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Ex-Activision Employee Reveals Plot On Dumbed Down PS3 Ports

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Black Ops is the biggest game ever released in our industry and yet once again the fans have spoken, why the PS3 version is dumbed down?

This video may very well reveal some answers regarding the unfairness in the industry, out of respect for the person providing the information they will remain Nameless but eventually I may be able to reveal the person who actually stood up for us gamers in this payola situation

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deadreckoning6665532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Good stuff Hiphop....I think the problem is that Activision doesn't see the need to pressure devs to put their full efforts into the PS3 version because its more time consuming and because they know COD will sell on the PS3 no matter what.

There is also a bigger COD fanbase on the 360, so Activision probably pressures devs to cater to the 360 rather than to the PS3 as far as quality control is concerned. Truly a shame.

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Red_Orange_Juice5532d ago

I knew it

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-Alpha5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Knew what?? This is bloody obvious for many multiplat games! It's not just Activision/TA/IW, it's that nearly every multiplat is handled first on the 360 and then ported to the PS3. And guess why devs don't care? Because a majority of sales come from the 360, and the PS3 crowd will get it regardless if they don't have any other options.

I'm not sure if this is a "plot", and HHG's conspiracy-implying title doesn't really have any proof. The title is bound to entice hits but I don't think it's stating anything new. And no offense, but I'm a little mistrusting of HHG reading from a computer screen about a secret Ex-employee.

When HHG says Acti is using Sony, it makes ZERO sense. They release an inferior port-- this isn't new yet he makes it sound like they are out to purposefully make a bad game. Again, he has zero proof for the implication aside from a questionable quote that he applies implications of conspiracy to.

I think it's rash to state that if a game isn't up to par that people need to get fired. Again, he does not know what's actually going on backstage. His whole video is based on an assumption that there is a "conspiracy"

We know that PS3 ports are more poorly handled, it's nothing new at all. In some instances the 360 version of games are inferior (Dragon Age was considered weaker on 360)

Whether or not it is intentional (which I doubt, why risk PS3 sales if Acti is so greedy?) or because the devs have trouble with the PS3 and don't care to put in the effort, I don't know. I personally don't know how developing is done, how hard it is to port a game perfectly, and I question if HHG does either. So to say that it is a "plot" is a heavy assumption to make.

The reason is simple, and Dead_Reckoning said it best. It's a shame, yes, but I don't see what the big deal is for Black Ops here. I have the game, and HHG said it too, the differences are minimal, it's no worse than any other multiplat game. Yes, there are some significant console-specific issues, but they deal mostly with online and I'm not sure if you can pin the blame on a "conspiracy"

The issue with the PS3 was 1) Framerate. This has been fixed-- to anyone following TA they would know that the issue was from the friend's list

2) Dual-log in is lacking. This is the biggest difference and it's terrible. TA says that they had issues for the PS3. I'm hoping they patch it in but at the same time I question if they will care.

Other then that I don't notice a huge difference.

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gamesR4fun5532d ago

-Alpha5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

@gamesr4Fun

There is zero evidence to support that aside from the typical conspiracy theories.

It's just another example of the PS3 getting treated second rate, and the reason is simple: The 360 is the lead platform and generates more sales.

With that said, HHG's proof isn't convincing of a conspiracy. All he seems to say is "The PS3 version uses less memory"

Assuming it is true, we can't just conclude that this is done on purpose like HHG does. The "Ex-employee" doesn't even seem to say it, HHG just assumes it.

This is how all conspiracy theories seem to work: weak/vague evidence and sources that rely on exciting people's fascination with a grand cover up.

So, while I'm sure everybody would love the idea of a MS/Activision conspiracy, it has no solid proof. Much like a prophet in a religious book, the audience isn't getting the actual source, you are getting a guy interpreting the word alone then he is relaying the invisible words himself to everybody else. It's not to say that he doesn't have a source, but HHG could have easily mistaken the interpretation he seems to make.

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InfectedDK5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Great to hear some real talk from the HipHopGamer.
he's so right, I hope he's enjoying playing PS3.

Wau.. Just finished the video.. Looking forward to the next! Keep it real gangsta. This is interesting stuff!

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StanLee5532d ago

This is bullshit and not true. Developers stake their reputations of their games and there is never the intent to "dumb down" PS3 ports. Asking developers to change the way they've made games for the last 10 years, at an added cost of both time and financial resources to accomodate a minority of fanboys doesn't make sense. The difference between many multiplats games are negligible and developers do the best they can.

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Razmossis5532d ago

If I were a moron I'd maybe believe this, but as I'm not, this is just the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

Ask yourselves this; If a company was really so money greedy as to intentionally gimp one version of their game, do you really think that same company is going to pay their staff to work overtime on patches for it after release?

I severely doubt it.

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raztad5532d ago

Well I'm not advocating any "theory" but fact is Treyarch managed to have BLOPS running on the PS3 much worse than their own previous game WaW. Lower image quality (due to SD level resolution) and much worse framerate. At the same time the xbox version got a slight increase in image quality (slightly higher resolution) while the framerate remained solid. A consistent 15-20fps difference separates both SKUs.

Whatever the reason it is clear to me PS3/PC are not Activision primary focus but xbox and xboxlive subscription money.

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ksense5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

@razmossis

While this may or may not be true ur reasoning is dumb.

lets just say if this was true do u really think activision/treyarch is going to make it obvious by not releasing patches or releasing them late and stuff and make it known to everyone they don't give a shit about ps3 systems. The answer is no they care about the money and don't want to be shown in bad light because then no one with just a ps3 will buy their game.

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-Alpha5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

@raz

The graphics, overall, are a step either sideways or back from World at War. The engine they used for BO was a modified version of WaW.

Yes, TA's primary console is Xbox. But this does not make this a conspiracy anymore than PS3 games that look better like Dragon Age make EA/Sony have a conspiracy together.

A lot of games look/perform inferior on the PS3. HHG said it himself-- he didn't notice major differences. The quote he uses doesn't even confirm if the game he is talking about is BO or that the memory thing was for a game after release or in production.

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gamesR4fun5532d ago

"There is zero evidence to support that aside from the typical conspiracy theories."

yeh just putting it out there and i did say i dont consider hgg a good source...

still way 2 run with it you made some solid points still wouldnt put it past ms ;)

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Razmossis5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

My reasoning is sound. Nobody would do something for money, only to turn around and use that same money to reverse what they just done. It defies logic.

Your reasoning, however, seems quite naive.
In reality, the only people who are ever going to hear about this 'conspiracy' - as true or false as it may be - is us, the small minority of people who visit gaming news sites daily... the millions of average (general public) COD buyers aren't going to be affected by this article, I'm sure most of them won't even know what the terms 'port' or 'patch' even mean.

So to say that they intentionally broke the game, then started fixing it again because they "don't want to be shown in a bad light" is just silly. Especially whenever they are the most hated game company already lol

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n4gno5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

"Because a majority of sales come from the 360"

stop spreading lies alpha male !

it's real for cod, and some others, but ps3 have sold more hardware and games last year, even on vgchartz.

"TA's primary console is Xbox. But this does not make this a conspiracy anymore than PS3 games that look better like Dragon Age make EA/Sony have a conspiracy together."

First, it's not "conspiracy", but modern marketing, and viral marketing and microsoft is the king for that kind of ugly thing.

second, when a ps3 game look better (most of the time they are the same), it's just normal ! every single multiplatform should be better on ps3, like exclusives are, not because of $$, or lazy devs, just because of superior hardware.

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Longrod_Von_Hugendon5532d ago

HHG now this is the kind of reporting you should do. Don't sensationalize your stories and get cold hard facts. Done.

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stuna15532d ago

@Alpha-Male22
I understand exactly what you are saying, but think about the implication on a bigger scale than what HHGamer is refering too, and the parties likely invovled! What is being said has merit.
In my opinion it's been proven that the ps3 is a more powerful console than the xbox360! By how much, who knows? So why are the same questions being asked over, and over again, when it's fairly obvious that when multiplate titles come along, they almost always perform worse on the ps3. It just doesn't make sense!

Sure the xbox's makeup is closer to the pcs, then the ps3 is! But try comparing the best ps3's first party titles to the xbox's first party titles, and you'll find out really there is no comparison, not trying to be fanboyish! But it's as plain as day, regardless of what people say!

Everyone knows microsoft are not angels in their business practices, and they have been known to throw a curve ball here and there, which is why I find it hard to believe how people still fall for the same crap that been fed to them from the beginning!

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NeutralGamer5531d ago

LOL

People used to bash HHG 4 shit and now all of a sudden he is a saint again...

LOL... Just LOL

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KageMonkey5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Alpha-Male22, it is actually people with your beliefs that US is in such poor economic state right now.

Guess what? People who don't do any research think it is a "conspiracy" when in reality, those people are the ones that are completely wrong and uninformed.

