Are we ps3 owners screwed over?

The ps3 has a lot of potential and a lot of good exclsives that will seek to optimize its power. And while i wanna buy some of these games like LAIR MGS4 FF13 MGS4 and Ratchet, there are plenty of multiplatform games i want as well like GTA4 (duh). Yeah gta4 is on the 360  and all but my problem is tthat this game isnt being developed for my ps3 in mind its being built for the low end 360 without a harddrive. So i payed 600 bucks to play a game that is playable on a system half that but the ps3 will have better graphics.  That doesnt make sense to me . I blame sony for not keepinggames like these exclusive and more importantly microsoft for churning out such a low end system. While the360 version is gonna fit in 9 gigs my ps3 game has about 41 more gigs left untouched. With all that power and space this game could have half the counry to run around in. but no it will be the exact same game playble on the lowend 360 w/ the exception of differing DLC. Now im not saying i regret the ps3 its the most fun i have had with any system ever this early ( Resistance doesnt get enough creditboth the single player and online play are superb) but i cant help being screwed over when it comes to thes games.

 Thoughts?

I feel the same way as you, i even made a blog about this.lusitanogamer

People doesn't understand this, but if you going to buy a multiplatform game, you should get it for the PS3. Why? Because you know you'll be able to play it on the PS4.MaximumD

My thoughts are this. You my friend do not understand the world evidently. What part of bussiness do you not understand? These people are in it for the money, remember the phrase money makes the world go round? Rockstar is making these games multiplatform for the sake of increased profit margin. Sony knows this and with the price of making games going up it is cost effective to go multiplatform. Sony knows that competition is hard on the pocket book and they have their own developers that they own to offset this, to keep their profits higher. After all it is not the hardware that makes money (it is a fact that manufacturers lose money on hardware, while the software developers make a killing). Do you see?  gamewhat

I have both systems, so I compare the versions of multi plat games and get the better one.  Last gen, I did the same thing.  Currently, multi plat games are running and looking a bit better on the X360, because it is a familiar format. 

In his defense of Sony, Mr. Hastings from Insomniac pointed out that compression and streaming technology are about maximized in Gears of War.  IF this is true, than as games continue to grow, Game makers will have only two options, limit the size of a game and augment with downloadable content (in which case the PS3 with its large HDD and easily expanded HDD wins), or go multiple discs (again PS3 wins).   I personally would rather not have to change discs in the middle of a game.  No, it isn't a deal breaker (I enjoyed MGS and FF7), but if you have the option, its nice not to have to change the discs.

I do worry that multiplats will dumb down some games, but I must be honest, I have beeen very impressed with this generation so far, I feel it has gotten off to a much better start than last gen did.

The ps3 has a lot of potential and a lot of good exclsives that will seek to optimize its power. And while i wanna buy some of these games like LAIR MGS4 FF13 MGS4 and Ratchet, there are plenty of multiplatform games i want as well like GTA4 (duh). Yeah gta4 is on the 360  and all but my problem is tthat this game isnt being developed for my ps3 in mind its being built for the low end 360 without a harddrive. So i payed 600 bucks to play a game that is playable on a system half that but the ps3 will have better graphics.  That doesnt make sense to me . I blame sony for not keepinggames like these exclusive and more importantly microsoft for churning out such a low end system. While the360 version is gonna fit in 9 gigs my ps3 game has about 41 more gigs left untouched. With all that power and space this game could have half the counry to run around in. but no it will be the exact same game playble on the lowend 360 w/ the exception of differing DLC. Now im not saying i regret the ps3 its the most fun i have had with any system ever this early ( Resistance doesnt get enough creditboth the single player and online play are superb) but i cant help being screwed over when it comes to thes games.

 Thoughts?

mcxps3

Not really.

Most multiplatform developers usually cater towards the bare minimum anyways, so even if both consoles had standard hard drives and used high-def disk formats for games, they still probably wouldn't use those features.

