EA prioritizing 360 over PS3: Completing Xbox 360 Versions First

A representative with the publisher EA told Matt Richtel that as a release date nears, the company sometimes readjusts the manpower on the projects to complete the Xbox 360 version first.

[power of Green]

Stop blaming EA i can post other devs that do the same things and get the same results from hardware.

[MK_Red]

What do you mean? Aside from EA games all others are near identical. Just look at Call Of Duty 4, Haze, UT3, Darkness or Oblivion. Also, how come a team like Criterion is easily developing Burnout Paradise with PS3 as lead platform without problem?

[Xbox 360 Will]

Yawn ignore the xbox 360 fanboy above. He's starved for attention because his 360 is in texas getting repaired.

[nomuken]

Die.

[FirstknighT]

Darkness was NOT identical on the ps3. The 360 was the superior version. This has been already discussed. Haze and COD4 haven't been released yet. Oblivion was an year old and the graphical improvements were minor.

EA is not a "lazy" developer! Stop with the excuses and the whining!!!

[tehcellownu]

EA is crap..i wont be supporting them anymore...lazy as$ developers

[Figboy]

i haven't ignored you yet, Power of Green?

i better fix that...

*THERE we go.

[caffman]

who thinks that after the 2 graphics updates for Oblivion on the 360, it looks better than the PS3 version. But thats just me.
This is just pure flame bait

[P4KY B]

They have shareholders and 360 games make more money for them.
Who can blame them.

[JsonHenry]

The problem is not that they are developing the games faster for MS, it is that Sony's machine takes more work to get the job done!

[gaffyh]

@FirstKnighT - did you see the same comparsion video as me? The darkness is one of the few games that looked better on PS3, the 360 version had a green tint.

I wonder whether Peter Moore going over to EA Sports is having a negative effect on PS3 versions of EA games?

[DeadIIIRed]

They deserve to lose their NFL license after the crap they pulled with 08. I'm not a second class gamer just because I have a PS3 and nobody else should be either.

http://www.petitiononline.c...

[i Shank u]

damn, the amount of disagrees you all gave POG is retarded. Starbreeze is another dev.(maker of darkness), so is Ubisoft (splinter cell: DA and R6), the devs. of F.E.A.R., etc. and you guys also ignore the fact that EA made fight nights 3 look better on PS3, so they can, in fact, optimize a game for PS3. so what POG said was true, you all seem to disagree with him just because you dont like his past posts. buncha' babies, and im sure none of the above will respond because you know this is all true

[MK_Red]

So this explains it. EA is not lazy. Thgey just focus more on the 360 versions. Could this be the Peter Moore effect?

[killercam19]

i dont know if ur jking or not but the answer would be that peter moore is on incharge of the sports

[Lifendz]

what exactly does "on in charge" mean? This has to be some reflection of Moore being a top dog over at EA. I learned my lesson with this years Madden.

[MK_Red]

I was j/k since Moore is a pro and something like this (Focus on 360) goes to EA's higher ranks and money owners. Also, games like Madden and NBA have been in works long before Moore came and so "360 over PS3" has been EA's moto for some time.

[aaquib2]

They have to spend millions developing on PS3 because its new, so instead they stick with the 360, so:

1) Development is cheaper, and easier than PS3. PS3 is new, and they're too lazy and cheap to experiment with it, because it takes too long, and costs too much.

2) It'll sell 1/3 of what 360 sells, because of the PS3's base. So spend more money and time for a game to a smaller audience? NCAA sold about 75,000 on PS3 and over 300,000 on 360 last time I check on VGcharts.

I can't say I blame them. I'd probably do the same thing, I mean it IS business!

[aaquib2]

Double post

[BADBOYEK4]

this is not a Peter Moore effect,Madden is an American Football Game the XBOX360 sold 6.5 million consoles in America.The PS3 sold 1.4 million consoles in America, so why would EA waist millions on 1.4 million consoles.

