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PS3 Unreal Tournament 3 Delayed
Dr. Eggman writes "Gamasutra breaks the bad news from over at Midway. Midway states that Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 3 for the PS3 has been delayed into the first quarter of 2008. No official reason has been give for the delay, as only CEO David Zucker of Midway has released information. The PC version is still on track for a November release." Additional details from a Midway Conference call are available on Next Generation.
Mark Rein responded to this and said that midway was announcing the delay because "they have an obligation to their shareholders to let them know about the possibility of a delay" but Epic is still trying to get the PS3 version shipped before the end of 2007. He also said that the delay will mean that the PS3 version ships with all the maps that the PC version will have.
http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=604
I wonder if this will have a cascade effect. How many games for the PS3 plan on using the UT3 engine and will they be delayed as well?
Since the PC version is on track I would guess that it is an engine performance issue and not a content issue...
In other words it looks as if the Cell programming model is bitting back.
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I wonder if this lends any support to Silicon Knight's claims that the engine wasn't ready for them, and that the PS3 engine build was also way off target when they licensed it. It seems they're still aiming for a December release, but as a public company need to inform shareholders if they may miss that target. On the plus side, they've managed to get every map from the PC version working on the PS3, contrary to their earlier statements.
From TFA:
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Yes, it's currently expensive, and that's fine if you don't want to buy one, but ultimately this delay is nothing to do with its lack of popularity or high price, rather everything to do with getting the engine up to speed on the PS3. It's still coming out before the 360 version, even if that is only to do with the 360 needing extra time to support mods, so it's not like they're leaving the PS3 version until last; if they thought no-one owned a PS3, they wouldn't be making a PS3 version at all.
Did anyone stop to think that the reason they have delayed the release of the PS3 version of the game is that nobody owns a PS3? It's the lowest selling system in the current generation, eclipsed by both the XBOX 360 and the Wii. The primary reason for this is that there is such a high price tag. I think that Sony made a mistake when they decided to go with such high-end hardware for their console. For the price of a PS3, I could buy both a 360 and a Wii. So, would I buy one console, and limit myself to the expensive games released for said console, or would I prefer to buy two consoles, opening up the opportunity to play a wider variety of games with the same quality as that of the more expensive alternative? I think the answer is obvious.
.The PS3 launch price in Canada is within $50 of the PS2 launch price. Sony misjudged which direction the US dollar was going in not the machine as a whole. The machine itself is very nice. Sony might have made a mistake in the price tag, they badly misjudged how the economies of it's two largest markets were going but I think the delays are due to the newness and complexity of the architecture. It's a lot easier to get near optimal results from an API that has many experienced programmers (Dirext X) and universal shaders help (360). The Ps3 takes more work to get juice out. Many have already pointed this out. It likely has a higher maximum performance but takes more tinkering to get there.
No because a low install base doesn't stop you from shipping. Perfect dark wasn't stalled simply because the n64 had low numbers
I got a ps3 and a wii so I got games covered. Casual and pretty/hardcore. The answer isn't so straight forward as most of the games on the 360 have PC peers/superiors. So it's really about how much money you have and what you play.
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Same here. I won't be buying one until Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
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It's still coming out before the 360 version...
Wrong.
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7359&Itemid=2
"These technical issues are now completed at a core level in our engine, and now that we have the systems working, looking ahead to 2008, we expect the PS3 versions of our titles to ship day and date with our other versions," [CEO David Zucker] said.
PS3 UT3 allows you to plug in a standard USB keyboard and mouse, if that's what floats your boat. I don't know if that's the case for the 360 release as well, but I can't think why not.
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When were the sales numbers for the PS3 ever acceptable? With Sony being so confident before release, saying that everyone was going to want one, no matter how much it cost, just because it's a playstation, I would say that there numbers have always been pretty low.
Their at 1/3 of what the 360 is at (4.6 mil sold vs ~12 mil sold; pre halo 3 numbers). They are "catching up" but not int he US market. Mostly Japan and other markets where the 360 doesn't expand as fast. The 360 is doing pitifully in Japan likely due to not having a single clue how to market it there. The iPod example defeats any notion that it's nationalistic pride keeping the 360 down.
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I feel sorry for people who derive personal validation from the control scheme they use in their games.
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According to Mark Rein, posting at the Epic Forums, they still are aiming for a release date of the PS3 version sometime before the end of this year.
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?p=25003889#post25003889
The PS3 will allow a mouse and keyboard.