There are some exceptions, like Criterion whoopenly states that it isn't going to half-ass the PS3 version like pretty much every other developer has done so far (OMG, its the apocalypse, a third party developer is actually admitting that the PS3 fanbase is comprised of real people!!@21!)

To be honest, as far as system features go, I'm more than satisfied with my $600 purchase.

As far as games go, there aren't a whole lot of games on the shelves that interest me, but then again, with my PS2 and PSP, I don't ever recall buying 4 games, all of which are worthy of a AAA score in my mind, before the system was half a year old.

The ps3 has a lot of potential and a lot of good exclsives that will seek to optimize its power. And while i wanna buy some of these games like LAIR MGS4 FF13 MGS4 and Ratchet, there are plenty of multiplatform games i want as well like GTA4 (duh). Yeah gta4 is on the 360  and all but my problem is tthat this game isnt being developed for my ps3 in mind its being built for the low end 360 without a harddrive. So i payed 600 bucks to play a game that is playable on a system half that but the ps3 will have better graphics.  That doesnt make sense to me . I blame sony for not keepinggames like these exclusive and more importantly microsoft for churning out such a low end system. While the360 version is gonna fit in 9 gigs my ps3 game has about 41 more gigs left untouched. With all that power and space this game could have half the counry to run around in. but no it will be the exact same game playble on the lowend 360 w/ the exception of differing DLC. Now im not saying i regret the ps3 its the most fun i have had with any system ever this early ( Resistance doesnt get enough creditboth the single player and online play are superb) but i cant help being screwed over when it comes to thes games.

 Thoughts?

mcxps3

The ps3 has a lot of potential and a lot of good exclsives that will seek to optimize its power. And while i wanna buy some of these games like LAIR MGS4 FF13 MGS4 and Ratchet, there are plenty of multiplatform games i want as well like GTA4 (duh). Yeah gta4 is on the 360 and all but my problem is tthat this game isnt being developed for my ps3 in mind its being built for the low end 360 without a harddrive. So i payed 600 bucks to play a game that is playable on a system half that but the ps3 will have better graphics. That doesnt make sense to me . I blame sony for not keepinggames like these exclusive and more importantly microsoft for churning out such a low end system. While the360 version is gonna fit in 9 gigs my ps3 game has about 41 more gigs left untouched. With all that power and space this game could have half the counry to run around in. but no it will be the exact same game playble on the lowend 360 w/ the exception of differing DLC. Now im not saying i regret the ps3 its the most fun i have had with any system ever this early ( Resistance doesnt get enough creditboth the single player and online play are superb) but i cant help being screwed over when it comes to thes games.

Thoughts?

mcxps3

Seriously why the hell are you whining about something that hasnt even come out yet?  Your already comparing GTA4 on the ps3 and 360 when its not even out yet.  Did you ever think that maybe they might build it separately? did they say there using the 360 devs and just porting it over to the ps3? Wasnt most games on the ps2 like that anyways. matter of fact the xbox had more stuff and the graphics were a little better then the ps2. With that saying, dont you think they will do the same for the ps3 since 360 in your opinion is a lowely system?

These threads are making which should not even be brought up right now are not doing any could for ps3.  naive people read negative stuff like this and makes them think twice about buying one. And the thing is all this negative crap is false.  I dont know whos worse at making false crap the 360 fan boys or people with the ps3 who are afraid of the false negative crap. Think about it dude. 

don't feel screwed over in the slightest, I know that I have a better system that will have much better games at years endsoundthealarm

Is that your band? 

multiplats are still great games to own but dont worry about multi plats too much, they are never going to showcase what the ps3 is fully capable of

new franchises and new IP's that probably will be announced at E3 will be the games that will bring the wow and really show off the machine and should be the games to be excited about

[QUOTE="mcxps3"]

