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PS3 suffers another blow as Haze faces possible 2009 release

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By Stevie Smith Jan 24, 2008, 10:31 GMT


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ChadJan 24th, 2008 - 11:11:35

Talk about misleading. Releasing it in the next financial year does NOT mean 2009 release, it means a release somewhere between April 2008 and March 2009.

There is absolutely no reason to assume that it will be a 2009 release. You're title makes as much sense as saying 'PlayStation 3 suffers another blow as Haze faces July, August, or September 2008 release'. Misleading people just to make a story seem a lot more interesting than it is is not cool. Not cool.

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EdtrlCtrlJan 24th, 2008 - 11:55:24

agreed! this just a lame attempt to lure traffic with a sensationalist headline

theres some solid business sense behind this delay - see here > forums.spong.com/x?msg=39052#39052

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Brian Murphy (Aka Mornelithe)Jan 24th, 2008 - 16:55:14

Indeed,

We who frequent Ubisofts Haze Forums, have enough problems correcting n00bs with outlandish release dates from Gaming stores, we don't need journalists playing with verbiage to further muddy the waters. The previous poster was correct, the current release projection is FY2008, which is April 1st 2008 to March 31st 2009. Odds are good it'll hit in 2008, sooner than later.


Morne

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I agree! Title was misleading!!Jan 24th, 2008 - 20:39:40

What a shame! You read the news and see there is no real pushing out to 2009!

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shadowpal2Jan 25th, 2008 - 01:58:45

HAHA! Wow, this was a very very bad title. A game originally planned to come out during Novemeber 2007 pushed all the way back to March 2009?! Does that sound even possible - within that time, they could recreate the whole entire game and create another different game! Alright, so it might not be coming this March 2008, but it's definitely not coming a year after either haha.

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ShockTacticsJan 25th, 2008 - 12:07:34

Very poor sensationalist journalism to give a shot in the arm to your site traffic!

The obvious assumption would be to assume they've pushed it into Q1 of next year due to their already strong performance this FY with the likes of Assassin's Creed.

There is no reason to suggest that it is delayed because of further production complications, it's more likely the result of a management decision...

Maybe you should change your headline to:

PS3 suffers another blow as Haze faces possible 3rd April 2008 release

That way it will save the 360 fanboys shooting their load over their keyboard!!!!

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HazeJan 25th, 2008 - 15:06:57

It's quite possibly however, that they're taking the extra time to brush up on the MP balance. Given there are two asynchronous skill sets that need to be somewhat even, I'd imagine that would take some serious time to get correct. I've had it pre-ordered since June of 2007, I'm keeping my preorder ;)

Morne

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hiJan 25th, 2008 - 15:46:21

HAHA!!!!! last time they delayed it was to make the visuals better now what you just playing were is this announcment by ubisoft
Psn: Artbar
feel free to add me and i am posting this on my ps3

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BummerJan 25th, 2008 - 17:56:09

Just another example of the PS3's poor underlying system (hardware + API) leaving developers in a bad spot. If they had developed on the xbox 360 they would have made it out ontime and onbudget. Just as UT3 was late and has underperformed, this will make all the developers rethink the PS3. Unless Sony ponies up some cash to make up for the difficulty in developing for their derailed console you will see it fall to gamecube status, where like the gamecude on the the manufacture developed titles and crappy movie tie games that release for EVERY platform at once will lead on the PS3.

You think the big and small software developers don't notice UT3, Drake's (mis)fortune, Dexter and bomb, Lair, and all the other games that were going to be blockbusters that changed PS3's fate all return horrible sales #'s and most took too long to release?

Now look at Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4... the PS3 versions are buggy and have been crushed 4 to 1 by the Xbox 360! Who is going to keep writing for the PS3 when these results happen over and over again?!?

People said the PS3 wasn't harder to program, that developers would 'get the hang of it' but it will be 2 years now that the PS3 has had dev kits, and still Grand Turismo can't even commit to a release date!?! Games like Haze can't ship within a YEAR of the original targeted release date?!

Home is delayed, Little Planet, delayed, Haze, delayed... there is a pattern here...

I think the xbox 360 will rule 2008... and thaty momentum will keep it on top.

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BadashJan 25th, 2008 - 18:53:51

Amen Bummer.

After the abysmal 2007 year for Sony, while Microsoft has blockbuster after blockbuster, and 2 games named 'game of the year,' 11 games in the top ten sales for the year (vs 2 games for Sony) . . . what publisher in their right mind would focus on the PS3?? The Xbox is where the money is, they know that, they can read the new, they can do the math.

