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Witcher 3 for Xbox 360 or PS3 would be impossible, dev says

CD Projekt Red CEO Marcin Iwinski says, "It would have to be a different game--a small game, not an open-world game, or with terrible loading times, with sacrifices in graphics."

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Polish developer CD Projekt Red has ruled out bringing its upcoming open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

"It’s impossible. It would have to be a different game--a smaller game, not an open-world game, or with terrible loading times, with sacrifices in graphics," CEO Marcin Iwinski told MCV India.

Instead, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is coming exclusively to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime later this year. Iwinski also said in the interview that there is no truth to the rumors that CD Projekt Red is working on a PS3 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

"We definitely would have loved to, but The Witcher 2 on PC was so big that making it work on Xbox 360 took us a year," he said. "The Xbox 360 was a more powerful and easier-to-code-on platform than PS3, so that would have taken us another year or year-and-a-half."

Finally, Iwinski said the difference in quality between the Xbox One/PS4 version of The Witcher 3 and the PC iteration is "not huge" because the new consoles are "actually brand new PCs."

"So I think gamers on each platform will get an extremely good experience and they should be very satisfied with the quality," he said.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches later this year. For more, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

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This shit brings me back to 5-6 years ago. when I only had a pc and Gears 2 only launched on xbox360. you assholes.

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360 more powerful than the PS 3? Really? Can't touch last of us, uncharted trilogy, infamous, God of war series, metal gear solid, beyond two souls, motor storm apocalypse, resistance series, little big planet, kill zone,ICO & shadow of the colossus, heavy rain, journey.. The shitbox can't touch the PS 3. I pity those who're still stuck with the shitbox 360 and are living in denial.

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@nigel181290: 512 MB is more than 256 mb

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the PS3 usally used textures that where only half the size of comparable textures on the X360, that made it more difficult to create games for PS3 and also was a Major disadvantage for every game not developed execlusiv for PS3

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About time developers moved forward and stopped trying to make new games work on all the systems. The PS3/360 are definitely holding back any game that tries to pull that off. It's time to move forward.

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Wait he said the 360 is a more powerful console than the ps3, is that true? I always thought the ps3 had a lil more power hardware wise.

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@rickphoenixxx: Damn i love going back to comments two years ago. Anyway the reason why the X360 can be more powerful is because the GPU is more powerful, however when specializing the PS3, the CPU can be coded to do some GPU work as well. So when doing a PS3 exclusive, you can dedicate time to code for the Cell Processor to do some graphics. However multiplatform games dont, hence the workload is only on the GPU, and the 360 just has a better GPU. So basically the PS3 can look better if you dedicate time for it, but on multiplatforms where they dont, the 360 is better.

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He's a tool. The shitbox gets fucked in front of PS 3 exclusives. They're untouchable in all aspects. PS 3 ftw.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> It was supposed to but only a couple of developers were ever able to put it to use. In most cases the 360 versions of games were superior. I have both systems so no fanboy either way here. I just know from my own experience that 9 out of 10 times the games looked better on the 360. The PS3 was just really hard for developers to work with because of the unusual system architecture. Thankfully that changed with the PS4 and now Sony really does have the more powerful system.

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My PC has

core i7 4930k

2 SLI Geforce 780ti

32 GB DDR3

512 SSD

and I hope my PC will run it on ultra high settings


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<< LINK REMOVED >>My PC has

Intel Core i7 4980x Hex Core clocked @ 5.2GHz

Asus Rampage 4 Extreme

2*64GB 2400ghz DRR3 RAM

2*6GB ATI Radeon 7990's

2500GB SSD (5x500)


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Is that not a server ?? Lol

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> very cool !! PC !!

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I only had one GTX 680 and the game had everything automatically set to ultra except for that crazy new ubersampling. To me it looked good enough on high settings @ 1080p. I don't think even SLI computers were able to do ubersampling at higher than 30 to 40 FPS.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> OK thank you for this information , I will see what gonna happen when The Game released !!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yawn

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Hard.. OBVIOUSLY it will run Ultra, those specs are ridiculously good.


Obvious complement bait is obvious.

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@DeusEx2013You hope? Don't make me come through your monitor and slap you when you post those insane specs. -_-

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Thank you, you cheer me up !!! waiting for the game !

