Ubisoft: Haze is PS3 exclusive "for now"

  • Posted March 19th, 2008 at 08:49 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Speaking in response to claims from Play.com Live that Haze would definitely not be ported to the Xbox 360, Ubisoft has clarified that the official stance on the game is that it will remain a PlayStation 3 exclusive “for now.”

The publisher told website CVG that the game would be "exclusive on PS3 for now,” implying that the First Person Shooter (FSP) may only be contracted as a timed exclusive.

Over the weekend unnamed representatives for the company at Play Live said that the game would “never” appear on the Xbox 360, and would only be available for Sony's next-generatoin console.

For more on Haze, check out our hands-on impression with the game from Play.com Live here.

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  1. BioXhazXarD | BioXhazXarD

    • 8:51am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Sounds great! I think....

  2. Neameto | Neameto

    • 8:54am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Its the usual! They will see how fair the game sells and then decide if the port costs will justify a X360 version. Thats my thought! Not based on anything concrete!

  3. Doody | Moe-sherif

    • 8:56am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    make up ur minds like, WTF

  4. tanner1 | OB1K

    • 8:56am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    I have noticed an xbox 360 emblum on the guys uniform in the game so its bound to go over to the dark side @ some point

  5. Alti | Alti

    • 8:59am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    called it. CALLED IT!!! haha, look at the other posts. I said it every time. Haze is not a true ps3 exclusive. It looked too average lol

  6. Xdeth | Xdeth

    • 9:10am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    BY the time the 360 fan boys get it, I doubt I will care.. I will have done played it,, beat it, and be playing something new. I'm excited about haze and have my pre-order in and paid for. But its a brand new game, not a core franchise of the PS3.

  7. Alfie-UHE | Alfie-UHE

    • 9:14am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    i was looking forward to haze but now i'm not, nothing to do with exclusives, delays and that, just lost interest in it and now it just seems like over hyped dog ****

  8. MatrixSixaxis

    • 9:21am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Maybe it'll be port to PC later on, but not X360??  Who knows, we'll just have to wait and see.

  9. marronthered | MarrontheRed

    • 9:32am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    lets hope for our 360 friends that it can fit on one of their discs...lol

  10. Nitsu78 | Nitsu

    • 9:40am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Its lost its momentum I think.

  11. zellend | zellend

    • 9:41am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    ditto xdeth..... we'll have moved onto better games like lbp, resistance2, killzone2, etc so not really bothered.....

  12. NYFAN | zellend

    • 9:44am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    I really hate when they flip flop like that!!! It is really annoying.... Why don't they just make up their minds and just announce a 360 version will be out with in the next year... H e l l they probably already have it done and like someone else said are probably just waiting to see how it does on the PS3.

  13. richkaos | richkaos

    • 9:45am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    The only thing thats posative about this is the fact that at least its been developed for and useing the PS3 as its primary console. What happens when we have played it and dumped it does not really matter. And the only thing thats negative is that Ubisoft have obviously not pushed the PS3 in terms of content and graphics otherwise it could not be ported to 360, unless they can scale the game down for the 360 port. Either way it still looks like the Devs have not yet come up with the goods in terms of pushing the PS3.

  14. Gomersoul | Gomersoul

    • 9:52am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    i'm sick of all the fuss about FPS games. they are better to play on the PC anyway.

  15. Gekidami | Gekidami

    • 9:56am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Sounds to me like FRD wants to keep it a PS3 exclusive but Ubisoft want it ported...

  16. Undying_Darkness

    • 10:14am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    there is no proof that ubisoft told them that this game is ps3 exclusive for now. this could just be some xbox fanboyism from the site to start a rumor. Until there is an OFFICIAL statement from Ubisoft stating that it is coming to the xbox 360 or PC you should take this with a grain of salt!

  17. tadpole3159 | faulkner8991

    • 10:24am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    this makes me sound rather silly but i dont want it now its concidering being multiplatform. its an REALLY ugly game unlike most ps3 exclusives. clearly the models and stuff have been made for xbox as well

  18. djrussell | djrussell89

    • 10:49am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    WTF why dont they just clear this up.. I HATE speculation.. it either is or it isnt - JUST SAY IT.

  19. Ryoma

    • 11:12am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Neameto i completely agree with you, this is an exclusive for ps3 but if they see bad sales for the ps3 or just reletivlty low sales then they will port this game over to the 360

  20. qbno8

    • 11:25am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    If it gets ported, it will be done just in time to go head to head with Killzone 2 and Resistance 2.  Yeah, that'll go real well.

  21. gingo | gingo

    • 11:28am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    psn id: gingo.... really i couldn't care less if this got ported to 360 later as long as they have made it a great game on the ps3 and optimised it for ps3 then they can give it to 360 later if they so wish

  22. Kajii

    • 11:30am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Who really cares anyways? Haze has NOTHING that sets it apart from any other FPS besides what? Nectar? The graphics are far from anything great and I doubt the A.I. will be any better. I'll save my money for better games coming out soon, go ahead and cut the number of cars and tracks in GT5:P in half and I'll still take that instead of Haze. Take it to the 360, because I'm pretty sure that more than half of PS3 users lost interest between all these delays.

  23. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 11:44am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    haze may have been a looked forward to exclusive once, but yes, the delays killed it, just look wat delays did to HOME, now most of japan doesant even care about life simulators.

