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Xbox 360 in Crysis as PlayStation 3 hosts Crytek’s powerhouse?
By Stevie Smith Jan 18, 2008, 7:20 GMT
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I don't see Crytek doing this unless they want another software sales flop.
Uncharted... PS3's best current game is still only ~22 in the all format charts.
It must be the PS3's turn this week, maybe next week it will be the Wii's turn, but seriously if can ported to the PS3 then it'll probablly be even easier to port to the 360 which has more general purpose memory available and since the PC version doesn't require Blu-Ray any talk of technical reasons why it can be on one system and not the other is pure fantasy.
Maybe the HD will be used and the fact that there aren't HDs in every 360 lead to the choice.
Don't buy any of this.
It's pure PS Fanboy drivel.
If anything, the sales numbers for xbox 360 sales vs. PS3 sales would at least cause Crytek devs to postpone a PS3 port until more units of the consoles reached consumers hands.
(Although they did release it to the pC audience with only 500,000 users or less being able to run the game at it's highest settings. I have a quad-core processor, 8gb or ram, and a 512mb 8600gtx card and can't run the game very long on high settings without any frame dropping, game lag, or lockups. Would LOVE to see it run on it's highest settings but can't justify spending another $500-$700 on updating my system just to play this game. Heck, I already have nearly a grand wrapped up in the ram and video card alone.)
Would bank money on the port being easier to pull of on the 360 (albeit scaled down signifigantly) than the PS3.
I wouldn't get too excited about either console getting it until Crytek themselves made the announcement.
Personally, I would rather see it on the 360 as xbox live is a far superior service to sony.net.
Still, it would be cheaper to buy either console and this game if released as a complete port than it would to update my already bangin' current system.
@Theossie
I did consider that but the 360's user base even without the core/arcade models is still much larger than the PS3s and i seem to remember reading that while MS were not that happy about hard drive only games it would be possible to do them with an HDD only label on the box.
Personally i don't think HDD is a factor and i think encouraging partial or full HDD installs on games consoles is a step in the wrong direction, what would be next upgradable ram, graphics cards and then you get the system requirement issues and your back with a PC.
Optional part install for faster loading is one thing but having to check for mandatory drive space requirements every time you perchase a game is too much like PC gaming and if consoles ever went in that direction we might as well save the money and buy new graphics cards instead,
The 'supposeed' technicl diffuculties with the xbox 360 is in no question due to the lack of a hard drive in all Xbox 360's. This is imoirtant for future gaming because though crysis shipped as a dvd9 for the pc, it is actually 12 gigs in total . It needs to stream to the hard drive, especailly when the PS3 and Xbox only have 512 of memory for use.
MS should be smart and lower the price for HD add-ons so that the - and no pun intentended - cheap aracade core users can buy a hard drive. Mass Effect would have had less frame rate issues and other annoyinces if the game was able to stream date to the Hard Drive. My suggestion: Offer the 20 gig drive for about 50 bucks, a 40 or 60 gig for about 79-89 bucks, and the 120 gig for 100-129 bucks. And possibly a 250 gig for about 179? jmho
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@Jack Tors
Xbox 360 games can stream to the hard drive when a hard drive is present, i'm playing Mass Effect at the moment and apart from some very minor flaws that i'm sure they could of polished given a bit more dev time, the game rocks!
I agree with you that MS should make more HD options available though and i've got a feeling they will some time soon.
cell broadband engine, enough said
LOL
Listen to the xb360 fanboys shake in their boots
if it does or not its time too put your hand in your pocked and buy a PS3
it sold over a million units in the US over christmas andd that to europe and Japan and well you guessed it
next geen
more power and actualy does work to media stream
its the future just buy one its obvious the developers are going to make more PS3 only games as they did on ps2 as they sell more ps3 units 360 is no were near the ps3 for the future
look at HAZE
just makes me laugh that youre all twitching and crying over this lool
Honestly, what is the cell (oh so powerful blah blah blah) going to provide graphically in parrallel with the PS3 graphics processor? I want to know. How are the cores being utilized by the developers for current and future games? I am not concerned with the sound or the AI. It's like watching the movie The Shinning and the wife discovering her husband is typing the same words over and over again 'the cell (oh so powerful blah blah blah)'. Come on, throw me a bone here and give me a reason to be oh so impressed by the new profound four letter word 'CELL'. If your not a developer then you don't have a clue and I don't want to see any white papers either. Who cares about playing BluRay movies. There will be no improvment in hardware with the PS3 as the output will remain the same except for the occasional firmware updates to fix whate the hardware itself is lacking or incapable of doing. The PS3 will ramain a BluRay playback dinasour while every other consumer purchases a real dedicated unit with improved electronics with a future. Something has got to give, do you honestly beleive 100% your getting more bang for the your buck? I doubt Sony incorporatd electronics of their high end BluRay player into the PS3 to give you the best picture. The most that can be said is the PS3 can play BluRay content.
good the ps3 users need a good game just for them every once in a while gives me a reason to buy for my ps3 and not my 360
is better to work with with consoles by them selfs than to do it with each other you'll get better results as far as crysis needing alot of ram thats because of software that drain the ram like microsoft products. consoles may not reach higher than 1080's but i think that enough knowing thats tv highest peak now when you work with specially ps3 and built the game around cell and softwares simulates dx10 that particular game has more chances than 360 and the fact that no hdd install look ex farcry2 multi cross = sloppy development email any developers and you'll the real truth and i own xbox to there great
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