Rumor: Microsoft Payoff = No PS3 Bioshock

This month's EGM reports:

"By now you've probably heard of the 360 first-person underwater adventure game BioShock. Or read about it. Or (if you're smart) finished it. But for the uninformed: Would you kindly go play it already? Thanks. Just don't expect to play it on the Playstation 3. See, my spies let slip that Microsoft handed publisher 2K a mammoth moneyhat to keep BioShock out of Sony's waters. And the extra content originally planned for the PS3 version? You just might see that on a potential Game of the Year edition for the 360."

[Omegasyde]

Is anyone actually surprised?

[cloudstrife]

YOUR stupid didnt u remmeber the boss he said they got an exlusive del with micofogt.

I dont like how micooft do thing...We have to prevent them from winning the VG war...

their ways are a disgrace

[tehcellownu]

this is only a rumor..microsoft love payin for exclusive but cant put some of the money to make better hardware..if like losing money then i really dont care..but for all the people who gone through so many defective microsoft is goin to lose them in the end..

[CyberSentinel]

Spend money to make money Microsoft. Think long term.
10 million in advertising on Halo 3, will be made 6 times over on the first 1 million sold. (not counting limited or legendary editions)

BTW...Sony Doesn't buy game exclusives, just Blu-ray exclusivity. That's what they really care about.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

@1.5: My "launch day" system has never had a single RROD or HDD crash like you and other lemmings like to "hype" with fear. I can only speak from my own experience, but so far My 360 hasn't failed me (or my friends) yet.

As for Halo 3, connected to my PC widescreen monitor set at maximum resolution, through a VGA connection, the game looks absolutely beautiful.
Bungie/Microsoft never said it would be the best looking game ever made. Even halo 1 and 2 weren't the best looking game at the time of their release. Every Halo fan knows its the control and fun factor that makes Halo so deep. If you want graphics and "limited gameplay" (small maps, no vehicles, 4x4 team play) play Gears of War. Halo is more about what matters, Gameplay.

I can't wait for KZ2 to drop so the media can take it apart. (required pre-install HDD, framerate, AI, Native resolution, voice support, lag, slowdown, campaign game length, multiplayer limits) we shall see.

Don't forget, what goes around, comes around.

@1.6: "Sorry, but the xbox brand is Microsoft which represents the most evil companies on the planet. And evil must be defeated. In the end it will be! :)"

With this statement alone, I can tell I'm speaking with a child, and therefore, no longer interested in continuing this conversation.

[Gizmo_Logix]

Bill Gates pays people to like him. That's the only path he can take. Because he's surely not going to get people to buy his console/games on freewill. He knows that people love the Playstation in the long run. This is why gamers are willing to wait for the PS3 features (trophies and rumble). Put a PS3 next to a 360 when both have rumble, trophies/achievements and same or slightly better graphics. While one has RROD and disc scraching and the other does not.

In the end, Bioshock will just fade away and not get played by most PS fans. Oh well.

[Mu5afir]

Maybe they should use some of that 10 million for 720p and some type of AA for Halo 3, don't you think? This is the problem with Microsoft, they over hype a game and under deliver. Halo is a great franchise, if they invested in the development of the game, rather then the hype people wouldn't feel as ripped off, as they do now.

And people wouldn't have to worry about their HDD crashing, or their 360s getting RRODs etc.. but I guess you prefer HYPE over quality. And this is why, Microsoft isn't good for gaming. They can hype up a product, but they can always under deliver. Like with Vista and all there other windows OSs.

Don't accept mediocar gaming as a standard. I hate people who say, it's OK that Halo 3 is 640p, or that it's alright that it doesn't have the best graphics. You paid for a quality experience, and you didn't get what you paid for. So, don't accept hype over gaming.

[Gizmo_Logix]

"Don't forget, what goes around, comes around."

Oh really? And you say this 10 months into the PS3 life cycle? Ha ha ha! Yep, what goes around, comes around. You sound like a Sega fan. Remember this first year. Then, compare it to the following years.

Sorry, but the xbox brand is Microsoft which represents the most evil companies on the planet. And evil must be defeated. In the end it will be! :)

As far as KZ2. Silly boy. The graphics have already been proven. It's the story and game-play we have to wait for. Oh about the Halo 3 640p. LOL! True nextgen! This is just the first sign of the 360's limit. Gears is pretty much best you will ever get graphically.

