Red Alert 3 for PS3 'on hold'

Quote by shadowhunter0 @ nazraq that is just your opion my opoin is that almost every game on the 360 sucks the only ones rnt i cane play on ps3 and/or pc Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

strategy games on console is pure fail, anyway.

@jameston80 last time i check there only about 18 mil 360 and 12mil ps3 and those 6mil extra that the 360 has was gotten be4 the ps3 was release

Yet another reason to own a 360.....360 has the games, ps3 owners that own or owned a ps2 were saying this 4 years ago when it was xbox vs ps2, the ps2 had the games, well my little friends the tides have turned and the developers are seeing how many people are on 360 vs ps3 and it just makes logical sense like this.....Hmmmm should i make a game on a system that has a base install of 20 million or should i do a game that has a base install of 8 million. 20 million vs 8 million you do the math, it's logical sense.

@09231991 umm games on the ps3 r starting 2 look better then the ones on the 360 loot at uncharted when it was release people was saying it was easly the best looking console game on the market

@ARKwhereiSTAY "Angelsongca will be secretly playing mgs on the 12th" I wont have to secretly play it. I'm a fan of the original MGS, not of the gameplay but it's story. I liked the character development. So yes I will be interested in seeing how the story unfolds(Did Meryl and Snake have a child? Did they get married? Are they still together?). I just wish I could get someone to play the game for me, it's far too slow paced for my tastes. Snake's run in MGS 4 is more like a slightly faster walk.

Sony did overpromise and not deliver. They are the reason why everyone expects 1080p games but we do not see it. Sony pushes #s and does not deliver on them. Now developers want to develop on the PS3 first not because they feel it is better but because it takes longer to make the games and the 360 version is always done first.

seriously...who plays an RTS on a console???

@ nazraq that is just your opion my opoin is that almost every game on the 360 sucks the only ones rnt i cane play on ps3 and/or pc

I agree with AngelsongCA and SlapFacker. A lot of Sony fanboys like to taunt us 360 owners by saying "Oh well our service is free" and blah blah blah but honestly, It doesn't really matter how much its costs to get that service or if its free, its a matter of the games. Deep down, thats what a true gamer is all about, the games and the games MS offers on its system work very well with XBL inside and out, no matter if you want to admit it or not. Also, a lot of Sony fanboys like to say "Oh, you just wait, in a few years the PS3's full potential will be released and it'll make the 360 look like crap". Yeah, that may be so, but in 2, 3 years, the 360 won't be the main focal point of MS anymore, they'll have a new system out by then that'll make the PS3 look the Nintendo 64. Technology moves so fast that its just leaving Sony behind, really behind. If Sony doesn't start drawing in more people and start releasing exclusive titles that the GAMERS want, then all I have to say is adios amigos. they need to start moving faster or its over.

@SlapFacker " Who cares about what the PS3 can do? I only care about what it DOES do." Exactly. Many people have the potential to do great things. How many people actually do great things? Potential is meaningless unless it's used. Maybe next time design a system that can tap out it's full potential at launch so everyone will see what it can do, not speculate.

one thing im really sick of reading is that ps3 has no good exclusives wich is a LIE there r many good exclusives 4 the ps3 out now and alot more coming and im 2 tired 2 name them all

its not their arrogance, it's their willingness to take a gamble. microsoft said this. (i'm making this up so it's not a real quote) "Hmmm.... what did we learn about making a console sell? Live worked. So, lets make our next system revolve around that. Check. Lets do more with live arcade. Check. Developers really liked that we made a system that was easy to program for. So lets make sure we use our 20+ years experience making software to design our system. Check. Lets talk to the community to see what they want. Check.. Lets include hi-def cables with our system so our users don't feel ripped off. Check. We really need to do more with our third party relations. Check. Now when the other consoles come out, what is going to make users buy our version instead of the other guys? i know, lets introduce a points system mandatory for every game on the 360. that way people will have extra encentive to buy it on xbox. check well, i think we have the perfect set up. Oh! we have to be first to market! that'll make it impossible to beat us!" well thats how i imagine how it went down. i believe microsoft had the right idea. figure out what it is that people will buy, and deliver. sony got it wrong when they thought they could tell us what we want. then they over promised, and underdelivered. FACT!

