EA: 'PS3 was not a consideration' for C&C 3

Command and Conquer PlayStation fans (must be some out there) will be disappointed to know that there was never any possibility of the latest game in the franchise ending up on PS3.

Speaking to CVG, C&C producer Jim Vessella said that the "PS3 was not in consideration".

[crimsonfox]

with EA behind it.
it's sure to suck for PS3 anyways so eh...
don't really care, i personally don't even like those kinds of games.

[spacetoilet]

Not my cup of tea though.

[BulletToothtony]

And according to them last year the ps3 gave them more money than the 360 or wii.. i don't know how but they said it.

what i do hope is that they don't keep doing what they did for a while with the crappy ports because sadly a lot of people don't buy games like back in the 90's now we know about glitches and frame rates so unless EA get some better product for the ps3 i can care less if they don't even make the game for the ps3.

[Bombomb]

-Plenty buy the PS3 as a Video Player only
-This game is gear towards western audience count japan out.

sony's install base is skewed.

with the 360 its all about gaming.

[BulletToothtony]

I do realize that in your fanboy world the ps3 is doing terrible and it sucks and it's only a bluray player and blah blah blah,

But come on man.. give it up already, the ps3 is not going anywhere, besides up, everyone knows that the ps3 will surpass the 360 next year, even fanboys have accepted this.. no need to keep bashing it.

[tatotiburon]

1.4@

he didn't say that the PS3 its doing bad, he said that the install base it's not all about gaming like the XBOX 360 install base, beside MGS4 wich PS3 game manage to be in #1 in sells??, xbox 360 had a few as the wii i don¿t want to talk about the attach rate. Xbox 360 users buy more games than any other console users.

[tweaker]

I want Red Alert 3.

[Frost-Wraith]

Big deal! Get it on pc! EA's game in ps3 suck bigtimes anywayz bcoz of the crappy ports they make...go nd lick M$
arse ea!

[Adriokor]

Out of luck I guess :(

Actually RTS would make a lot of sense for ps3 since they can make it mandatory to use Keyboard and Mouse. I would love a good RTS for the PS.

[nice_cuppa]

360 ftw !

[Bolts]

It would take five years for a 360 owner to micro half of his army special abilities too. Good luck playing this game with a controler, its gonna be an epic nightmare.

[beavis4play]

how long has resistance 2 and ps3 bioshock been in development. ha!

[dude_uk]

R2 = not even a year
Bioshock = nobody knows

[agentace]

these types of games should be PC only anyway, there just not the same playing them on a console

[beavis4play]

i was never going to by a C&C game; so no big deal.

[Neurotoxin]

I hate Rts games on consoles, just feels so wrong..... Just like FPS`s, Unfortunately there`s just so many of those you have to adapt otherwise i wouldn`t play anygames lol.

[bumnut]

the lst c&c was ok on 360, i thought the controls were ported over well

[Vanqu1sh]

EA has no respect for teh PS triple WTF

[nos4speed]

To make a real time stratergy game on a console that cant use mouse or keyboard, and has limited online access to free user created content.....hang on did I say it made sense, the hell it does! But hey its EA they couldnt make a good game if there life depended on it.

[r1000]

Good point... well said!

[hideo kojima]

They better give K/M support otherwise i'm not buying. Tried couple of RTS on 360 but dont feel natural. Played Universe at war one time only

[gnothe1]

quote from you
And according to them last year the ps3 gave them more money than the 360 or wii.. i don't know how but they said

not last YEAR ,at that time you read that article it was last QUATER!! on the yearly average the 360 made I THINK it was 51 or 56% of EA's revenue!! so no the 360 still makes more money for EA its just lately the PS3 has been doning ALOT better for them!!

[BulletToothtony]

i still don't know how the ps3 pulled it off even if just a quarter.. one thing MS should always be proud of is how many more games 360 owners buy..

[e-ray]

Correction: EA is a lazy and crappy developer/publisher who is too stupid to figure out the PS3 despite nearly unlimited resources.

How's that?

[Ashta]

O_o....

If the PS3 was "never a consideration" then why were all of those news stories about C&C3 being canceled for the PS3 even relevant then? If they never had any consideration for putting the game on the platform then why was it announced for the platform in the first place?

I'm not a C&C fan anyways, but regardless of that it still doesn't make sense to me that they would announce a game for a platform, cancel the game for that platform, and then claim that they never intended to release it for that platform.

That just sounds a lot like lying.

[rogimusprime]

C & C red alert that got cancelled for the PS3 presumbably.

I bought the last one for xbox360 cause it was in the bargain bin at gamestop for 25 bones. A decent game, but nothing to say OH MY GOD THIS EXCLUSIVE MURDERS THE PS3!

I own a ps3 and thing it makes sense to keep it on xbox360, only because the install base is there with the previous title and this is an expansion based on the first game pretty much.

Then again, I would have kept DMC4 and Ace combat on the Playstation too....

[yanikins111]

Just another 100 bucks ea doesnt get off of me.

[Maldread]

EA`s games isn`t a consideration for me ;)

No, seriously that`s too bad. With the ability to use a mouse and keyboard on PS3, i would rather have it on PS3 than 360. Not sure how a game like C&C3 will do on consoles anyway, but more games is always good.