[jackfatal]

y all ps3 fans they have low rate of bubbles?? and all the 360 fans have 5 and above bubbles?
i think the 360 is starting a war on us! they dont want our voice to be heard just like the "American media" with those people or countries who they say they are bla bla bla!!

i think we should give bubbles to all ps3 fans at least till 5 bubbles!!
and subtract bubbles from the 360 fans like what they do to us and we dont even realise it!!!

[Texas GMR]

It happens in business. It makes the public buy your product over another.

If Sony was smart they would do this with MGS and FF franchises.

[THC CELL]

who the hell wants this game if it to come out in 2009 man we will be on games beyond better than this,

[S1D3 EFFEC7]

Stop complaining you big crybaby. I have been visiting this site for 2 weeks and I can already tell you're the resident Sony ass kisser.

[the worst]

look at the nice colors
look at the big daddy
look at these n*ts
who cares as long as
Socom,Uncharted: Drake's Fortune,
Killzone 2,LittleBigPlanet
doesn't get port over 2 the 360
ill buy sony consoles until i die

[Captain Tuttle]

You'd be calling it the second coming and rubbing it in 360 owner's faces.

[Enigma_2099]

... you're the reason I hate Sony fanboys!!!

[fenderputty]

Doesn't help the PS3's cause. It doesn't make you look good and, in addition it affects the rational PS3 fans. Just stop ... the game looks great. A capitalist wouldn't care about how Microsoft plays the game rather, they would wish for Sony to do the same sometimes.

I love my PS3 dude ... I can still recognize a good game when I see it.

[Taker_129]

Bioshock was going to be my reason to get a 360, but luckily i played it over my friend's house before i went out and bought it. I found it to be very disappointing and I'm glad I waited, because the game played just like any other fps and that was disappointing. Well there is still Mass Effect and I know that game cant go wrong.

[AcidRhain]

For the rest of your life you'll be missing out.

[SuperSaiyan4]

I already read ages ago that Microsoft had a deal with 2K to keep this on Xbox 360 and PC only.

[tplarkin7]

It has been confirmed many times by Bioshock. It is 360 and PC exclusive.

[cloud360]

Who cares we know that its an FPS game also...

Even the booss said they got exlusive deals with Micro$hit

Remember

[sephiroths_revenge]

it doesnt really matter. everyone know micosfts ways. i hope they go bankrupt. i also dont like what they do.

IF FFXIII goes to 360 i swear am gonna assisinate bill gates.

If becoz onf Microsft FFVII doenst get remade. I will chop of all of his bod part and thorw em into acid.
-Promise

[cloud360]

Dont worry about that. i promise at one point FFVII will get remade. the game that changed my life.

I will pay to make it happen when am older. if it doesnt NOW.
-Pr0mise

[hate_ps3_until_ffvii]

everyone know micosft they really rich. the company made it on 360 coz its better and mocsoft pays forr games so does sony...

even though sdome people thnk micorsft is doing bad things at least they are wasting it alll on us which si gud

[Taker_129]

Because they are raping you on XBL and you guys cant see it.
$50 a year for this
$10 for this add on
$2.99 for this pack
and the prices go on and on. Microsoft is getting all their money back from you 360 owners but the sad things is that they still have yet to make a profit.

[MrSwede]

Man, it´s not even approved yet and it´s getting messy already. Keep it clean guys!

[bluebrad1974]

Do you whining sony fans not realize that sony paid for Haze?

[Dudeson42]

Thank you for being one of the only rational people on this topic right now, payoffs happen, it's part of the industry.

[Ogrekiller]

That's shameful.

[Cryos]

I thought they only payed for timed exclusivity of HaZe

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

I wish Microsoft goes bankrupt.

1st they dominate PC world with their crap ass OS which is good for absolotuly nothing. Linux and MAC work way better.

Now we see M$ with crap ass console limiting games due to crap hardware.

Also anyone who played this game can tell youu after like 30 min its get repetitive and boring. Also when you pass it you just leave it on the shelf. Hurray for "professional" reviewers that rate games after playing for 10 min only. Good thing there is a thing called torrents.

