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then i hope the next call of duty team do the same
even tho i am sick of seen call of milk

Developers are doing concerning the PS3. The bad old days of Gabe Newell smugly dismissing the PS3 architecture as trash and bad ports are just about over. Now, everyone seems to be either coming to terms with developing for the cell and seeing the benefit or backpedaling previous statements and saying that multi-core processing is the future.

Definitely a step in the right direction, now they need to focus on getting that extra uphm on Blu Ray. There is no need to waste all that extra space just because the other platform doesn't have it.

Know why this story is still 0 degrees? I think N4G is broken.

Uh-oh...what's this? The PS3 is moving on up. :)

Logical stuff. This doesn't mean much in terms of 360vPS3 multi-plat game quality, that difference will remain negligible, regardless of whether it's favouring the 360 or the PS3.

But this does look like it will stop any Bayonetta fiascos from happening again..

work with the PS3 to ensure quality, then downgrade it / adapt it.

I dont really care what a game looks like, all am for is gameplay, regardless of how good a game looks its only nice for the first few hours after that the next question is, is the gameplay nice enuff?if it aint then the graphics dont mean s**t, regardless of what the future holds, lets all just hope for better games in terms of looks and gameplay, though I sort of agree that MS needs to step up their game too, make a new console that's all there is to it.

Honestly this isn't going to happen this Gen. OR should I say too little too late.. We are almost 5 years into the "NEXTGEN" console cycle and new development teams are already working on games for 2013 and beyond (2013 is when I think new consoles will come around) 2014 at latest.

People already have huge investments in the 360 training, and tools to make a whole new switchover. Sure some new iP's might change but the bulk 50%+ will stay on the 360 as the main console and port to ps3 this gen..

Next gen is a different story.

The PS3 will dominate EU in the coming 2 years, I bet :)
So why not start on the PS3 anyway.. Great "news"..

A little late, but welcomed none the less.

they'd probably predicted that the ps3 would end up as the dominant console for hd games. When the 360 was so far ahead it made sense to lead with it but now it seems leading with the ps3 yields better cross platform results in terms of parity. I'd also factor in the great work and games that sony's 1st/2nd parties have produced...not saying all devs have the same resources sony have but they have show what can be done if a little extra time and effort is applied. The point now is that same 'little extra' is a lot less than what it used to be therefore leading on the ps3 isnt such setback so to speak. Sony had to pull their fingers out to help many devs which in term helped them produce better performing games more efficiently...maybe

this just shows how valve is ridiculous, if everyone can work with ps3 architecture, why valve keep saying its dificult?...i call them simply fanboys.

lol.

I'm actually quite curious...

I've heard recent games being lead on the PS3, what are some examples?

I'd say the closest game to touch an exclusive game with a first party studio would be BC2 but even then, it just lacks some things that keep it from being way up there graphically on the PS3. I'm under the impression this was lead on the ps3 though? any more examples? (actually wondering lol)

Honestly it's great to hear developers do this and all, but I'm really getting tired of developers claiming they've used PS3 to its full potential when games like UC2, GOW3, Killzone all prove otherwise.

Is anyone else annoyed by this? I mean Crytek being one, I don't know a whole lot about the software they're using to create the game but I find it hard to believe they're taking advantage of all 8 SPU's as efficiently as say, Naughty Dog while using the SAME software to develop the game for PC and XBOX simultaneously.

I think this video get my point across

it makes sense though.

a few years back developers made games for 360 and ported to ps3, often resulting in poor ports on the ps3. as the devs got more experienced the ps3 versions got much closer to the 360 and in some cases surpassed the 360.

pretty much though, developing for the ps3 first and then porting to the 360 ensures that both versions are just as good as each other.

That was a really well written, and informative article, very neutral as well with good use of quotes.

the 360 loses its last miserable 'advantage' over the ps3?

namely the inane lens of truth articles where the 360 supposedly has better looking this and that when zoomed in 400x

Lead on PS3 equals win win for both consoles I own , there's no doubt game makers are
moving towards the PS3 these days , remember Microsoft said 5 years ago the life cycle for them was 4-5 years then it's time for a new console ! But world wide
economy in the toilet and MS not going Blu-Ray means more of the same on 360 till things level off and I bet will see a 360 slim at E3 ! Bank on it , Im going this year so I'll be right there with all the breaking news . Happy Gaming everyone

when you can make games like uncharted 2 , killzone 2 or lbp , of course it will motive somle devs to embrace the PS3 ...

not that i mind ..since the starts guys like criterion proved that PS3 as the lead platform is better for everyone

PS3 rocks the party

since if its another format it will heavily downgrade the quality of the ps3... so its always best to lead on ps3 so ensure the quality is even across all platforms since the 360 is more adaptable to coding.

