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Factor 5 To Be PS3 Exclusive

Posted by Zonk on from the no-more-rogue-leader dept.

1up.com is reporting that Rogue Leader and Rogue Squadron developer Factor 5 has signed an exclusivity deal with Sony and the PlayStation 3 console. From the article: "Factor 5 has already played with Microsoft's Xbox 360, but said the PlayStation 3's 3.2GHz Cell chip offered more processing power over the other hardware options. The added power, allowing for a more realistic gaming experience, fueled the company's decision. Factor 5 made no comment on Nintendo's Revolution in the story."

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  1. Not surprising. by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Factor 5 has historically gravitated towards the console with the highest specs. They are a very technologically oriented company, and their previous choices of platform has always been the one with the best technology. SNES, N64, and GCN.

    SNES because it had great music capability, and high colour depth. It was a little slower than the Genesis, but more capable in other ways. It resulted in a better LOOKING picture than the Genesis.

    N64 because it was quite obviously more powerful than the PSX in every way. End of story.

    GCN because it's the most technologically powerful console of this generation. (Xbox fans, if you want to dispute this, please provide evidence beyond clock speeds (and an explanation of unified memory, and why it doesn't hinder Xbox's performance). And perhaps an actual Xbox game that provides better graphics (polys, effects, AI) than Rogue Squadron III).

    1. Re:Not surprising. by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "SNES because it had great music capability, and high colour depth. It was a little slower than the Genesis, but more capable in other ways. It resulted in a better LOOKING picture than the Genesis."

      It's sort of like comparing a 300 mhz PC with a 3DFX card to a 600mhz PC running games only in software mode.

      "Xbox fans, if you want to dispute this, please provide evidence beyond clock speeds"

      I'm a Nintendo zealot. To me, Nintendo can do no wrong. However, the graphics on the XBOX are often better than they are on the GameCube. The XBOX tends to do more shadow work than the GameCube.

      This isn't to say that the GameCube couldn't pull the same effects off, but the fact that game developers aren't taking advantage of it makes the spec discussion pretty academic.

      In defense of the GameCube, it also came out $100 cheaper than the XBOX did without being sold at a loss. Go Nintendo.

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