[Blitzed]

'If it makes financial sense, its in the game'

[Meus Renaissance]

Bubbles for you :)

[Maldread]

Haha, so funny and so true. Nice one.

[Lakuspakus]

Xbox 360 is easier to develop for... ok, so we got that one covered.

Easier developing = Shorter developing time
Shorter developing time = Less Money spent and earlier release.
Less money spent and earlier release = more money.
More money = Better PS3 version.

Anyone agree to my way of thinking?

[Lakuspakus]

Dont know what there is to disagree, but someone obviously does, and they dont even say why.
my guess is PS3 fanboys.

[beans]

I have know Idea why anybody would disagree with your comment either! Maybe the fact that PS3 or 360 were both in the same post! Heck you can even post good news and still get a disagree lol!

[Daishi]

The problem is they have fewer people working on it and at the same time it has to be released on the same day. Would you be upset if the 360 and all other versions came out a month earlier than the PS3 version? It's a choice of which you would prefer. Yes they are making baseless excuses when most developers say they are nearly identical (Monilith for ex.), but the problem still remains manpower. The only thing you can do to get EA to listen is to buy two, three, or even four PS3's and get the instal base up(jk). What can you do? Sign the petition that is going around.

[TheMART]

@ Power of Green

Dude it doesn't matter. Actually this is a very 360 positive article.

PS3 fanboys think this makes the PS3 looks better. Look its EA's fault the games are running on 30fps and the 360 has it locked on 60fps.

Who cares? The point is: last gen the PS2 had the advantage of the largest installed base. Thus getting more attention, more exclusives, more games. This gen it's the 360. So, even if it is EA making the 360 version better and the PS3 version worse, or its the PS3 hardware that can't cope with a descent framerate... The 360 will get the better version of multiplatform games!

Which will sell 360 units, the installed base gets bigger, more games, more best versions, more exclusives. The positive spiral. Where the PS3 can get the negative spiral: over and over the worse versions of multiplatform games, people want the best versions so don't buy the PS3 anymore, the smallest installed base, no/less 3rd party exclusives and so on

[Xbox 360 Will]

I pray that you would get rid of you ignorant personality quickly. Ignorance is the worst kind of personality to have. I feel sorry for you when the PS3 catches up and beats the 360 because you won't be able to post negative PS3 comments hence your purpose in life will be over.

[Lifendz]

the 360 version of Madden has always been 60 fps. The PS3 hardware can't cope or the devs at EA aren't putting forth the effort? You see those are two very different things. Is it that the PS3 can't "cope" with a game being 60 fps or is it that EA is focusing on 360 more because of the installed base?

[GaMr-]

Wait... soooo let me get this right Mr. Postitive spiral and better ports etc... Does that explain why something so simple as 100 bucks off PS3 still making it quite a bit more expensive than Xbox360, still allowed it to man handle the 360 sales for the past few weeks? Don't you get it. The thing(360) just doesn't sell. Its "Larger install base" as you call it. Is simply by default. Its called launching 1 year early. Let me stack them up for you.

Xbox360= Faulty hardware,great games,Killer bargain, haunting hardware issue...sells by defualt.

PS3= Great Hardware, average to mediocre games, High price point, lack of games to boot.... sells regardless.

Wii= What can i say....this thing just fuccin sells...

So in all actuality... if the 360's positive spiral was all that it should be where the wii is. If Sony wanted to be just try something for craps & giggles not saying this is logical or would ever happen...but let them drop the price of the PS3 (60GB or 20GB) to the price of the xbox premium and watch how PS3 sales would embarrass 360 sales and even rival Wii sales.

And alot of Game Studios/Dev's know that the 360's performance is no where near a level to dismiss the PS3. That is why you still see big PS3 exclusives and you still see Dev's sticking there neck out to defend Sony's Machine.

[sjappie]

They sold 1500 consoles a week more than 360 last month in Europe. What a manhandling!

