Dante's Inferno 'Divine Edition' heading exclusively to PS3

They have to entice the PS3 owners with extras since the 360 people will probably get it no matter what.

AW HELL!

*see what I did there?* :p

As much as i want to admit otherwise, i think that factors into it.

There's also the fact that PS3 games sell better than any other console for Ea, and, oh yeah,

GOD OF WAR III WHICH THEY COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF.

(But i'm still buying both. Just sayin')

I would like to introduce you to something I like to call "the mass effect".

Has no one considered the fact that blu-ray disks having lots more space may have something to do with this?

Sony: Hey, you guys still have 40 gigs of free space on that disk. How 'bout you toss in some extra content? A couple "making of" videos, some of the game music, other stuff you might have laying around. It shouldn't cost you much. And whatever it does cost you, we'll be happy to reimburse.

I'd do it.

@punisher ... or it could be the fact that blu ray has tons of space left after the game is burned onto the disc..

I don't necessarly think, "EA hearts PS3", instead I think EA is trying to convince PS3 owners to buy Dante's Inferno in the wake of God War 3. That is not a problem on the 360 platform because there is no equivalent for Dante's Infero.

*Inferno

I am no doubt buying God of War 3 and Battlefield BC 2. I don't know if I have room for Dante's Inferno. Maybe I'll trade-in my copy of MW2, you know for a single player campain that I can't play through in just a weekend.

**Guffaws**

"We made the call that PS3 was going to be bigger than the Wii, and we allocated resources accordingly. We got that wrong, and that put us in a position where we probably underinvested in our intellectual property and some of it went into a kind of wane period. What makes this all the harder, and harder on investors, is that we have to come, if you will, from a bit of weakness to rebuild our core and drive transition." - John Riccitiello, CEO, EA, December 9, 2009

[TRANSLATION: I'd like to take this opportunity to tell potential investors that EA isn't as bad as an investment as it might appear: despite the fact that we're sinking faster than a lead anchor in a kiddie pool, let me reassure you--all the adversity we're currently experiencing is directly related to the fact that, because we placed too much faith in the PS3, we nearly jeopardized our very existence in the free market... Don't worry, though, we know better now and we're taking immediate steps to rectify our folly]

Yeah... EA loves PS3 so much, they threw the whole platform right under the bus!!

Looks more like Ninja Gaiden to me, with a bit of GoW.. about a 70/30 split

More likely EA wants people to buy Dante's Inferno than God of War 3.

I don't know the stats, but I have both consoles and when a game comes out on both, the ONLY reason I have to get it on one over the other is for the Gamerscore.

I don't get in to extra content, power, load times, resolution or what console my friends get it on. I am a Gamerscore skank. And I am still getting this on my 360. And then I'll go get God of War 3.

perhaps an early Thuirsday update.

EA has sort of been giving Sony some preferential treatment with the Home Space, exclusive DLC (mirrors edge), exclusive beta acess (bad co. 2) and exclusive demos (dantes inferno) so this isn't really all that different. Also, if you had seen the EA Sports commercial from a few months ago it's almost like they advertised their sports games as PS3 exclusives. Dantes Inferno ships early Feburary and God Of War 3 is shipping sometime in early April. I think that window sort of negates the concept that PS3 owners will have to choose between both products.

Your logic makes no sense. What's the point of giving extra content if it's not going to give people an extra incentive to buy the game. If it's gonna sell more, they don't need a collector's edition. They need one for the platform that will sell less to get more sales on that.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-platforms-dominated-ea-fiscal-q4-2008-sales

There you go ... Playstation owners buy more EA games than anyone else.

oh not just in 2008 but in 2009 the gap became much larger

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35278/PS3-outperforms-Xbox-360-for-EA

But if the special edition was on the 360 everyone would just be yelling and screaming that MS is paying them off for it.