[achira]

who needs this game. i played the clive barker's jericho demo. and this game powns bioshock in every aspect. far better graphics, far better gameplay, far better atmoshpere. there are far better games coming than this overhyped game.

[Dudeson42]

Seriously folks, if you think ANY exclusives happen in the industry with some kind of monetary compensation then you're lying to yourself.

How much do you think Sony is shelling out to keep MGS4 an exclusive???
How about FFXIII?

PLENTY. Thats the industry, get used to it.

[Enigma_2099]

... but sticking MGS4 out there doesn't change what Microsoft did.

[PimpHandHappy]

i love how you run your biz!!! Fix ur machine and maybe i will buy your coolade and btw make it under 300 on the elite! Why waste my 500bucks on a machine that doesnt even use 1080p fully!

and yea Jericho struck me as very simular to what Bio Shock did and in what HS kinda did. The made a game feel like a movie and they made it work. The three games i mentioned are just the start of games taking parts of what movies do and making it rule!

Bio Shock and HS have set the bar high for movie type games and i look 4ward to seeing ppl try and top those two great movie games!

[beardtm]

Too bad for Sony, Bioshock is exactly what they need for their system ie. a decent game.

Im sure as hell glad i have a 360 aswell as a blu-ray player or i'd be well disappointed.

[Enigma_2099]

And this means what... that EVERYTHING on the PS3 sucks? Say what you will about it, but I still get a kick out of Resistance: Fall of Man.

[TheMART]

Typical Sony fandroids reactions:

'Who wants this game'

'It's overhyped'

Blablabla

multiple reviews have shown it's AAA one that comes by only every 5 years or so.

Respected reviewers right there up with them. Not paid of by MS.

It's a great game and Sony fangirls keep on crying because they don't get it. First they cry it'll come over to their Bottleneck 3, then if it doesn't it's a bad game.

Bet you're all 12 year old cry babies. You need all the games on the BS3 that it can get.

I mean:

Lair, last review I've seen 3 out of 10.
ENJOY on that overrated BetaBluRay player that can do some games on top.

[SofaKingReetodded]

so maybe we should call your daddy the xbox640?? LMAO

[Enigma_2099]

You're the reason I hate Microsoft fanboys...

[MrSwede]

Well I´ll go ahead and admit it then: It seems really good, and I would surely buy it. My brother has it on PC and he talks about it all the time.

[Wii60_FTW]

bioshock > anything to ever hit BS3.

enjoy Lair and lesbian sword. dont forget kiddy big world.

[Synex]

Didn't I see a Halo 3 review of 2/10?

[JasonXE]

heavenly sword is a great game so don't get me wrong. Anyway that was just funny.. lesbian sword. My sense of humor is probably weird if no one else found that remark funny.

Edit: the Halo 2/10 was a fake article that was photoshopped and was proved to be a fake article by a sony fanboy i assume.

http://n4g.com/NewsPending-...

[Nicosia]

Wow its kinda funny how you can bash bioshock the moment it aint coming to your system, but the same hypocrites will love it when it does come to the other system.And this pratice is know since ps1 days, when it was new on the block it got a lot of flack from nitendo guys.But you guy argue that exclusives make a system right, but if it on another system it sucks right? You gotta check yourself you a gamer or a blind follower?

[Enigma_2099]

Who's bashing it? I personally think it was more fun than Halo 3...

... yeah, I said it.

[Synex]

Xbots do the same thing. When a rumor of MGS4 or FF13 coming to 360 pops up they all say it's the best game ever and all want it, but when it's said to be confirmed a PS3 exclusive they say it's absolute crap and they don't want it anyways.

[kurochi]

Fanboy-ism aside:

I haven't played the Xbox 360 since I got my PS3 2 months ago, but Halo 3 and Bioshock are 2 titles that would sway me back to my 360 eventually. I don't quite understand these fanboy-istic behavior that people are displaying here? Play what you want and buy what you want. Shut up and just game??? What's so hard about that? Although, I do have a problem with MS's business tactics. Competition is good for gamers!!!

[THAMMER1]

I thought this game was another over rated shooter. I enjoyed it but I have noticed some serious negative backlash because the game is another great game for the XBOX360.

