Clearly Bioshock publisher 2K Games is sick of people asking about a potential PS3 port of the title. Despite rumors suggesting the story-driven FPS might be coming to Sony's side of the fence, 2K Games representatives are adamantly insisting that no such port is in development, now or ever.
We get that they're trying to be clear, but 2K comes off sounding a bit like our dads. Their official statement on the 2K Games forums was: "There will be no PS3 version of BioShock. It has been explained time and time again." A bit harsh, no?
Still, the point has been made. Those looking to get their Little Sister fix will have to turn to the PC or Xbox 360 versions.
2K Games: No Bioshock on PS3; stop asking
93 Comments by Scott Jon Siegel Nov 14th 2007 8:55AM
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters
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So much for "keep hope alive!"
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Do you even understand attach rates?? You do realize that Nintendo has sold 13.5M Wiis vs 5.5M PS3s for Sony in the same time period...correct??? What exactly does this stat provide other than proof of your Sony "grasping at straws" fanboism???
Go look up attach rates and what insane console sales tend to do to those numbers...then post.
And you wonder why Jesus hates you. Oh well, I guess I really have to play connect the dots for retards here in this thread.
Marc mentioned horrible attach rates and horrible development tools. And so I attacked both fronts pointing out PS3 has a better attach rate than Wii and only slightly behind 360's this time in 360's lifecycle. What does this mean for the morons? The attach rate is not a problem since people who BUY a PS3 are BUYING games. This goes directly against the belief that BluRay is somehow the only reasn why people buy this system.
Did I say install base is fucking awesome or the lack thereof is troublesome? No, actually. BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MENTION IT. That simple. Clear cut and dry. He attacked attach rate, I defended attach rate.
Now if we're going to get into what attach rate matters more on which system, we could always compared first vs. third party sales. Especially in the Wii market but that's a derailing tactic. So in other words, before you accuse others of lack of intelligence, better be sure you're packing more than a slingshot.
"And so I attacked both fronts pointing out PS3 has a better attach rate than Wii."
Superior attach rates (THE ACTAUL NUMBER) potentially mean two things...either your console sells more games (GOOD), or your console doesn't sell very well(BAD). Not arguing that the attach rate is statistically higher on the PS3, but...it's a false positive. The PS3 does NOT have a BETTER attach rate because the number is entirely reliant on the fact that the damn console isn't selling. This is called analysis.
Further, since this really is about the 360...consider that the the 360 sold roughly 10M units in its first year compared to the 5-6M the PS3 will have sold.
"Did I say install base is fucking awesome or the lack thereof is troublesome? No, actually. BECAUSE HE DIDN'T MENTION IT. That simple. Clear cut and dry. He attacked attach rate, I defended attach rate."
Neither is mutually exclusive, thus my freaking point. The fact that you chose to defend the attach rate of the PS3 as being a positive shows that you had zero interest in investigating the reasons behind it's superiority. Ie..extremely poor console sales and so-so software sales. Again, yeah, the number is better for the PS3, but the reason it being better is really, really bad. But, whatever, take it for what it is.
"So in other words, before you accuse others of lack of intelligence, better be sure you're packing more than a slingshot."
And here I thought that that's what being wrong was all about.
/puts away slingshot.
not sure why Im bothering since you probably wont see it.
Ill make it real simple
If there was only 5 ps3 sold, and 10 wiis sold, and all those console owners only bought one game, the attach rate would be the same. Yes the wii has the potential to have a higher attach rate since it sold more but it doesn't.
The people that have the ps3 are buying more games for it than wii owners.
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You think or you thank??? Maybe kinda like you thought you were getting a PS3 but recieved a POS3
I plan on picking up a PS3, as soon as Sony earns my business. I'd be a dumb m-fer if I plunked down $500 bucks for promises. Call me when GoW3 and Ico 2 come out. Until then, I'll spend my money where I get actual returns.
Totally - GoW3 and Ueda's new title are the only two things that keep the PS3 in the running for me. We'll see what next holiday holds, yes?
We do have Riiiiidgerrrracerrrrr =)
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3145799&did=1
I totally appreciate 2K being straightforward on this.
Some other comapanies are a bit more vague when answering the same question, with the ".... is not planned on the ... at THIS time"
I'd much rather have harsh then the false hope that something is coming.
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IT'S CONFIRMED!!!!
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On point, it doesn't seem harsh to me how 2k asserted their point. They have a game with exclusive rights on the 360, which in turn is designed to help sell consoles. For it to do that they need to make it clear that it won’t be available to the PS3.
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Porting to wii makes more sense, because you're doubling you potential customers. Porting to PS3 only increases your potential customers by half.
So if you sold 1 million units to an install base of 10 million, you'd potentially only get a maximum of 500,000 additional sales to an install base of 5 million.
Depending on the expense of porting, this may or may not be worth while, because those sales are not guaranteed.
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source: www.vgchartz.com
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fps are starting to rub me the wrong way. its grown from dislike to HATE. especially when ass clown publishers think their game's are so high and mighty. buck that. buck bioshock. i dont need ja!!
oh and that other ass clown that made ninja gaiden for ps3 iam glad your not making another shitty ass ninja game for playstation. stick with nintendo you look like a nintendo character anyways.
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"WWWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! WHY DOES EVERYONE HATE sony!?"
It couldn't be more clear just how much you wanted BioShock and Ninja Gaiden 2 to be on the ps3....
LMAO!! Never seen it worded like that.
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