@lamprey263 "Probably to cut development costs and time. Since the X360 and PC development are already supposed to be similar, and the fact EA has already had more experience developing for these platforms, they're cutting the PS3 port to make sure that this game gets released during the 4th quarter, if they have to wait until the PS3 version is done then they'll miss the holiday shopping window and this game won't sell as much." Another good point. I commend EA for putting the PS3 version on hold. This doesn't often happen. Usually they'll delay the finished versions of games until the PS3 version is finished. Games that we could have gotten sooner are held up by their lagging PS3 counterparts. For marketing budget purposes it's more cost effective to release all versions at once, so they all can benefit from the same marketing campaign. No extra spending is needed on marketing down the line. PS3's lagging development times actually make it take longer for owners of other consoles to get their games. PS3 is not only a burden on it'self in this sense, it's also a burden on the XBOX 360, PC, and the Wii as well. In addition to their owners.

@AngelsongCA you r kinda right but it is also lazy devs fault has well who dont want 2 learn how 2 program 4 the ps3 and if u read my earlier post i said the people that made cod4 says it was easy 2 developed 4 the ps3 and i like i said be4 i dont remember the link

I want a blu ray player(PS3) too and will get one in time because I game on all consoles. But MGS4 which will be a great game will not make me buy the system for one game. I go by the rule that I am buying a console to play games first and foremost. All the extras are just that extras. Right now the 360 plays the best games. I knew something was wrong from the very beginning when the PS3 dropped with only Blu ray movie bundles. This meant that gaming was not the #1 priority at all. Xbox was definitely graphically better than the PS2 when it dropped especially sports games. As for all the future hype. Both of these consoles even 3-4 years for now will look way better than they do now..............

shadowhunter0 "You are wrong, its more like giving a caveman a hammer instead of a stone, and telling him 2 build the house. Once he get use 2 using the hammer he will be able 2 build you a better house." Practice makes perfect. This is stating the obvious. How exactly does this change the fact that PS3 is more costly and difficult to develop for in comparision to all other next generation game consoles? The why doesn't matter, only the reality. Giving a cave man a hammer, would be no different than giving a present day man a rock. Both could learn to use them in time. In both situations the user is struggling. You can blame the developers all you want, but they wouldn't have to struggle at all if Sony had consideration for them in the development of the PS3. Their aggrogance caused this.

Probably to cut development costs and time. Since the X360 and PC development are already supposed to be similar, and the fact EA has already had more experience developing for these platforms, they're cutting the PS3 port to make sure that this game gets released during the 4th quarter, if they have to wait until the PS3 version is done then they'll miss the holiday shopping window and this game won't sell as much. Though, that doesn't mean they can't work on the PS3 version to release at a later date, maybe with improvements and additional content.

"Xbox was graphically better at tis launch than the ps2 was at its launch, but the xbox graphics were comparibly the same as the ps2 at the time of the xbox launch" dude! no way! do you even remember when the xbox launched? halo 1 has more technical power and graphic fidelity than almost every ps2 game ever. i don't even like halo and i know that. blood wake had very impressive water effects. not only did the xbox have a more fowerfull processor, it had a programable shader graphics card. it was basically a geforce 3 running directx 8. bump mapping, specular lighting, bloom effects. in no way other that artistic, did the ps2 have better graphics! ico, shadow of the colosus, mgs 2 and 3, gran turismo 3, final fantasy x and xii, are some of the best looking ps2 games. its mostly because of the developers doing the best with what they had. the xbox was at its best when it had exclusive games developed for it. there was less encentive to make these games for xbox due to the fact that the ps2 had sold so many more units. thats why most xbox games lokked like ps2 games. they were just straight ports. but now, xbox has that kind of lead and its not going to change. they have the games and the units sold. live is better. heck, everything is better on the xbox. i have them both, and i know what i'm talking about. sony will not win this war. and i question if they will try again. at this point, i think we will never see a ps4. mark my words

@jtthegame316 ninja gadian got release on the ps3 last year << LINK REMOVED >> and umm no good 1st party titles what about motorstrom warhawk uncharted and others plus the ones that isnt out yet like god of war 3

angelsongCA will be secretly playing mgs on the 12th.

@Drewsiph87 Knowing about a game, and wanting to play a game are two different things. I know about a lot of games, less than half I would play. And, it is actually random japanese sci-fi.

The problem isn't the console, but the blu-rays. No one was ready for them and they pretty much came out of nowhere. Sony pretty much focused on the value of its power and failed to remember about the technological community. Because of this, it's hard to develop games on it and it's now pretty much another Nintendo 64.

