BioWare: Activision PS3 comment "silly"

Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of BioWare, has branded Activision's comments over ceasing support for PS3 "silly", acknowledging the importance of the PlayStation name.

"I don't think it's really fair to poke fun at Sony," Zeschuk told CVG. "Certainly the Wii's been a massive success and Sony's probably not going as fast as they thought it would be but I think that they're starting to make the right moves and the software's coming along.

[LarVanian]

I must say I'm kinda surprised to see Bioware defending Sony. I would have expected EA themselves to say this but not one of their devs (Especially one who used to make games exclusively for Xbox)

[Bnet343]

So what exclusive is BioWare supporting Sony with? Devs like to talk alot but not show anything.

[shingo]

good.

[kratos123]

there bringing dragon age origens to the ps3 and maybe just maybe mass effect i really didnt expect this from a ex xbox exclusief devolper

[BadboyCivic]

^^^^ now thats a true fanboy comment.

[Bnet343]

I said exclusive. BioWare can praise the PS3 all they want but until they show an exclusive game utilizing PS3's power, they are just doing this for PR. Remember how Valve bashed every console except Wii and said how Nintendo has the right idea. Do you see any Valve games on Wii? Nope. Just all talk.

[Rainstorm81]

Bioware defending PS3 good job. Everyone knows Bioware has a better game track record than activision.

Im just hoping for Mass Effect series on PS3, and please please please bring Star Wars The Old Republic to consoles.

Activision wasnt going to leave 12 mil in guitar hero and call of duty sales on the table. (and thats just 2 games)

[Blaze929]

"Remember how Valve bashed every console except Wii and said how Nintendo has the right idea. Do you see any Valve games on Wii? Nope. Just all talk."

That is a very good point and oh so true.

[Jaces]

It's not the devs that are going around bashing consoles and spouting hate, it's the gamers.

So it's no surprise seeing them defend the PS3 seeing how it's an amazing machine along with the 360. Fanboy goggles are a funny thing.

Anyway it's good to see them coming to the PS3 to show us what they can do, exciting!

[ultimolu]

I know, right?

I find that pretty awesome though. :D

[cmrbe]

Bioware was never critical of the PS3 as far as i can remember. They only preferred to work on the x360 for ME to cater to the x360 strength which is what i wanted to see.

EPIC comes to mind with this news. Mark Rein was one of the most vocal PS3 supporter when everyone trashed it back in 2007.

[thesummerofgeorge]

The software's coming along? It's not selling as fast as they thought? Apparently it's selling faster than the 360 did in it's time... And the software's more than "coming along", it's not the slow kid in class, the software is the best out there, the exclusives speak for themselves.

[DarkAzureIIIX]

BioWare is evil now I'm like these cats are alright :)

[slayorofgods]

I'm surprised to hear it from Bioware, but it is absolutely true that Activision's comments were silly because they are going to be the ones hurting from their decisions. At one time Activision could stand toe to toe with EA, but the times sure have changed this generation with EA becoming a monster that may get big enough to absorb it's once competition and teach them how to run a business.

[Christopher]

I'm surprised that people are surprised that BioWare would say such a thing.

[gears22]

Where is it in the interview? It's not even there,at least not in tat part :/

[PiTCHBLaCK]

I Have to agree, I Didn't see Bioware defend
the PS3 in the Interview at all.

[lloyd_wonder]

Wow. Common sense.

[gintoki777]

i have to say its pretty strange that bioware is all of a sudden doing all this for the ps3 0.0

[solidjun5]

Well not according to Jim Sterling. :)

[JonnyBigBoss]

Immature would work better than silly. Activision really made themselves look amateur with that announcement.

[jessupj]

I agree. Call me a butt hurt fanboy, but because of Activision's unprofessional behaviour I'll be getting MW2 second hand. Activision only has themselves to blame for that lost sale.