Too bad the PS3 core audience is not focusing on there own games this much because games like Uncharted just mite get over looked while more 360 games get free publicity from all the haters.

[jay3]

I still get to play the game right?

Cool with me =D

[Spike47]

looks better than bioshock, and yes i've played it.

it's cool, but we'll see if drake's fortune is better or not.

[Spike47]

I just feel there is more to drake's fortune than just bioshock.

it's the nice cover and shoot system that gow had, it has great gameplay fighting mechanics, and it has some prince of persia feel to it.

[ParaDise_LosT]

Was Assassin's Credd good too?
How about Mass Effect?...
Ohh...wait? whats that?
Your NOT from the future?.....
Ohhh my......but then how do you know
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is better than Bioshock...

Ohh dear....this is a real braintwister...

[gamesR4fun]

Still h8 to see these exclusives all over espicially on games that can b played on both systems...

[crippler666]

This is a shame and not just because of the PS3 not getting the game.

Whilst Microsoft are ahead on sales this plan can / will work. But if the combined sales of the PS3 and Wii grow large enough, Microsoft will force the developers to chose between developement for the 360 or the PS3 and the Wii.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

This sucks.

Microsoft can basically win this war no matter how much better the PS3 is and no matter how many games they make themselves.

I think Sony just needs to give in a team up (secretly) with Nintendo. Of course, they would need to get ahead of Nintendo in terms of sales...which...will happen eventually, I'm sure. Somebody needs to stop Microsoft from destroying gaming...

[Ri0tSquad]

but that M$ for you just buying exclusives left and right.

[Mars Attacker]

Bioshock is a truly awesome game. Not just the graphics either. Everything about the way the game is presented is perfect. The controls are perfect too. It plays so intuitively that I can pull off great moves even when I'm panicking!

Microsoft is doing the right thing by keeping Bioshock as yet another AAA exclusive. Hopefully Bioshock 2 is in the works!

[bym051d]

What else do you expect from a company who's known for anti-competitive practices?

[Expy]

I am amused at how EGM referred to Bioshock as "360's Bioshock" when it is clearly multi-platform (X360, PC).

No bias?

[MrWonderful]

wasnt there a article on here the other day saying it was going to ps3,wii, and psp?

[Dmack79]

*YAWN*

[hotshot1237]

games. yes i know they made one for gamecube. and the xbox (which sold horrbily) but sony tries to keep games that were normally on there system first. and haze is not ps3 exclusive. and bioshock was originally in development for ps3 but microsoft PAYS PEOPLE TO STOP WORKING ON IT AND FOCUS ON THE 360. MICROSOFT DOESNT WIN NEXT GEN, THERE BUYING IT. ITS A SHAME THAT DEVS LET MICROSOFT PAY THEM THE MONEY THERE GAME SHOULD HAVE MADE

[blackmagic]

I believe Metal Gear and Final Fantasy started on the Nintendo before Sony 'negotiated' exclusivity and that was pivotal. Come on people, this practice is common not just in the console business but in ALL business.

Ever heard the saying "It's a fish eat fish world"? It's been around much longer than the console business, think about it.

Is securing Bioshock shady business or smart business? Judging by the reaction of the Sony community in these comments I would say it's VERY smart business.

[demolitionX]

a game on PC doesn't mean it's 360 exclusive. MS is playing dirty, I wish Sony does some dirty stuff too.

[blackmagic]

The 360 and Windows are both Microsoft's platforms. If Mario appears on Wii and DS does that mean it's not exclusive either?! And as far as Sony not 'playing dirty' (aka 'practicing smart business'), how's Haze?. You see. That's smart business.

[BigPappaPump]

Great game it is but PS3 owners are really missing nothing. I lost interest playing it the second time around.

[snakeater3]

is this actually legal ? i mean ...bribing devs and publishers to keep it exclusive ? anyways ....that is why i always hated ms...they dont compete but buy their competition....its like killing someone in their sleep ...fight fair bill ! or are u afraid of getting sliced in a samurai showdown with sony ?

[Latham99]

This is Microsoft and Toshiba's way of doing business. When you cannot compete purely on consumer preference, bribe 'em. Why do you think HD-DUD is still in the format war?