@angelsong Dismiss MGS4 for japanese sci-fi.. right that coming from the person with some retarded anime character as his avatar. Just about anyone who plays videogames knows what MGS is, may not have played the series but they know who Snake is, so much matter of a fact that nintendo felt it necessary to add him into the new Smash bros. So show me someone who would confuse MGS4 for some random japanese sci-fi, willing to bet you'll have a hard time finding someone.

mgs4 finally gives people a great reason to get the ps3 and with many great titles around the corner nows the perfect time to drop $400 on one.

good xbox 360 is better anyway. sony rely on third parties all the time. all the good ps 3 games are on 360. but no ninja gadian for ps 3. no halo for ps 3. i mean it is rare you see a game by sony and when you do there never all that good it is average at best. i believe konami will put metal gear 4 on 360 eventually as they did with metal gear 2. first mgs 2 came on ps2 and everyone want on about it being a ps 2 exculsive then later came mgs 2 substance which appeared on ps 2 and x box original. i say the so called ps 3 exclusiveity of mgs 4 is history repeating its slef. and lets face it games that are on multiple platforms are gonna do better than ones that just appear on one and i am sure konami don't want to cause there mgs 4 sales to be less than what they could be.

Drewsiph87 "How can u compare ocarina of time (not one of the greatest games of all time) to MGS4 they are completely seperate genres. And yes it will surpass Assassin's Creed, although it was a great game alot of people that purchased it felt it was repetitive in the assassinations." I was comparing it in the sense that it was a blockbuster game. Highly anticipated. It may suprass it in ratings, but not sales. It's not likely as it's only on one platform.

@ infrared13: Good for you my friend ,enjoy Motorstorm & Haze while you still can. Now concerning this news ,being "in hold" doesn't mean its canceled , it might be released after the X360 and PC version , just like Oblivion for an example.

@lstcorona "Why so on June 12th the PS3 will magically sell 20 million copies with MGS4? Most of the people who want that game bought the console already and have been waiting for the day to play a great game." Exactly. Great point. Everyone who will buy MGS 4 have either already bought a PS3, or were waiting for it to come out to buy one. All of them are previous fans of the series. It has no potential to attract non fans of the game. They wont know what the flip is even going on in the game without having played the others. They'll see some old man in a skin tight suit wiggling on the ground, with a big murph up his crack. And, leaping robots with big hips. They'll probably immediately dismiss is as Japanese sci fi.

@ anglesong I change it hope it makes better since for you, and I was trying to explain that the ps3 is new tech just like a hammer to a caveman. It takes time to get used to it. The way you said it seems to be a bit in the wrong direction tech stand point or something like that.

lstcorona: Why so on June 12th the PS3 will magically sell 20 million copies with MGS4? Most of the people who want that game bought the console already and have been waiting for the day to play a great game. this game will tempt people who havent got either system to get one (take me for example) i dont know about 20 millions copies but this will definantly boost sales

@angelsong How can u compare ocarina of time (not one of the greatest games of all time) to MGS4 they are completely seperate genres. And yes it will surpass Assassin's Creed, although it was a great game alot of people that purchased it felt it was repetitive in the assassinations. @lstcorona I do agree with you that there is not much of a point to surfing the web on you GAME console, thats what computers are for. But as far as Xbox bein graphically superior to PS2 i would have to disagree. I had both consoles when they came out and yes Xbox was graphically better at tis launch than the ps2 was at its launch, but the xbox graphics were comparibly the same as the ps2 at the time of the xbox launch.. not to mention Microsoft has had a bad habit of making consoles that overheat and catch on fire.

Hey infrared13. I also have a 360 and a blu-ray player. I'm still waiting to buy a game for my blu-ray player. The only game worth buying for my blu-ray player is still $60 after being released about a year ago. And no, Uncharted is not worth buying. I'll sell my 360 when I decide to give console gaming up, because right now the 360 is console gaming, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. You should buy another 360.

@darkride66 "What I'm saying is the PS3 has plenty of games as well." But, it doesn't have the most games. Or, the widest selection. Consumers want the best. In this regard XBOX 360 provides the best.

