Painkiller Dev ignoring the PS3 with their new IP

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#1 Mystery_Writer
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Painkiller Dev Announced Dreamkiller For PC / X360

Did you grab a degree in psychology? Are you one who loves the prospect analyzing others? Perhaps you've attained an extraordinary ability to enter the minds of others and do battle with manifested inner demons with an arsenal of weapons and powers? If so, A. Iwould like hang out with you sometime and B.

Aspyr media and Mindware Studios (Painkiller:Overdose, Cold War) announce a new FPSheaded to the Xbox 360 and PC this Fall. Titled Dreamkiller, players will take on the role of super psychologist Alice Drake as she battles through 12 varied mindscapes of the singleplayer mode with "numerous"multiplayer modes all planned for the Fall release.

Hrm, wonder what the bill for a visit to her office would be. For more, check out the announcement images below.


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what's with 3rd party developers ignoring the PS3?

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Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.
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#3 rybe1025
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Dont forget software sales do not matter.
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#4 finalfantasy94
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Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.dgsag

Basicly. PC to 360 port is easly done from what I hear.

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Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.dgsag
Thats just about wraps that up.
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#6 millwrought
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That looks AWESOME!

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[QUOTE="dgsag"]Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.finalfantasy94

Basicly. PC to 360 port is easly done from what I hear.

That's it.

They don't have resources to make a PS3 game, which is Sony's fault, oh well.

This should score higher than NINJA BLADE, and entertain the crowds.

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Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.dgsag
Actually, that is very true. Since 360 is nearly a PC on it's own, the prot is quite easy. Both xbox and PC use DirectX. PS3 ports cost more as DirectX shaders and code API's must be translated or 'wrapped' to work on the PS3, hence the slowdowns, and degredation of quality.
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Normally I would be tired of FPS's...but that looks cool. :o
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The PS3 is overflowing with FPSs. I think it will be fine missing out on this one, especially since it probably won't be one of the better ones and you play as a female.
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Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.dgsag
This
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#12 NoobisMaxcimus
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Well it costs a bit to dev for ps3. What was sony thinking? Couldn't they have predicted what would happen if they designed a console like this? I don't normally say this, but FAIL on Sony's part.

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Looks great. More games like Serious Sam and Painkiller please!

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The PS3 is overflowing with FPSs. I think it will be fine missing out on this one, especially since it probably won't be one of the better ones and you play as a female.DeathScape666
And your point is? Seriously what is wrong with playing as a female character? Actually why even bring it up, unless your either 1. your sexist or 2. your joking and you just want to see other people's reaction.

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[QUOTE="dgsag"]Given that this is a primarily PC focused game and the developer doesn't have access to huge pools of money, the 360 was the only console they could easily port it to.finalfantasy94

Basicly. PC to 360 port is easly done from what I hear.

^ This, you beat meto it.

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#16 Optusnet
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Becuz PS3 has no godd games /trolling.

PS3 developmentis expensive and requires specific knowledge of its SKUs and development for devs to port existing assets. As already been mentioned in the thread.

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#17 djsifer01
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Why port it to the PS3, it a pain in the ass since its not pc based. SideNote:Painkiller games arent the greatest anyways, so i dont think there wll be to many upset PS3 owners.
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The PS3 is overflowing with FPSs. I think it will be fine missing out on this one, especially since it probably won't be one of the better ones and you play as a female.DeathScape666
Dreamkillers will be purely action-based like Painkiller. No key-hunting, no puzzle-solving, no difficult pathfinding, just hardcore endless armies of monsters to kill. Doubt PS3 has anything as good as this.
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#19 Chutebox
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Dont forget software sales do not matter.rybe1025
Ps3 has good software sales. Who is Painkiller?
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#20 AppleBlade
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Dont forget software sales do not matter.rybe1025
The Xbox last gen had just as many PC-Xbox exclusives that didn't go to the PS2 and if you remember the PS2 had a way, way larger installed base then the Xbox. So your attempt at sarcasm comes off a bit silly since in a sense it is correct, in this case software sales don't matter, being easy to port does.
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#21 MortalDecay
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Looks awesome...I'm looking forward to it, and Painkiller Resurrection for the 360, which is also not coming to the PS3.
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#22 Baranga
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This is from the devs of Painkiller: Overdose, which was utter crap. They're a team of former modders.

The real Painkiller devs are now working with Epic on another project. Some of them left and made Necrovision with some ex-Medal of Honor guys.