Let me tell you, the reasons why the US is in such a bad state is because of Corporatism where corporation is tied with the government. So, policies are made to go to wars and banks are bailed out because lots of people in the government profit from it. Military companies, banks, and medical companies, having ties with the government is NOT a conspiracy.

Similarly, Microsoft plays a large part in this corrupted corporatism. They are known to use underhand tactics in order to stranglehold their monopolies. They invest a lot into marketing to trick consumers into buying inferior products. Additionally, instead of spending money on providing better products and cheaper services, it is absolutely in Microsoft's repertoire to pay-for and make underhand deals to ensure competition do not succeed. It is NOT a conspiracy.

Look up the SCO case against Linux. Look up how Microsoft tied IE to the OS to secure the browser monopoly when they KNEW it was a huge security risk. Look up how Microsoft bought the ISO into accepting the inferior OOXML as a standard. Look up how Microsoft supported HD-DVD in order to slow the adoption of BluRay in order to buy time to grow their digital distribution.

Instead of trying to win consumers through innovation and quality products, Microsoft has been shown time and time again to use corrupted business tactics in order to secure a monopoly. Microsoft has every intention to drive Nintendo and Sony out in order to overcharge and reduce R&D in innovation through any means necessary.

If you are a gamer, you SHOULD NOT be supporting Microsoft as they will definitely hurt the gamer in the long run through their constant deceptive marketing and their known cost-cutting into R&D once they secure a monopoly.

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JD_Shadow5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Okay, first, we should all HOPE to GOD that this is just some conspiracy theory. Why? Because if it IS true, then the shit will hit the fan REAL fast.

Now, the differences in the two CoD;BO versions may be minimal, but one cannot see the forest from the trees. What HHG is saying is this (and this is a hell of a good way to get my respect back after the Uncharted 2 to 360 mess he did some time back): if you're using X amount of memory on the 360, and then you use less than X memory on a platform that's supposed to have a statistical edge, doesn't that say something about your product and company as a whole? The other thing is that he says they bitch when they have to do a PS3 game, as if it's a chore to them, and they seemed to not care about the PS3 long before Gabe Newell began his rants.

The basic jest of what HHG is saying, and the theorycrafting he came up with? That MS paid off Activision to sabotage the PS3 by putting out an inferior port. Reason why I would think Acti would risk doing that? Because of how much money is in MS's coffers to do that sort of thing. Let's not forget how much MS burned to just get GTA4 DLC! 50 million (loan or not, that's how much it came to)! Now, if they have that much money to burn on DLC, how much money do you think they could burn to really do some damage to the stability and to the integrity of the gaming industry? Also remember that MS isn't exactly the first company to be friendly competitors. They love to try to drive competition out (remember the numerous antitrust lawsuits they've gone through with Windows). I wouldn't DARE put it past them to do this.

And if they did, shame on them for doing it, shame on us for either not screaming about it or not catching on sooner, and shame on the people who will apologize for them to the end (seriously, the fanboys think they can get away with saying anything they want, and then claim PS3 fanboy conspiracy every single time they get called out, even the slightest bit and in any sort of way, for what they say).

EDIT@NeutralGamer: No, it's him making flame bait headlines sometimes that make us want to stab him in the face. However, he does hit gold sometimes, and the way things change so fast in the industry and how deals can be inked or fall out within a matter of DAYS, I don't doubt that some of the things that he's said on his shows that were true when he said them suddenly have a shift to them. No where did we ever say that he was the spawn of Satan or a saint. We criticize him when he deserves it, and we praise him when he deserves it. There's no secret to THAT!

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xAlmostPro5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Yes @alpha-male it was obvious, but maybe you missed the point that an actual developer has came out and said that(in this case activision specifically)bad ports for the ps3 are/were being made because they to be honest can't be assed doing anything about it.

The 360 version was running at full 512, while they were running the ps3 at 256 and complaining, when they could get off there asses and fix it or use more ram?..

So basically it's not only lazy, but it is showing hatred and even USING sony/PS3 because they're only releasing a quality product for one console, yet they always state things like "there will be no inferior product" or "there may be some very minor differences" yet they turn out to run like crap on the PS3?.. so basically saying "here we have a great product come buy it" then people buy it and its a piece of crap.

yes multi plats(mostly) sell abit more on the 360 but how is that an excuse to give the ps3 a shit version? it's not.

More so when you look at the fact PS3 exclusives are leaps and bounds above multi-plats and 360 exclusives it shows that when the ps3 is used right it can and does look and run better. So to be honest there is no excuse for the ps3 being downgraded at all, and im not saying they should make uncharted quality versions for the ps3 and standard multi-plats for the 360, im saying it should be fair because we ALL know that the ps3 is more than capable of running these games.

and now for once there's evidence that its happening, and nobody is doing anything to fix or change it because they 'cba' and will get some extra money anyway.

You then mentioned there must bea conspiracy between EA/Sony if this is the case, well no.. maybe EA are actually about quality and realised that it was un-fair to give PS3 bad ports because they, as developers knew it could run them at the same if not better quality and are not lazy so decided to choose the ps3 as the lead platform, and we've all seen how thats turned out.. the games look great on both, the 360 sometimes looks a little worse of you nit-pick but never on the scale of the bad ps3 ports.

Which is just more proof that either something biased is going on or theres to many lazy devs.

I'll go with the biased, and thats because since the ps3 launch its been hated on as a console, as hardware, for bad ports, and to my main point with some pretty unfair reviews and scores.

For example multi-platforms that run worse on ps3 always get scored lower than the 360 version.. yet when the ps3 runs better they get scored equally or even in some cases such as the final fantasy 13 the 360 ran worse and still got scored higher?.. that crap isn't abit 'funny' to you?..

you could also take the latest GT5 scores, lower than forza even though factualy(by playing and actually reading through more then 2-3 reviews) its a better game and even most reviews saying that it looks better, has more content etc. yet still being scored lower?..

im not going to go full crazy and say microsoft are paying for ALL of this, but i will say its super weird & i wouldn't put it past them to have paid a handful of devs and review sites.

This is just my view of course, but when you look at the full picture there defo seems to be some "meh" kind of attitude towards the ps3.

Sorry for the bible size comment guys. excuse any typo's :P

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zag5531d ago

This is laughable.

The 360 has 512meg of ram CPU and GFX combined.

the PS3 has 256meg of cell ram and a separate 256meg of ram that's for the GFX card.

So yeah that'd be why this ex-dev only seen the PS3 using 256meg of ram.

The problem with multiplat games is you have the game mainly using MS dev tools simply because it'll be made for windows and then 360 or the other way around.

while the PS3 also uses C you'll need to make all your own tools and if your not fussed about doing that well it's not going to work out well on the PS3.

Wii well be the same deal as the PS3.

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jebabcock5531d ago

@Alpha-Male22

I agree with what you said, except for the take on sales. At this point the install base for the 360 and ps3 are close to the same. In business you go for where you can make the quickest easiest increase in profits. It wouldn't be a far stretch to say that by releasing a solid or even better port on the ps3 they wouldn't still keep their massive 360 base, but potentially give a significant boost to their ps3 base. I personally dont think Putting extra effort into the 360 or focusing on it for development is going to give them any boost to sales over putting a little more effort and getting things right on the ps3. Where this has been done, we note that even long term sales are far more substantial on PS3.
Sensible business logic would have(which alot of devs are doing now) focus on the ps3 side to maximize sales. now if microsoft is dishing out the difference, then i can see where someone might not be as will to put in the effort.

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metalanime5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

well, when i think about this whole thing, it makes sense:

1. Activision threatened to stop supporting Sony because of thier console prices: http://www.engadget.com/200...

2. Advertisements showed it was for 360 and didnt push for PS3

3. Microsoft was able to just pop out and brag about how it was better on 360. How often does a company do that?

4. The first dev to speak up about the issue was tip toeing around it to avoid getting in trouble, and while that seems normal, given contractual obligations, i doubt he would be put under such a contract if it was just to avoid saying that they did a bad job or that the games was rushed. These things are known fairly often.

5. Aside from whatever marketing money Activision is already getting from MS, Kotick already stated that they get $5 out of every gold subscription and the price hike was partially due to that. And though we dont know how long they will reap the rewards, it seems that they get this for every new subscription, so they are capitalizing on more than just their game and input.

Put all this together, and it just fits to well to pass it off as another multi-plat gone wrong. Hell, it could be that most multi-plat devs are paid off by ms in the first place, but just to a lesser extent, but that doesnt really make the practice ok.

As far as why would Acti hurt them selves to make an inferior port, the arent.

They save money by not putting time/effort into the ps3 version, they make most of the money they would have made anyway because people still go out and by COD, so largely the only loss they take there are people who likely were just tired of getting recycled COD games, which isnt a huge percentage. And im sure they got millions for pushing the 360 version in ads, plus $5 out of how many million live subscriptions?