@shadowhunter0 "You are wrong, its more like giving a caveman a nail gun instead of a stone, and telling him 2 build the house. There that typing should make some people happy." Oh come on that's too easy. If it's a cave man we're talking about how did this cave man build a fine pristine house using a "nail gun" on XBOX 360. But, can't do the same on PS3? Obviously he must have been using a rock. Cave man and rock make bad house.

somehow I knew, I just knew that all I'd have to do was scroll down and see dozens of posts about How the PS3 is still better even though its losing its first party games while 360 owners are all doing a little pride dance. Has gaming gotten this childish/predictable?

the ps3 is/has/will always be a big letdown. i paid 600 dollars for it two days before christmas when it came out. i bought resistance and that was it. (i still haven't beaten that boring game with small little levels!) i had it for about a year before i bought another game (ninja gaiden sigma) i have to say that warhawk is the only game that the ps3 is good for. don't get me wrong, i'm getting the collectors edition of mgs4. but i think thats it. the eye of judgement didn't work as good as i'd like. and everything else just plays better on 360. the xbox is a gaming machine. sony wants us to believe that the ps3 is so much more. all it is, is a 600 dollar box of broken potential and lies. it's not more powerfull! the online is near broken! if you are trying to make up your mind about which one to get, ask yourself this: do you like to play the best games out there, or do you want to use blind faith in your old ps2 to determine your next gen purchase?

Why so on June 12th the PS3 will magically sell 20 million copies with MGS4? Most of the people who want that game bought the console already and have been waiting for the day to play a great game. Also, I am sorry whoever uses a game console to continuously surf the web makes no sense. Just because they are adding all this functionality to it does not mean it is needed. But if that is what you must do to warrant your purchase by all means do what you must. And just because the PS3 is a monster spec wise means nothing. The PS2 had a head start on the Xbox and just kept going even thought the Xbox was clearly the stronger machine from the minute it dropped with games looking better on the console right off the bat.

that sucks, i was hoping they'd come out at the same time and they'd implement some sort of cross platform matches.

@anglesong You are wrong, its more like giving a caveman a hammer instead of a stone, and telling him 2 build the house. Once he get use 2 using the hammer he will be able 2 build you a better house. There that typing should make some people happy.

Guts5 said "The simple point is the PS3 doesn't offer nearly as much as the 360 does now and you tried saying it did." No I didn't. In fact, I said the 360 has more games. Everyone knows that. What I'm saying is the PS3 has plenty of games as well. In fact, given the current lineups, the future lineups and the functionality of the PS3 as a whole, I don't know why anyone would buy a 360 at this point, if they could only have one console. That's just my opinion, as an owner of all 3. As for refusing to play the games you listed, of course I refused to play some games. My gaming time is limited. I played Jade Empire and KOTHR, and they weren't for me, so I'm not going to waste my time with Mass Effect, even though I hear it's great. Why would I? I don't like that style. I also don't like racing games, so I don't buy em. Ninja Gaiden didn't work for me, although the reviewers loved it. More power to em, but I'm not picking up Ninja Gaiden 2 just because it gets some good reviews. I'm not trying to pass off any of this as fact, I'm not saying these are bad games, or the 360 is a bad system. This is simply an opinion piece this time around, and my opinion is the PS3 is a great value with a fantastic games lineup; a console I enjoy on a daily basis. There's nothing insidious about that.

@shadowhunter0 "u still rnt getting it the ps3 has new tech in it 4 a company like ea who only really cares about money willnt spend the time 2 understand the tech well beside the people that made burnout this was the same problem with the ps2 when it was first release" Surely one can master the art of rock hammering, that doesn't make it any less costly, or difficult in comparison with using actual streamlined tools.

@ARKwhereiSTAY "Your right, the games that came out last year don't disappear...but they are all about to be put to shame on the 12th of this month." It's a Stealth/Action Game. That's one genre. And, only PS3 owners can play it. That doesn't cover a wide enough spectrum of consumers to have any significant impact. I'm sorry to disappoint you. One Stealth/Action can't cancel anything out except other Stealth/Action games. How many of those are on XBOX 360? Assassins Creed did well because it was multi-platform and, It was a great game as well, do you really expect MGS 4 to surpass it? GTA 4 is better rated, and has a wider appeal in it's genre. You're putting too much on one game seriously. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time one of the best games of all time couldn't even turn the tides. And, you expect a nicheish title like MGS 4 to do something?

infrared13: I feel lik ethe 360 has played all its cards couldn't of said it better myself

That's OK, maybe it will done by the time I finish watching all of the cut scenes for that new game coming out. And, why is Resistance still $60?

Consoles do not deserve RTS games. Mouse and Keyboard FTW

damn i only have a ps3 and red alert 2 was really good

Bad news for sony! I can't wait for that game on 360! I hope by now they had time to fix the issues of command and conquer 3 (360version had some frame rate issues at times...)

PS3 = PoStpon3 I know every game system has its delays, but the PS3 is soon becoming a joke.