Bioshock to PS3

[Tappy_Tibbons]

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27972&
and
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/story.php?sid=6168749&part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6168749
Now, if the PS3 could only get Alan Wake...

[Mochan]

I don't think it was really in doubt, games today are multiplatting left and right so....

[Gamer From '78]

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27972&
and
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/story.php?sid=6168749&part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6168749
Now, if the PS3 could only get Alan Wake...

"Irrational Games' sci-fi RPG shooter looks like it may be making its way to the PLAYSTATION 3, according to the all things PlayStation blog ThreeSpeech. In today's update on upcoming PS3 software, author Steve Boxer namechecks BioShock as one of the console's "promised future delights." So... confirmed? I stand behind a firm "maybe."

The game is still listed as only appearing on the Xbox 360 and PC at 2K Games' BioShock page and the title has been called an "Xbox 360 exclusive" in the past, a claim the official Xbox site does not make for the game. We'll keep our digits crossed in hopes that ThreeSpeech knows what they're talking about.

In the meantime, we await response from 2K. Thanks to Neil (aka Barbara) for the pointer! Michael McWhertor

UPDATE: 2K reps just contacted us to let us know "BioShock is exclusive to Xbox360 and PC Games for Windows."

http://kotaku.com/gaming/bioshock/bioshock-a-lock-for-ps3-250434.php

I would say the game is CURRENTLY an Xbox 360 and PC exclusive. If it does well and the PS3 picks up, we will more than likely see a release for it down the road on the PS3.

[ilnadmy]

Doesn't really matter, I'll be playing it on the PC. :D

If Sony does get this game, then there would be only one thing to say:

Well played Sony. Well played.

Hopefully they start getting their **** together and get some exclusives.

[Ocelot]

If Sony gets this title under it's hat that is a big step. Mind you considering their history with nasty ports (SCDA) I think the 360 version will be superior, unless the PS3 version comes out on the same date and has proven itself with 2 reputable reviews that their version is better...I'll be playing this game on my 360. Bioshock is the game I want the most and I am not waiting or settling for anything but the best. Sony...Prove me wrong!!!

[Tappy_Tibbons]

oh...so it's NOT coming to PS3 afterall...hahahah

[Glockstar]

Hopefully they start getting their **** together and get some exclusives.

Why? What the frack do you care for? Unless you're a fanboy.

[PapaSmurf]

Why? What the frack do you care for? Unless you're a fanboy.

Are you serious? How would that qualify as a fanboy. Sounded more like a statement to me. I for one do hope Sony gets there act together so Microsoft isn't able to start another monopoly and I'm spending 80$+ for games that probably won't be quality. Yea real fanboy statement there.

[Glockstar]

If he owned a PS3 then it would be something. But he doesn't own either, not a PS3 nor a 360, so what difference does it make to him?!

And here we go with the b!tching about MS and them monopolizing the industry. :rolleyes: They've done so much for their customers... Meanwhile Nintendo and Sony have done everything to screw over theirs and that's okay with you. Get the frack out of here.

[PapaSmurf]

1. I don't have a PS3 or Wii so I don't know what you're talking about with it being ok with me that they're screwing their customers over.

2. Of course they're being great to customers...now. Those things always seem to change when people get to the top spot. We'll see how it plays out. I have nothing but good things to really say about MS right now, spent the whole weekend playing GOW on Live. Still I wouldn't want them to be the only player in town and I'm guessing neither would you.

^ I guess that qualifies as b!tching about MS monopolizing the industry.

[Mochan]

MS is known for screwing their customers over once they have a stranglehold on the industry. But seeing as you have no idea what's going on in the computer market, I guess that's why you can feel content as MS is slowly creeping its hands into your panties and taking them off.

MS might not be screwing people over in the videogame industry *yet* but they've been making asses of themselves on the PC for ages with bug-ridden operating systems with tons of vulnerabilities and bloatware being priced to high heaven and releasing incremental updates every few years that are even more over-priced yet not exactly huge improvements, and which still have all the tons of bugs and bloatware and slowness and inefficieny.

Office is one huge money engine with upgrades released like every other year and yet it seems the latest MS Office functionally feels exactly the same as the first one I had back in 95. Why is that? And we pay the price of 4 video games for this?

What's with Vista technical support? Free for the first 90 days, then afterwards charge $60 per incident? Why do WinMobile smartphones hang and run slower than ones running Unix, Symbian or PalmOS? And they cost more to boot. There are lots of issues you can bring up with MS.

