"



Sure, they planned to release it for PS3 for sure...



and read the fine prints again:



"This title has not yet been concept approved for PS3 by Sony Computer Entertainment America."





so either:



1. THQ screwed up bad andnever had intentions to make it for PS3; or

2. Sony screwed up bad and just didn't approved this title for PS3...

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# and in fact #18...Guest 2006-07-23 15:45
The centerpiece article/cover in the May '06 issue of Playstation Magazine (PSM) is Smackdown vs. Raw 2007...for the PS3. Explain that one.

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# # 23shagg187 2006-07-23 15:54
i said it before and i say it again... SvR was NEVER concept approved for PS3 by Sony...



so i guess Sony screwed up pretty bad, didn't they?



Sure, it was all over PSM frontcover, but then again, PSM is 100% Independent Playstation Magazine.



Plus, everyone at Sony lies... just like the controller was all over the magazine saying "secret controller"..



Pfft.... what secret?!

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# 1# is a FanboyGuest 2006-07-23 16:38
all you ms lover are fanboy @**holes hahahahahahahah a

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# Not YET concept approvedGuest 2006-07-23 16:44
Shaggy I think you are making alot about "Not YET concept appreoved". First of all if were never to be on the PS3 then why would they mention the PS3 in the first place.



If you were at Halo3.com would they write "warning not for Playstation 3", of course not.



You are taking a line that could mean all sorts of things. And about sony lieing all the time, everyone lies. Here's a couple good ones.



Microsoft: "We are going to sell 10 million consoles by 2007" Not going to happen



"We are going to have 50 xbox live arcade titles by the end of the year" No going to happen either.

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# hmmm..Vecha 2006-07-23 17:43
"

Microsoft: "We are going to sell 10 million consoles by 2007" Not going to happen



"We are going to have 50 xbox live arcade titles by the end of the year" No going to happen either."



wow...those are petty compared to all the lies for the ps3...



can't wait to see all that isn't put into the ps3 just like with the ps2.

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# funnyGuest 2006-07-23 17:48
how xbots brag obout their 360 yet they dont realize that xbox1 was beaten by ps2 already, hands down!!so its mostlikely ps3 will do the same!!!lol

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# hmmmm....Guest 2006-07-23 17:58
My guesses on why it was cancelled ..

1) PS3 is too difficult to develop for ..dont associate difficult with meaning it's next gen and the other systems aren't. The multiple threading required to get performance out of PS3 is difficult and time consuming.



2)I guarantee shortages on the system. Not because of high volume sales but poor yields on the cell.



3)The system is just too damn expensive and $600 for the real PS3 not the crippled version is way to high with our damn near crippled economy due to high energy prices and the weak dollar.

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# HOPE ITS NOT TRUEGuest 2006-07-23 17:58
This better not me true. I am getting PS3 when it is released....and that's the no.1 game for the PS3! Also, number 18...there is no proof on that site because the PS logo can stand for PS3, PS2, and PSP!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

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# i hope this is not trueGuest 2006-07-23 18:00
i will burn every system i have which is 11 if this is true.

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# Its a Surprise!!!!!Guest 2006-07-23 18:04
Maybe THQ is playing a trick on us!...maybe they will make it a surprise launch title for the PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!i hope

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# this cant be trueGuest 2006-07-23 18:04
VINCE IS PLAYING A JOKE ITS COMMING OUT ITS A SURPRISE FOR ALL YOU SMACKDOWN FANS SIKE IT WAS DX THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE VINCE BROKE SO LOOK OUT FOR IT

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# SHUT UP.....YOUR FIRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRED!Guest 2006-07-23 18:07
Everybody out there...yes its me Vincent Kennedy McMahon, and i am telling THQ to make this game for the PS3 as a launch title.

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# WE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU SMACKDOWNS CANCELLEDGuest 2006-07-23 18:10
HAHAHA WE DID IT WATCH RAW AND FIND OUT HOW AND WE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU SUCK IT

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# >>29Dan (deathtok) 2006-07-23 20:04
The XBox 360 requires the same "difficult" programming to get great performance. Games on PC's are programmed with parallelism in mind now too. For the time being, it is the future of gaming and programming in general.

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# PlayStation3Guest 2006-07-23 23:14
Why do you always post bloody rumors QJ-net?