[AIZEN SOZUKE]

what is the source of your bubbles son, are you cheating, someone is working with you giving you bubbles to support 180 is that it?

by AIZEN SAMA

[fenderputty]

was based on a logical fallacy. Snowball anyone?

You might as well be telling me that allowing gay marriage will lead to the lessening of social morality, that soon polygamy will follow and, that not soon after that .... HUMANS AND ANIMALS!

It's pretty amazing how you ignore the chance of any other outside force affecting your little spiral. IE, more price drops, games like Killzone, other first party titles, an already installed fanbase of the PS2 waiting to come over (like a ton of my friends), games like FFXIII and metal gear, the fall of HD-DVD (yes that would help bolster PS3 sales), the further media bashing of the reliability of the 360, and the possibility of more developers "getting it". I'm not saying all these are going to happen but, each one of these things could affect your little snowballing argument.

[hfaze]

"Who cares? The point is: last gen the PS2 had the advantage of the largest installed base. Thus getting more attention, more exclusives, more games. This gen it's the 360."

Not necessarily... By your logic, the Wii will be getting the most attention this generation(largest install base - STILL selling out consistently almost a year after launch, and BY FAR cheapest development costs).

It's a known fact that developers will concentrate on the system that has the largest install base. The 360 has done as well as it has due to being out a year earlier than the competition, and absolutely blowing away the other systems out at its launch (PS2, GameCube). Yet, Microsoft has had to adjust their sales estimates already... Sales have tapered off greatly after they hit the 10 million mark...

It will be interesting to see how things pan out this Christmas season... All of the systems have some pretty big titles coming out.

[braane]

Dot Dot Dot

[junk56]

EA actually completes the game before they release them? whoa.

[Delive]

That was good. Really, I thought they just patch the previous years version with what should have been in the year before that. Madden 08 is Madden 07 UPDATED with changes that should have been around since Madden 06. Sorry, but I'm loosing faith in EA more and more daily. I'm already passing on Woods this year and NFS. Shame I might miss Burnout too.

[Daishi]

Don't do that to Burnout, it's made by Criterion and not EA. They were simply picked up after Acclaim passed on, so don't blame them for what EA sports is doing. And remember Dice too. EA owns many good developers and leaches off of them to get it's high reputation. Personaly I have never played games made by EA, but I can't resist some of there other developers offerings (Burnout, Half-Life, Farcry, Crisys, Battlefield).

[Tommie]

Thanks Peter Moore ;) Though EA games are 80% crap

[secur1ty911]

you're alright I guess.

[Jdash24]

EA lost my respect long ago, also peter moore being hired and then crappy ps3 versions is a little suspicious

[trane07]

EA sports. Its in the money. (F**k the game) Peter moore being part of EA makes the situation all the more worse.

[MK_Red]

"EA sports. Its in the money" Good one. They should change that and put this in beginning of every EA game instead of "Its in the Game".

[FirstknighT]

Well the only thing that matters is I'm playing the best version of Madden :) The new moves on the hit stick are INTENSE!!!! Easily the best Madden in a long time.

For you crying sony boys...better luck next year. Go cry to momma.

[ktchong]

Seems like Microsoft is getting some freebie out of Peter Moore leaving for EA.

[boodybandit]

EA would do well in vegas where prostitution is legal. They sell out where ever the money is and they'll never change. This is a good thing though because other companies are catching up to them while they are being lazy, arrogant, ignorant and complacent. that's a lot of ants... lol

[crippler666]

Apart from Tiger Woods, Fight Night and Formula 1 they can make the rest 360 exclusive for all I care.

I guess every company has to have a leading system and EA have chosen theirs. It is good news for Microsoft in that EA have picked so early on,

I just hope that they take the time to at least make the PS3 versions up to some sort of standard. Seeing the efforts recently with framerates from EA I don't held out much hope.