[Trey4Lyfe]

So Capcom and now Bioware do not side with Activision. Destructoid is probably shocked, Activision clearly isn't as powerful as they claimed it to be.

[PirateThom]

The only reason Activision has power is because of their business of publishing on every possible platform.

[AaronGreenturd]

Well done Bioware good stuff

[Shane Kim]

The guys over at Bioware is starting to like PS3 alot lately.

[AaronGreenturd]

Bioware knows the ps3 rocks and activision are a bunch of c*cks

[Grandreaper9999]

I figured Bioware would hop into the same boat as Valve and only whine about the PS3.

Maybe since EA is running stuff they have no choice but to suck it up and bite the bullet.

[Anilom]

Now bring Star Wars The Old Republic to PS3 and forget ME2...

Show the power that the PS3 have!!

[NMC2007]

I am curious as to what these people would say if Activision made good on their word and cut the PS3 off.

[dragonyght]

lets see goodbye MWF3 goodbye guitar hero goodbye Tony Hawk and its 200+ price tag proferal goodbye super hero game i don't even remember da name and some other staff we sure we wont missed you

i guessing something like that^^^

[BYE]

Like everyone else they would say:

R.I.P. Activision.

[ROMO12]

Activision is a business
by making good on their threat
they would end up making less money
no company likes not making as much money as possible
this is especially true of Activision considering they publish for any possible platform.The fact they made a threat only further supports that they want to make more money. If Sony was stupid and did lower the price of the PS3 more people would buy it and more people would buy Activision's games
/end rant

[TheTruth89]

Expecting BioWare PS3 esclusive very soon :P

[-MD-]

Doubt it.

[IcyJoker187]

calling out the damn activision and i think we know that

mass effect > Ice age: the game

[keysy420]

think stuff is getting crazy right now wait two more years and see the ps3 library and capabilities remember year 3 of 10, ps4 in year 6 or 7. sony is making the right moves

this is the number one reason i thought the threats were bull. even without a price drop with games like uncharted 2 and god of was 3 sony could close the gap to 2 million without a price drop. Those games could easily sell 4 million systems

[Sackdude]

Smart people think different.

[zok310]

Robert Kotic of Activision is a silly bastard.

[thehitman]

Everyone is still harboring over 1 persons commit who doesnt represent the ENTIRE activision company.

[percephone]

He's the CEO..

You know the guys that represent the interest of the shareholders and run the company?

[ico92]

i've always liked bioware for some reason even before the ps3's release there very un biased

[manwh00re]

That one person has alot of pull

[TheColbertinator]

Thank you bioware for having common sense.I'm glad they see it in a more realistic manner unlike some other comapnies

[saimcheeda]

activisions bluff is starting to backfire!

[anatomyofme]

Whats up with Bioware sudden love for SONY? From them saying there totally trilled to be working on the ps3 to now them backing uo Sony? wierd?

[jackdoe]

Well, Bioware are Activision's rivals. However, Kotick was really quite silly. You don't try to threaten a console manufacturer with threats like that. Especially one manufacturer who holds the rights to licensed music and licensed games that they themselves publish.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

Activision's comment was foolish, to say the least.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

*waits for fanboys to start saying "B-B-B-BUT ACTIVISION SAID--"*

[-MD-]

Nobody ever really says "bu-bu-bu-but".

[WeaseL]

BioWare points at Activision

[MmaFanQc]

already know that the activision comment was uber ridiculous

[Knightofelemia]

If Activision does pull support from the PS3 I say do it I could careless alot of their titles don't impress me this run of consoles sure they have COD and Guitar Hero but what else do they have. Personally my PS3 and 360 are not crying out for an Activision title.

[ShadowCK]

They didn't make 'fun' of the PS3 at all. Activision 'threatened' to pull support from Sony if they didn't cut the price of the PS3. Which is entirely comprehensible.

I find it entertaining to see how all the PS3 Fanboys are worshiping BioWare like a divinity now due to them protecting Sony for a brief moment. How you guys call yourselves gamers? Christ.