Its not official stated! And if so? Who cares about smackdown vs Raw. Back here in Europe nobody cares of those stupid wrestle games! Its a typical American thing, just like that stupid Xbox360...

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# Oh GodGuest 2006-07-23 23:48
I was looking forward to this game.



Hopefully WWE release a PS3 exclusive game.

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# Let me sheld some light on this this!!Loudninja 2006-07-24 00:14
It was cancelled because the game would not be ready in time to launch alone side the other versions, so thye just drop it.

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# Wow...Guest 2006-07-24 01:18
I would usually I'm not shocked, followed by a hearty laughter, but this time I really am shocked @.@



Still Laughing My Ass Off, Though :D

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# whateverGuest 2006-07-24 01:32
"who ever worte this article needs to be shot! dont reports something that isnt true! dumbass... and 36 is right, the 360 is just as diffcult to program for, so find another REASON X*****!"



considering a # of programmers who are actually designing for the 2 systems have said otherwise...

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# ...Guest 2006-07-24 02:01
work for ea in warrington (near manchester, england) and both are difficult to program for.



As for this game, its a good move by THQ. There isn't going to be alot of PS3's around, so theres no point in using resources on a PS3 game that might not sell to its full extent. Plus, they will look at the PS2 version and possibly think that this is the only version they need for the Playstation (except PsP).



It is just a romour though at the moment. I've been on IGN who cover the wrestling games like its religion, and they don't mention anything about it being cancelled as yet

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# duhGuest 2006-07-24 02:13
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 sucks...



I dont even care if it was cancelled or never announced for PS3. It is the worst game francise I have played that is current gen.

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# BS?Guest 2006-07-24 02:15
I smell BS. Computerandvide ogames.com done a thorough playtest on the PS3 version a few weeks ago and its quite far on in development - http://www.computerandvide ogames.com/article.php?id=142486

Why would it be cancelled when it is this much playable and complete?

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# Rumours as usualGuest 2006-07-24 03:54
The game has not been cancelled. It has just been moved to christmas 2007, as few already suggested. I can only provide a link to a finnish site, but i willalso do a rough translation.

http://pelaajalehti.com/2006/07/24/ps3-wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2007-november-2007/



"THQ reacted to the rumours in the floating in the net, that the next SmackDown game wouldnt be published this year for PS3.

In the announcement THQ stated that the game will arrive to PSP, PS2 and xbox360 in November and that the PS3 version has been moved to christmas 2007. This is a standard procedure to make certain that the game is up to standards..."



That's it.

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# who caresGuest 2006-07-24 06:31
smackdown vs. Raw 2007 sucks. Thank God they cancelled it. The game would suck online anyway. Who wants to play wrestling on PS3. No rumble in the conroller makes it even worse. I am not a fan of wrestling anymore, now that i found out it was fake, buy unreal tournament 2007, trust me thats a game evryone will enjoy

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# U ALL BETTER SHUT UP OR ELSE...Guest 2006-07-24 07:54
to anyone that hates smackdown games...SHUT UP because u r all haters..u just cant win the game or beat anyone in it, thats y u hate it!



And to u people who hate wrestling because its "fake"...SO WHAT!?!?!!?!......RAW is still the NUMBER ONE show on television and its a fact!...and plus most of the stuff on wrestling ISNT fake because they DO get injured....they DO bleed....they DO get hit badly with weapons....the only thing fake about it is the punching!!!THAT S ALL......HATERSSSSSS

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# who cares?Guest 2006-07-24 08:48
...as several other people probably already said.

Who play these useless games anyway? Wrestling sucks, if you want a fight game, you get tekken of course...

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# It didn't got cancelled :|KnowLedge 2006-07-24 09:02
I love how this site posts crap like this.



The game didn't got cancelled - it got DELAYED, for a full year.



Why? You have a reason in above comments: SONY didn't approve this game in it's current form, and you can watch the trailers to see why.



Animations are disgusting, and other than graphics this game is just like a PS2 version.

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# 48ffaldkja 2006-07-24 09:26
actually smackdown games are horrible because of the controls and gameplay. Its not hard to pull off moves by button mashing, the angled directional movements create annoying 3d movement. The gameplay, like the show, is flawed and drawn out.



