EA is so inferior... I mean they blast the PS3.

[DuckRacer]

Yeah, I just saw that.

Today, Ubisoft amended its statement, saying that currently only the PS3 version of Free Radical's shooter is in development. The France-based publisher also noted that it was still leaving the door open in the future for "new partnerships," but currently the game is indeed only planned for the PS3. A spokesperson said, "The official statement on PC and Xbox 360 is that these platforms are not confirmed."

Assassin's Creed all over again.

I'm guessing they "dropped" the 360 and PC versions partly for marketing reasons –*if it's a PS3 exclusive, you're going to be in all of Sony's montages and be on the front cover of many PlayStation fan mags, among other things. Another reason is because of the competition –*PC has Crysis, 360 has Halo 3, both have Call of Duty 4. If they did a simultaneous release on all three platforms this fall, few people on the PC and 360 side would buy Haze when there's a better alternative(s). They'll announce early next year the other two versions and have them release shortly afterwards when the competition isn't nearly as stiff –*they won't have to go up against Halo, Crysis, and Call of Duty, and since the PS3 version is releasing this fall instead of next spring, they won't be Killzone'd either.

And Ubisoft is publishing this – if it's a fairly major title, it's going to be multiplatform. I doubt they're going to miss out on the sales the 360 and PC crowd would give them.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

They'll announce early next year the other two versions and have them release shortly afterwards when the competition isn't nearly as stiff

Just to be clear, you mean you believe they will. For now, it's officially a PS3 exclusive. That may or may not change.

After all, you can apply that same logic to some of the 3rd party exclusive 360 games, and say, hey, there are now nearly 5 million PS3s, close to half that of 360's... that's certainly large enough of a market to release their games on.

But as far as any official word, Haze is now an exclusive title for PS3.

 

[LaBounti]

And Ubisoft is publishing this – if it's a fairly major title, it's going to be multiplatform. I doubt they're going to miss out on the sales the 360 and PC crowd would give them.

The same could have been said for Bioshock since they did not feel like telling anyone they had a deal with Microsoft until it was already released. Bioshock would be coming next year too then.

 

[crimson_menace]

I've never really liked ea sports anyway. I now know that they're just a bunch of whiny third-rate lazya$$ developers. I won't be missing them. The PS3 is a great system, ea just don't want to work to make a good game.

Screw 'em. 👎

 

[Sprite]

So far from what I've played, most if not all of the X-box ports have been bad (take the totally rubbish Blazing Angels"), but I do like some of the EA games, but since there is a choice involved I will always use my own mind to make it.

Tiger Woods or Everybodys Golf?
Burnout or Ridge Racer (not exactly a direct comparison )?
Fifa or Pro Evo?

and since EA makes the MOH games, which ive never liked, but did love BF1942 (with DC patch), choice is always a good thing, but maybe the point to this post is, "Please EA make the choice, a choice between two good games instead of a P*ss poor one and a good one"

 

[mjv4235]

I just download EA games on to my pc b/c most of them are crap...but anyways this is my opinion.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

I just download EA games on to my pc b/c most of them are crap...but anyways this is my opinion.

For a first post, one admitting to, and advocating, piracy, is not a good start.

You'll need to try considerably harder than this if your stay here is to be anything other than short-term.

 

[rovens]

Funnily enough yes, Fifa has always been quite impressive, the last one I bought (world cup 2006) was really good on PS2... Like others have said I don't tend to think of the developers of Fifa following the usual trend that EA sets (they act independantly) and their trying harder may be party to do with the strong presence of the hugely popular Pro Evo that they have to battle with every year!... Sure, they have all the official names and shirts but they know they have to keep up with PES' realism. We will have to see if 08 on PS3 delivers in the end or not when the reviews start coming in, some games look great in previews and early hype but in the end they may fall short.

However when EA develop in an area they has exclusive rights to like nascar, rugby even harry potter etc the outcomes tend to be far worse. There is no reason why its harder to dev on PS3 or why the games should function or look worse. Even Ubisoft have gone so far as to make Haze PS3 exclusive because they find it the best system to dev for, totally contradicting what EA says.

Robin

IM glad you mention FIFA because to be fair to EA i feel that the FIFA games are always much better than other they put out, because of the Pro Evo competition. Hopefully Madden will improve when the exclusive lisence runs out.

 

[Dave A]

If I had thier email adress I'd slam them for that from every email account I have active.

As for FIFA, I agree, that's not a bad series, at least they have stepped up thier game to fight Pro Evo, but I still read this and think it stinks, it makes EA look bad. It makes them look cheap, and as though they arn't interested one bit in delivering a top quality title. The sad thing is, some divisions and teams at EA probably do, like the gus that work on FIFA who have attempted to step up to and beat Pro Evo, but for statments like this to come out, it puts the entire company in a bad light.

 

[Formula1Driver]

They usually do put out good titles, my brother is into soccer and usually buys them and they do look good. Fifa 08 will be a great title in part because Sony is doing a lot of work on it, I think they want to show off what they can do on the PS3.

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

FIFA08 will seriously give Pro Evo a run for it's money (especially for Australians due to the A-League's inclusion). The FIFA games have continually improved, and are really set apart from other EA titles. While EA can be quite lazy on some games, I really trust the FIFA team and I'm expecting something massive this year.