Alpha male, the only thing you are right about is that we dont have solid proof, but i dont see how, given the above info, it doesnt seem most likely that Sony and Sony gamers are intentionally getting screwed while Activision and MS only stand to make money off of their partnership.

Really, the only points you made were in regards to proof. Even in your previous rant on the subject of Kotick admitting that they were a cause for live going up in price, pretty much everything you said was crap and had a counter point that invalidated your defense or skepticism about the entire issue.

What little facts we do have about this issue may not be enough to state as a fact what people are raging about, but its more than enough for a person to see that chances are in favor of this being the case.

Everything Kagemonkey said was absolutely true, corporations drive the U.S., and considering that these two companies are some of the biggest in their respective industries, this is just more of the same.

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BattleAxe5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Did anyone actually read Alpha Male's overly drawn out garble....I know I didn't.

Anyway, the lack of quality in the latest CoD is very evident, especially when it comes to the horrible stability issues while playing online. CoD was definately one of my favorite franchises, but not anymore, and I'm even considering trading this game in. I kinda want to get Medal of Honor, but it just doesn't have much content. So it looks like I'll be playing Counter Strike Source on PC while I wait for Crysis 2 and Killzone 3 to come out.

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theaceh5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

If Activision is not going to put the same amount of effort on PS3 games, then Activision PS3 games should cost $50.00 or $45.00 while Xbox games should cost the full $65.00

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visualb5532d ago

HHg is full of crap when it comes to his speculations, but this seems to be well done.

no source or proof...but I wouldn't doubt he'd invent this =|

well...its a possibility.
@ alpha

so PS3 games DESERVE to be worst quality because of 360 having better sales?
maybe if they made PS3 versions better that wouldn't be the case?

theres no excuse, it doesn't cost that much anymore to make a game on PS3 equal. So many developers do it, the"sales" excuse is bullsh*t

the real reason - they are lazy

they just want to copy paste the code = pathetic. pathetic pathetic pathetic. no credibility.
a company that has a LOT of money and resources doesn't have the resources to make the code work for the PS3?

inexcusable, and you are excusing it =|

fact is

activision are lazy publishers (looks at MW2, repeated rehashed rushed sequels to cash, no effort done in its development) and anyone working under them so far have been horrible for the past few years...

+ he makes a good point. theres no reason other than developer competence for the game to run worst on the PS3, yet MS stated that 360 would "run the game better"

maybe MS knew how incompetent Treyarch were as a developer not...you decide.

either way, I feel activision and games like cod are good in a way (bring money and attention to the gaming industry) but they are also ruining a lot of aspects of the gaming industry...

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-Alpha5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

You misunderstood a lot of what I said. I wasn't trying to make excuses, I was trying to illustrate how people are quick to believe conspiracy theories and how what HHG is providing isn't in any way solid evidence. All he did was show, like many other multiplats, that the PS3 version was ported and inferior.

I never said PS3 games deserve to be worse because of sales. I am saying that because they sell more on the 360 that's part of the reason why devs don't seem to care. And it will continue to be like that.

Personally I think that devs do try, I don't think they purposely make a bad port. To think that is just silly, devs wouldn't risk hurting themselves like that. If you think MS paid them then it's up to you to provide proof. And no, HHG's mysterious quote isn't proof, it's questionable evidence.

Since PS3 is a secondary console to the 360 for a majority of multiplatform games, they don't bother ironing out all the issues.

I never was making excuses for it, however to say it is a conspiracy to keep the PS3 down has NO proof. Yet people believe it because they want to. I 100% it is out of laziness for the most part.

However, I don't blame Treyarch, I blame Activision because they churn out games on a schedule and don't give devs time. However, Activision is not the only ones who do this. That is my point. People want to tie Acti+MS as being in a conspiracy theory because it's easy to think when they are portrayed both as evil giants and since they seem to have deals together. But this requires proof, all we have is assumptions.

"they just want to copy paste the code = pathetic"

If it's the same game, then I would expect a copy and paste. The issue I think comes when pasting doesn't work as intended when the console is different. At least that's how I understand developing, I don't know how it works for sure.

MS never said the game runs better. They said 'everyone knows the best place to play Black Ops is on Xbox 360'

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dredgewalker5532d ago

As much as I hate Activision I find this unbelievable because there is no evidence of the accusation. I'm one of the biggest Activision hatere but dumbing down their PS3 ports is a bad business move. I can believe that they are incompetent with PS3 ports but sabotage is utter stupidity.

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N4Great5532d ago

@alpha troll

"I never said PS3 games deserve to be worse because of sales. I am saying that because they sell more on the 360 that's part of the reason why devs don't seem to care. And it will continue to be like that. "

why so many xfanboyz are misinformed ? only cod and some others u.s popular franchises sold better on xbox, ps3 games and console are selling better, so stop pretending the contrary, you are trying, like the worst fanboy, to spread misinformation "dev are not so interested by ps3, don't buy it, it would never change" LOL, dumb troll.

the logic would want to see superior versions on ps3, every dev who don't achieve that is : not good enough, lazy, or paid by microsoft, it's just obvious.

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OhMyGandhi5531d ago

lol @ StanLee way up there.
"The difference between many multiplat games are negligible and developers do the best they can. "

that's hilarious.
when money is involves, there is no "best they can" mentality when it comes to a multiplat game.
They want people to sit back, be obedient little puppies and believe that they truly "tried their hardest" to make each port perfect.

unfortunately. that innocence died once games started to cost many millions of dollars to make.

I'm guessing that 2+2=5 to you, StanLee.

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socomnick5532d ago

jesus christ, HHG loves making sh#% up.

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kanetheking5532d ago

just as much as you nick.but back on topic it's hhg not much to say but lol.why would anyone make a game worse?

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Scary695532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

You know what is the best remedy for this type of crap? STOP supporting these types of companies, plain and simple. STOP believing in all the hype when it comes to ported game.It's been said on here over and over.

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LeShin5531d ago

Well said!!! The best way to hurt a company is not to let them have your pounds/dollars/(insert other currency here). There are alternatives, Medal Of Honour, Battlefield etc... If you buy COD, then don't open your mouth and complain if features are missing or if glitches are more apparent in one version more than the other. Out of interest: One of my friends tell me hat the 360 version has split screen online multiplayer and the PS3 doesn't...is this true?!

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Ravenor5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

@1.4.1

The PS3 version has splitscreen online MP, you are only limited to one PSN logon at a time. Games like Resistance 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and Modnation Racers that allow 2 at a time are few and far between unfortunately.

I own the PS3 version and never noticed anything that looked excessively worse then Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3. Has anyone noticed that in Splitscreen you get the fullscreen for the split? Not just little boxes with black borders around the edges? Thats a clear improvement over MW2 and WaW right there.

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JsonHenry5532d ago

Lol, this guy cracks me up. I wonder if he ever listens to himself talk and realize how dumb he sounds?

I am not saying that he IS dumb. Just he talks in such a way that I would expect some inner city junior high drop out should talk.

But then he talks sometimes and sounds perfectly normal. I wonder if all the ebonics is just an act for "street cred"?

On topic - he did make a couple good point.

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Seraphim5532d ago

this is idiotic...

the PS3 only has split 512 Ram while the 360 has a dedicated 512. The PS3 uses 256mb XDR main Ram and another 256mb DDR3 VRam. Which would easily explain the 256 PS3 vs 512 360. Now I'm no wizz and not sure how things would go but imho this just proves how dumb everyone is and why this site is FAIL!

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NecrumSlavery5532d ago

All I have to say is Uncharted 2. No loading, Unmatched visuals. it comes down to lazy or inexperienced developers

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WoshJills5531d ago

Good developers start with the PS3's independent parts (cell broadband engine and dual RAM) then merge the code to put onto the PC and Xbox.

Bad ports are made when developers create unified code and attempt to divide it up for the PS3.

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xAlmostPro5531d ago

lol exactly yes its 512mb is split but if you add up 256+256 = 512mb which is the same, not only that the cpu's that are left doing nothing in multi-plats can be used to do all the number crunching at super fast rates and offload loads of pressure from the ram itself..

not only thatlike necrum mentioned if games like uncharted 2 etc can be produced on the ps3 bceause developers know what they're doing there should be no bad port.

Ea use the ps3 as the lead platform and the ps3 versions are always equal or fair.

Look at what valve have been saying recently, and will be using the ps3 as the console lead, and have stated the ps3 will have the better version?..

its called lazy/biased developers.

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thedarkvault5531d ago

yeah that's what I was thinking, obviously they aren't using 100% of the XDR and 0% of the VRAM or vice versa. This employee either doesn't really understand the PS3's memory or just didn't explain it well enough to HHG. If a dev is going to be lazy with their code they are going to make it use ALL the ram inefficiently, not code it to be able to run effectively with half the ram available.