Why pay more to develop on something that will sell less??

So Sony, you enjoy your games ported over from superior 360 versions. . . Sorry about your framerate issues with Orange box too . .

life must suck . . . wouldn't it have been nice if Sony had lowered the prices on the PS3, instead of buying Warner studios for 500 million?

Oh well, I guess you have a really good movie player, on a really crappy gaming system.

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hiJan 26th, 2008 - 02:14:39

im sory to have to tell all of you that i have not heard of another great Xbox ecslusive while the ps3 have Little big planet and MGS4 and GT5 and killzone 2 and finally what are you doing checking ps3 news?
Psn: Artbar

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Why PS3?Jan 26th, 2008 - 22:19:39

Just one more reason for me to never consider buying a PS3. I don't see any games I would want to play. Is it true that Haze, MGS4 and virtually all the games anyone would want on PS3 will be on Xbox 360 and run smother? I think I will buy a 360.

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msxJan 26th, 2008 - 22:34:17

do you want an xbox exclusive? how about gta4 episodes. gta is the biggest franchise in the world and also a console seller, do you remember when it used to be an exclusive for sony? why buy part of this game on ps3 when you get the full thing on xbox?

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hiJan 28th, 2008 - 00:09:11

Polyphony (creators of Grand turismo) has all ways stayed with sony and its not changing it mind and you all know that microsoft is paying to the nose to get ps3 ecslusive to come to the xbox and once again why are you checking ps3 news?
Psn: Artbar

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HazeJan 28th, 2008 - 17:29:01

LoL Xbots Unite into 'A bunch of people nobody gives a shit about'. Seriously guys, this is a article about a game, not about consoles. Rofl. Tools.


Framerate issues on the PS3 have been dealt with n00b, it's from developers porting shoddy work. It's typical. Those who own a PS3, and actually..you know, read...are aware of this, and rather than throw a tantrum like you...we just choose not to by from those companies. Orange Box was never something I planned on buying anyway (Am I the only one who thinks those games look like crap? COD:UO on the PC rules FPS' anyway)...so no, I won't enjoy or even waste a second of my life on their lame game. I bought Assassin's Creed, and honestly, the bugs aren't what turned me off, it's the fact that the game sucked. Mind-numbing repitition. So very little ingenuity, AI that's about as dumb as your common Xbox poster who trolls PS3 threads. As for CoD4, well, the sales on that are simple...there are currently more Xbox's in America than there are PS3's. It's supply and demand.

MGS4 thus far, is a PS3 exclusive, I challenge you to find a 'Confirmed' report, from Konami, that states otherwise. There're plenty of rumors, but noone has come forth and specifically stated it's coming to the 360, however, they have come forth, multiple times and stated it's exclusive to the PS3, and it's the last in a long line of great exclusives. So, while I admit, it's probable that MGS4 will come out to the 360, it's not been confirmed yet, and if it is, it won't be out w/in 12 months of the PS3's release date.

Now, given these exclusives that the PS3 has, and how well the 360 did in it's 2nd year w/ it's own exclusives. One would imagine that games like GT5, MGS4, Final Fantasy 13 etc...are going to generate MASSIVE amounts of PS3 sales. It's not garunteed, but highly likely. Not to say they're better games than what the 360/Wii offers, it's just alot of people have grown up with those games (similar to Mario), and want to see what the newest gen has to offer. So far, all of the above are looking mighty impressive, and I for one, am glad I own a PS3 and will be able to play them long before any other console or PC user will.


Morne



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msxJan 29th, 2008 - 14:32:02

The funny thing is that most xbox users I know couldn't really care less about haze because there are so many good fps titles already on the xbox it was never going to make that big of an impact. It's just the sound of fear and anger coming from ps3 users incase they loose it that cracks me up lol.

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Flambeed BunnyJul 17th, 2008 - 18:42:29

Haze isn't going to do anything for the PS3 anyway.

MGS4 is the only game thats worth it on the ps3 right now, it seems.

Forget Killzone, I've got COD4 on the X-box 360 where the frame rate is 2x faster. Forget Little Big Planet. I've got 100s of X-box Arcade Games.

Forget 160 GB Hard drive. I don't need that HUGE hard drive because I don't have a blue ray disk which doesn't go as fast as my HD DVD drive, and therefore I have to install 6 GB of data for EVERY SINGLE GAME.

Forget the ports from 360 to PS3. I don't think ps3 fan boys will love the ports as much as their exclusives like Final Fantasy.

Oh wait, they lost that too.

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