[THE HIVE MIND]

WHAT EVERYONE FAILS TO SEE
IS THAT PETER MOORE
THATS RIGHT
FORMER XBOX WHITENECK
HAS TRAIDED SPACES
SO EVEN LEAVING XBOX
HE IS STILL KICKIN YOUR PLAYSTATION ASSES
HAHA SLUTS
HIS HATRED FOR SONY STILL LIVES

[KeMoBLUE]

...................yo momma

[Anything but Cute]

This doesn't surprise me from EA, pretty soon they will start focusing more on making Wii titles.

Like Boogie. LOL

[Daishi]

Not really, their GameCube devision is handling it nicely in my opinion!

[Grown Folks Talk]

& yet, most ea games will continue to suck.

[Anything but Cute]

Nothing else will matter. EA releases on all consoles and always will, they will start making a lot of Wii titles this gen. They're the ridiclous cash cow.

They release games at the same time for all consoles, doesn't matter if the game is trash. EA never determines who wins the console wars, they're the multi console whore of all time.

How many console is Madden 08 on 10? I think it's even on the original XBOX and GameCube.

[Grown Folks Talk]

i picked up a copy for the atari 2600 yesterday.

[Daishi]

Bubbles:) If you would have said Nokia N-gage I would have crapped myself...

[s8anicslayer]

no matter how the cookie crumbles ea still sucks!

[Jrome]

Lol, I'd just like to say that, I find it funny how, 360 has been out for so long, has such a large install base, and the only difference between 360 games and a console that hasn't even been out for a year, doesnt even use DVD so it's not like devs are that familiar with the format, and is expected to last 10 years...has a game, wit the sole difference of...30fps?...Is anyone else finding this funny? I mean, if something has been out for so long, you would think that 360 would be wooping ps3 madden...but the only difference is 30fps?

And I mean, yeh better luck next year sony because if it hasnt even been a year, and he only difference is 30fps?..a years time and madden 09 will make 360s madden 09 look like madden 99, lol I mean, really...once the devs spend a little more time with ps3, just imagine how much it will surpass 360? I mean, that must logically be what is going to happen. PS3 hasn't even gotten started and the difference is 30fps..lol man, I'm just really thinking about this right now.

I mean, I don't blame EA right now, they're probably not as experienced with the PS3, they're comfortable with DVD format, they just need to make money right now, so yeh...i'm bored..and am too lazy to type right now

[tehcellownu]

exactly the 360 been out for so long and people comparing it to first gen ps3 games..lol.

[daftshadow]

I'm not surprised that EA is prioritizing 360 over PS3. Currently 360 has so much better games.

[tehcellownu]

what does it have to do with the 360 having better games?? by next year ps3 will have better games..while 360 owner dont have many games to look forward to at ALL DOnt worry EA will leave bugs in the 360 version...lol.who ever trying defendin EA most be on crack or jus xbots fanboys..

[Jrome]

"Currently 360 has so much better games."

1. It's many

2. Why release a game on a system that has so "much" better games, wouldnt that be more competition for the game?

3. You just got proven wrong

[CNIVEK]

"many" doen't have the same connotative meaning as "much", in this instance. He's used "much" as a supporting adjective; 360's games aren't just better...they're "much better". If you replace "much" with "many", it no longer makes sense, and is improper English.

4. You've just been proven "many" more wrong than 'daftshadow'. :o

[ElementX]

I really haven't played EA games for a while. So the sports games run better on 360, i couldn't care less. A lot of games come out for 360 first from different publishers, it's a fact of life at this stage for the PS3. As an owner of both systems, I sometimes have to wonder why ps3 games take so much longer to be released or look rather poor compared to 360 versions. I mean, the SDKs were available before the PS3 launched.

Developers can't always blame the ps3 unless there is in fact something hindering their progress. Sure there's some difficulty working with the PS3 but there's no excuse for 30 fps less than 360 games. They should at least delay the release so they get to the 360 level of performance with their games.