I personally don't care and most issues with MS on PCs don't concern me other than I often feel the OS is rather bloated, all that matters to me is for me to get the cheapest system running as possible to play the best games out there, that's why a Mac will never be for me. But I can still understand how people get screwed on the Windows platform all the time.

[folken001]

And here we go with the b!tching about MS and them monopolizing the industry. :rolleyes: They've done so much for their customers... Meanwhile Nintendo and Sony have done everything to screw over theirs and that's okay with you. Get the frack out of here.

In the most recent podcast of the 1UP Yours show Tim Sweeney and Mark Rein from Epic Games (Gears of War, Unreal Tournament) sat down and talked about Xbox Live Marketplace and a host of other topics. But the quote that stuck in people's heads was when Tim Sweeney implied Epic would like to give Gears of War maps away for free on Xbox Marketplace (like they did the original maps), but Microsoft won't let them.

hats off to M$ though. They can rip you off and people liek Glockstar will still glue its lips to its a$$.

[Mochan]

Well it *is* tradition for PC devs to release maps for free to their endearing public, like every high-profile shooter on the PC has maps released in due time to keep interest high.

[folken001]

It's just odd to see how M$ copies everything off what PC does but not the "free stuff" part. I am sure xbots love M$ for that.

[ilnadmy]

Why? What the frack do you care for? Unless you're a fanboy.
What the hell is wrong with you? You don't own a PS3 or a Wii, so then why don't I see you shutting your mouth about those two systems and sticking to your 360 board?

[slade]

And here we go with the b!tching about MS and them monopolizing the industry. :rolleyes: They've done so much for their customers... Meanwhile Nintendo and Sony have done everything to screw over theirs and that's okay with you. Get the frack out of here.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147804

[Mochan]

You know, this is one of the big reasons why PC multiplayer gaming is just so much better than XBox multiplayer gaming. PC devs give you map packs and weapons and extras all the time, and we're not even getting into the mod community. Remember Unreal Tourney 2k4 has over a 1,000 maps for it. ALthough only like 5% of that came from Epic per se, that's still a lot of official free content.

[DrunkenThumbmaster]

Xbox live multiplayer gaming is better than PC online because of the standardization. Sure the PC has the mod scene but I beleieve they won't have that advantage for long.

As for Bioshock it was initially announced for PS3 as well there is even a preview in an old issue of PSM. But Sony for some reason or another lost there version of the game.

[ilnadmy]

Sure the PC has the mod scene but I beleieve they won't have that advantage for long.

I don't know why, but I have a feeling those Xbox 360 Core systems might put a damper on any attempts to bring the mod scene to Xbox Live.

And I don't see how the PC is not standardized when it comes to online multiplayer. Every single PC game has its own servers for online. Most of the time, the mods can be used on these servers too. Of course, you can have your own servers if you want, but the official option is always there. Battlefield 2142 actually has people paying for their own servers in addition to official servers, but they're all accessible through the game, and I don't have to pay a single cent extra to use them.

[DrunkenThumbmaster]

I don't know why, but I have a feeling those Xbox 360 Core systems might put a damper on any attempts to bring the mod scene to Xbox Live.

And I don't see how the PC is not standardized when it comes to online multiplayer. Every single PC game has its own servers for online. Most of the time, the mods can be used on these servers too. Of course, you can have your own servers if you want, but the official option is always there. Battlefield 2142 actually has people paying for their own servers in addition to official servers, but they're all accessible through the game, and I don't have to pay a single cent extra to use them.


When I say standarized I mean standarized across everygame. What if I want to get in touch with you to do some questing in Burning Crusade. But you may be playing stalker at the time.

It's honestly a preference though. As for the mod scene well farcry you can download maps. And Epic says that MS will allow for modding in UT3 but we'll see how that works out.

The one problem with Live that the PC and to a smaller extend Sony doesn't have is MS insistance on having a death grip on everything that comes to Marketplace. In a recent interview Mark Rein says that they want to give away free maps for Gears of War that way the interest will build in the game and people will keep buying it so you get a bigger return on the investment

MS wants to sell the maps and get a bigger return. So they compromised and what was premium will end up free like they did with Halo 2. But there have been rumblings that MS has forced prices on some 3rd parties so we'll see.

[Mochan]

Xbox live multiplayer gaming is better than PC online because of the standardization. Sure the PC has the mod scene but I beleieve they won't have that advantage for long.

More like the other way around. XBox Live won't be reaping the fruits of "standardization" for long at this rate. With pay-for-play downloadable content it's not exactly "standard." There will be gamers who bought content who can't play with those who didn't buy the content.

