[QUOTE="Odrec"]LOL Good riddance! I wonder where would they lose more money if porting the game to PS3 or losing the PS3 install base that would buy the game. Anyways, they are talking BS.VoodooHak
I agree that they're probably just rattling Sony's cage. But to have this come from arguably the biggest third party publisher in the industry is telling. And Kotick mentions something the other publishers don't: context.
Sales are great when talking to your constituency on a financial call, but put the sales in conext with the money invested in development and you have a different picture.
QTF And on top of that I think PS3 is still behind where the Wii and 360 is, look at Project Natal, pioneered on the 360 yet the PS3 (which is apparently more powerful??) only launched their on-line services properly a few months ago and DLC is still 'difficult' to push, look at Fallout 3 DLC for example, its been out for months on PC/360 but they weren't able to do anything on PS3 because the tech enabling DLC wasn't there. And then look at games like Gran Torismo, FLAG SHIP PS3 GAME! should have been there shortly after (the delayed) PS3 launch and its still not ready, are these the reasons Activision are pointing out? In my view and its just my view, Sony have really mucked up PS3s entire product 'life', the development was delayed only to produce questionably better graphics than the 360? (I can't see any different), Developers complain about how difficult it is to work with the PS3, Online content has only just been released and now we see Developers talking about dropping the PS3 due to lack of return.
Yeah i heard about this read a little on Gamespot as well. I think its somthing like Project V6 or somthing... In my opinion i think the game will be terrible and fall out is like Oblivion its only really a single player gameRaffix
Try not to think of it like that, of course theyre not going to bolt MP capabilities onto oblivion/FO3 and push it out as an MMORPG, it'd be an entirely different game with different mechanics...
The Fallout universe isnt a bad place for a MMO at all the possibilities are good its just so many of us are used to being disappointed by MMORPGs now that we don't see how anything could be considered 'good'.
There are various contractual ties to the Fallout MMO that Interplay are supposed to be making I cant remember all the details but its along the lines of, Bethesda apparently reapproached and purchased all the rights to fallout but left Interplay with MMO rights but the condition was they would have to start development by 2009. Interplay are in no strong position to do that and many feel Bethesda are being real bastards doing this because if Interplay can't do it Bethesda get the rights.
Bethesda have already started looking at developing an elder scrolls based MMO so there interest in a FO MMo is obvious.
Is there something wrong with providing a range of different RTS styles?
vitriolboy
No need to hop of the defensive vitrolboy, theres nothing wrong with a range, its just very odd how said range seems to have appeared fairly recently at a similar time many other games and genres appear to be suffering from dumbing down processes of their own.
Bit of a rant, you may or may not agree, we're all entitled to an opinion. Whats with the current RTS trend with minimising user interface, removing base building where possible and cutting right back on resource gathering? The Battle for Middle Earth RTSs were one of the biggest culprits recently, they had entire video blogs dedicated to "look how easy we've made it for people to place buildings!!!".......wow, was it ever that hard!? I cant be the only one who loves to build huge bases, amass massive resource, building a huge army when I want one (not when the heavily scripted campaign map lets me) surely im not the only one who liked these areas of past classics such as star craft, red alert, warcraft 2 etc. Where'd the game companies get the idea that less is more?
Always go in your best clothes and wear a tie! even if you were applying for a job at a chicken factory, wear your best suit! it shows you're professional, makes you feel more confident and gives you the edge against someone who goes in wearing a button up shirt thats not tucked in ;)
They shouldnt have sold the game without a cd key, take it back, Im not sure anyone will give you one here as theres the potential you pirated the game...
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