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Silver3605532d ago

Half witted speculation. The PS3's memory is split. They were most likely just getting it to run before they expanded the code to the other 256k. Dumb crap article.

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TheLastGuardian5531d ago

You made some good points in this video. Now I know why Black Ops was at Microsofts conference and why all the Black Ops ads only specify that it's on 360 and Xbox live.

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Ravenor5531d ago

So was MW2 and CoD4. Those games weren't equal on both platforms! If MS is willing to foot the bill for the ads and put more forward then Sony, Activision would be stupid not to go with Microsoft. Call of Duty 2 was also shown at all the Xbox events before then 360 was launched.

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ngecenk5531d ago

well i dont need hhg to tell me that. its obvious. only few devs respect ps3 porting: most ea dev like dice, danger close, nfs series, and most of japan devs. some publishers are not: ubisoft and activision.

as a ps3 user, i refuse to buy those game until they change their behaviour. and you should too. its sad that this dev are ignorant about our rant. they could try harder, its not like ps3 is underperformed by xbox 360. but porting is costly. activision and ubisoft doesny feel the need of doing so since ps3 user will buy the game anyway.

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N4g_null5531d ago

Very long post... no NDAs are broken just years of watching my friend get laid off and two companies fighing for a monopoly.

Here goes.......

Imagine what it feels like to see two titans collide HHP.

I will sum things up for you. The console industry and the PC gaming idustry are now one. The same problems followed.

Their are only a few devs that are still console like.

This began near the end of the PS2. When the goals of the xbox 360 specs where sent out and met. Sure the games ran like crap then but the 360 had an PS2 effect on the industry.

What do I mean by PS2 effect? Well if you remember the PS2 was actualy the inferior console but since every one was already aboard 3rd parties put both feet in and made some great tools and engines for that system while the GC was ignored and called kiddy and MS was seen as an underdog that did not send out money hats to every one.

During this time various people where paid extra money to make PS2 games and SONY actualy bought stock in various companies. What is more important than both of those? Sales some where north of 5 million every one is made a winner. What makes sales happen advertisment... boy does MS know how to do ads.

Some would see this as evil and bad of MS. They( SONY and MS) called it buisness. It was fine during the PS2 right? Ok MS knew the PC gaming was going to tank. So MS actualy starts offering to pay developers 1million dollars just to develop for the 360. I remember hell I even tough about starting some thing up along with others till i saw the other deals happening.

That was the public number, epic has been paid a huge untold amount along with bugie and others. MS found SONYs secret. Devs just want to be paid to take risks. Gamers are fickle and we all understand the HD gen would be do or die for many developers due to cost. It was time to round up the wagons. We where about to try and make movie level graphics for console LOL.

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N4g_null5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

All of the big companies would be doing this even id sold them selves to a another company.

The type of art needed and tech needed for HD development was sky high. A fully loaded work station back then was 30,000-70,000 just for 3d modeling. Don't believe me then look back 4 gigs of ram cost $2,000. We needed 8 just to get started and we quickly saw 32 was the standard needed. How many times do 4 go into 32? 8, maybe now 8 times $2,000 is what $16,000? Just for the ram. Now think about it you have 100 people plus modeling. Thats one million just for half the crew. Then we are not going to talk about wages and perks to try and keep your talent.

Ok that was around 2003. Epics UT3 was every one savor till we try to use it on the PS3.

This was the part where the titans colided. Did you know the PS3 was actualy not going to have the RSX in it? What made them change their mind was epics engine. The PS3 was going to be infinitly harder to program for because sony wanted to make a larrabee then let the developers make the drivers which is basicly part of the comprimise we are at now.

To use the cells correctly you will need a hardware programmer like the type that writes driver code for high end GPUs, CPU, etc. Basicly you would have to get some one from MS or an OS or chip maker. The rumor was Nvidia was going to do it. The truth is SONY has done it yet they are not ponying up the money for other to do it.

Lots of people call it the PS3 tax. You have to pay a hidden cost to make your own game exclusive. The problem is you have already invested all this money and you can't even port to the wii. So your stuck make it on the PS3 or die right?

Well MS got wind of this. Relizing that SONY can send out money hats and that SONY has failed in using their hardware to stop ports MS decided to offer "packages" for pubs and developers to keep operating.

SONY could not pay for EnixSq development, other wise MS would have never got that game.

Why do you think PS3 excluse run so much better? A normal coder even with experience is not ready to code a ring bus like high end memory subsystem hell even AMD has problems with it some times. ND make it sounds so easy yet it's not. Those guys spent 3 years almost just writing the memory systems other could not afford this since they are not funded by SONY.

Notice how Japan struggles to get western like performance out of the PS3? You will have to use the RSX and make a memory controller that can do in software what the current GPUs do with cuda. Even id had to bring in a Cell programmer and a big part of mega texturing is memory subsystems. Game programming is different than high end hardware drivers. You guys hated their game but factor 5 was one of the few that could do this.

Sure there are specs in the SDK but there isn't too much help in reaching them unless you have sony funding you dirrectly. Other wise developers pay for tools to do this. SONY can not fund the pub and devs directly so they buy up a few devs and have to peace together the parts needed to make the PS3 shine.

The problem is devs want their code, just like how silicon knights wanted the new UT3 engine. With out this you are seeing a silent rebelion.

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N4g_null5531d ago

So sonys problem is the idea of locking a dev or game to the platform based on the crazy ammount of money involved in making the game work has backfired. MS is only pouring money into that wound. The cell was suppose to be SONY new monolopy of the game industry reborn. It doesn't offer considerable leaps in preformance just a few percentage yet when you compare this to what you paid for development it's simply not worth it.

Oh yeah devs didn't develop for the the GC and the wii for the same issues. Nintendo used tech that was harder to use. Building code to make an interface for shaders is not easy. These guys get paid top dollar.

It's not a conspiracy it's been infront of your face the whole time.

The more open your platform and easier it is for developers to make a game the more support you get. This is how MS beat apple and how it's beat sony for this long.

Yet the other part of the equation is SONY is going to ditch the cell to fix this so why start developing for it now? That is only a rumor, if SONY doesn't do this the PS4 is going to suffer even more because it's not going to keep up with open GL3 hardware at all and high end driver like programers are not going to get cheaper.

In the mean time the effects of PC elitism and graphic levels are going to cause gamers to not over look having the best possible graphics due to how much they paid for their console.

To sum it all up sony wanted a hardware monoply like the PS2. Publishers saw it not working due to the ammount of money needed and sony wasn't paying/helping and MS is.

If sony falls it will take down a few big names with it right now also in japan. Yet sony is too big to fall, i would wager the bailout in japan was to help them along with others.

It's so easy to make good drivers right? Well thats what normal people call them. It's damn expensive. You have a rsx which has it's own driver and really isn't set up to work with the cells. It's so much easier to ask for this performance yet they bill included with it and a failed game cost will kill a company.

It's only going to get worst if gamers keep demanding more.

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N4g_null5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

I'm suprised HHG got an email from an ex employee LOL. I'm sure he will get some calls from activisions NDA crew. Unless he is part of the defectors that recently left he is a sitting duck.

Never say what company or companies you worked for never LOL.

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It's not obvious to many not even some that work in the industry. I believe they think the money just comes from elves or trolls under some bridge.

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metalanime5531d ago

It sounds like sony secret, which you are saying MS found, was getting exclusive titles or devs, like your point about epic/bungie, but that just like sony has a contract with media molecule, not like making a game for two platforms and knowingly leaving one inferior.

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raztad5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Interesting theory scissor but point is we are 4 years into the gen and multiplat devels are still lacking for the most part. You would expect better ports and developers fine tuning their engines for better performance, regardless how hard is to program for the PS3.

Some cases need to be noticed tho, Criterion had both Bornout:P and the splendid NFS:HP running top notch on the PS3. Even Mercury (relatively unknown company) pulled an awesome C:Lord of Shadow SKu on the PS3. Platinum made Vanquish the best on the PS3, which was quite a progress after the disaster that was Bayonetta, released this very same year. It looks to me that is not impossible, 4 years is not a short time to learn the tricks and develop a good engine.

Activision is in a win/win situation. They couldnt care less about CoD PS3, yet PS3 owners will get it in droves. To me having BLOPS to run/look worse than WaW is unforgivable.

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TVippy5531d ago

12 minutes of my life wasted. He says obvious things for 12 mins...

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King-Leonidas5531d ago

I have the ps3 version. and by far the ps3 version sucks ass!! I get disconnected of every match, seriously every match but that´s not only me all the players get disconnected as well

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Ravenor5531d ago

I don't get disconnected EVERY game. Exaggerate moar.

