Fist of the North Star Loading Times Prove PS3 Victorious

PSLS writes: "Only weeks ago, Japan saw the release of video game adaptation of the popular manga series Fist of the North Star. Its multiplatform release was met with quick demand as it topped the Japanese sales charts, particularly on the PlayStation 3 platform. More interestingly, the game has shown us just how much Sony's expensively-designed PS3 hardware has paid off..."

[kalebgray92]

superior hardware and software for the win... ps3

[Hanif-876]

I just a matter of optimization, maybe an awful port :-/

[VINNIEPAZ]

"superior hardware and software for the win... ps3"

Jesus Christ its that good ole "Fanboy logic" again. "Yes Fist of the North Star loads faster on PS3! This must mean its superior!"

Get a grip fanboy. Bottom line its bad programing/optimizing. Like sukru said GoW 3 has no load times so does this mean the hardware and software in the PS3 all of a sudden got a magic upgrade?

WTF are some people thinking?

@vhero

Are you retarded? Did you just say because this game has faster load times all of a sudden Blu-ray has faster read/write ability? This doesn't change the fact DVD has much faster read/write times, its just bad optimizing. Can you not understand this, its not MAGIC people.

[WildArmed]

OMG THAT PROVES IT!
THE DEVS SUCK FOR NOT OPTIMIZING THE GAME FOR THE PS3! We always get the bad port!

oh wait..

Nvm, YAY 4 the superiror platform ps3..
i told you the 360 is worser! These amazing devs proved that porting it just doesn't work on the weaker platform.

/s
*facepalm*

[ChrisW]

Too bad Meticritic will be giving this game a 40 or less.

Seriously, PS2 graphics! You can tell by the screen shots!

[ShinRyuHadoken]

PS3 is the lead platform, thats why it got better loading times and better graphics.

[hay]

@ChrisW: I'm blind, but I can see this looks quite OK, not "PS2 OK" but "Xbox360 OK".

[vhero]

And people say Blu Ray is slower than DVD this is the 3rd game now (recently) where PS3 has loaded faster. Most notably these games are coming from Japan..

[kancerkid]

@ Obvious PS fanboys

Lazy developers are lazy

[Demons Souls]

360 getting the inferior version as usual.

[DrWan]

stole that info from Andriasang website.

[DrWan]

http://www.andriasang.com/e...

Here are the results in seconds:

* Xbox360 (DVD): 44.344
* Xbox360 (DVD & DLC): 61.895
* Xbox360 (HDD): 19.169
* Xbox360 (HDD & DLC): 38.088
* PS3 (HDD + BD): 6.822
* PS3 (HDD + BD & DLC): 7.706

[ElementX]

PSLS is the web's premier news rehashing site.

[DrWan]

At least it's real "news" to some ppl. Unlike thousands of articles that sounds like this:

What will be Sony's big E3?

or

Will MSFT Natal sell more than Move?

or

Activision just acquired EA, or..not.

I mean come on, those articles are just a waste of everyone's time, they add NOTHING to our knowledge base as gamers, just out there to get hits for the $hitty little sites that don't even rank on google search to make money on their 25 cents per 1000 impression banners.

At least this article is new "news" to some and alerts ppl that one version is clearly better if they own both machines, so it benefits the community.

So i approved it.

[WildArmed]

I dont mind retelling of articles.
As long as they are credited.

Anyways, other than the flamebait title, this could pass as news.

[Dir_en_grey]

LOL "steal". Andriasang just takes his news from Japanese news sites that I've been going to for years and years. All he does is he just visit those sites and translates them. But he's not the only one online that can read Japanese... The Examiner guy does the same thing. Andriasang definitely was not the first to find this youtube vid and report on it.

I'm not slamming Andriasang (your work is much appreciated Andria), I'm just slamming #2 for wrongfully slamming PSLS.

[DrWan]

everyone slams everyone, it's a slam party. bring it on people. Slam away, in the end of the day. What matters is REAL FREAKING NEWS. which this qualifies.

[Foliage]

DVD once again proving how last gen it is.

Only on failbox can the inferior version of a game take a vast substantial amount longer to load.

Even running off the HDD, the failbox still failed. Ouch.

7.7 seconds on the PS3. 61.9 seconds on the 360..... enough said.

[theunleashed64]

lol failbox caint even do proper loading times bu bu bu bu teh multiplats are better on teh xbox 36shitty xD

[infamousinfolite]

That comment has failed the xbots the moment they brought it up.

[ChrisW]

You should work on that speech impediment!

[ClownBelt]

Oh snap. A game where no one in the western audience would want.

[HDgamer]

You clearly have no idea about the fanbase of Hokuto No Ken.

[ClownBelt]

The fanbase is in Japan.

@below
Yeah. I also heard of Yakuza from a friend, yet...

No matter how much you guys protest, the game will not sell good here in the West.

