Ken Levine: BioShock PS3 came later due to "corporate decision," additional content is "2K thing"

Lifendz - 519 days 7 hours ago

I'm sure MS backed a dumptruck full of money to their office and they couldn't say no.

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Svtcobrastang - 519 days 6 hours ago

Microsoft strikes again with those deep wallets.

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ofx360 - 519 days 6 hours ago

The answer to everything is not "M$ paid them" sometimes devs or publishers make decisions based on risk/reward. I believe they gauged the reaction and sales on the 360 then ported it over to the ps3 if it was popular, which is smart.

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DaTruth - 519 days 6 hours ago

MS "pays them" so much, it's the logical assumption.

I want to find out where the next big 3rd party game is being developed, so I can intercept one of those "dump trucks".

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juuken - 519 days 5 hours ago

Please oxf, Microsoft opens their wallet for every single situation.

Buying 3rd party exclusives? Check
Stealing PS3 exclusives? Check
Paying articles to write crap about the PS3? Check

Microsoft's viral campaign knows no bounds.

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ravinash - 519 days 4 hours ago

If it were true that the decision was from 2K, then how come the PS3 version was kept under wraps???
If they had always planned it, then it would have been better for 2K to say at the time the 360 version came out that there was a PS3 version on the way. The only possible reason for doing this would be to try a push more sales of the 360 by making this look like it was an exclusive.

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themyk - 519 days 4 hours ago

i'm def. buying this game. but it'll probably be next year around this time. when theirs not much going on. when they plan on releasing this game. it's gonna have some serious competition. i realize this was goty last year, and i'm sure it's a GREAT game. but theres no way i'm gonna buy it over lbp, R2, KZ2, or even socom for that matter.

at least i know i'll have an awesome game next year during these dog days of summer.

thanks guys.

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DARKKNIGHT - 519 days 2 hours ago

Its a shame that microsoft has to resort to flinging money bags instead of actual moves that will hold up in the LONG run.

Had Ms not pulled off such tactics... would the ps3 be ahead in sales?(im not counting wii) Seems funny how a early release, along with a multitude of BOUGHT games + studios and STILL the MS-ship is slowly treading water now.

everyone that was held witness to the whole manufacturing problems, and all the false numbers on many charts have something to think about when the 720 comes along. Microsoft was way to worried this generation to dethrone SONY that it forgot about the wii, now MS is copying ideas from both S and N in order to stay relevant as they quickly lose grip of the ENORMOUS lead they had.

It seems that timed exclusives and dlc is the best that ms can do to stay afloat now.

this is why "the mart" and "firstknight" dont really come through here anymore....all that trash talking and MS failed them. AGAIN. The sony faithfull stuck by in dire times and now the roles have switched. much like ms on the original xbox, the xbox fans hightail it when the sh1t hits the fan.

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DaTruth - 519 days 6 hours ago

Interesting comment from someone who's been around N4G since last year. When the "you know who's" had the run of the place.

(off topic): I shouldn't have to wait so long for an update with such minor additions!

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Drekken - 519 days 5 hours ago

"the you know whos" were like 3 people with multiple accounts.

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buckethead_X - 519 days 5 hours ago

But what the heck are the "you-know-whos"? Someone can PM about this if you want; this sounds uber-interesting.

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monkey602 - 519 days 3 hours ago

Buckethead its nothing that exciting. The you-know-who's are the hardcore 360 fans. Last year there were far more of them and they ran this site. There were lots of anti PS3 news articles and the likes. Now places have been traded though.

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buckethead_X - 518 days 22 hours ago

I thought it was some kind of enigmatic, top-secret organization. That's definitely no Organization 13 lol.

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m-s-8-2 - 519 days 6 hours ago

And I care about as much as I did back when it was "only on Xbox".

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DaTruth - 519 days 6 hours ago

Bioshock is coming soon to a ps3 near me.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 519 days 3 hours ago

So you like playing old stuff from 1.5 years back in time?

I like the fresh games more... Or releases at the same time/in the same time frame

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poeo - 518 days 23 hours ago

i like playing a good game, doesnt matter if its a year old. why should it matter?

strange attitude you have... you're telling me you're never going to touch Gears Of War/GTA4/Halo 3/COD4 etc ever again?

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bluecapone - 519 days 6 hours ago

not true because there are millions of ps3 only owners who wanated to buy bioshock but just didnt wanna buy the other console

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DaTruth - 519 days 6 hours ago

Would have made more money back when there was almost no games to compete with. I could see someone passing on it for lbp or R2 or socom The list goes on...

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ravinash - 519 days 4 hours ago

DaTruth, you speak da truth.
It would have been a major draw for people on the PS3 who were really looking for good games back then.

Its just a shame I had to get a 360 when bioshock came out. I wouldn't haven't gotten it otherwise, as the only other game I got was Mass effect.

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kn - 519 days 5 hours ago

that maybe the dev team for Bioshock wasn't as familiar with the PS3 hardware yet, didn't have the manpower, didn't have the budget, didn't feel the PS3 install base was quite big enough just yet, felt that some polish on the PS3 UE3 engine was needed, or any other myriad of legitimate business reasons to make the 360 version first?

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deeznuts - 519 days 5 hours ago

yeah right. that woudl be plausible if they decided to port it, immediately after the success of bioshock. Strike while the iron is hot. but then wait what, a year or whatever to announce it? Sure ...

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ravinash - 519 days 4 hours ago

Everything you just said you could turn round and say about 360 fanboys.
Just look at all the talk about MGS4 going multi or when Final Fantasy came over to 360.

Also when you say PS3 is going the way of nintendo....do you mean the Wii?

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eagle21 - 519 days 1 hour ago

First of all MGS4 has sold around 3 million copies in 1 month and a half. The game has sold over 600K in Japan (not including bundles), over 1 million in America (reported by NPD's Anita Frazier including bundles reported for June) and over 1 million in Europe. We will see new updates soon.

By December 31, 2008 MGS4 will be over 5 million sold. How? Cause it only takes 10 weeks of 100K software sales worldwide per week to sell 1,000,000 copies of anything. This game will continue excellent sales and boost even more at the holidays.

Face it, Metal Gear Solid 4 the best hardcore game released this generation. It's PS3 exclusive. PS3 is just getting started and has so many years to go, even if 360 fans feel "the generation is almost over"...lol

EA is reporting making more money off PS3 software sales. PS3 games sell. All the good ones sell very well.

Bioshock has sold around 1.6 million on 360 and the rest on PC. This release will sell way more than 200K you said. It probably will outsell the 360 version.

Now go and find 360 games that have sold poorly. There are many! :)

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themyk - 519 days 4 hours ago

dude they basically have no exclusives. and they are all about paying for timed third party exclusives. so why wouldn't they pay for this.

their "investors and the board of directors" think that paying for a timed exclusive on rock band is actually going to make a difference.

and mark my words that when rock band does come out on the ps3 we'll get
free sh1t that the 360 kids have to pay for.

don't be silly.

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Sir_Ken_Kutaragi - 519 days 3 hours ago

Yep!!!;)

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