Levine admits there were "real screw-ups" and he "understands why people are pissed off" about the online copy protection verification for the game and it comes down to a classic victim of their own success story. They couldn't have planned the game would be such an insta-hit and they weren't prepared, so when all those people tried to verify their PC versions online during installation the server crashed. He also reiterated patches are in the works for the FOV issues and that the copy protection limit locked in for PCs will be raised. He also says at some point they will remove the online verification. He says there is nothing "insidious" in their copy-protection, it's the same as any other game that uses the same protection program.
Then there is the lingering question of the rumored PS3 version of BioShock found in the PC code. Levine responds quite clearly, "I promise you, there is no secret plan about the PS3 that we're keeping from people. There's no PS3 development going on that we're hiding. There's lots of stuff that gets into game code, plans change over time and we got an exclusive deal with Microsoft ... that's not a Rosetta Stone discovery."
Update: Full interview with Ken Levine is up.
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First of all, the only reason one would need to re-purchase a 360 is if they opened the system up and therefore completely voided the warranty. Even if your system is dead AND out of warranty (which is pretty tough now that the RRoD is covered for 3 years) MS will repair it for you for just over $100 and you will also get an additional one-year warranty on top of that just as if you were buying a new console.
So unless you are an impatient fool who would rather pay $350 for a new console immediately vs. waiting two weeks and paying $100, you DO NOT own more than one 360.
Unless you have purchased multiple systems for one household. Even then, the odds of all those systems being dead and out of warranty are damn near zero.
Anyways, back to playing Bioshock. On my way to Andrew Ryan's house as we speak.
That's all.
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Seriously Sony... better leave the war now, with your little dignity you have now.
Theres son reason to own a PS3, only if you want a movie player and a folding protein machine.
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I wish you could come up with something new to say every now and then.
Christ, Fernando, what's with the endless vendetta against the PS3?
jaja That was funny, seriously... a plus for you...
But you can deny that I often make people laugh. Imagine this site without guys like me or Curmeo.
But we dont want to extremist fanboys, like Godisamyth.
Or Im wrong and nobody wants me? =(
I can't be racist... Im brownie! =)
I mean, SOMEONE has to hate on the PS3! Might as well be a dude who has pretty hair.
No you provoke people. I'll grant you it is not nearly as bad as JonnyBoy2U, Godisamyth, etc. Still, it doesn't really contribute to my enjoyment of this site. We all dig at the other sides in this weird war, but if that's all you do then it ceases to be amusing.
*shrug* Do what you want, but don't act shocked at all the negative posts directed at you.
Haha, well said.
Lets all ignore the system with the small install base and no games by not giving them games...It's true quam!
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As for the widescreen cropping issue. Can someone please expain to me how "fixing the widescreen" is different than just zooming out slightly the camera perspective?
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Say, maybe they could trade? Ya know, Bioshock for MSG4 cross-platform release? Not that I plan on playing either game, but at least the PS3 crowd could be a little happier these days...
Easily the coolest single-player FPS experience I've every had (Unreal 2004 gets my vote for best multiplayer FPS).
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Why can't they just admit they got behind terrible DRM and do the right thing by ditching it?
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The problem is the server that registers the fact that you uninstalled the game went down. Once it is working, you could install the game 100 times as long as you uninstalled it 98 times along the way.
Thanks for the clarification. Not as bad as I thought then.
They do say they're working on a "revoke" tool to make that copy of the game unregister so that you get your game back, but it's still pretty much BS.
All this "copy protection" is going to do is drive people to get no-cd/dvd cracks for their software. I know that if I installed this game and the protection dicked me, the first thing I'd do is check the crack sites to see if anyone has cracked it yet. This kind of "protection" is bogus, and should be illegal.
Can somebody PLEASE start up a class action lawsuit against secuROM please. When you purchase a product, and then the product doesn't work, thats a defective product. And if all products do that, this sounds like class action fodder.
Its stuff like this that drives people to piracy, or at least supporting the haxxors that enable piracy (because its not really piracy if you bought the software and it just won't work).
Also, to all of those who are going on and on about how you can't play Bioshock if you don't have the internet, there is a manual activation option. Also, do you really think the kind of people that are going to play this game don't have an internet connection? My god. If you don't have one, the sign up for fucking net zero for free, register and then cancel. It's not like you need a damn 5M connection to register a game.
Sure, it makes the platform's fall lineup look weak in comparison. But Bioshock has nothing to do with "reasons to own a PS3."
I know a guy who got a PS3 just for bluray. How does Bioshock affect his purchase?
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I'm pretty sure Sony is MAKING money in this industry and MS is still LOSING money.
btw. I'll just buy the game for my 360 since it's not going to be available for my ps3.
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In any case Nintendo has had a net profit increase steadily for 50 years, so yeah theres that whole thing.