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@Darkhol0w

not going to lie but it might not actually work. if the witcher 2 at maximum settings and 1080p pushed computers to the edge he might not be able to get the game to work at 60fps. crysis 3 with his setup manages a bit over 60fps so i don't know might be close

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I think there were some bugs in Crysis 3 , when I put Ultra high the FPS rate is 55 to 60 , not always 60 !!

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<< LINK REMOVED >>Unless you use the highest AA setting and use a 4k monitor I don't see how you don't reach 60fps with his specs in Crysis 3. Also, Crysis 3 was poorly optimized so keep that in mind.

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Console gamer logic=


New console releases= "ERMAGHERD TEH GRAPHICS!!"


PC gaming gets brought into the conversation= "Graphics aren't everything blah blah blah"


Double standards. Dirty console peasants. The truth is, you all knock PC gaming, but no amount of youtube videos will ever showcase what even a mid grade gaming rig can do to expand the level of immersion a PC game brings to the table. It's not just visuals either. Modding tools, cheaper game prices, even something as miniscule as loading times.. the sheer flexibilty of a PC in general sets it in it's own league as the best gaming experience out there and always has.


I'm not knocking consoles because I own them too. I'm a huge JRPG fan and you can't find those on PC. Exclusives are a beautiful thing. If i was as ignorant as some of you are I would have missed out on The Last of Us.


I'm just saying, stop being ignorant gamers. Don't knock it until you try it.


Go around this website and ask folks who've taken the plunge into PC gaming recently if it was worth it.


I guarantee you 100% will tell you "**** YES IT WAS".


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<< LINK REMOVED >> You're an idiot. Good luck trying to play Halo or Gears of War on a PC.

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@Rushaoz Yea it's all about PC flexibility. You can play on super high graphic settings even if your PC is old if you can live with the low FPS, or you can upgrade if you wish to play on ultra with high FPS, or you can lower graphics to play on older machines with good FPS, and many times even very old PC's will run games on low settings with a low FPS (when I say low FPs I mean like 25-30 which is what the last gen consoles recent games seem to be at), which some people can still accept. Then you've got mods that allow you to create, or use the creations of other people, some of which can entirely change a games experience, or create a new game altogether.


You've also got a choice of control input for most games, it's easier to setup multiple screens of different sizes and position, depending what you plan to use your PC for... I could go on but yea, graphics is really just the icing on the cake of infinite options, and the graphics alone give you a large array of options for system of all strengths.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yeap. that's why I get so angry at the misconception that PC gaming is expensive. I can build a PC on Newegg now with more horsepower than the PS4 or XBone for around the same price as an XBone give or take a few dollars. With that PC, even if you decide not to upgrade AT ALL until the next gen of consoles release, that PC will still offer better performance than either console until the next crop of consoles appear.


People think that PC gaming= $$$$$

No, it's whatever you make it to me.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> You're ignorance is amazing. You deserve an award.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> You're wrong. I spent the amount of money that would get you an Xbox One for a video card *ONLY*. No way that would last me 8 years. PC hardware goes out of date fast, PC gaming is very expensive.

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They ALREADY have to make sacrifices for PS4 and Xbone.

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Wat. Like what?

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no keyboard or mouse?

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Solution: Somehow work a mysterious fog into the storyline to shorten render distances. N64 logic FTW!

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Even if this is just hype it doesn't matter. This game will be damn good.

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consoles lmao

#PC MASTER RACE

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yes brother, preach it! Unlimited render distances and unlimited possibilities for the fraction of console costs!!!

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PC gaming is for morbidly obese virgins.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Who freaking cares. I hope it helps you sleep better at night. People have their preferences and if you can't respect that then how can you expect other people to respect yours?

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I kind of figured this.

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why the hell are they still considering releasing games for 360 and ps3 anyways? they should be concentrating on ps4 and xbone

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<< LINK REMOVED >> well they can sell to a market share of 160 million or less than 10 million, you work it out

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Because those systems have sold 160 million, combined. But yeah, I agree with you.

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I hope this game can take advantage of 8 cores.

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Lets go ahead and file this under "no shit".

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So... no exclusive, just impossible :O

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My most anticipated games based on e3 2013:

Transistor

Witcher 3

Cyberpunk 2077

Dragon Age Inquisition

Dark Souls 2

Mirror's Edge 2

Halo 5

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Nice to see another RPG fan, but what is Transistor? It's all about Dark Souls 2 until I get my first fill and move on to something else(for the time being).

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