[NJShadow]

Actually, the first time I had ever heard of it was from a customer at work... in the US... =)

[Simon_Brezhnev]

now i see why you name yourself clown making remarks like that.

[ClownBelt]

Just speaking the truth. Unless you can disprove what I said then you're making yourself more of the clown here.

@below

Not really.

[Obama]

First of the North Star is actually very well known, and all anime fans in the NA know about it.

[kraze07]

This kid must still be in junior high or something. Like Obama said every anime fan in NA knows about Fist of the North Star or have at least have heard about it. If they don't then they aren't anime fans.

[ClownBelt]

Jesus Christ. You guys are so dense. Just because they know about it doesn't necessarily mean they are a fan of it or they will buy the game. Use your dusty brain for a second. Seriously.

None of you have disprove what I said yet. Keep trying pig brains.

[i3eyond the Circle]

it will sell horribly.

i mean dbz and naruto games on consoles do hardly decent sales.

What makes you think this last gen looking game with horrible looking combat will be some hit?

faster loading times on ps3? is that the new grounds for a game being AAA now? Damn these last few days have been just torture for you guys i know.

on to the next one.

[lavitz]

Was that an attempt at damage control?

[Tito08]

I'm a huge fan of the series, and I imported the PS2 2D fighting game, so this game will be the first HNK game coming to the US (if I'm not mistaken) IDK how it'll sell over here, but all I care about is getting it!!!!!

[sukru]

This only shows the developers are lazy. Especially with DVD/HDD difference, it means they did not even utilize free SDK tools. (The Xbox SDK can automatically arrange DVD data for optimal loading).

On the other hand, this also means 360 version is not the one to buy...

[seinfan]

Even if they could improve loading times, why bother? The 360 doesn't exist as far as Japan is concerned.

[A change in the wind]

Ooooof! That hurts. That`s a SUBSTANTIAL difference. Oh, but don`t forget guys, multiplats are way better on 360 LOL.

[Godmars290]

This is proof that the main build was PS3, and that's all.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

I cant wait 2 play it just re-watched the anime. Whenever ever part 2 comes out i hope its on the second season.

Edit: @ below

a classic lol.

[Chaos Striker]

You Wa Shock!!!

[e-p-ayeaH]

watttttta!!!!!

[Tito08]

Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken

[kagon01]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[TANUKI]

About 6 second load times on the PS3 really impressive, considering all the haters were saying PS3 has "longgggggg load times".

[SuperSaiyaJinX]

i approve too this game is going to be sweet! Might have to import.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

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xBox 360 = POS!!! ;-D

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

LOL! What game?

[bjornbear]

oh nvm...

[mirroredderorrim]

PLEASE TEACH ME HOKUTO SHINKEN!

[jonli1]

just remember all of u that in japan they do have the fastest internet
in the world when it comes to upload and download so off course they would complain so this article is just a waist of time

[divideby0]

the only mulitplat title I have purchased of late for my 360 is BadCo2..because of party chat on live...the game is gimped with 4 player squads and not intersquad chat, so thats the reason I bought i for my 360. ALL other multiplat titles I am buying for the PS3
2 years ago it was the total opposite...its all on the wheel

[Silber]

Fist of the North Star is absolutly amazing. I will definetly buy this Game. No one will die about loading Times. *remembered Monkey Island 2 Disc swapping loading*.

[Panzerkanzler]

I really think we need to be careful. I'm biased for the ps3 as I own one, but I seem to recall that other games have had faster loading times on 360 than ps3. Perhaps, in the case of this game, is has more to do with developer (lack of) skills than hardware? Either way, I hope people still enjoy their game, regardless of console brand.

[ZeroX9876]

the devs over there probably did put more emphasis on the ps3 version than the 360 one. Fist of the north star is a traditional japanese game, so there's no reason to put effort on the 360 version.

I think devs are slowly starting to realise that with a little effort they can make good product by developping for ps3 (*cough* Bayonetta *cough*). Lazy developpers are to blame for bad ports and the reason we don't see many multiplatform game performing better on another system than the other is that they create an engine that run well on the 2 systems.

It should be 2 engines that runs with the advantage of the two systems, but dev time would be much too long.

let's be happy with what console we bought and shut the hell up about other console we don't own.

[respn]

does it really matter? you ps3 girls are the only ones who buy all of the crap from japan anyway. i lost interest in purple hair and chocobos when i was 11.

[Panzerkanzler]

The many millions of players who like anime/manga beg to differ and to them it DOES matter. Your personal experience is, in this instance, irrelevant. The loading times are extremely different and it would be interesting to know how that came to be exactly.

*edit*
I also have a feeling that had the loading times been to the 360s favour you would be gloating over that, instead you just downplay it.

[Hotel_Moscow]

if thers one thing i learned this gerneration its to never leave playstations side its been good to me

[Justin_bristoe]

.. teh bayonetta game :(

cry more xbugs