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King-Leonidas5531d ago

well i do and im not exagerating

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r1sh125531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Ok a few things need to be realised here. Yes the PS3 version is not as good, but I capture games for youtube and the difference is a tiny.
Now as for activision doing it on purpose is I think there is a small reason for the difference, but what many many people do not understand.
THe PS3 is not easy to code for, and how can an ex employee say 'copy and paste PC/xbox 360' code. The code for xbox and PC is different from eachother?
At first many people were not going to be able to code amazingly well unless it was an entire dedicated team to the single platform, I know this because as part of my university course I did a module of game design. I looked at both Sony and MS, and in all seriousness The Xbox is easier to code for.
Not to say that SOny is garbage, but the language and tools are different so the learning curve was greater. Ms made it easy to use the dev tools, but with that being said there is clearly something going on.
EA manages to get pretty much identical games out, slight difference in colour and brightness but other than that very similar looking games.
The problem with this bulletin is the actual proof is an email which we will not be allowed to see.
With this accusations and no concrete evidence (yet), HHG has compromised his fairness between competitors in the gaming industry.
He said in this video when he gets another interview with Josh Olin hes gonna ask him, what company would allow someone who has pretty much dumped all over their work give him an interview?
He accused MS's call of duty deal also (still need proof), MS are gonna refuse his interviews.
Hes lost his credibility by throwing out accusations, he should have spoken with a fairer mind.

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BigO5531d ago

Yea microsoft spends most of their money on propaganda advertising and paying companies off. Just like FOX news if you got the money you can buy anything. GREEDY sons of bitches all we gamers is the best game you can make on our preferred system. I'm glad that sony uses their resources to develop new tech.

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trounbyfire5532d ago

dang the video player doesn't work on ps3 browser. have to get up and go to the pc but i am lazy. can someone sum it up for me

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farhad2k85532d ago

Basically, the dude found out that ACtivision dont give a crap about the PS3, they use less memory on the PS3 PORTS so it becomes slow i.e. black ops.

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NYC_Gamer5532d ago

most 3rd party devs cater to the 360 because its cheaper development wise

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GT FLYINGDOG5531d ago

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vhero5531d ago

Exactly I been saying this for the last 4 years but I get called from all the fanboys and be labelled a fanboy myself. It's a simple fact that its cheaper to develop for the 360 but the fanboys think in their heads that its because the console is more powerful. I mean we all know it's not that case at all it's all about the developers which is why we should stop these stupid comparison articles as they prove nothing unless there is MASSIVE noticeable differences in the game like with FFXIII.

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scar205532d ago

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Malicious5532d ago

It's from HHG so it's safe to say that this is BS.

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units5532d ago

pretty much

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outwar60105532d ago

hes done some good stuff before like the time he went to gamestop with a hidden cam and proved how the staff consciously try to undersell the ps3 and are pushy when it comes to the 360(it was over a year ago but it stuck with me and cant find link)

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Ravenor5531d ago

Wow, he's quite the Erin Brokovich! Did he do it all in Stilleto's and a short skirt? I'm curious. Who cares what Gamestop employee's say? Who really listens to any teenager behind a counter?

This vid is crap.

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scar205532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Joined 10 days ago safe to say your a troll.

Watch the video then you will have your words eaten right out of your mouth.

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thrasherv35532d ago

I saw the title and was very interested. Then i saw the website...

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gunnerforlife5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

just watch the video, if there was no ex employee then hes the one that could get in trouble, for lying! if there was then boi someone needs to sort out there sh1t badly or there's gone be trouble.

Edit at below: well usually when someone says something like that it gives of the impression that you haven't and wont watch it. But if you say you've watched it then you've watched it :)

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thrasherv35532d ago

What makes you think i didn't watch it? I in-fact DID watch it, I just didn't enjoy it.

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Klipz-Wish5532d ago

Wow talk about having haters

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thrasherv35532d ago

What?

I don't "hate" him like you suggested. I just don't enjoy his videos. I can't dislike something without hating it? People jump to conclusions on this site way too much...

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Klipz-Wish5532d ago

Yeah but i dont see what in this video would make you dislike it. Its not as if he was acting as he usually does which then i can understand why you would probably dislike it; unless you have a problem with him personally.

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theafroman5532d ago

i hope activision puts some more effort on ps3 titles,sure they dont look as good as xbox titles but hell black ops got some probls

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poopoojames5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

HHG old boy get rid of that stupid bandanna it's like you're livin in the 90's. Otherwise you're a cool guy.

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Parapraxis5532d ago

Even Antoine Dodson lost the bandanna.

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GoldPS35532d ago

It's for waves dude.

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xX TriiCKy Xx5532d ago

Its called a Du-Rag.

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xX TriiCKy Xx5532d ago

Why the disagrees? That's seriously what its called. Google it if you don't know.

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Dark_king5531d ago

or Handkerchief http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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GoldPS35532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

From here on out you can bet COD will be shit on the PS3 version. Don't settle for this guys. Don't support Activision. Put your money into KZ3 and R3.

Edit: Sony could sue Activision and Treyarch for this. Man the future of gaming is gonna get real nasty guys.

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xX TriiCKy Xx5532d ago

I agree. And I only bought Black Ops because I hadn't owned a CoD since 2. I played MW (CoD 4) over a bud's house and fell in love, but I never bought it. I had no interest in WaW or MW2, so I got this. Sure, its good. But I feel like I wasted 60 bucks for sub-par quality on my PS3. Once I get AC:Brotherhood in a couple of days, I'm almost certain BO will start gathering dust...

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xX TriiCKy Xx5532d ago

Speaking of loving CoD 4, would anyone be willing to trade it for KZ2 on PS3? I still haven't bought it. :D If you're interested, hit me up on a pm.

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Hell-Helghast5532d ago

I don't understand how sony can sue activision and treyarch could you enlighten i'm kinda confused thanx.

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Blaine5532d ago

You can't win in this situation. Even if you do somehow get enough people to boycott the game in a significant way, what's the result? Activision notice the PS3 sales are lower and they make even less effort on the next game...

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Umb5531d ago

Only when the PS3 sold number exceed the x360, then all these lazy, unskilled, greedy, etc., developer/publishers will take notice. More consoles sold means bigger potential consumer base = more $$$$.

I personally do not support these type of dev/publishers since these types of practices only reinforces their mentality that - "it's OK, we know the fanbase will still buy our product even if its crap." Sadly they are correct in what they say too! Look at the RROD fiasco lol.

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rulakir5532d ago

Well whatever. Sony has so many first party studios to bring us games other than these FPS, and yes I do enjoy FPS quite a lot, Sony does not depend on FPS. I love to play other genres of games, and Sony has what I like.

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Buffniceguy5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

I don't own games from activision I think they suck that is why not into any of there games.

I really don't and I have alot of Ps3 games proud to say not one from activision but really there games suck to me.

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ZombieNinjaPanda5532d ago

Almost watched the video. Almost.

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Saint-Revlot5532d ago

HHG is my dog. I support you pal.

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SSKILLZ5532d ago

well said HHG i couldn't agree more, that's some real truth right there.

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Saint-Revlot5532d ago

YOU GET BUBS.

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mac4u105532d ago

Real talk HHG after seeing him on HOME theater, how can people still possibly hate on him, i traded my copy in for Assassins creed BH and only payed £1.00 :)

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visualb5532d ago

im no HHG fan, and never watch his "guessing" videos, but this was interesting, and short

no way of proving he actually got that email but, hey, still worth considering. Just ask this:

Why are so many games equal on both consoles, yet COD:BO not?

reason please =)

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Lyr1c5531d ago

Because the 360 is better...Duh. /s

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AllyOmega5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Wait a second...
This guy says that during the memory test, the 360 used 512MB of RAM, while the PS3 was using 256 MB of ram... which makes sense, in the context that they were only showing the RAM being used for the video and not the other 256MB of RAM being used for the sound (which is, in my knowledge, the way that the PS3 uses its RAM. i.e. 256 for video processing and 256 for sound) or vice-versa. I call shenanigans on this "report." I do, however, agree that Activision does seem to have a lack of interest in the PS3, which is a big mistake this late in the generation considering both consoles are currently nearly at the same level in terms of sales. Activision needs to reconsider their strategy for the PS3.

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iceman065532d ago

I think that a LOT of companies are still living in 2007 and are still managing their strategies around the idea that PS3 is not profitable. The smarter ones have recently started to see that there is money to be made and are trying to support on an equal basis. Those being EA and Ubisoft.

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GigaGaia5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Activision ruined Tony Hawk and many other great gaming franchises. It's a matter of time before they completely ruin Call of Duty.

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Lyr1c5531d ago

As well as Crash Bandicoot.

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skyfire22615532d ago

I don't see what HHG is call BS on.

The PS3 has 256MB of Main memory and 256MB of memory dedicated to the RSX. Xbox360 ha 512MB of memory combined for both system and GPU.

In other words devs have to approach each system with a different train of thought when utilizing system resources.