That's nice but doesn't really prove the PS3 sells more games. More likely the reason EA are making more money on PS3 is thanks to Europe. With a larger PS3 install base and ridiculously high prices that fluctuate more than Gabe Newells bathroom scales you should be thanking us for all that "support".
It also doesn't help that the only PS3 game to sell better for EA on PS3 is Bunout P so no, they don't buy more than 360 owners but they sure as hell pay more.

Archon:
You have kind of a point, but then again, Forza has a special edition and it's on only one platform. Clearly there's more reasons to do an exclusive than you (and I) point out.

I did not say that. I just said why it makes sense to do so. Not that it's the only reason why companies make special editions... :/ Geez.

not nice enough to get me mass effect 1 and 2 or L4D 2

Thats true but those are also unique situations because EA is only a publishing partner of Valve and there were already agreements in place for Mass Effect between Bioware and MS when EA bought them out. But, considering some of the language in regards to Mass Effect 2 by people on the development team I think that one is getting a window of exclusivity (maybe a year - who knows) and will eventually come to the PS3. I'm not sure about L4D2 since the Orange Box port didn't go over all that well. On the bright side you can play both games on your computer.

I really hope we get ME2, I don't think my PC will be able to run it but ME1 which I bought on the PC recently is great RPG. It's such a shame alot of PS3 owners are missing out on a great series.

Played the first one on 360 and I also hope the sequel does eventually release on PS3.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-412250.aspx
"Vatamanyuk mentioned during the presentation, as much as 3 platform targets for Mass Effect 2 were the Xbox 360, PC, and "probably the PS3. Po chwili zrozumiawszy co powiedział zaczął się wycofywać z wcześniejszej wypowiedzi, mówiąc, że nie komentują plotek i spekulacji. After a moment he understood what he said to retreat from earlier statements, saying he did not comment on rumors and speculation. Na razie traktujemy to jako plotkę, ale skoro deweloper stwierdza, że jest taka możliwość to raczej się to wydarzy. For now, treat this as a rumor, but if a developer finds that there is a possibility that this happens more."

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/08/bioware-ea-owns-mass-effect-ip-translation-it-could-still-com/
Does EA own the Mass Effect name? "Yes. EA owns the rights to Mass Effect."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=184788
BioWare: Mass Effect 2 360 exclusive
Friday 14-Mar-2008 12:16 PM "for at least a short period of time", developer tells CVG
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I just think when you take everything in thats been bantered about the game it's the same situation as the Fallout 3 DLC. It's got an exclusivity window and part of the agreement is that they aren't supposed to announce other platforms. Thats my theory anyway. It could also be one big misunderstanding but I just don't see that being the case if there was never an intention of bringing it over eventually.

That's nice but doesn't really prove the PS3 sells more games. More likely the reason EA are making more money on PS3 is thanks to Europe. With a larger PS3 install base and ridiculously high prices that fluctuate more than Gabe Newells bathroom scales you should be thanking us for all that "support".
It also doesn't help that the only PS3 game to sell better for EA on PS3 is Bunout P so no, they don't buy more than 360 owners but they sure as hell pay more.

But Europe is a draw between the PS3 and 360.

There is a reason for the PS3 bringing in more revenue, but I can't remember what it is. Something to do with dates or something, I think.

@mcwilly

reply fail

Gee wizz thanks for telling me. I totally did not notice : /

how does RB2 differ on the PS3 and 360? i have never heard they played differently. can you please explain

@TONY:

Just off the top of my head...

1 - Shaky Arrow Syndrome (game's been out for over a year and the bug still remains)

2 - Voice Chat comes out of the TV speakers instead of your headset (even TB:RB still has this issue)

3 - No Message Of The Day (minor, I know, but I mean COME ON even the Wii gets it)

What, with poetry? Yeah, good luck with that, EA...

Demo won me over.

Why would you support the publisher when he's just reprinting public domain literature?

Reading Dante's Inferno on a TV would be hell.

@Shaggitarius: That's sort of the point. ;)

I heard you get a Trophy if youe read the whole book on the PS3.

I was gonna make a joke about them including a full tome of the book with the game. Apparently, they already made the joke and thought it was a brilliant idea.