Gears of War/Mass Effect on PS3

[Driden]

During a discussion about the status of Microsoft's closest developers aborting ship left and right (Bungie, Bizarre, BioWare), the trio agreed that there is clearly a reason why these companies would rather create distance, or be bought out, than work exclusively for the Xbox 360.

Interestingly enough, Michael Pachter brought up an interesting point when he stated that EA didn't drop $300M on BioWare and Pandemic only to let them keep working on Xbox 360 titles. No, Pachter claims that EA very likely intends on bringing Mass Effect onto the PlayStation 3, with either a sequel, the original, or both.

N'Gai Croal then points out Epic, who is very familiar with the PlayStation 3 architecture, and goes on to state "we pretty much know that Gears of War 3 is probably gonna' come out on PS3." Yes, GOW3, and not the sequel; Microsoft holds Epic to a two-game deal, so the first two will likely remain exclusive, but Gears of War is the intellectual property of Epic Games.

Sounds like its out of Microsoft's hands and once again didn't think long term and screwed up.

source - http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-93868.aspx

[steelba]

Everyone wants the console that breaks!

[pastor_ice43]

Doesn't bother me. I'll probably own a PS3 by the time GOW 2 comes out, let alone 3. In any event, unless Sony cleans up it's Online act...I'll still be sticking with the 360 for games that I plan to spend a lot of time with online...such as Gears of War.

[bravenewworld1]

Doesn't bother me. I'll probably own a PS3 by the time GOW 2 comes out, let alone 3. In any event, unless Sony cleans up it's Online act...I'll still be sticking with the 360 for games that I plan to spend a lot of time with online...such as Gears of War.


Aye, same with me.
I will not buy a ps3 until i am fully confident that 99% of the glitches and problems have been fixed, and they fully utilize the number of processors. i can do without the online play. i use my computer for that........ well aside from gears. which is fucking bad ass.

[pastor_ice43]

I personally don't think there's anything wrong with a PS3 as far as glitches go....haven't heard anything...the only reason I don't have one yet is the price. When I can get a fully loaded PS3 for the same price I got my fully loaded 360, I'll get one.

[manslaughter]

I don't really see this shit happening.Microsoft is the publisher of both gears and mass effect.It was already previously stated that the mass effect trilogy was exclusive to the 360.While bioware was bought out be EA,i believe all deals made previously are to be upheld.I didn't know microsoft only had a 2 game deal with epic.Why would they even make gears 3 for the ps3?The only people who would know the full story is those who own both the ps3 and the 360.It's like them making condemned 2 and saints row 2 on the ps3.I know it's all about the money,but if i owned a ps3 i'd be pretty pissed off that they're getting shafted with only part of a series and not the whole thing.

[Driden]

I don't really see this shit happening.Microsoft is the publisher of both gears and mass effect.It was already previously stated that the mass effect trilogy was exclusive to the 360.While bioware was bought out be EA,i believe all deals made previously are to be upheld.I didn't know microsoft only had a 2 game deal with epic.Why would they even make gears 3 for the ps3?The only people who would know the full story is those who own both the ps3 and the 360.It's like them making condemned 2 and saints row 2 on the ps3.I know it's all about the money,but if i owned a ps3 i'd be pretty pissed off that they're getting shafted with only part of a series and not the whole thing.

What makes you think they can't get the whole thing?

Bioware made exclusive games for the 360. Bioware doesn't have a publisher so Microsoft said they would do it. EA buys Bioware. EA is known for multiplatform games. EA is also a publisher and developer. Why would EA allow Bioware to only release Mass Effect to 1 console? EA can publish Mass Effect from now on and cheaper. Microsoft didn't buy the IP, so they cannot prevent EA from making Mass Effect 1 on the PS3. The contract Bioware had with Microsoft was Microsoft publishes their games, and Bioware will give them 3 games. That contract isn't broken if EA ports over to the PS3.

Now, with Epic we have a different story. Microsoft paid for a 2 game deal with Epic which means the first 2 Gears must be exclusive to the 360 BUT for some reason didn't purchase the 3rd installment (short term thinking? They thought by then they would have crushed the PS3?) Maybe Epic was smart and knew they had a winner and wanted to renegotiate on the 3rd? anyway whatever the reason, Epic can go multiplat with Gears of War 3.

We already know Epic likes the PS3. They have a time Exclusive with Unreal Tournament 3, they confirmed a new exclusive IP for the PS3 that is "gears like" its possible this franchise is going to be exactly like Gears to compensate for not being able to port Gears 1 and 2?

IMO, all Epic games look the same. Look at Reaper in UT3, he looks exactly like DOM/Marcus from Gears.