[Ogrekiller]

They just bought out evolution AND Bigbig studios

[Sonics020]

I am huge playstation fan I have 9 ps3 games and I play it everyday. But there is no reason for this to go on ps3. If it does its great;however, this game is on PS3 and while most games are better on the consoles this is not the case for Bioshock. If you have a pc there is no reason why you should not this game unless of course your comp sucks. This game is 9000 times better on the pc.

[kurnlx]

What do you mean what do I think?! Do you think that Sony is good for the gaming landscape? Do you enjoy the playstation's existence? Than this is no big deal. Because if it had not been for Sony throwing bushels of money at the likes of Eidos, Square, and Konami there would probably be no Sony. Sony's strong-arm tactics in the last 3-console war (Nintendo,Sega,Sony) effectively put a wrench in Sega's plans at staying a viable adversary in the war of consoles. Keeping games like MGS, Tomb Raider, and FF, exclusive to the PS1. I guess you don't remember that! Now all of a sudden "poor" Sony is being picked on by someone its own size and you don't like that do you? Deal with it! The shoe is on the other foot now. So don't talk to me about fairness!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

I hope in the next (360 exclusive) Bioshock they give a coop because my brothers and I would love to play this together.

I'm not even going to say anything to the Droids, Xbox fans knew this was staying Xbox and the Droids should have but then again they are Droids and they think that PGR4, Gears of War and Ninja Gaiden 2 will go PS3. (well there goes me not saying anything to the Droids)

[The Dark Knight]

how stupid can you ps3 fanboys be????

of course they will buy exclusives ,how the hell are they supposed to sell a console!?!?!

just because microsft care about there customers more than sony do, they arnt even paying attention to the actual games all they care about is "blu-ray" Sony are so in danger they had to bring rumble back and i can remember in e3 06 a sony dude said it was last gen, and all you little suck ups were like "who needs rumble" and now thety release it likes its new?????? well the bloody nintendo 64 had it how is that new??? yous all hype up the wprst things

EG HAZE everyone was like yeah its another game....then ps3 exclusive OMFG ITS GOING TO OWN ALL CONSOLES!

face it 360 is alws going to be better i dont care what you say Microsoft has this gen. to bad for your sony they had there run, now its microsofts time to shine =)=)=)

so stop complaining and face the god dam facts

[jessupj]

M$ definitely couldn't sell it's console if they didn't do all the dirty tricks they did. Not saying sony doesn't do the same thing, but in my opinion M$ does it a lot worse and it's just getting personal now.

and by the way, none of the sony customers ever said "who needs duel shock (rumble)". As i recall, they were all screaming bloody murder, demanding it back and sony actually listened to it's customer base.

The 360 is in no way a better console. It may offer a large library of games at this current time, but at just the console... it's a very cheap and nasty piece of hardware, just look at the failure rate. That being said i'm sure i'd thoroughly enjoy it if I bought one, but the ps3 to me just seems to be a lot more better manufactured.

The 360 might be successful atm, but considering M$'s methods, it's def not 'shinning'

[jackdoe]

Not surprising. Sony just needs to follow suit and buy some exclusives, like locking in all the games in the FFXIII ten year mega franchise and all future iterations of MGS.

[tomfoolery]

Well,so does stupid.

Microsoft begins with an 'M'.............so does money.

Can't be a coincidence.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Thats how long I laughed at that one S...is for Stupid.

[jackfatal]

i played bioshock and i didnt have to pay 1$ i have my own tricks!!!!
its good but believe me its not thats great like how they say!!! the story is not that good and the worst thing in the game is the reloading!!
imagine every weaponed u have it has like 5 or 6 round and when they finish u have to reload and by the time u reloaded u are already dead!!
but other then that its great game!

[XENOCIDE]

Guess we’ll have to settle for the PC version or pick up a 360.

Is anyone else disheartened about this practice? I plan on getting a 360 and all, but the fact that Microsoft is literally just shelling out money to keep exclusive rights on just about everything seems to be a little crappy to the gaming scene as a whole. I understand developers keeping software off of the PS3 due to the lower sales rates (compared to other current-gen consoles), but when a company with a hell of a lot of money starts paying off publishing companies for exclusives, is that really fair to the gaming scene? What do you think?

