PS3 Serious Sam HD could happen if consumers want it

by Majed Athab on Jun 29th 2009 5:15PM

Speaking to G4, Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric said the company originally also wanted to do a PSN version of Serious Sam HD alongside the PC and XBLA releases, but cited time constraints as the major factor holding it back. "[We] couldn't get additional financing to support [the] extra development time needed," said Ribaric. "It was either to do PSN by the same date or forget about it."

Luckily, Croteam hasn't gone with the latter and hasn't completely ruled out releasing a PSN port sometime after the PC and XBLA versions. The Croteam CEO says he's heard from different offices in the industry that consumers are disenchanted with late ports; however, he's still interested in listening to what PS3 owners think. Is it worthwhile for Croteam to pursue? Would you wait for the PSN version? Send Croteam an e-mail or maybe start a petition online -- this might be one of the few times developers will actually listen.

PS3 owners, would you buy a late version of Serious Sam HD?
Yes, better late than never.	3308 (65.9%)
No. I didn't want BioShock, and I don't want this.	1712 (34.1%)

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Tags: croteam, fps, psn, roman-ribaric, serious-sam, serious-sam-hd, shooter

Reader Comments (63)

On behalf of consumers: We Want It!!

People will want it as long as it's not a sloppy port. Make a decent build of the game without being plagued with unexplainable bugs that any 3rd rate developers would be able to find.

Definitely remember having a great time playing the outdoor levels with friends, I'd love to see it on the PS3.

I don't even really have a good idea what this is, so I'm going with no...don't want it.

Of course it isn't good enough to want if you aren't familiar with it...

you couldn't do a simple google and youtube search and look at the reviews and then say yes, tmac? seriously!!!

Yep pretty much.

Online petitions don't really work.

Bionic Commando trophy patch disagrees with you. Although, I don't know if it was a petition or just the company getting tons of hate mail.

capcom is relatively good to their fans. it probably more from the petition, not the hate mail.

missing the point, there's no "I have an xbox so I want to screw with the poll results" option.

I chose no to screw with the poll results.

The PSP Assassins Creed Petition worked...

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious.

I'd buy it on the 360 if I get any version at all.. But HD or not, it seems to be missing over half the levels from the First Encounter.

Wow, quite a few people marked 'no' which kind of surprises me. Is it the whole idea of sloppy seconds souring people or do those people really not care much about the title?

I blame the kiddies who grew up with HALO instead of good ol' fashioned PC shooters like this or Half Life

I grew up with games like Doom, Wolfenstein and Rise of the Triads (port please), and would still rather play Halo. So let's not generalise.

moptimus, i didn't get into FPS til around 2006, and i want this. so i agree with snowblind. don't generalize.

Don't care for FPS in general, looks like crap so I wouldn't be getting it either way. But if someone wants it, good for them.

I never liked this game or knockoffs of it like Painkiller. I think there are enough people who like mindless rampaging to warrant making it though, especially on Xbox Live or PSN at a discounted price.

I don't think I've ever seen a screenshot of SS that did it justice. You have to play it (preferably with a ton of friends) to really get it.

I have a hunch majority of the no answerers are 360-fanboys.

Personally, I prefer my FPSs like god intended, on a PC.

I really don't get why this is on the main site and not the PS3 fanboy site. You're just going to get a lot of non-ps3 owners voting on the poll.

This game will never work on a console.

What? I played the Gamecube Serious Sam, and it was awesome. Have you played a console FPS in the last decade?

Just curious - why do you say that?

Wait, Lario are you talking to me or Eggy?

I was talking to Eggy. I have never played SS, but am looking forward to picking this up. I figure if L4D can pull off the insane shooter, SS should be fine.

Because all console fps games have failed on every console ever, consoles are not cool enough, only pc's can have fps games.
[sarcasm]

Why don't they have a third option for I don't care or something?

They do, it just looks like the "Back" button on your browser.

True, but instead of using the back button, a lot of the people who don't care are gonna vote no. That's really not fair.

IF you don't care then why are you voting in the first place. You don't have to be apart of everything you know.

Actually, Zen, I didn't vote, because I don't have a PS3. Look at tmac's posts though. He didn't know what the game was, so he voted no. If their was a third “I don't care” option, he probably would have voted for that.

IF he doesn't care then why would you vote at all? You don't need a third "I don't care option", just don't vote as your I don't care vote.

This isn't rocket science.

joystiq always includes the third option. You know, because clicking things is fun. This vote demands a recount now.

Do your friends make you vote before you do anything, or just this?

This is kinda of a stupid scenario don't you think? Before any game is made do you think anyone asks "Hey do you think they want this game or not"? You either know if the consumer is likely to bite or you don't.

In this case I think its just another example of bad consumer tracking regarding the PS3. The entire existing ownership of the PS3 is obviously still split into two camps BlueRay first/gaming second & gaming first/gaming second. This situation must drive publishers nuts, and if Sony actually dived into getting the raw meat stats wise they might run into the possibility of shooting themselves in the foot.

"Bluray first" people dont matter since they're still likely to play video games on it, even if all they play are the downloadable ones which SS would end up being anyway. You cant justify buying a 400 or 500 dollar console JUST for bluray when standalone players are half the price these days. And even if there are people who only use it this way they're in the minority since most people, according to many polls, dont even understand the media playing capabilities of the system.

Croteam has never worked on a Sony platform before. I doubt anything will change their mind. These comments sound like they are trying to blow some smoke up someone's butt so they can get on someone's good side.

If I wanted this game, I'd go buy it from Gamestop's bargain bin for $4.99.

Never having worked on a system before doesnt mean they wouldnt if given the opportunity. If you look comparitively at a company like Valve who routinely craps on the PS3 for being "difficult" then you'd see that this simply sounds like logistical planning. They sound like there's no reason they wouldnt have made it if they simply had the time and extra budget for a 3rd platform.

Ofc do we want it! You have my money already in your pocket! Bring it on! :D :D

uh. DO WANT.

Why is the "No" answer such a dick "no" answer? Who the hell didn't want Bioshock even Wii owners wanted it to be somehow cross ported to the wii.

How about just a simple "Yes"/"No" option next time?

lol...my sentiments too. It reeks of pre-bioshock-port fandom.

It's supposed to be a joke.

Like the Mitch Hedberg joke: "To do this show, I had to take a physical. They asked me a bunch of medical questions. And they were, like, yes or no questions, but they were very strangely worded. Like, 'Have you ever tried sugar..... or PCP?'"

I dont know what Serious Sam is. Did I miss out on something awesome?

It's a LAN fest, not a single-player experience. So that's up to your preferences.

I can see how a late port bothers consumers who have multiple systems, but for those of us who don't have an XBox and don't want to play games on a PC, a late port is fine.

I played an Xbox demo for one of the sequels and thought it was really bad. I wanted to play the game before that, but the demo said "no, you don't actually".

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