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

What a surprise, EA's just going after install base? Wow...

Serious now, what Gamespot are doing? I mean, in which hole have these people's head been the last ten years? Oh wait... I already know in which hole...

[bababrooks]

anyone over the age of ten must understand that EA would want the games they make to kick ass............you dont spend millions making crap when you want to make a profit.some funny crack heads think you spend millions making a bad game because it is on playstation..lol.lol..you guys crack me up.
ps if i spend a million i want 1.1 or more back.

[Xbox is the BEST]

It's not EA's fault

[BADBOYEK4]

The reason the PS3 fans are mad at EA,is because Madden is a Multi-platform game and the 360 had the better version.First party developers for the ps3 are also having framerate problems.Lair ,Heavenly Sword and Uncharted all have slow up at 30fps but the PS3 fans arent mad at those Developers because those games will never come to the 360 to out shine the PS3.

[gaffyh]

Every game has framerate issues during development, not just PS3 games, GTA4 on 360 has some major framerate issues (1up or Gamespot we're talking about it), basically they said it was completely unplayable due to framerate issues, but if you stood still it looked good.

Lair and Heavenly Sword won't have any framerate issues when they are released.

[AIZEN SOZUKE]

so what, 180 last gen cant be ported to real true next gen, thats the only reason, just like pc fans saying crysis wont run on ps3 at the amazement of the pc version, thats because its not next gen either, as long as middle gen is ported to ps3, it wont look as good or better, only games like exclusives for ps3 show what sony built it for, thats sonys definition of next gen, not middle gen ports, and that includes pcs crysis, so please give up the comparisons

by Aizen Sama

[Athlon]

I don't buy the fact that EA focused more on the PS2 in the last generation. Even though the PS2 came out before XBox, the XBox version of every EA sports game always had a better framerate on the XBox. Well, now they've drawn unwanted attention not only from gamers everywhere but but media outlets like USA Today. Nice to see that they have been exposed for what they really are: money hungry fiends who care nothing about the consumer satisfaction but their hard earned cash. They basically rushed out an unfinished PS3 game with half the framerate of a competitor's version yet charge us the same price.

[Mandangoof]

Criterion (under EA) is PS3 lead, PS3 lead is proven to provide superior results.

[AIZEN SOZUKE]

if multiplat makes a game better, and the frame rates, then try running Lair, heavenly sword, and which ever other ps3 game on your 180, they would only be 5 frames per second so give up the dumb sh1t son

by Aizen Sama

[BADBOYEK4]

First of all I am not your son,and last i checked the PS3 is the System that is having the Framerate Problems not the 360.Lair even ran 5 frames per second so give up the dumb sh1t son.

[Tone]

All this bickering is just getting stupid now btw... sit back, chill out and play your favorite game :)

[BIadestarX]

This is the Domino effect that my of us predicted... Developers will go where the money is and where they feel more confortable making the games first... Sadly no matter how much you Sony fanboys think this means nothing.. the fact is that... it's becoming a fact that the Xbox 360 is the console to get if you want to play the games first.
And waiting does not mean you are going to get the better version.. as seing over and over.. you are lucky if you the PS3 version is not inferior.

Sadly.. Gamers will see this trend... and as much as you can hate EA they have lots of influence in the game industry and have some vey big titles.

[Demon1980]

wrong wrong. u realize next year that all of EA's multi platform games next year will have the PS3 as the lead platform.

[xaphanze]

So EA just gave up on ps3?just because it's hard to develop for?and costs more?

wow

no more EA games for me.

[Why_So_Serious]

that's what it's all about

[razer]

I'm looking forward to Army of Two and Crysis.. Hopefully EA does Crysis on the 360 and really tries to get it to run like the PC version. That will be freakin awesome!! Also, Project Offset might of been picked up by EA(rumor) and that would be another great title to see proper on the 360. There is also rumor that MS picked up publishing for Project Offset so either way.