On the other hand, how will XBox Live topple the PC modding advantage? Modders sure as hell won't be on XBox Live Marketplace, we already know that MS controls everything put on there and they want you to pay for whatever they do put on. So we're not going to see anything like the 1000+ downloadable maps for Unreal Tourney 2004. I will bet you anything that the PC version of UT3 will have a ton more content than the Xbox version.



When I say standarized I mean standarized across everygame. What if I want to get in touch with you to do some questing in Burning Crusade. But you may be playing stalker at the time.

What's the problem, you pick up your celphone or landline, or if that's not practical, you page the person's IM. That's not exactly much of an advantage, and is not even an actual gameplay-affecting advantage. Being able to be paged by someone while you're playing something else does diddly squat to your game and in fact could distract you while you're playing.

On the other hand the modding scene makes real changes to your game and offers real value to your game, changing the game, enhancing it, etc.



It's honestly a preference though. As for the mod scene well farcry you can download maps. And Epic says that MS will allow for modding in UT3 but we'll see how that works out.

Far Cry PC has the Jurassic Park mod, that's not just some map pack. That's a hell of a lot more value added right there, for free.

The one problem with Live that the PC and to a smaller extend Sony doesn't have is MS insistance on having a death grip on everything that comes to Marketplace.

Yet that is the biggest part of the equation -- downloadable content is, guess what, all about CONTENT and MS controlling everything going on there simply means less content.

Without even talking preference, from an objective standpoint you simply get less content for paying for more, period. You can't argue against that.

[DrunkenThumbmaster]

I'm not going to dispute your points. They are all legit. You kind of miss the point about cross game messaging. The thing I love about it you see the moment your friends log on and there is no guessing or anything or using other apps it right there.

MS does need to adjust the buisness plan of live I don't know if it's sustainable at this rate. But right now they are dominating the console space (online) and MS doesn't see windows as a compeititor.

I personally just prefer the experience of playing games on live. There is no doubt that the PC is more of a value when it comes to online gaming.

[PapaSmurf]

I'm not going to dispute your points. They are all legit. You kind of miss the point about cross game messaging. The thing I love about it you see the moment your friends log on and there is no guessing or anything or using other apps it right there.

MS does need to adjust the buisness plan of live I don't know if it's sustainable at this rate. But right now they are dominating the console space (online) and MS doesn't see windows as a compeititor.

I personally just prefer the experience of playing games on live. There is no doubt that the PC is more of a value when it comes to online gaming.

With Xfire (free service) people can message you in-game, and you can choose whether or not you want to answer it. Playing on Live for a while now at my cousins I would give Live the advantage in terms of buddy lists and easy compatibility, but Xfire isn't far off at all.

[NEO-360]

Are you serious? How would that qualify as a fanboy. Sounded more like a statement to me. I for one do hope Sony gets there act together so Microsoft isn't able to start another monopoly and I'm spending 80$+ for games that probably won't be quality. Yea real fanboy statement there.

Right now the PS3 simply isnt generating great software sales.And currently the 360 is doing that extremely well. So at this point do you think a game like Bioshock should arrive on the PS3? I dont. The PC/360 crowd should get it first and the PS3 crowd should get it later. Once a handful of system sellers start popping up on the PS3 then I would say its EARNED its stripes to get a game like Bioshock right away. Till then sorry Charlie. Theres a statement for ya PapaSmurf.:thumbsup:

[ilnadmy]

So you state that I did sound fanboyish, then move on to a completely different argument without so much as bothering to address the first. I must say, your logic is the stuff of champions.

[NEO-360]

So you state that I did sound fanboyish, then move on to a completely different argument without so much as bothering to address the first. I must say, your logic is the stuff of champions.

I'm only doing to you what others has done to me since day one in VGR. Would you care to have another slice of hypocrite pie? :rolleyes:

[ilnadmy]

And you still haven't backed up your statement. You know, as the self-proclaimed Chosen One, you're really not all that special.

[NEO-360]

And you still haven't backed up your statement. You know, as the self-proclaimed Chosen One, you're really not all that special.

I dont have to back up what I had to say. Anyone that wants to see the truth all they have to do is read those wonderful replies and the rest will speak clearly for itself.

Of course I'm special. For the last 6 years I've made alot of guys around here famous. Thats why I'm the VGR Legend Killer.

Bioshock wont come to the PS3 anytime soon.Even if it did 360 owners wont lose any sleep over that.:D

[Renzatic Gear]

Would you care to have another slice of hypocrite pie? :rolleyes:

Holy ****! He spelled hypocrite right! :eek:

[ilnadmy]

I dont have to back up what I had to say.

Are...

...

Are you George Bush?