Speaking of the shows, the storylines are litterally soap opera's for men. Drama, deceit, greed, betrayal, love, hatred; its all there. Also to top it off, wwf and smackdown is scripted, the moves are practiced to make them look like they hurt but are manipulated so the brunt of any move is taken by the recoil of the person doing the move hitting first. Yes they do bleed and get injured and hurt by weapons, but not as much as they should. A few years ago there was a show on the secrets of wrestling on the discovery channel, how they have to follow scripts, practice the moves so they dont get seriously injured, and if they do they have to pay out a good bit of cash for damages. Oh and they do still use blood packets and pills. Ever wonder why a wound from a crack to the skull with a chair that has a wrestler oozing some blood one week, isnt even noticable the next?

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# smackdown is cancelledGuest 2006-07-24 09:27
HaHaHaHa TO ALL U SONY FANF---S

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# these wrestling games SUCK!Guest 2006-07-24 10:19
Its obvious that the devs didn't want to put the time into making the game at the standard level of quality that sony demands from its game's in order to be licensed. If devs like these deside to be lazy and only make thier games to the level of quality to fit previous generation systems like ps2 and 360 (most 360 games look like previous generation xbox and pc games) then they are gonna get a big fat rejected letter from sony saying we don't want your crap playing on our console. Allowing games that look so crappy and previous on the ps3 will only give the ps3 such bad publicity for looking out of date and not 'next gen' just like what happened to the 360. And allowing devs to be lazy will only spoil them just like what microsoft did to all their devs.



Its kinda like how sony and nintendo had to push devs to not be lazy make their games in 3d and not 2d during the era of the n64 and ps1. If they didn't then ps1 and n64 on its release would have been plagued by games with snes and genesis graphics.

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# Just a quick noteGuest 2006-07-24 10:59
DP -- Ever heard of a game called Capcom All Stars? It was 80% completed and it got scrapped. Just because a game has a playable build it doesn't mean it won't be canned.

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# You guys are misunderstandin g :|KnowLedge 2006-07-24 15:39
It has been delayed, due to SONY not accepting it in it's current form (SONY America didn't approve it), so they have to work on it, to make it pass SONY's quality requirements:



"This is a standard procedure to make certain that the game is up to standards...""



Why don't they do the same procedure for 360 version? Cause M$ doesn't use quality standards, they take everything they can, which in this case means they are taking current-gen game with better graphics.

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# GheyGuest 2006-07-25 07:29
This is the first game in the Smackdown! series to be multi-platform... and it's not even coming to the ps3!? It originally debuted on the Playstation for christ's sake. That's like saying mario's going to be multi-platform... then saying it won't be available on the nintendo.

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# all you haters can suck itGuest 2006-07-25 09:15
all you haters can suck my ************ and japan power!!! america RULES!!!!!!!!!! you tea drinking *****

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# Oh no...yoshinatsu 2006-08-23 01:59
Man, I dunno. I'm really disappointed to hear that... Although I would not buy it for PS3 but just for PS2, I will not even have the chance to actually SEE its next-gen form, because none of my friends has a 360, and I don't plan on buying one just for Halo and Fable...

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# よしなつ りょうyoshinatsu 2006-08-23 02:12
And yes you mother*****ing stinking English *****s SHUT UP!!! WRESTLING RULES!!!

And I'm not an American. And that proves that wrestling is famous on other countries too! You are the retards who don't like it! It might be fake (I've seen many Hell In A Cells and Elimination Chambers...) but it's the number one sport in America (maybe after Madden). But it doesn't matter. It's still famous and you still STINK!

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# it is cancelledGuest 2006-09-11 21:07
nocomment

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# it is cancelledGuest 2006-09-11 21:11
Guys the game is cancelled for ps3 its even confirmed on http://ps3.ign.com/articles/720/720091p1.html if you look at the info box on the right of the page..



for the reason why, i heard it was that they want to release the game on all consoles simutaniously which they would not be able to do for the ps3..

so they decided not to release a ps3 version of the game... they are still commited to a ps2 version,



and as of what version would be better... well its a no brainer that the 360 will be the better version.. just take a look at the screenshots of the ps2 version and the 360 and you will see the difference

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# PS2Guest 2006-10-15 03:03
Smackdown vs raw 2007 this is crazy the but Shane Mcmahon as a Legeng he is not a Legend i don't know you they put him as a legend and go to www.ign.com and is reveals the Superstars and Legends

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