Too bad majority of N4G are fans of consoles, not games. If the game is good, I will buy.

ps3 is the most powerful system out there now that is why devs atre switching tio leading on the ps3 so that they get the hardest workl out of the way before porting over to xbox and/or the pc for multiplat games

Too me I think most DEV isn't taking a chance to utilize the PS3 full potential. Cause they only care bout their own sales. Most multi platform games I look back of the box each time says 720p NOT 1080p and the memory doesn't takes a lot of space still using only DVD-p on it. I have to say that Yoshinori Kitase is right cause games are getting bigger and longer. DEV don't see that they only care bout $$$ even VAVLE could care less bout PS3 cause they know they won't make lots of money off it cause they sell more games like L4D2 on the Xbox 360.

lost planet 2,burnout paradise and i guess soul calibur 4

That was a good read,one thing that stood out.

“There’s been a learning curve, but we feel it’s worth it in the end,” he said. “Multi-core development is the future. It’s not impossible to imagine PCs with 24 cores in them within the next few years, so we figure, why not get going with it now?”

This echoes what Sony said at launch.They said the quicker you learn the cell now,the easier it will be in the future.I always took that "future" as PS4.
Sony are shrinking it down every year,currently they can fit two in the space of Ps3 60gb launch unit,I wouldn't be surprised if they dump 3-4 slightly tweaked Ps3 cells straight into PS4,thats potentially 32 SPU's (it was designed around the idea of scaling up)
The advantage being all code that works now,would work day 1 .And I think the more Sony hear similar comments from 3rd parties,the more likely they'll just add multiple (yet tweaked) Ps3 cell processors.As far as I can tell that would give them insane processing power,as proved by the many science,and military Ps3 clusters being used around the world.

Bring on the next gen of systems I say,I cant wait to see what all the manufacturers bring,it's rock.

good

This should be better for both PS3 and 360, but i'm concerned about PC games getting the shaft, like GTA4, and possibly Crysis 2.

U can really tell most Hands-on was always the 360 version but lately I've seen more and more it being the PS3 version

According to Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase...

please.. first of all SE, did you make any good game this gen? lol

seen this a comeing long ago

PS3 is a real Next Gen console with Blu-ray, free Online, bluetooth support, built in wifi, real kickass Next Gen games like God Of War 3/Uncharted 2 and KillZone 2, Sony thanks you for a Awesome experience with PlayStation I can't wait to see whats you'll do next.

its actually a pretty good article, i expected the same cheerleading crap that we usually get here on n4g but thankfully this actually wasnt.

oh and you guys could really stop the circle jerk humpfest youve got going over the ps3.....

so all xbox games will become sub hd

there will still be disbelievers and nan sayers about the PS3.... its so obvious now, real gamers dont even pay attention to them anymore...for many is just so refreshing to have many developers now come open with what many of us believed in years ago

It doesn't matter if the PS3 is the lead platform, multiplayer titles still wont fully utilize the console's they're on.

There is lots of reasons why the PS3 may end up as the leading platform. One is the blu-ray disc capacity and the DVD format doesn't cut it anymore. Two both third party and first party game developers are starting to master the PS3's cell architecture. Three the development kits for PS3 are finally at affordable and reasonable prices unlike before which were expensive as hell................

lol that's why bungie went multi they wante to taste that cell power hehe

Ps3 has best exclusive games...that's why its shifting

I remember when I purchased my PS3 2 friends of mine were telling me that it was hard to develop on and I shouldn't have purchased one.

2 years later, both friends sold their 360s and purchased a PS3, and in that same year Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 come out and become the top 2 best-looking console games to date.

Great history.

so in other words, they started using their brains

CRITERION made it clear a while ago

if you Lead on PS3 first the games will look better on

both consoles.

after 3 tp 4 years of multiplatform development, many developers figured out how to use the PS3, and after Uncharted 2 and GoW 3, many developers are itching to be on the spotlight with genre defining experiences and mind blowing technical achivements. If some 3rd party do like R* did with Agent and develope exclusive on the PS3 backed by Sony support, we will start seeing some spectacular games, because even as good as Sony 1st PArty studios are, there are some 3rd parties that are very capable of delivering greatness in massive scale.
Bright future for gamers and the PS3 platform

The past has shown us that when the PS3 is the lead platform, both versions of a game shine.

''When you talk about graphics you can see immediately that the hardware of the PlayStation 3 offers a much higher capacity and is much more powerful''

well no DUUUH

Although I am a bit of a Sony fanboy logically isn't this great news for gaming as a whole!!

developing games on the PS3 first, THEN porting to the 360 results in better 360 games. why is that treated like a BAD THING?

it's so funny how times have changed. i remember 2006 at N4G, when me and my fellow PlayStation 3 fans were ridiculed and laughed off the site for making statements like, "once developers get a handle on the PS3, you'll really start to see what it can do!"