The ps3 has a lot of potential and a lot of good exclsives that will seek to optimize its power. And while i wanna buy some of these games like LAIR MGS4 FF13 MGS4 and Ratchet, there are plenty of multiplatform games i want as well like GTA4 (duh). Yeah gta4 is on the 360  and all but my problem is tthat this game isnt being developed for my ps3 in mind its being built for the low end 360 without a harddrive. So i payed 600 bucks to play a game that is playable on a system half that but the ps3 will have better graphics.  That doesnt make sense to me . I blame sony for not keepinggames like these exclusive and more importantly microsoft for churning out such a low end system. While the360 version is gonna fit in 9 gigs my ps3 game has about 41 more gigs left untouched. With all that power and space this game could have half the counry to run around in. but no it will be the exact same game playble on the lowend 360 w/ the exception of differing DLC. Now im not saying i regret the ps3 its the most fun i have had with any system ever this early ( Resistance doesnt get enough creditboth the single player and online play are superb) but i cant help being screwed over when it comes to thes games.

 Thoughts?

FireFalkon

multiplats are still great games to own but dont worry about multi plats too much, they are never going to showcase what the ps3 is fully capable of

new franchises and new IP's that probably will be announced at E3 will be the games that will bring the wow and really show off the machine and should be the games to be excited about

Absynthetic

how can i explain myself any better. the 2 will be exactly the same game play the same and be of the same calibur. but this game has to fit on the low end 360 and i doubt they will add more stuff to the ps3  one cuz they can. if they do then 360 fans wil cry foul becuz the games will cost the same. mcxps3

A better way to explain it in relation to the previous person's response is that Xbox1 and PS2 games were similar in that they used the same format; DVD5&DVD9. However, in the case of PS3 we're up to Bluray which holds up to 25GB single layer. Xbox 360 games are still limited to ~9GBs. Hence, whenever a game is multiplatform, the game must be focused for the 360 to fit within size limits therefore being a ripoff to the PS3 that could have had higher resolution movies, uncompressed sound, and overall more content.

[QUOTE="MaximumD"]People doesn't understand this, but if you going to buy a multiplatform game, you should get it for the PS3. Why? Because you know you'll be able to play it on the PS4.Flame_Blade88

How things are going for the PS3 it seens there won't be a PS4, but the PS3 should rank up to #1 by 2010 so I heard.

I feel the same way as you, i even made a blog about this.lusitanogamer

[QUOTE="Flame_Blade88"][QUOTE="MaximumD"]People doesn't understand this, but if you going to buy a multiplatform game, you should get it for the PS3. Why? Because you know you'll be able to play it on the PS4.LittleYoshi

How things are going for the PS3 it seens there won't be a PS4, but the PS3 should rank up to #1 by 2010 so I heard.

Trust me when I say this:

THERE WILL BE A PS4.

It might be a different appraoch to the brand name, should this system not sell as well as its predecessors, however, there will still be a PS4.

i agree, it makes me mad when exclusives are lost not because of any fanboy crap but because they wont take advantage of blu-ray or the ps3 itself, they'll just make it for 360 and port it over to ps3, the only game so far that i REALLY want that will do that and is exclusive is mgs4...that, lair, and god of war 3 are the only games im interested in that arent multi-platform, i was looking forward to devil may cry 4 but now they're just gonna pull another 360 port to ps3 kinda thing, and all these ports seem to be a lot worse then the original except for oblivionshadyd1717

[QUOTE="shadyd1717"]i agree, it makes me mad when exclusives are lost not because of any fanboy crap but because they wont take advantage of blu-ray or the ps3 itself, they'll just make it for 360 and port it over to ps3, the only game so far that i REALLY want that will do that and is exclusive is mgs4...that, lair, and god of war 3 are the only games im interested in that arent multi-platform, i was looking forward to devil may cry 4 but now they're just gonna pull another 360 port to ps3 kinda thing, and all these ports seem to be a lot worse then the original except for oblivionphantas777