Midway promises no more PS3 tech issues
- Posted November 1st, 2007 at 23:38 EDT by
- 21 Comments
Feeling a bit of guilt, video-games developer/publisher Midway, the team behind Unreal Tournament 3 recently made some apologetic comments towards the PlayStation 3 and the fan base.
In response to the technological difficulties encountered during the development phase for the PS3 versions of Stranglehold and Unreal Tournament 3, Midway CEO David F. Zucker commented, "For our first wave of next-gen games... lead development has been on the Xbox 360, due to its earlier introduction and larger installed base. We ran into some technical issues developing for the PlayStation 3 that have taken more time to finalize than we expected."
So Zucker points out that they have indeed found problems developing on the PS3 but will result to fix them in the future. To reassure that idea, Zucker went on to add, "These include... making sure that the frame rate, networking, and graphical features are at parity between the platforms. We've also encountered challenges as a result of shipping two of the very first PS3 games using Epic's Unreal Engine 3." Concluding it he added, “We do believe that these technical issues are now complete at a core level in our engine. Looking ahead to 2008, we expect the PS3 versions of our titles to ship day and date...with the Xbox 360 and other SKUs.”
To bring it all together, Midway really does have concern for the PlayStation 3’s fan base. They do understand that the PS3 carries a large portion of their success and they will do anything possible to ensure that their development projects on the PS3 receive the same top quality treatment as the Xbox 360 and PC projects, if not better. This is goodwill to Midway for coming out and saying this as many developers are quick to jump to conclusions complaining about how hard it is to develop on the PS3. At least Midway is taking the aim to impede such problems.
Source: GameSutra
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Honorabled0
- 7:56pm EDT - November 1st, 2007
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we understand but i still wish it could come out before the 360 version it would be kinda a big blow to 360 in a way
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anonymousaversa
- 9:56pm EDT - November 1st, 2007
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screw you guys....you sold out to make money for xbox.. you will miss the train for ps3
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Uncool
- 10:01pm EDT - November 1st, 2007
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I think Midway should tell other developer that instead of letting them bad mouf the PS3 so much. If there is a problem, fix it.. If their is an obstacle, overcome it. Your buisiness is game development so challenges with new technology should be expected, if not encouraged towards being innovative with their games.
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DeadOnArrival06
- 10:15pm EDT - November 1st, 2007
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This is great news. I just finished Stranglehold and loved every minute of it. Im glad I waited for the PS3 version to have Hard Boiled on the same disc. If Midway keeps their promise then they have my full support.
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The Cleaner
- 11:13pm EDT - November 1st, 2007
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So what he is saying is - Up to now (and including UT3) we have done a sub par job - SORRY. We are feeling a tad guilty for ripping you all off. From now on (after UT3) we promise that the games we make will continue to be lead by Xbox 360 but the PS3 versions will be as good or atleast very close to the quality we put out on the Xbox 360...
Let me think about that.....Ummmmm ....go fxck yourself!
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killercop
- 1:17am EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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I think it is good that they tell this. And that they are fixing it, instead of dismissing it. All games in development have some kind of problems while in the making. It really can't be otherwise, unfortunatly.
Every developer have problems when making games for newer consoles. And I really want a game to be finished correctly instead of rushed.
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Clarky_psu
- 1:42am EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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Thank you Midway, at least one game Developer said sorry, *cough*Ubisoft*cough*
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Perishing_Mind
- 2:29am EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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I hate the fact that the majority of current devs out there are trying "only" make PS3 versions as good as PC and X360 games. The PS3 has so much more under the hood and the games could look and play much better - maybe not at this point, but in near future - but I'm afraid that even though the PS3 has more potential the games will be downgraded just to look as "nice" as the X360 games. Therefore I'm relying more on first-party devs -->Guerilla Games (Thank god they are Sony's devs).
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RagingStorm
- 6:33am EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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Funny how there is no mention of BlackSite Area 51.....they might aswell make it an Xbox exclusive, if the PS3 version is gonna be gimpped.
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alchemyuser1
- 11:49am EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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i think that all third party sux im only buying exclusives for my PS3 this month...... Will they ever have cross platform onlin? I hope so
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fkPS3
- 12:50pm EDT - November 2nd, 2007
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That's all fine and dandy, but if UT3 isn't the time exclusive it was supposed to be, then I'm still not going to pick it up. It's easy to say, well we started with the 360 version cause it was out earlier. Well you knew that before saying it would be out for the PS3 first, but now it's being pushed back. Timed exclusive was better than nothing. I really hope it still is as I was anticipating it's release, but if it's not, i'll just have to get it from a friend once they're sick of it.
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