Starcraft 2 on PS3? Dream on!

venum - 687 days 13 hours ago

It'll be cool to have on ps3. We can use the keyboard and the mouse.
Let's wait what blizzard is going to do.

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Greysturm - 687 days 10 hours ago

P2P connections would work since the number of players in this type of game are limited to a max of 12 which wouldnt necesarily need dedicated servers (would be preffered as the amount of info sent in rts is normaly a lot higher than fps reason why rts on the 360 has been limited to 4 players max)

The current advantage of the ps3 to receive a port is the keyboard and mouse support which regardless of what rts developers say it is still the best way to control an rts at least until endwar. BFME2 and CC are the ones i have played and although the controls are interesting they still pale in functionality compared to their pc counterparts.

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nn - 687 days 10 hours ago

a console release will be cool. but i think that Blizzard are PC-only fans.

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DavePSU - 687 days 10 hours ago

Lets look at it like this...

PS3 = Everyone is able to play this game out of the box(chances are if you have a PS3, you have a PC and could use that keyboard/mouse).

360 = You're going to have to pay for the 3rd party K/B converter, if you don't have Live you're going to have to pay for that as well, and then finally, if you just happened to have bought a core system, you're going to have to go out and buy that too. That's going to alienate a BIG chunk of their userbase considering what is it? 10 Million out of 17 Million that have LIVE in general? So that automatically leaves 7 Million people having to pay extra money, just to play this game.

PS: I understand the concept of replying with "Well if you exclude a console completely, you'll alienate a bigger chunk in general." However, exclusives do this all the time and it isn't an issue.

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I don't think you can even effectively argue that the 360 is just as good of a choice as the PS3 in THIS example.

Keep in mind, I do own both consoles and play them equally. This is just how I view it in terms of gamers wanting to save money.

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Some_One_Plays - 687 days 9 hours ago

I think is would be best on the PlayStation 3 because it supports mouse of key boards. Like with Yellow Dog Linux you can use a key board and with the XMB (Cross Media Bar). The XBOX 360 isn't so friendly to the mouse / key board idea. I would also love if they had the mods with this game making it compete with Halo Wars.

The PlayStation 3 has such a different network than the XBOX 360 it's crazy what can happen over online.

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pwnsause - 687 days 8 hours ago

well as the PSU stated, the PSN is a very flexible service, look what it did for Unreal Tournament 3, it did something that was never done before in consoles and it was executed amazingly, the use of User Generated Modifications. If Starcraft 2 comes to PS3, expect Cross platform Play Via Blizzard's Battlenet system. also expect South Korea to explode when this happens, it'll be a Megaton for them.

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Diugu - 687 days 7 hours ago

I just hope all new FPS games (Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Haze, etc...) come with mouse/keyboard support, I detest using the controller (360's or PS3's) for FPS. If not.. I will just wait to play my FPSs on the PC. Sucks to lose such titles though.

And for the RTS games, I am a big fan of RTS. Since the first age of empires... and also... only play them with mouse/keyboard.

So, more mouse and keyboard support for the consoles, please.
Or Ill just play games like FF, Ninja Gaiden, Uncharted, Assassin's... you know, on the PS3. That is why I got it anyways, just wish I could widen my game library.

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undacovabrothe - 687 days 7 hours ago

For PS3 that will be able to play PC games. I tired of my shyt computer with all its needs. I love pc games but I dont love the requirements they have. Id kiss the person who finds out how to run games like warcraft/starcraft on a ps3 through something like linux or even windows Id say goodbye computer hello ps3.

Also I prefer controller over keyboard and mouse for shooting/fighting games. I dont think keyboard is superior yea you can move your mouse faster on aiming but you cant move faster. They have their trade offs. I prefer analog its much more precise.

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beoulve - 687 days 4 hours ago

Typical fanboy article. Pretty much useless. I read the whole article and the best reason he gave is stick with PC, guaranteed profit and will prevent crappy port. No Sh*t sherlock, if that's the best reason you can give, then you shouldn't write at all. Ever heard of Business risk taking? No risk, No gain. Gaming company nowadays been asking themselves, why limit themselves to one consoles or PC after they saw consoles great sales. A perfect example is Call Of Duty 4, the Game is a hit in various platform. If blizzard is looking for PS3 programmer, they are venturing into PS3. Why not their best hit Starcraft 2. This will definitely increase their profit too if they launch in PC,XBOX 360 and PS3.

So The writer,Andrew Podolsky, really failed on this one.

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vega75 - 687 days 12 hours ago

i can see this on 360. more than the ps3. the ps3 has no RTS. while the 360 has 4 to 5 RTS games out. i have LOTR battle for middle earth for the pc and the 360. an i most admitt that the 360 version plays jsut as good as the pc version. but keyboard and mouse will always be better.

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The_Engineer - 687 days 10 hours ago

is the only platform with TRUE RTS support, wanna know what that is??

you can plug in a keyboard and mouse, MS = OWNED.

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chaosatom333 - 686 days 23 hours ago

so true,

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