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wampdog295532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Yeah, I was going to bring this exact thing up. I also wanted to add in that what is HHG talking about 512 MB and 256 MB being shown? Was it on some screen somewhere? He "noticed" the PS3 game "only" using 256 MB of RAM... well, maybe that was a graphics screen, and therefore would only be able to show 256 because that's all there is.

HHG is cool sometimes, but honestly I doubt how much technical talk/knowledge he knows.

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AllyOmega5531d ago

Yes, that is exactly what u was trying to imply in my previous post. Does anyone know where i can get more info on how the tech works on both systems? i have a basic understanding but it's a bit blurry to me.

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Shirin5529d ago

Just listen to what this guys saying, and dont runa videogame portal if you dont even know this

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theonlylolking5532d ago

I think this is one of the only HHG vids that had the most factual stuff in it or at least made sense.

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Figboy5532d ago

As I've stated numerous times before, I used to work for Activision, and the amount of effort the various developers put into the PS3 versions of games pales in comparison to the effort put into the 360 version.

my prime example of this is when our team was doing memory tests for a game released last year, and the 360 was using all 512MB of RAM for the game. the PS3 was only using 256MB, and 1 of the 6 available SPUs.

and the developers had the nerve to bitch and complain about how "shitty the PS3 version is," instead of actually UTILIZING the tools available to get the PS3 version using it's features optimally. that wouldn't have required an extra year of dev time, maybe a few calls to Sony.

hell, the ATVI office i was working in was only a hop skip and a jump from Santa Monica Studios and Naughty Dog, who were also located in the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles. it's not like those devs haven't shown a willingness to share their knowledge.

when i was having an interview with Insomniac in Burbank, some of the Naughty Dog devs were visiting to discuss tech with Insomniac. this was before Uncharted 2 and Resistance 2 had come out. i got to chat with one of the programmers for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune while i waited in the lobby, and he was a cool, down to earth guy. he was pretty surprised when i said i had beaten Uncharted 3 times already. lol. as a programmer, i imagine he doesn't get much direct feedback from fans.

anyway, my point is that there are resources available to developers concerning optimal coding for the PS3, and companies like Activision don't bother to utilize it. they want console parity.

which is funny, considering that last generation, when the original Xbox was much more powerful than the PS2, many developers didn't shy away from coding to the Xbox's strengths, even when using the PS2 as the common denominator for programming. and the PS2 architecture was just as much of a bitch to code for as the PS3. funny, how that's worked out THIS generation, with developers/publishers suddenly championing "console parity."

i won't go as far as saying it's nationalist, but i WILL say there is a developer bias/preference going on concerning the PS3 and 360 that goes beyond just the "difficult" architecture of the PS3. we're 4 years into the PS3's life cycle, and many of these guys have done multiple PS3 titles. you'd think they'd have learned SOMETHING about the console's architecture.

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RageAgainstTheMShine5532d ago

well said mate, well said.

its an intricately complex situation based on simple political reasons. but no matter how much crap M$ throws at the PS3, for the last 5 years they have Utterly Failed to put the good console down.

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MGRogue20175532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Another pointless article.. from none other than.. Yo, Yo, Yo.. It's the HipHopGamer Show!

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kurochi5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Sorry guys, I can't stand the music in the background and how ghetto (which is his right) he spoke. IF YOU WANT TO BE A CREDIBLE SOURCE FOR REPORTING ANYTHING, stop using words like "YO", "LIKE", "SHIT", "SHOUT-OUT", "DUDE", "DAWG" over and over again.
Why is this news? Albeit I'll give him credit for bringing this issue up, but he needs to go to journalism school or something so that he doesn't look like a chump sitting at his mom's basement filming a "news-reel".....
sorry, my ranting is over.

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iceman065532d ago

Ummm...no! Why don't you just come down off of your elitist high horse and realize that those words are no longer JUST part of the "ghetto" or urban vernacular. Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb don't use DUDE or DOG or LIKE?? I've even heard local newscasters and those on CNN giving SHOUT OUTS??? In fact, I would say that urban and hip hop culture has bled over into society so much that the average person has NO IDEA how much of common language (what we speak when we are NOT writing a college thesis) comes from it.
In short, I don't have issues with you not liking him because he doesn't appeal to your tastes. But, he is a common man from a modest background chasing a dream. Sure, some journalism courses might help. But, consider this as on the job training. It's cool to give constructive criticism...but you just sound harsh in your judgment.

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kurochi5531d ago

you're right, that is my judgment. It is my right to feel that way. people can speak their "ghetto/urban vernacular" if they want (I do occasionally also).

And so f-ing what if I'm elite??? You still can't deny what I said about IF THIS GUY WANTS TO BE A CREDIBLE SOURCE FOR REPORTING "ANYTHING", he needs to go to school and learn to report properly and stop using the same 10 word vocabulary that he's been using repeatedly. My constructive criticism for him is: get the F to school and get a degree in journalism instead of staying at your mom's basement making 3rd rate videos.

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pixelsword5531d ago

Kurochi, I've said this only a few times in my life so please listen, because it's a disgrace for you and you only:

You sound like a fool if you believe a person for how he says something rather than what he says.

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beast242tru5532d ago

thats a real shame f*cking shame a great respectible company like sony getting f**ked by these snotts

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ufo8mycat5532d ago

So thats why 90% of PS3 multiplats look like trash.

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Daigo_Umehara5532d ago (Edited 5532d ago )

Here in Japan we already knew that. Activion games very, very bad.
Microsoft pays to screw japanese video game Ps3. Very unfair competition. Very bad for videogames.

We only smile. Activision games horrible anyway.

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bigjclassic5531d ago

The American gaming media in general have been pro xbox since hell xb1. They trashed GCN even though GCN had better games. This gen its we don't need HDMI, we don't need Motion controls they are for babies and now here comes MS with built in HDMI and Kinect like they weren't against these things in 2006.

As an IT professional, I shy away from all things MS personally. PSWii is the way to go.

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IrishYamato5532d ago

The article title should have read "Ex-Activision Employee Reveals Evil Plot". It would make Kotick look more like a villian and possibly foil his (obvious) plan for world domination.

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KotC5532d ago

I don't think so HHG, nice try though.

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Pehdahosman5532d ago

Is that you Mr.koctick you son of a bitch you

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raiden-495531d ago

Dont be such a TROLL!

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Pehdahosman5530d ago

Don't be such a fail

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beast242tru5532d ago

das aight im glad sony has tons of high quality devs to bring AAA game all year every year 2011 will see tons of great ps3 exclusives

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ger23965532d ago

regardless if true or not, its still us the consumer who has the power. Yet we continue to support these companies with our hard earned money. Why?

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phantomexe5532d ago

Not a big fan of this guy but he is right. I haven't looked at anyone else post because its a given that theres alot of fanboy post. I wouldn't want a dumped down port on my 360 or ps3.

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ForROME5532d ago

Read my posts for the past 2 years- I'll say it again

Boycott Activision they are assaulting our wallets, go after theirs, they want to change the gaming industry model, fight em

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TANUKI5532d ago

I agree. We (PS3) shouldn't have to tolerate the poor port handling. NO gamer should (and I really mean it)!

The best way to tell off those grubby developers? "Vote" with your wallet and buy exclusives.

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SpinalRemains1385532d ago

Could be some validity to this. I am not familiar with how the 2 consoles divide their RAM, as 2 previous posters stated, but I have seen the PS3 versions of multiplats needlessly suffer. Doesn't take a genius to realize that after 4 years it has to be more than just the old "Foreign architecture" argument. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if some of these outfits were either...

A - rushing the PS3 version simply because it's better to release said game on time and patch later, or

B - get paid under the table by Microsoft and produce a subpar game intentionally. In the corporate world, stranger things have happened.

Least it's a good thing that SONY's first party studios can produce the best console games this gen. If it weren't for them, half these fanboy 360 rants would hold some water.

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tigerstyle5532d ago

mad props hip hop gamer. u dope.

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vampstreak5532d ago

i wouldn't be surprised if this were true

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A LIVING LEGEND5532d ago

ForRome-exactly.
The sad truth is that the monster we feed we did indeed create....and lament it's existence daily.
I don't subscribe to conspiracy theorist monthly but greed weekly rings a bell.
You can't stop the bleeding......only bandage the wound.

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blackburn55532d ago

Even if this was true, do you think anyone would seriously believe it? People barely even recognize the bias the gaming world has with the PS3 right now and you want them to believe conspiracy theories? Please.

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Skyreno5532d ago

i believe what he sayiny, Activsion can go to hell

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TwistedMetal5532d ago

at x360 getting dlc first for this game u retards. activision if payed will do anything. M$ gives them some extra money on the side and says give us the timed dlc and make sure that our version is the best version so activision dumbs down the ps3 version because they know people will still buy the game. So its nothing but profit and benefits activision.