Another interesting thing is EA has a huge percentage of ownership in Ubisoft so this might roll over to them as well. It's kind of a stretch but you never know.

MS needs this committment from third parties since Sony has a superior 1st party.

[AngryTypingGuy]

You gotta have your priorities! I'm glad to see that EA has theirs right.

I'm joking of course. What matters is not what version is done first, but that both are done right. Of course, I'm glad that if any system gets top priority it's the 360.

[caffman]

Its all a conspiracy. Slowly ex MS execs will take positions at all developers and make pooey games for the PS3. Then they will reveal that they are all aliens from the planet ZINGBANANA and bring us all under their clawed handed control.

Either that or the PS3 is just harder to develop for. Either works.

[marc 1975]

so fair play to ea...

[PimpHandHappy]

If this happens next year with Madden it will be the end of a long run! I have played Madden for 7 years or more and if they sh-t on me again im done. By that time Sony will have the install base 2 make greedy CEO's to put the A-team on it!

that being said! I am playing Madden on my PS3 and im still having a blast! Really looking 4ward to Warhawk and HS

[MK_Red]

The sad thing is that while doing this, EA doesn't care for 360 fans and owners. The only thing that matters to them is their pockets and they'll betray every gamer to for more dollars.

[icechai]

Why does everyone act so shocked that what happened in the xbox vs ps2 era is happening with ps3 vs xbox360? Developers go for bigger user base and from what they see, more potential. Of course they can be easily swayed by sales spikes or superb first party games (wait, Nintendo never gets the 3rd party support it needs and it has great first party games).

I'm almost tempted to buy a xbox360 now, but I still have faith in Sony and its 3rd party support (although thanks to EA, xbox360 has expanded its repertoire of games from mainly FPS, to American sports games as well...).

[Salvadore]

It's this obvious... 360 has a bigger installbasement and they have worked with the system longer.

[InMyOpinion]

The 360 has a larger installbase. The more poeple that own a console, the more people will buy games for it. Developers like EA, Capcom, Konami, Sony and MS in-house etc make games for a living, in order to get cash. It's only logic for EA to develop it's games first on the console with the larger installbase.

[Vip3r]

I won't be buying any more of EA's games. This company fails!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

No one cares for the PS3, well... in America anyway. You "droids" realy need to stop blaming everyone else but the real problem (((SONY)))

How many devs does it take to tell a "Droid" that the PS3 sucks to develop for? answer: zero, thats because PS3 fans cant see, read or hear when devs talk about the PS3, they put their fingers in their ears and kick and screem on the floor screeming NO! NO! NO! I CANT HEAR YOU! LALALALALALALALALA

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

Many people say that loyalty drives this industry. I don't believe so as cash rules everything around us, but maybe they have decided to be loyal to Microsoft?

[InMyOpinion]

Like I was trying to say.

Profit > Loyalty

[Maldread]

from a business standpoint it makes perfect sense, as long as the PS3 userbase isn`t higher than it is now i can understand why they won`t spend more money to correct flaws that most people don`t seem to care about anyway, even though it could get them a few more sales with those who do care.

It would be really funny to see what happened if the PS3 got higher sales than 360. Maybe, but just maybe, EA would have to change their ways, although i doubt they would do much if it cost them too much.

As a gamer, i`ve stopped caring about EA-games a long time ago. They have never seem to care about optimization on their games, even with the PS2 games which was the lead platform in the previous generation. The only games i care about from EA now are Burnout (which is Criterions creation really), which got worse after EA started to inferior, and SSX to a lesser degree. I guess MoH: Airborne could turn out ok, as could Army of Two, but i`m still not convinced about those yet.