Goodness I'm still laughin' my a55 off at the "is that really fair" comment. It's business, it's money, so it's war. You don't run a business and a very successful (tangibly) one at that by saying to yourself "I don't think we should do that...it seems a little mean and unfair to the competition."

I dunno, maybe it's 'cause I'm 'bout that money n' other's just aint n' that's why their logic is so corrupted to me. Even still, anyone with any amount of knowledge about how business' operate, even at it's bare minimum (products, goods, or services in exchange for money....as much money as possible) should understand why any company would do such a thing to keep an exclusive title off a competitors platform.

[raub]

i won t even say the word, because it is used way too much, but you people who are big supporters of one console are so retarded, I am a huge PS3 supporter and really do believe in it s tech superiority to 360 or i wouldnt have bought it, but bioshock is a great game and i wish that is was coming to PS3 but you all don t have to knock it just because it isn t. If it did get ported over you all would be saying that "they finally came to the realization that PS3 was so much better"
Give them their props they ve got a great exclusive, wish that they didnt pay them off at the expense of other gamers, but that s capitalism, if you don t support their decisions or business practices don t buy their products, that s why a lot of people are making the switch to linux, even though microsoft makes some remarkable products,

Just because you don t like them doesn t change the value of their products

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

You talk sh!t about supporting the 360 then admit to supporting the PS3 all in 1 sentence, maybe you don't like the word "retarded" because it hits to close to home. If I were you I would erase everything you just wrote, you just screamed the word "hypocrite" for all to see.

[razer]

that when Microsoft does exactly what other companies do the headline reads "PAYOFF". Fvck that! Sony does the exact same things! This is called business and it is no different when MGS or FF or whatever stays exclusive to the platform.. These people are in it to make money and the whole BS line that people develope and stick with PS3 because it's a priveledge and out of respect is complete garbage.

EDIT: haha 2 disagrees.. Ignorance is bliss isn't it! pft, the level of stupidity on this site never ceases to amaze me.

[ALMIGHTYPS3]

Imo and would love to see it on the PS3.If not?,oh well,life goes on-next?

[Sayai jin]

Why does everyone call it a Pay-off. The way to make sure that great games come to your console and make your fans happy is to offer what all companies and people are working for...MONEY. Sony, needs to get out of the mentality "We do not pay for exclusives"! What, thats what made the PS1 and PS2 great. As a PS3 owner I want them not to let so many exclusives slip through their fingers, the likes of, GTA series, DMC 4, etc. Sony needs to get hungry again. A price drop for the console will not do much, becuase MS will only drop the 360 even more. PS3 needs a constant flow of good games. I know games like Uncharted, Rachet and Clank, LBP, etc are sceduled this year, but there have been delay after delay. No not uh there are games coming out later this year. They should have been here. PS3 and Sony loyal deserve more (especially the ones with only on console). The graphics are great now and will only get better, I do not care if you beat Nintendo or MS, I do not care if the PS3 is the most powerful console to date, I do not care if it has a life cycle of 10 years. Sony you promised "The Best" the whole time the PS3 was in development and at lauch and ater the launch. We did not expect to have to wait. Disagree if you want, but I know must of you feel about the same.

[kurnlx]

Sony had too much money for Sega, lets see how they do against Microsofts deep pockets.

[FirstknighT]

SUCKERZ!

[champ420]

Could you imagine if something ever happened to ol'Billy boy like get ousted by the board, how fast MS would drop their gaming division. Think about it be before you flame on. The job of any board of directors is to look out for best interest of the share holders and seeing as they haven't shown a profit in oh say 6 years (or ever for that matter) in gaming that would be the first thing they would change.

[mikeslemonade]

I don't need this game as long as I know MS is wasting there money by buying out all these games and companies. The xbox brand will never make money if they keep doing this.

[367 To Your Ass]

I slam it and you can suck it. fony fanboys f@gs.