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media735532d ago

Take that jonny off your head gangsta fool. And stop talking like that. Fool.

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cstyle5532d ago

I like HHGS but you you are pretty naive if you believe that.If ports to ps3 are not up to standard it mostly sonys fault for making the ps3 so difficult to develop for. Even now the ps3 has been out for years and some devs still have problems coding for it. Even some of its first party studios included.This will continue into next gen too because if they want ps4 to be backwards compatible they have to stick with the same architecture.

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venom065532d ago

THIS DUDE IS GONNA GET STRAIGHT SUED BY ACTIVISION !!!! enjoy it while you can homie!!

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digger185531d ago

If, what he said was true, He's not the one going to be sued.

If there is any evidence to back this up, two big name companies will be for the high jump. This ain't going to be pretty

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theroadtoruin5532d ago

didn't need anyone one to tell me that. lol

its obvious by their actions.

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chase1675532d ago

Activision games suck anyway

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CombineElite5531d ago

Activision is so lame. I'm glad I didn't buy MW2 or Black Ops. No more Call of Duty for me ever.

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Masterchef20075531d ago

I know that if they really put the effort they can make the PS3 version equal to the 360 one and even better in some areas. But they refuse to do it because it sells the most on the 360

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maxcer5531d ago

HHG, your implying these multiplat games only use 256MB(ps3) vs 512MB(360). your wrong buddy, if that was the case then the ps3 versions of these game would be disgusting looking/playing. but you know what, they look just as good. so that means your so called source from activision is either fake, full of shit, or mad he got canned...

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simonrope5531d ago

Hiphopgamer? looooooooool. yeah, right.

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madpuppy5531d ago

You know what would be really funny, IF Sony got one of it's studios to create an exact "copy" of COD done with their skill, copying feature for feature everything that COD is. levels, weapons, badges, similar single player and leveling. I am talking about an unashamed mirror image of COD, just to show what COD would be like if made by a dev that knows what it is doing with the PS3.

I know it will never happen, but, it would be interesting and fun to see the result gamewise and player opinion.

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Jdoki5531d ago

I don't believe in these conspiracy theories - but E3'10 showed that Activision is strengthening ties with MS, and EA is strengthening ties with Sony.

If we consistently poor ports fromActi on the PS3 - and we see the PS3 being lead platform for EA - then it's obvious that these business agreements are favouring their respective partners.

Ultimately all businesses want to make a profit. So it doesn't make sense for Activision to wilfully gimp a PS3 version. Eventually that will bite them in backside when people stop buying their products. I think making multiplats as close to parity as possible is a sensible strategy, and then favour a specific platform with exclusive DLC and modes - which is effectively what we've seen with Black Ops. (I don't like this idea, but from a business point of view it makes sense rather than releasing a shoddy port)

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artdafoo5531d ago

For al you morons who don't think this is possible then go look at COD 4 and W@W on the PS3. How the fuck can a new game like Wak Ops look and play worse than games that are 3 years old ? Fuck Treyarch, Activision, and that 70's haircut dick.

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NJShadow5531d ago

I hope everyone realized that the PS3 only has 256 MB GDDR 3RAM, although an additional 224 MB can be shared with system RAM.

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Adolph Fitler5531d ago

My copy of blacks ops on my PS3 runs perfectly in my eyes. I have noticed no frame rate issues (mind you, I have only played free for all online...but apart from capaign deathmatch and team deathmatch is all I'll ever play)...

Anyway, Black Ops is my favorite COD so far, and the free for all matches are wicked and the best fps online experience to be had this side of Killzone 2 & 3.

But if Activision were to start f%$king up PS3 ports because they were on MS's d%#k.....Well, I could just cull another game from the masses I have either bought, want to buy, or will buy in future.

I mean Activision would be morons to give 40+ million (same user base numbers as 360 basically) PS3 owners any reason to switch to one of the other billion fps's that are either out there, or on the way. 360 has Halo as exclusive aaa quality fps....PS3 has Resistance, Killzone, & Mag, and Restance series is about to hit no. 3, Killzone no 2 (as in Killzone 3 but 2nd on PS3), and a MAG sequel is a no brainer.

Then factor in Crysis 2, Bulletstorm, Bodybag, Homefront, Medal Of Honor, Battlefield, Fear, and that is just the tip of the iceberg for future potential upcoming fps games. Activision could lose monstrous sales from dropping the ball in too many areas....Bobby Kotick has already confirmed his scumbag-ism, and has the potential to harm Activision when he opens his dumb arse mouth, moreso than Kenny Kutaragi did for Sony.

I for one am already why I would bother buying future COD's, I mean, talk of online fees for there games, charging more for the original game at retail knowing as a customer that they are holding things back from the game to charge more for 2 weeks after release, and 2 out of these 5 new online maps being from the game before it...lol, what a joke Activision have already become. I haven't bought one map pack for a COD game, and I will continue to shun them.... I will however spend that money instead on quality PSN releases like Dead Nation, Wipout, SSDHD, Everyday Shooter, and other such games that make me feel I have not been screwed in the poo chute, and I am actually rewarding excellent developers my cash for releasing the real content on PSN.

But back to Activision and there greed, and how that greed even spread to IW and caused that shit fight there.....Now Most of the original IW team are ghosts in the Activillion offices, I think it seems likely any new development team will be rushed into releasing games (like Treyarch copped initially) with the COD banner, and therefore the games will get more & more tripe. I mean even under the original IW's team, MW to MW2 got worse rather than better....MW1 had a better campaign, better online maps and equal online play....even the graphics of MW1 seemed better than it's cartoonish looking sequel.

And even though I like Treyarch's COD's better than the MW's due to much better single player games and equal online, after getting through several levels of Black Ops......
I see no real reason to buy the next one knowing that it will entail jungle sections and maps, snow sections & maps, Desert sections & maps, etc,etc.

Maybe it's time they tried something a little different to break up the monotony of the games, as staleness is starting to set in. Give us a Die Hard fps, or a Evil Dead fps/horror title.

An artist that paints, does not want to continue painting paperbark tree after paper bark tree, or lion after lion, they want to do a portrait here, a delapitated building there, a horse, a giraffe, whatever....but not the same topic over and over.

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Blues Cowboy5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Hmm. We all need to take this story with a pinch of salt.

First of all, the word of an embittered ex-employee should not be trusted without corroboration. Secondly, there's no evidence of conspiracy... just yet another developer getting to grips with the PS3's capabilities (that Sony have admitted to future proofing by making it difficult to develop for initially). Thirdly, have you any idea how ridiculous the idea of a multiplatform publisher "not giving a sh*t" about the PS3 is? Maybe in the year after launch. MAYBE. But not anymore.

Not to mention that people become less intelligent every second they watch an HHG video. Just saying.

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dazreah5531d ago

Well this is sad its pure Bull and anyone with a brain will know it. The Sony fans on this site just make me laugh they eat this crap up. The world is not out to get Sony a company would not risk millions of dollars by making crappy ports because another company paid them the risks would be to big. But hey its anti MS so it will do well on this site the admin and owners of this site should be ashamed of this place. Change the name to Newsforfanboys and you have it about right.

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lucifon5531d ago

Pointless rubbish. Activision 'dont give a shit about the PS3'? I'm pretty sure they care about something which is pulling in over 40% of their sales from their biggest franchise.

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Garnett5531d ago

I was like "Oh shit, did they really?" then i seen its HipHopLamer and now im like "Oh, i call bullshit".

Just a popular Sony fanboy making up shit.

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bigjclassic5531d ago

they have the little kid market that made games like Halo and GTA pop culture phenomenons. Every little kid is going to want black Ops, and Acti knows this. They do not have to try at all because they are kings of that market now. Hell CoD is the new Halo, its not going anywhere until another shooter just as mindless and easy to adapt to comes out.

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tsn5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Its disgusting just because Activison has ties with Xbox they are digging it in the ground.

But this isnt a Ps3 vs Xbox topic its about how bad Actvision games are now theres like 3 CoD's per year just pumping it out putting a new skin on it etc and they are not even close to polished on BOTH systems and the problem is these are the most popular games so basically a company that puts not effort into their games for the past few years is running the gaming industry thats a big problem they are killing gaming.

I bet they pay reviewers alot of money to put out good rating or the critics are brainwashed in the hype.

Again I dont care what console you buy their games on this company doesnt give a fk about anyone.

In 6 months time 5 million people will be buying the same game from these idiots.

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stuntman_mike5531d ago

i wonder if sony will reply to this....?

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tsn5531d ago

What you think they dont know?

Doesnt take much thinking why you game is running worse than worse specced system... thats the facts not fanboy.

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EditorAtGNG5531d ago

I tried to watch the video but, the intro itself made me vomit. Who knows, it might have been a good story after all.