Disagrees due to me being conflicting in 3, 2, 1...

[dustgavin]

It is even more humorous to see you in here trying to justify what Activision said as logical. Talk about a fanboy.

[air1]

no, whats really humorous is all the sh!t sony fanatics said about bioware. you remember right? how they sucked and nobody wanted bioshock and mass effect is garbage, but now, now you ppl have nothing but love. the fvcking irony!!!

[drdistracto707]

Whats REALLY humerous is that you think Bioshock was made by Bioware

[PiTCHBLaCK]

I Don't think Activision will drop Playstation, I
think they are simply Bluffing, I Also think bioware
is bluffing on defending the PS3, they have a game
coming out that'll be on the PS3 and they want it to
sell well, but either way BioWare is a good Developer.

[ShiNe-Box-]

Activision's PS3 comment is "retarted"

Yea, Stinger's going to gamble SCE by dropping the price when they can't financially afford to because that's what Activision's CEO wants.

Sounds like Bobby Kotick is drunk off power.

[rjackson1]

PS3 is this generations Gamecube yes i said it.Where did it all go so wrong for sony fanboys.Lets look at this with logic which most sony fanboys can't do. Sony sales are in the toilet. And the PS3 sales are worst then this time last year and getting worse by the week.And xbox 360 has the best versions of multiplatforms which makes up 99% of you gaming library.Also 360 has Forza 3, Alan Wake, Splinter Cell.The PS3 seriously has problems in 2009 yes it dose.

[Midris7]

Actually it is in a decent place for releasing a year later than the 360.. And multiplats look the same at this point. Also, you make it sound like the PS3 doesn't have GT:5, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, God of War, MAG, WKC, Demon's Souls, etc, etc..

[CarlosX360]

Activision is acting a little strange about PS3, and I agree its silly.

[keysy420]

my point was that when the chief at activision said that stuff you knew it was crap. come one drop ps support yeah when pigs fly.

i wonder how 360 fans will act when the ps3 starts to out sell the 360

[keysy420]

man you read too much garbage the ps3 sells arent in the toilet. sorry to burst your bubble.
the problem with ps3 is that it isnt selling as fast as nintendo. its selling faster than xbox look at year over year sales. companies are mad that their isnt 50 million ps out their.

heres another point that is going to become mute for gamers soon comparing multiplats. look its not going to stop people from buying for the ps3 if a game is a hair better on the 360 until you start seeing leaps and bounds then it really doesn't matter.

then lets talk about games with new systems come new ip's and sony has them m$ isnt capitalizing on this anymore. they had it with gears and mass effect but since games that came out have came on ps3 also. like saints row, and look for left 4 dead 3 n ps3. stuff like that. so when you are trying to compare games its a anoter mute point because no matter how many multiplats m$ throw at you sony has more first party studios than m$ and nintendo combined .

Sorry i dont want to keep playing the same games over and over again. like splinter cell conviction. Dont get me wrong the game looks dope. but its still like what can we do with splinter cell well let revamp the graphics and put a sandbox feel to it. i mean come on some games are done. im really dreading another hitman game that isnt really going to be innovative. its going to just like splinter cell because that's what they can do next with the game.

M$ needs new games and its starting to show.

[Ninjamonkey]

Well theyre right.

The ps3 launched at the worst time possible. Though they are making progress and it shows in their games and sales.

[stonecold3]

is already finished and have of the games like street fighter 4 are lot better than the xbox version and dvd 9 already last gen and outdated burnout was better on ps3 with protoype xbox cant even pull off killzone 2 uncharted 2 gran tursimo 5 in there crapbox anyonwe who thibnks 360 is powerful than ps3 needs there eys checked ps3 blow the xbox out of the water as xbox 720 is m$ last attempt before htey leave the indurstry

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

i think they didn't because is wasn't worthy of that! activision will never be EA, EA sport titles make tons of profit for them on the ps3