PS fans knew it would only get better from 2007 on out, and it DID. multi-platform developers got their heads out of their asses and started to actually put some effort into learning how to code for the PS3, instead of doing the copy/paste job they were doing with PC to 360 ports, then shoehorning that code into the PS3, and wondering why it wasn't running as good.

it's easy (and fun) to say "i told you so," to all the haters and dissenters, but each and every awesome title that gets revealed for the PS3 on a near monthly basis, and articles like this, with more than just first and second party developers touting the virtues of the PS3 as a games platform does that for me also.

i enjoy my 360, and i think it's a great console when freed from the shackles of Unreal Engine 3, but there's no shame in saying that the PS3 is a more powerful console, especially when the evidence has been piling up game after game. doesn't make the 360 any less of a great console, with an incredibly strong lineup of games (anyone saying the 360 doesn't have a rock solid lineup this year is being a naive, blind fanboy). it represented the HD era right when titles like Gears of War came out, and it still delivers one of the best online experiences you can buy (actually, the ONLY online experience you can buy. lol. sorry, i couldn't resist).

it's just nice to see the PS3 finally come into it's own, and get the respect it's deserved for a while now.

Once developers seen Killzone and Uncharted they had no choice but to hit the books and learn Multicore Processing, its the future simple as that. Man in the beginning everyone was saying Sony made a mistake with PS3 are sure eating their words now. How smart was Sony to include Blue ray for increased capasity in games and at the same time used the ps3 to win of the other hd process shit i forgot the name all i remember was the colour red like blood and it being killed by blueray lololololol but all kidding aside those japanese guys at Sony hit the bullseye.

Dont get your hopes up, developing something from the ground up for ps3 cannot be ported to 360 or PC. It just cant, if the toolsets for your multiplatform project can have minimal differences then thats great but you are NOT going to get multiplat titles looking like excluisves on ps3.

If you have an engine chugging out 8 threads on the ps3 where is that going to go on 360!? you just cant do it. But the fact is using just the PPE the ps3 competes with the 360 anyhow but when you have spe's handling AA, Animation, Physics its a different matter. Let alone 50 gigs on a bluray as well.

No surprise, console is a powerhouse

more articles like this, instead of top 10 best breasts in gaming

well it's been half a year and UC2 still holds the crown for best graphic. PS3 is a powerhouse period.

This is why FFXIII was so awesome on the PS3!

If you are the best at something you will win.The same thing gos for gaming in ever fashion.If you can push the bar past ever 0ne you will be seen by ever one evan the na Sayers as the best.

This is an obvious statement. Anyone who thinks the 360 can match the PS3 is either high, delusional or dumb. I'm not a graphics whore but 360 fanboys need to play either Killzone 2, GOW3 or UC2. Maybe then they would understand what the PS3 is capable of. It's good that multi-plats are now in lead development on the PS3. Though the 360 is still dragging multis down because of poor disk capacity (DVD9) and no mandatory installs (no mandatory hard disks). This will really hold the next GTA back. If it wasn't for the 360, you could see a GTA game with a huge map covering both London and Paris where you could fly between both cities without a loading time. That's because of blu-ray's huge capacity. Though that can't happen this gen because the 360 is limited to its last gen DVD9 format. The 360 is essentially reducing the potential quality of multis for PS3 owners. Dan Houser spoke out about the lack of a mandatory install on the 360 and said it was one of the 360's most major flaws. Seeing as 360s work without any hard disk, developing a game that required a mandatory install could mean a lot of people wouldn't be able to play it. As such, the overall performance of each multi game is marred with longer loading times and poorer frame-rates. We only have M$ to thank.

im can tell all the xbox360 owner notice the console they buy is inferior and wanting to upgrade to a tru hd console the PS3, yuall going love the free network and the web surfing and the many many exlusives every month.

I love the PS3 and I'm glad 3rd party developers are finally making the PS3 version just as good or slightly better then the 360 version. 360 will still have great looking games but people have to give PS3 games credit for games like GOW3, Uncharted and upcoming games like The Last Guardian and GT5. These games look amazing and set new benchmarks in gaming.

If leading on the PS3 gives us better games, then I'm all for it!

I fully support PS3 as lead platform. However, all this "PS3 much more powerful"
BS is just hyperbole.

I believe that the PS3 has shown what it is capable of. As far as the lead platform for multiplats, as long as the developers are striving for mediocrity it isn't going to matter what platform is in the lead. I'm looking at you, Activision. I'm looking at you, EA. If one platform truly is more powerful, then do what you did last generation and make a superior version. If the games are good the sales will come.

For exclusives this isn't an issue. In the last 18 months the majority of the games I've purchased have been PS3 exclusives. They've just been that good. I'm still looking forward to Crackdown 2, but not sure what else the 360 is going to bring my way.

where we go from here. Totally borrowed that from The Matrix.

People are finally getting it. the PS3 and it's unique fancy inards are finally starting to get some appreciation. It's all about multicore tech. That's not to say the the x360's not multicore too..........

devs are deciding to lead with strength

PS3 is by far the most powerful gaming system, a PC person can even tell you that the PS3 is more powerful do to the Bluray and Cell.

360 is more powerful then the PS2 an almost as powerful as the PSX ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

But the most powerful HD systems are 360 an PS3, now if both could come together to make on powerful beast, then I think will could see Nintendo dieing.

It's about time...There's no excuse for sh**ty ports anymore.

Just coz 5 devs are working first with PS3 it does not mean everyone is doing the same!
The most important franchises still on 360 first!

The thing the ps3 cell is best at is Transcoding video.
Everything else is up for speculation.