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BX815531d ago

By far the best HHG Vid yet! This is news that we should hear about. I like the fact that you know he wanted to be the 1st to get it out from a journalist stand point, but you can tell he felt more obligated as a true gamer! Big ups. Now on to this whole situation. I haven't played the PS3 version but I do know the 360 version def. had it's hiccups online. Either way I'm glad someone from within finally came out and confirmed what we as gamers have noticed. Shitty ports.

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Chapulin5531d ago

Good thing PS3 has many great exclusives coming. Shame on the lazy devs.

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kesvalk5531d ago

i thought someone ad discovered something this time, until i saw that was hiphop gamer... way to get hits huh?

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HeartDisease5531d ago

dumbed down is not the correct term to use here. that would mean the ps3 version started out better and was then reduced in quality. "not optimized" would fit better. activision does not optimize their code to run properly on the ps3 architecture to take advantage of its spus and shared ram system. im sure they do some optimization, but just enough to leave it below the xbox version.

naturally they do not make it so sub par that you fools dont shell out your money to them constantly, just enough so any comparison done leaves the ps3 with the inferior version. even if its just a minor issue, the sub par system in any comparison gets the fanboys singing their console of choices praises and trash talking the competition. this implants a "brand superiority" in consumers that may carry over into their purchase habits. business at its finest.

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TheRealist21025531d ago

Nice vid hiphop. It's a shame to see Multi Plstform (MP) tiles look so bad on ps3 than xbox. After all this time one would think that the MP dev's would be better schooled on how to get the most out of the ps3. Shame on the MP publishers and lazy developers.

Hats off to Sony first party dev's.

:Gamers are divided and we will always lose because of it:

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tregreigns5531d ago

The PS3 only has 256mb of ram
The xbox 360 has 512 mb of ram

The ps3's ram is twice as good as the xbox's so it's equivalent to 512mb.

The memory test would have shown 256mb of ram but that ram is twice as good.

So his argument is invalid.

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TABSF5531d ago

PS3 has 512MB
360 has 512MB

PS3 - XDR 256MB and GDDR3 256MB
360 - GDDR3 512MB

XDR is quicker than the PS3 and 360 GDDR3 but it was made for different reason than gaming, some developer have overcome this and used the XDR to the PS3 advantage.

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TABSF5531d ago

I think this is becuase of the two different memory architectures.

The PlayStation 3 has
XDR 256MB
GDDR3 256MB

Having two different memory architectures can be very difficult to program for, remember XDR is many times faster than PS3 GDDR3 and they were made for different purposes.

The Xbox 360 has
GDDR3 512MB

The Xbox has the advantage of have a single unified memory architectures which is dedicated to graphics.

Of course developers are lazy especial from large corporate companies such as Activision, EA and Ubisoft.

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the deele5531d ago

I still can't understand how some people actually believes this nonsense. It would be one thing if only activision titles had this issue on the ps3, but that is simply not the case. Ghostbusters, Bayonetta, Assassin's Creed 2 and others have the same issue, and with Ghostbuters the PS3 was the lead platform. It's up to Sony to make their system accessible for all developers, not just first party.

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Emilesox5531d ago

So ex-employee is dissin former employer. wow

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Tzuno5531d ago

I am not a racist but HHG is the most stupid show that annoys me because is full o deceiving stuff. It's like this guy tries every time to convince us that, how should i put it ahhh yes "that the soup is meant to be eaten with a fork.

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eARThRiot5531d ago

WORD

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BrianC62345531d ago

This is why I didn't buy Black Ops and won't be buying another COD or Activision game. They just milk every game they make and don't care about quality.

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LolololRumz5531d ago

It wouldn't surprise me if Activison were 'dumming down' PS3 versions. However they seems to have missed a vital fact.

He only said 256 of ram, the PS3 only has 256MB XD ram!
The 360 has 512MB DDR3 ram, this means that they are pretty much both the same as XD runs twice as fast as DDR3.

So unless he clears this up then its all rubbish

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retro5531d ago

Hmmmm... I lolled when I heard that Xbox 360 uses 512mb RAM and PS3 only 256mb RAM.

Either this dude is uninformed or he doesn't understand a single thing about the different memory models used in Xbox 360 and PS3 (256mb RAM, 256mb Video Memory). Not a single game on PS3 can use more than 256mb RAM. DUUUUUDE!

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EskiJoe5531d ago

Serious question (because i dont know):

Why can the ps3 only use 256 mb RAM?

Like if i have a computer with, let's say 2 ram blocks.. each 256 mb. It shows up as 512 mb... Does it mean I only can have a texture that is 256 mb because my memory is physically split?

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Raider695531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

The problem is that in the PS3 the 256RAM is split from the 256VRAM between RSX and the CELL!Another problem is that to program for the cell chip and achieve maximum performance you have to know "Vector Programming"!And Vector Programming is a hard language to learn!C+ and C++! !

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EskiJoe5531d ago

Thanks for the reply, but I'm still confused...

I'll leave this at that, and may research this myself later.

Regarding the programming, you could just use the open.gl-ES library... Yea I believe its C++

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Raider695531d ago

You are right!But some people dont understand that RAM is different of VRAM!Thats why some are statating the PS3 has 512GB of RAM too!Not true!

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Denethor_II5531d ago

The only guff I hold is, that if MS paid for exclusive dlc until the end of 2012, then I should have to pay less for the PS3 version.

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Raider695531d ago

If people dont liked why are they buying it!Reviews for CO BO were out before the game release! And those reviews state that the PS3 version was inferior!

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fight4love5531d ago

Don't buy crappy ports. They won't change unless you do. Next year there gonna release another call of duty game. Don't preorder it. Wait and see how the port on the ps3 is. If it is equal to the xbox 360 game than by all means buy it. If not don't waste your money on a crappy port. This is not just for cod, if any game has a crappy port don't support it. Its the only way these developers will change.

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PSK225531d ago

Activision? Man I never even brought a Call a Duty or any game from Activision. I'll even choose Square Enix over Activision any day.

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Shirin5529d ago

WHY CANT YOU PPL THINK, he is talking bullshit cause he dosnt know shit about video game development and the consoles them selfs, the ps3 has only 256 video memory the rest is not video memory, so it cant be used as video memory, the reason why black ops suck on the ps3 cause they didnt give a shit not the video memory

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MrPresident3105526d ago

Wow. This is the stupidest fucking thing Ive ever heard. I cant believe you people buy into this shit. Nothing about this video says to me that this guy has any idea of what hes talking about. If he does in fact have so employee from Activision that wrote that email, its probably a disgruntled temp tester who was let go after one project, is a Sony fan boy, and wants to look cool to this dip shit. Im not saying Activision is the best publisher in the world, or the smartest, or looking out for anything other than their pockets, but to say that they are purposely tanking a game to make one console manufacturer happy when there are 3, thats just fucking stupid. Every console has limitations, and things that set it back. In Sonys case its their network. ITS FREE PEOPLE. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAYED FOR. Wake up and stop listening to such bullshit from a guy who doesnt even seem like he could spell the word "conspiracy".

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UK-SCAR5523d ago

It's charlie Murphy...

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

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Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL1d 2h ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

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galgor23h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

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PRIMORDUS22h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

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Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

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Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan51d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

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franwex51d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

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Profchaos51d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

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bsingle4051d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown50d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

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dveio51d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

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blacktiger51d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

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XBManiac50d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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XBManiac50d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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Xbox May Update: Retro Classics Come to Xbox Game Pass, PC Gaming Updates, and More

darthv72|240d ago |News|6|

A variety of new updates are available this month across the gaming platforms. Coming today, Retro Classics games are available to play for Xbox Game Pass members. Players who stream on the Xbox app on PC now have an additional streaming option with GeForce Now. Game Bar introduces quick settings, visual updates for Widgets in Compact Mode, and coming soon, Microsoft Edge Game Assist, an in-game browser that brings an immersive game-centric experience to Edge. And Xbox gift cards can now be redeemed for any amount via Xbox Rewards.

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darthv72240d ago

While i appreciate the gesture.... all of these retro classics have been made available everywhere else. I am hoping to see some other Activision properties make their way out of the shackles of the 5th, 6th and 7th gen. Licensing be damned... bring back the Transformers Cybertron games.

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P_Bomb239d ago

Love the Cybertron games! TF games have been shit lately. Would love to see that era revisited. I even did the multiplayer!

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MrBaskerville239d ago

Is the retro classics for all consoles?

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Obscure_Observer240d ago

Metaphor on Gamepass just announced! O.o

Seriously, this is the best generation of Xbox ever!!!

We can´t catch a freaking break from awesome games arriving all the time!!!

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Deathdeliverer239d ago

It’s a HELL of a game. If you like JRPGs in the family of Persona, you will be in heaven… that is until you hear the various battle music…. then you’ll be somewhere BEYOND heaven!

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babadivad239d ago

Just finished Clair Obscur. This should be fun.

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