I can understand that some of you want Madden in the US, but since i`m from Europe i care about football instead. All i can say is that i`m glad we have Pro Evolution here, because it`s better than FIFA in every aspect. Unfortunately FIFA still sells better due to them holding the licence, but Pro Evo is closing in every year. It`s sad that they have the licence of American football too, as it would be a much closer game if they didn`t. Shows how bad a monopoly is.

[andron]

As I usually prioritize other publishers games over EA games ;)

Always have , always will..

[P1MPDADDY]

Get over it. The PS3 has the smallest HD videogame console install base, so it gets the lowest priority. It is also the most expensive HD console to develop for. Thus making games harder to develop and games take longer to develop. This is a business. Those are the facts. Smart business is to make as much profit as possible. One way to make profit is to sell to the largest HD audience (360), while also keeping costs down (360). Like I have said, if you want the best versions of the HD multiplatform games, stop swearing allegiance to Sony and get a 360.

This happened last generation too. The PS2 had the largest install base but wasn't as powerful as the Xbox. What happened. Xbox owners got crappy ports that didnt take advantage of its hardware. Sometimes Xbox versions of the game were delayed too, or had to wait for time-exclusitivity to end. Why????? Because PS2 had the largest install base and therefore the biggest return for 3rd party developers.

Last thing. Go over to VGCHARTZ and look at games sales for all multiplatform games. The 360 versions usually out sell thier PS3 counterparts by an average ratio of 5:1 Part of that is because PS3 owners spend thier money on Blue-Ray movies, rather than games. Developers arent dumb. They are in this business to make money, and the 360 is thier cash cow. 360 owners arent confused about what thier console does. They understand its a videogames console, and like to play games online. PS3 owners are still waiting for games, so they buy Blue-Ray movies, and cure cancer with thier PS3's rather than buy games.

[CNIVEK]

...for that well written, intelligent, 100% truthful response. Sadly, the brainwashed Sony fangirls here aren't capable of accepting or understanding such brutal honesty. :o

[Bazookajoe_83]

I think that by looking at the result of Ea games it´s pretty obvius they dont try so hard on ps3 versions.

Maybe it will be diffrent (when) (if) ps3 outsells the 360, but who knows.

[Yosking]

doesn't know where its priorities are.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Your only helping your console slip away into dark nothingness.

[deadeyes99]

ps3 is too hard to develop for and is therefore a dumb console, 360 owns.

[Bloodmask]

The system with the highest install base gets the support. It was PS2 last generation. It wasn't that the PS2 was a great piece of hardware or easier to program. It was just that companies saw the biggest returns bc on PS2 they could sell the most copies of a particular game. In fact last gen PS2 had the weakest hardware.

This gen companies can see the most return on the 360 bc of the big install base. And now developers aren't forced to cope with Sony's hard to code hardware. So the PS3 will always get sloppy third party multplatform games.

Why should they release a good version when you will still buy the inferior one?? As will all the other PS3 fans.

[braane]

Ok so you have a higher console base... but shouldnt they focus on who has the arger fan base... Ie... you make a good game for PS3 fan boys go out and buy it ... you know the 115 million fans...

Also I look at it like what happens when the prices level off and the PS3 is at 300$ and the 360 is at 275$... which one is someone gonna buy... obviously the PS3... so in essence the PS3 version should be made the better game

[no_more_heroes]

do I smell conspiracy? Peter Moore heading up EA Sports seems much more suspicious now, doesn't it?

[Maddens Raiders]

you smell it too, huh?

