The Witcher 2 - Why no PS3 version?

Do you guys think that the PS3 wouldn't be able to run the game well, the company couldn't be bothered to port it or do they have a deal with Microsoft?

I really want to play this game. It looks wicked sick, and for an RPG, the combat looks great. So pretty much I will need to buy a new video card
now to run this. I know the game has been out since last year but I saw the extended edition or whatever it's called and I really want it.

For the folks that don't tend to check out non-PS3 titles, I really suggest watching a couple of videos.

Because developers favor Microsoft for some reson.

Because developers favor Microsoft for some reson.

ristactionjakso

If you really wanted it, you could have bought it a long time ago, it's best on PC anyways (It runs on mid cards, which are quite cheap, honestly). It's not like it's a brand new IP, you could have made this exact thread years ago for The Witcher 1 which was on PC.

It's just a matter of money, the developer has finite resources. PC ports are easier to that other console, that's all. They stated if it does well, they may do a PS3 port as well. They would like the IP to be more popular so they could do a Witcher 3 across mulitple machines.

If there was a deal struck for consoles, we users are hardly privy too those deals, they include NDA's.

A deal wouldn't shock me though, that company hardly makes any videogames and seems to be content making strange deals on the side from timed exclusives, Timed DLC, etc. They spend little money, and it fools a vast majority of consumers into thinking these games are exclusive (from COD 30day timed DLC to Elder Scrolls 5 DLC to the first Bioshock timed exclusive). They hardly spend money crafting many games, and have a tiny 1st party, so they employ these tactics to stay ahead of the competition. Is the witcher 2 one such deal? who knows.

I have the game on PC. It's about a year old...decent game for the action rpg genre (88/100 metacritic).

Microsoft probably paid to get it only on 360.

The developers mentioned it, but said for now they aren't going to, although they won't rule it out in the future. Fortunately I have a 360 aswellso I'm not bothered about no PS3 version.

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Because developers favor Microsoft for some reson.

FriendlyFalcon

I reckon it's probably something to do with the fact that the 360 is easier to develop for, so they want to see how it sells by doing that rather than working around getting to the PS3 as well and it flopping on both. If it sells well, I wouldn't be surprised if we got it. Then again, it could be nothing to do with this and that M$ paid to keep it 'exclusive' to their console.

Just my two cents.

If you really wanted it, you could have bought it a long time ago, it's best on PC anyways (It runs on mid cards, which are quite cheap, honestly). It's not like it's a brand new IP, you could have made this exact thread years ago for The Witcher 1 which was on PC.

It's just a matter of money, the developer has finite resources. PC ports are easier to that other console, that's all. They stated if it does well, they may do a PS3 port as well. They would like the IP to be more popular so they could do a Witcher 3 across mulitple machines.

If there was a deal struck for consoles, we users are hardly privy too those deals, they include NDA's.

A deal wouldn't shock me though, that company hardly makes any videogames and seems to be content making strange deals on the side from timed exclusives, Timed DLC, etc. They spend little money, and it fools a vast majority of consumers into thinking these games are exclusive (from COD 30day timed DLC to Elder Scrolls 5 DLC to the first Bioshock timed exclusive). They hardly spend money crafting many games, and have a tiny 1st party, so they employ these tactics to stay ahead of the competition. Is the witcher 2 one such deal? who knows.

I have the game on PC. It's about a year old...decent game for the action rpg genre (88/100 metacritic).

SolidTy

I wasn't following video games very closely until about 6 months ago, so the original release completely passed me by. I saw the ideo
review for the extended edition and thought it looked really cool. I'm not much of an RPG guy but it looks like there's enough action/
adventure in this game that it'd be wortth my while. And it's damn gorgeous too. I think I'll just upgrade my video card tbh. I'm still
running a 9800 GT from 4 years ago but luckily the rest of my PC is still pretty damn up to date. Futureproofing ftw!