[Bill Gates]

What a M$ influenced move on EA'a part. How could a company not take under consideration the ONLY console that supports a mouse and keyboard, and is also know for having millions of fans of these types of games?

ASSWIPE Peter Moore still receiving a nice check from M$.

[demolitionX]

so the only console that supports keyboard/mouse is not considered!!!!

[Bladestar]

Developers aren't trying to focus on K&M support on consoles... that's not the solution.. if you don't believe me ask Unreal Tournament developers how far adding K&M support got them on the PS3... with the poor sells they got... They are focusing on figuring out how to make playing RTS games better using the controls...

Thanks good developers aren't following your mindset or FPS would be requiring people to purchase a K&M to play them instead of making it work with gamepad...

The last C&C on the xbox 360 worked well.. same with LOR... with each RTS game made on the console the developers get closer and closer to do what they did with FPS...

Since xbox consoles DO NOT come with K&M they should not focus on that... specially since it would unbalance the game online... everyone should play the game using the same input devices... besides... if you own a keyboard and mouse.. and you prefer that.. why not buy the game on the PC better? I'm sure anyone complaining about K&M plays PC games... hence has a PC... why would you want to play with a K&M in front of your TV? on the floor? Keyboard in your lap.. mouse in the air?

ohh and by the way... the xbox does support keyboard... there is not technical reason why the xbox 360 shouldn't support mouse... but microsoft understand that if developers are allowed to bring K&B for console games they will not even try to find ways to improve the games with the gamepad as they seem to be doing with every RTS game that comes out.

I personally do not want developer to take the easy way out and port everything from the PC version which include K&M... I want them to make an RTS designed to be played on a console... I rather play on my pc a game designed for the PC and on my console a game designed for my console... if you can't do that... leave it on the PC.. I buy the game there.

[Ju]

K&M would do for me. I would really hope they'd support that - as an option. Its obvious that it needs to be a console title first, playable with the pad, but at the same time, they could add mouse/kb support, too. I'd love to play an RTS on my big screen, with M&K.

I was actually surprised, how well Civilisations plays (the PS3 demo). So, yeah, I would really appreciate if they bring more of those type of games over.

Besides "not under consideration" he also said:

"But the PS3 is definitely successful and we really want to give that platform love in the future."

[Bill Gates]

"Since xbox consoles DO NOT come with K&M they should not focus on that... specially since it would unbalance the game online"

Racing games DO NOT come with a racing wheel, but yet the games support them right, and those who have a racing wheel have an advantage over those who dont, so your excuse is.....STUPID.

Face it, there's no, if's, and's, or but's about it, this a M$ influenced move, and they only have Peter Moore to thank for it. Get your head out of M$'s butt.

[kiikoooo]

i dont care about c&c 3 i bought it on the pc and it was ok
but pleaseeeee give us Red alert 3

[PopEmUp]

about PES2009 not this crap

[The Anti-Fanboy]

Seeing how the PS3 can use any USB keyboard and mouse, a C&C game would be perfect for the PS3. I am not suprised though, given EA's track record of poorly executed games on Sony's console. Except now with games like; MGS4, Killzone 2, etc, it's hard for EA to blame the platform for their incompetence.

Also, there have been no RTS game that has been sucessful on any home console. RTS's are best executed with a keyboard and mouse and gaming console's controllers are just not up to par.

This is good news for 360 owners who may feel a bit hungry for exclusive titles, but PS3 owners are not missing much. NOW if Starcraft 2 should be a 360 exclusive, then that would be earth shattering.

[kewlkat007]

I have said the same thing but Lord of the Rings, I think, was the first RTS on the next-gen consoles and wasn't EA the one to make that game and implement the controls with the controller of the 360(Which I heard worked pretty well)?

So the 360 seems to be the lead as far as that goes being the pioneer early on for EA. So they can actually say well this is functional on the 360. With the PS3 you never know what the issue maybe.

EA is all about Quick turn around and profits. Say what you want but the 360 is in a great position plus the relationship it shares to the PC architecture, wich C&C started on.

[thehitman]

rts??? If so I could care less going to suck anyway if its not using Mouse and keyboard support.

Edit: @ kev idc what EA does with the controls it will be a failure w.o mouse and keyboard. I can tell your not a rts player because youd say the same thing.

[Fux4Bux]

Should've never considered putting it on 360 either. Kb/M is a basic requirement for any RTS.

[SkullBlade]

Good ol' EA...

They were better in the 16 bit generation when they actaully made their own games rather than buying other companies.

To be honest, I don't care if Red Alert 3 doesn't come to the PS3... even if it did, it would be one of their usual crappy ports.

[eddierivera]

The only one I would ever wanna play is Total War. Other than that these games are a waste of life.

[Statix]

As usual, EA thinking with their pockets. Instead of putting any sort of effort into fostering some loyalty and appreciation with the Playstation brand and fanbase, they look at nothing more than the goddamn current install base. The install base wasn't high enough for them before, but now it is.

[Si-Pie]

I dont know why people think this is so hard to play with a controller! I am a RTS Fan and owned the first C&C released on the PC and had every other one since and being honest I was very skeptical how this would work on a console using a controller and I was really surprised! Yes Keyboard and mouse is still better but the controller is great and I love the game on the 360.

[Meresin]

It would have been a rental at best to me, anyway. EA = fail.

[G1TR4P3D]

LOL. Poor PSTURD. Never gets any games....