[Maddens Raiders]

Loyal Playstation heads / PS3 owners didn't support Peter Moore when he worked for MS and dogged the PS3 albeit, it was his occupation. So I say why support him while he's now working for EA and MS combined! It's quite clear what needs to be done by PlayStation owners and return the favor! Let your sentiment be heard and let the chips fall where they may:

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----------------->>> >>>>BOYCOTT EA SPORTS<<<<<< <--------------------

LET THEM SORT IT OUT WHILE YOUR MONEY IS IN YOUR POCKETS AND THEIR TRASH IS ON THE SHELVES. TAKE YOUR CURRENT COPIES BACK TO THE STORE IF YOU CAN. 8/18/2007

P.S. - I know for some of you it will be fvery difficult and people will think you're crazy; believe me I know. But desireable goals and outcomes for nearly everything we want in life is difficult. Nothing is easy in this life. PlayStation owners - EA/MS does not care about you, and will continue to tote out this garbage for your consumption because they TAKE YOU ALL FOR GRANTED while they pay for their kid's tuitions. Right now, I might as well go buy some 2nd hand - me - down PS3 EA Sports games in Mexico == Same caliber.

This is the EA/Peter Moore/ Corporate mentality. Feed them shyt until they are full, then reheat it and serve as leftovers.

~Not Me~

The time has come.

----------------------------- -->>>>BOYCOTT EA SPORTS MADDEN '08

No More Lies

[P1MPDADDY]

Dont buy anymore EA sports games. While your at it dont buy the 2K Sports football game either. Its funny that it too only runs at 30fps. Even funnier that 2K sports built it for the PS3 from the ground up. Go buck wild with your conspiracy theories. Rally the Sony Defense Force. Call the police. Notify the President of The United States. Meanwhile us 360 owners with our red ring of death, DVD-9, and paid online gaming service will enjoy the best HD version of Madden 2008. Glad to see that waiting an extra year to get a PS3, so you could get inferior versions of multiplatform games, the same graphics as a supposedly inferior console, a controller without force feedback, and a POS online service was worth it.

Oh let me guess. Your PS3 still works right, you got wifi, and Blue-Ray. Oh and just "Wait Beyond" till next year, the PS3 will blow the 360 out of the water. The only thing the PS3 is gonna blow is..... Some more NUTTS!!!!!

Give your PS3 some time. Both my PS1 and PS2 started having problems reading discs in the first year, and both broke in the second year. Sony never addressed the issue, they just released a totally redesigned version of its hardware, and surprise surprise all of the issues were resolved. At least Microsoft admitted its hardware had a design flaw and is working to fix it, not to mention extending the warranty to 3 years for it's design flaw.

While your rallying people to your cause, please try not to hurt yourself. It's just a game, it's not worth taking your life for or anybody elses.....

[bootsielon]

It's easier to port from PS3 to 360 than viceversa. And that way you can get both versions running well. That way they're not losing the 360 installed base... but neither the PS3 one. So, people say why waste manpower on the PS3 when you have a better install base on 360... but why don't they think you can have both install bases? I think it's always better to launch multi-platform titles at the same time, unless you're actually going to add plenty of content and a better experience to make up for it.

[P1MPDADDY]

Last generation. The PS2 had the largest install base, but was graphically the weakest of the 3. XBOX, Gamecube, PS3. So Xbox and Gamecube owners got ports of PS2 games that didnt run as good, and didnt take advantage of thier superior GPU's. EA is not going to change its ways. The 360 has the largest install base, and it's hardcore gaming owners buy games. They will cater to that audience first because they are in this business to make money. They dont care whether you or I like them as a corporation as long as we buy thier games. I personally would have liked to see PS3 owners get the same performance or better with Madden 2008 on the PS3 vs the 360. Competition is good. Something is up. But we can speculate all day long, throw out conspiracy theories, dont buy the game, or in 360 owners cases delight in finally getting a version of Madden that runs at 60fps, and actually doesnt feel like a PS2 port.....

[Ps3Fanboy777]

EA should stop making games, im dead serious about that. All of there games run horribly no matter the platform...

Madden on 08 might run better on the 360 but that still doesnt make it good.

[level 360]

This is not even news. It's not about whose is easier to port games or whatever, but just your average/typical business sense dealings on which is the quickest way to earn your profits from the any games that EA can produce first and foremost.
Stop complaining, if this was ( "your" ) company you'd definitely do the same way as these people would, I bet.