Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

[Gikoku]

Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

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"Sony development boss says ‘trend is reversing’ "

Head of Sony’s worldwide studios Phil Harrison has said that the trend of titles being made for Xbox 360 and then ported over to PS3 is ‘reversing fairly quickly’.

Speaking to GameDaily, Harrison said that the power of the PS3 is starting to be ‘clearly demonstrated’ to developers, who are more commonly beginning to create titles for the Sony system from the ground up.

“We are clearly demonstrating the PS3 is capable of some amazing things and if you approach the architecture from the right direction, your games will shine on the platform,” he said.

“It's very natural, however, to see what some of the third parties are doing. They started to work on Xbox 360 before they did on PS3; they got some tools and technology and know-how established on the format before PS3. That situation will reverse fairly quickly organically, but what we're doing from a worldwide studios point of view is we're actually shifting some of our core technologies from exclusively being available to our studios to supporting third parties as well – all third parties.”

 

[Orpheus Lupus]

Re: Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

...Huh? Interesting if true, but I haven't heard of enough examples to say it's reversing myself...

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

They better hope they are dying out because they have received some shoddy ports of a lot of games.

 

[Hexadecimal]

Re: Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

wouldn't 'reversing' mean that rather than games being made for 360 and then brought over to the PS3, they're being made for PS3 and brought over to the 360? and where is that happening?
I think what they mean is 'stopping' rather than 'reversing'...
but even that is only half true... lately, some games have been made with the title to be released concurrently on both consoles, only to have the release delayed allegedly due to the PS3 taking far too long... GTA IV, anyone?
so, if companies were to release games when they were ready instead of waiting on the PS3, the 360 titles would still be coming out far sooner, with PS3 gaining the title by the following year... so I fail to see a change... the only change seems to have nothing to do with "the power of the PS3" and everything to do with people waiting on it like someone impatiently awaiting their slowpoke little brother...
but that's just me

 

[Walker]

Re: Xbox 360 to PS3 Ports Are Dying Out...

Sounds about right to me, Hex, but then I've never liked Playstation. It started with hating the controllers, then became an unthinking prejudice. (damn, this sycophant thing is fun! See? I can say something without starting an argument! Well, I could before I added this parenthetical comment.) [grin]