[Rybnik]

I'm going to put on the Bladestar (business sense) hat here for a moment. It is unbelievable to me how out of the 80+ comments so far, only a small handful are informed. It is also ironic and to me, quite funny that in this same EGM is an explanation of why and how exclusive deals come about. Here is some info that is sure to make fanboys on all sides furious.
From EGM November '07:
"In the early 90's, PC-game developer Trilobyte created The 7th Guest, one of the first CD-ROM titles. After the developer started work on a sequel, The 11th Hour, Nintendo offered the games publisher, Virgin Interactive, $1 million to license the title. The contract specified that the game couldn't be licenced to competing platforms, specifically naming Sega CD. Trilobyte Virgin agreed. But it became clear that Nintendo had no forthcoming platform that would be able to play the game. Nintendo had simply licensed The 11th Hour as a maneuver to stop Sega from releasing it for the Sega CD". Yeah, you heard that right, NINTENDO who so many believe is totally pure is just as dirty as M$ and Sony. Welcome to business 101, this is how things really work. I hope this little info will help keep people from putting companies on BS pedistals.

[Cat]

it's true, big business is big business, and unless you can afford otherwise it's about the bottom line. big developers prefer to not develop cross platform, so the exclusivity is good for them if the marketing power is there.

[feejo]

I believe Bio will come out 3-6 month later on PS3 cause it is more difficult to program, but it will look better on PS3.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

And then you woke up

[kurtblindass]

You Owe me 80p!

One item making the interwebs rounds this week was the scandalous revelation that Halo 3 runs at “640p” which isn’t even technically a resolution. However, the interweb detectives did notice that Halo 3’s vertical resolution, when captured from a frame buffer, is indeed 640 pixels. So what gives? Did we short change you 80 pixels?

Naturally it’s more complicated than that. In fact, you could argue we gave you 1280 pixels of vertical resolution, since Halo 3 uses not one, but two frame buffers – both of which render at 1152x640 pixels. The reason we chose this slightly unorthodox resolution and this very complex use of two buffers is simple enough to see – lighting. We wanted to preserve as much dynamic range as possible – so we use one for the high dynamic range and one for the low dynamic range values. Both are combined to create the finished on screen image.

This ability to display a full range of HDR, combined with our advanced lighting, material and postprocessing engine, gives our scenes, large and small, a compelling, convincing and ultimately “real” feeling, and at a steady and smooth frame rate, which in the end was far more important to us than the ability to display a few extra pixels. Making this decision simpler still is the fact that the 360 scales the
“almost-720p” image effortlessly all the way up to 1080p if you so desire.

In fact, if you do a comparison shot between the native 1152x640 image and the scaled 1280x720, it’s practically impossible to discern the difference. We would ignore it entirely were it not for the internet’s propensity for drama where none exists. In fact the reason we haven’t mentioned this before in weekly updates, is the simple fact that it would have distracted conversation away from more important aspects of the game, and given tinfoil hats some new gristle to chew on as they catalogued their toenail clippings.

[tharealest]

personally, im not intrigued about bioshock anymore.. the spoilers were basically everywhere.. the big daddy/little sister relationship analysis everywhere in the reviews lessened the urge for me to wanna play this gamee and see what all the "morality" issues were about and whatever.. and the only bosses are the big daddys.. meh

[narked]

shows microsoft is scared of sony

[Bolts]

Doesn't matter if Bioshock will come on out the PS3 or not. The hype only exist on the Xbox 360 and by the time it hit the street for the PS3 nobody will care as in the case of GRAW 2. MS is only wasting money on buying out yet another pointless franchise.

[progx]

Your a really stupid bunch you know that? Crying about M$ buying exclusives, as if M$ is the only company to ever do it. Welcome to the business douchebags.

[FirstknighT]

I guess you can add Bioshock to the already impressive exclusive line-up...

...Bioshock, Halo, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Forza, PGR, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Splinter Cell, etc...

360 is second to none.

[DFresh]

Who needs Bioshock or Halo when you have Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, and Eight Days.
PS3 fan boys don't care about Bioshock anymore.

[progx]

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[cheatmaster28]

You need to have your balls (assuming you have any) ripped off for making such retarded xbot comments you know that? I have read all your comments and they are the lowest of low. You are what is wrong with gaming society today. Its no wonder Jack thompson is so worried about gamers when they are retarded like you are. You sir are a moron and have no right being on the internet. Go home you piece of crap.

[progx]

Little 2 bubble f@ggot, you need to get a life. How bout you play some paystation 3? Oh right...you don't have sh*t to play...HAHAHA