Rein: No split screen for PS3 UT3

  • Posted April 19th, 2008 at 17:26 EDT by
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Mark Rein, VP of Epic Games, has dashed hopes of split screen multiplayer coming to the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3.

He was speaking to VideoGamer.com at Midway's Gamers Day last week when he broke the news:

"I don't think so, because this is what's in this (the Xbox 360 version) game. I think it would be a big job to go back and retrofit that game for split-screen. I just don't think we have the resources to do that unfortunately."

When UT3 ships for Xbox 360 later this year it will include split screen online multiplayer across all modes except for ranked games (to prevent cheating). Although this is likely to be a popular feature, Rein believes PS3 owners have something just as juicy:

"They've got mods! They've got their thing. They've got easily exchangeable user created mods. Whether this game gets that or not, it won't have it at ship. They've got they're thing and they should be happy. They've got a great thing going."

So perhaps the argument is about what you value more: mod support or split screen multiplayer. Which is your pick? Leave a comment below...

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  1. yoboyrob9041226 | BIGROB904

    • 5:30pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 1

    i think mod support is better even though i dont have the game

  2. Kraill | Kraill

    • 5:30pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 2

    Well that kinda of sucks, but oh well we have many other good first person games coming to fast for me to worry about that kind of detail.

    Ya I also agree that mods are better option too

  3. JJJoe

    • 5:52pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 3

    The story of gaming life, lies, all lies.  he says PS3 has its thing, and he says that xbox has its thing, splitscreen and he doesnt know whether xbox will get what ps3 has got, user stuff. Ill bet that the xbox gets the User created stuff.

    I remember how people praised this bloke and how UT3 was gonna be an exclusive, hes just tryna make a bit more money. Robber, and thats how itll always be, hes forgotten about the PS3 now, and wont bother with it until hes sold UT3 on xbox and wants a bit more cash.

  4. drchucks

    • 5:59pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 4

    I would much rather have had split screen.  While it is nice to have new maps and characters, you can't play them with your friends.  It's obvious they rushed out the ps3 version to get thier Christmas bucks, but I would rather have had them take their time and fix the online play and have added split screen.

  5. Alakratt | Alakratt

    • 6:15pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 5

    in time mods will be in the 360 version as well, no big surprise there since he didn't say it was a PS3-only feature.....can they be more lazy?

  6. AclayPS3

    • 6:17pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 6

    I'm thinking that maybe if UT3 had sold better on the PS3 then maybe they would have put Split-Screen Multiplayer in the PS3 version. But, Split-Screen Multiplayer should have been put on the PS3 version to begin with.

  7. GR8ST | GR8ST

    • 6:17pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 7

    No split screen is usually a deal-breaker for me, but this time I caved. Most games I won't get it w/o splitscreen. I look forward to getting the new Motorstorm, as the last one was not worth buying for me. I love that PS3 has on-line, but I hate that a lot of game makers have neglected the players that would normally sit next to me.

  8. hush404 | hush404

    • 6:35pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 8

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!

     

    So, what he's saying is we got UT3 first but we got the inferior version in terms of boxed in content/modes?

  9. gingo | gingo

    • 7:21pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 9

    psn id: gingo..... to be honest i think having mods is bigger bragging rights for a game than split screen

  10. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 7:53pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 10

    There's no way that the xbots will let this slide. They'll cry loud and long enough that it'll eventually come their way. Mark my words.

  11. Nuttah87 | NuttahSupreme

    • 7:54pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 11

    I love that we get mods, but not having splitscreen is the reason why i dont play it anymore ( and no ranking), im a family man, and most of my fam grew up playin games with me, so splitscreen is very important to me, Cod4 splitscreens is ok, but is nothing compared to the online, i stopped playin burnout paradise for that reason, i love warhawk, but you know how cool it wouldve been to play offline splitscreen.............well i dont know about you guys but i would kill to have more splitscreen multiplayer(on and offline) on my ps3, i already have 6 controlers, im just waitin on the perfect game to use them.......................