  24. Undying_Darkness

    • 11:52am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    i hate how people say they were going to buy the game, then when its delayed that dont want to buy it anymore. it makes absolutely no sense what so ever. if you were going to buy the game u still would buy it. even if it does go to the xcrap atleast we can all enjoy the online matchs, along with 4 player co-op and the NECTAR. honestly now, im really hoping some of you who say your not going to buy it because of the delays, buy it because i would really like to enjoy some online matchs and co-op with you all. ether way im going to enjoy the game, ill have a review on here for all of you once its released so that u can see what my thoughts are on it.

  25. BabeBro | BabeBro

    • 11:59am GMT - March 19th, 2008

    If I hear one more rumor about this game being exclusive or not I'm gonna lose it, LOL

  26. Zippie151 | Sanguineous

    • 12:16pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    jesus! what is it with these developers just say whether its a totla exclusive or not!! Its not like people arent going to buy it jus because its not exclusive and if they dont know (which i know is what their statement suggests) then just say exactly that. On the upside however at least it was made for the PS3 so wont be a crappy port and hopefully not a crappy game, got this baby pre-ordered.

  27. AclayPS3

    • 12:21pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    I'm sick and tired of all of this news about whether or not Haze will be a PS3 exclusive and whether or not it will stay exclusive. Last week PSU had an article entitled "Haze is a True PS3 exclusive" and now this mess. I still believe that Haze will stay a PS3 exclusive as long as the game sells well enough.

     

    When I went to Gamestop.com , I saw Haze in the PC section of games and there was a PC version of Haze on the site. However, when I went to Ubisoft.com, I didn't see anything about a PC version of Haze...... If Haze doesn't stay exclusive then it will most likely be ported to the PC. But these game developers had better make up their damn minds. If they are going to make a 3rd party PS3 exclusive they should sign a contract with Sony that binds there agreement so that they can't port the game over to another console.

  28. jlch

    • 12:45pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    i hope they use all the space a bluray provide and dont mess the game just to fit a dvd9 for a port later.

  29. NoStop

    • 1:02pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    i thought they had made it exclusive for the reason that it would not hold back on new things that the 360 might hold it back from doing. WTF!

  30. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 1:12pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Ah who cares, doesn't look to be a great shooter anyways. Plus its an Ubisoft game, since when were their games fully exclusive to anything, besides 360? Heck Assassin's creed went multi-plat and I won't be surprised if thise does too.

  31. the-great-one

    • 1:51pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    who cares if its on the other console? it dont change how much i ejoy the game.sooo...??

     

  32. D3v1lwqer23

    • 2:04pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Jeez who didnt see this coming?

  33. thegame97338 | G_PIG79

    • 2:06pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Who cares, we got Killzone 2 and Resistance 2, thats more then enough.

  34. MercRecon | MercRecon

    • 2:15pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    You know what...??? I don't give a rats tail anymore!!!

  35. AFSOCOM

    • 2:33pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Ubisoft is just trying to be vague cuz they don't want to rile up the 360 fanboy camp. This game is, and will remain exclusive to the PS3.

  36. yoboyrob9041226 | BIGROB904

    • 4:27pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    at long as its good i dont care

  37. pepsivscoke

    • 6:37pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    Maybe its kinda like Mass Effect 2. Never going to be a PS3 game but it will be on PC. Haze could end up on the PC. So.... maybe thats what they mean by an "exclusive on PS3 for now"??  If not I can imagine all the Xbots freaking out with excitement though they were bashing it when they knew it was a "PS3 exclusive".

  38. BigBoss11

    • 6:58pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    well if its only exclusive for time being then hopefully its pc. 360 is crap y the would they put it on it anyways! the consoles will never compete if 360 gets everythin

  39. sleepyzombie

    • 7:01pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    It'd be nice to play the game at some point.

  40. Punisher99

    • 7:32pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    on the 360 lol. i guess it will be a 3 disc set then lol

  41. hush404 | hush404

    • 9:44pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    AGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!! MAKE UP YOUR GAWD DAMN MIND UBISOFT!!!! YOU CAN'T GO FROM "IT'S ONLY EVER GOING TO BE ON THE PS3" ONE WEEK AND THEN GO "OH, WELL MAYBE IT'LL ONLY BE TIMED".

    GET A FRACKING GRIP AND JUST FRAKCING LET THE TRUTH OUT. f|-|ck

  42. robbinator | cowkong

    • 10:22pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    NO! BAD UBISOFT! Companies besides sony and insomniac really need to relize the potential of PS3, they hav been giving the PS3 the short hand. Its bout time we need to get a new loyal company

  43. Demobot

    • 11:03pm GMT - March 19th, 2008

    And the tug-o-war continues.

  44. Hedgie09

    • 1:42am GMT - March 20th, 2008

    WTF? This game was said to be PS3 exclusive 5 days ago.

    "Haze is a true PS3 exclusive. Posted on March 15th, 2008 at 19:34 EDT
    The details surrounding Haze are no longer hazy.
    Haze has had quite the development cycle. The title has been in development for nearly three years and is finally nailed down to a specific date and platform. The date, May 20; the platform, PlayStation 3. "

    WTF? By the way the game is for the win!!

  45. electricmine | cookiehour

    • 11:30am GMT - March 20th, 2008

    I hope they make their minds up. They're starting to annoy me.

  46. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 5:46pm GMT - March 20th, 2008

    That says nothing about not going to PC.  Either way, Haze went from definite buy to meh and Ubisoft can only blame themselves.

  47. chubacca

    • 1:01am GMT - March 22nd, 2008

    Im sick of this BS. Ubisofyt is very pro-Micrisoft. They are such Bull shi.tters. It is or it isnt exclusive. Make up your mind.

     

    If the Xbox 360 comes out 6 months later they will put in extra levels and content to hype up the sales and we will get jipped with a lesser version. YOU SUCK UBI

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