Saints Row 2, Lost Planet 2, and Condemned 2 are all going to the PS3 as well. It makes sense. They didn't make Saints Row for the PS3 because they were into the sequel and figured they would just start there. the 360 having the 1 year start helped on many so called exclusives. Condemned came out before the PS3 was released.

Microsoft's problem is they don't have any good inhouse studios to make games. they have to spend money to 3rd parties to make timed exclusives for them. this is why they cannot get out of the red. They spend more than they make.

Kind of reminds me of Fast and the Furious. When Brain was ahead of Vin Diesel in the first race. He hit his nos early and was grinning thinking they had it won then slowly but surely Vin Diesel pushed his nos and Brain's car started falling apart.

The PS3 is making a comeback. GTP just came out in Japan and sold 106k units, an extra 20k PS3's sold for this game.. GTP is a demo of GT5! imagine when Sony's big guns come out. Sony is expecting 11 million PS3's sold by Jan 2008. The 360 with a year headstart is only at 14 million.

And if that isn't enough Kotaku had an article saying CEO of Sony Jack Tretton said 3rd party devs are going to start making the PS3 the main platform for their games. Meanwhile 360 games are now suffering frame rate issues like the PS3 did months ago. The roles are changing.

The 360 might just end up in last place.

[pastor_ice43]

I doubt it. More people are still buying 360's and plenty are still waiting for the PS3 to drop in price. Microsoft has worked out all the bugs...with gears 2 not even coming out till '09....by the time gears 3 comes out, i'm wondering if the NEXT gen consoles won't be coming out.

[Revenant]

Hey Driden, what is it with you and always posting rumors against, or somehow portraying the 360 in a negative light?

Predictions are Predictions. Nothing serious. I can predict a bus full of playboy playmates is gonna come to my house but it means jack shit.

[Driden]

Hey Driden, what is it with you and always posting rumors against, or somehow portraying the 360 in a negative light?

Predictions are Predictions. Nothing serious. I can predict a bus full of playboy playmates is gonna come to my house but it means jack shit.

Just news. And while most predictions/rumors never come to pass some do. This was a big one and had 2 top guys in the industry claiming it. So I figured it was worth posting.

if I wanted to be mean I would post the new so called fixed RROD chipset "Falcon" and how it still Red Rings. Here's a video
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/150806.html

[opterasis]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[GruesomeDuece]

Hopefully will have a PS3 before GOW3 comes out anyway. I'm gonna wait for them to start handing out titles that are worth it. Only 2 right now I'd even play are Drake's Fortune and Resistance. MGS4 looks great as well as the FF games. If they announced a new Twisted Metal game for next year I'd buy a PS3 in a tomorrow.

[reaperofthegrim]

Seems like a dumb strategy to put expensive titles like GoW and Mass Effect on a console no one owns. But then again, maybe they're trying to help Sony out.

[opterasis]

Seems like a dumb strategy to put expensive titles like GoW and Mass Effect on a console no one owns. But then again, maybe they're trying to help Sony out.

Dunno how much it could help. Seems every multiplatform game, 360 is dominating ps3 in the US. Hell I went out to pick up rockband today, every store had stacks and stacks of it for ps3, took me 5 stores before I found it on 360.

[Driden]

More confirmation on the subject from Bioware itself.


BioWare's community coordinator and Mass Effect team member Chris Priestly recently commented on Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter's assertion that EA-owned BioWare will make Mass Effect for the PS3. In his message posted in the official BioWare forums, Priestly revealed that BioWare "could" make Mass Effect for the PS3, but they are not working on the PS3 version currently.

Here is the relevant snippet of Priestly's comments -- in which he highlighted the word "could":

"Sorry folks, this is just another rumor at this stage. *Could* BioWare make Mass Effect for the PS3 (or the PC, or some other platform) in the future? Yes we could, but we are not working on a PS3 version currently."

source http://forums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=607257&forum=22&sp=9

[Driden]

Seems like a dumb strategy to put expensive titles like GoW and Mass Effect on a console no one owns. But then again, maybe they're trying to help Sony out.

You do realize that 500k copies is a success. 1 million is a HIT. The PS3 has a fanbase over 8 million now. How is it a dumb strategy? It's a pretty dumb strategy not seeing the PS3 as an option for your game. you are narrowing your sales by being short sighted

[reaperofthegrim]

You do realize that 500k copies is a success. 1 million is a HIT. The PS3 has a fanbase over 8 million now. How is it a dumb strategy? It's a pretty dumb strategy not seeing the PS3 as an option for your game. you are narrowing your sales by being short sighted

Well everyone I know that owns a PS3 owns a 360 as well, and I can't see them buying it for PS3 when they have an X-box. Unless of course they want A game to play on it so that they'll feel that they didn't waste the money on their PS3.