  12. steck_67

    • 9:06pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 12

    Wow... the reason why I didnt get this game becuase it didnt have split-screen, and I was going to buy it when a split-screen patch released. Why couldnt they take more time and include split-screen for the ps3 version? I would of waited.

  13. AdolphFitler

    • 9:31pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 13

    The games great and all...  But the guys a bit of a d!ck turning around and saying, " they have their thing, they should be happy".   It's like he's speaking about two different races of people, and then saying, O.K., the blacks have their area, and the whites have theirs, they should all be happy".  

    I mean then this turd continues on to say PS3 owners are not worth giving spltscreen to, but we'll rub it in(the biggest gripe people had with the game), by giving the feature exclusively to 360, then going on and saying that PS3 has mods over 360 version until it gets later after shipping via patch.  

    At least with Epics past online track record, PS3 owners can take solace in the fact that the 360 version will not escape the constant and sometimes horrendous lag these games have suffered on consoles since the xbox1 days.

  14. Lattz | latbou

    • 9:52pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 14

    Split screen and acheivements vs. mods and the option to use mouse and keyboard... sounds like the PS3 version is just a bit better overall. And check out the action cam mode where u cand play in an over-the-shoulder view, its pretty cool. But as for the split screen, well, there's alway Haze. If 2 player is fun, then 4 player split screen will be fun times 2!

  15. Psypathic | Psypathic

    • 10:06pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 15

    At this stage of gaming,games like Unreal will suffer from bad framrates in splitscreen.

  16. shadowrth | shadowrth

    • 10:23pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 16

    glad i never bought this game splitscreen is the reason i didn't what's UT without offline split screen screw you epic next time don't do us the favor of rushing it to us well i'll never buy it and now my friend won't either epic you can take this game and shovel it!!!!!

  17. kudoshinchi | kudoshinchi

    • 10:47pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 17

    this is the reason I have UT3 on PC, more multiplayers, more servers, and more mods

  18. DAVERAGE

    • 11:43pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 18

    I would buy this game the day they would have announced the split screen..

  19. gameoholic | Demented007

    • 11:51pm BST - April 19th, 2008
    • 19

    MODS ARE BETTER, HANDS DOWN! Split screen just cuts the resolution down a bit, and detail, would be kind of hard to see at times.

  20. MatrixSixaxis

    • 12:21am BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 20

    AND now it's been confirmed that X360 will get MODS along with Split-screen! What's next i wonder?  I bet it'll also look a little better on the X360.  So we will end up with a rushed inferior version of UT3!!!

  21. jphuff | jhuff

    • 1:50am BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 21

    Yeah, I'd much rather have the mods. Would be major coding changes in any case to make the PS3 version support split screen. No financial incentive for them to do that right now...

  22. Gekidami | Gekidami

    • 3:43am BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 22

    Yet again the PS3 gets a slap across the face, mods arnt really a PS3 selling point if its going ot the 360 later on... No doubt MS yet again used check book power to get the upper hand...

  23. Bazookajoe_83

    • 10:06am BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 23

    I would rather have splitscreen, and i think it´s a slap in the face to say that we should be happy with mod.

  24. nickjd331 | nickjd331

    • 10:13am BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 24

    Well, i was going to buy it after split-screen was added... They have lost many customers because of this ;0(

  25. LambBeast | LambBeast

    • 12:44pm BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 25

    wtf split screen is soooo much better than mods....i dont even use the mods. this pissed me off.

  26. stennex | stennex

    • 1:18pm BST - April 20th, 2008
    • 26

    MODS! MODS! MODS! Xbots might have to pay for theirs lol. PS3 is the better machine to use for UTIII. Keyboard and mouse support is great, lots of mods and mutators. Xbots have no say. I would expect the game to look a little better on the xbox360 because they would have had time to fix certain problems that hampered it for the PS3 and other games that used the Unreal Engine.

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