Bioware: 'Mass Effect is for the PC and Xbox 360'

I love you 360 fanboys and your wishful thinking and backhanded commentary.

There have been so many coincidences in regards to ME2 coming to the PS3 that I'll say with 100% certainty Mass Effect AND Splinter Cell are merely timed exclusives and will be released on the PS3 this holiday season.

Well considering ME2 (on PC at least) is majorly f-ing awful, I say 'LUCKY PS3 OWNERS'.

Boring game, dated design, Tedious linear progression. Next.

I'm sure with games like Uncharted 2 PS3 owners will be just fine with no Mass(ively overhyped) effect 2.

I am going to get this out of the way and say it now....

NOBODY in this thread actually really knows if EA is going to make BioWare port it to the PS3, or if development is already underway. Stop pretending you know what is going to happen. Whether it does or does not happen ME2 is a great game that everyone should buy.

Just get a 360 or PC. The game is completely worth the expense.

Wait, I get the point about saying the PS3 versions wouldn't have anything extra being stupid, but why the hell are people disagreeing with the "people won't really care as much a year later" and then patting themselves on the back by bringing up examples like Bioshock, Oblivion, and Eternal Sonata?

If anything, those examples only prove his point about people caring much less a year later. Bioshock sold 2.5 million copies on the 360 and HALF A MILLION on the PS3 despite its additional content. 500,000 compared to 2.5 million. Oblivion sold 3 million on the 360 (which is supposed to be the "shooter box") to 1 million on the PS3. Even Eternal Sonata, a jrpg, sold better on the 360 when the PS3 version was released late.

Of course people care a LOT less when something is a year late.

I could care less about the corporate deals that ensure exclusives. I'm glad I have a machine that can play ME2, but I can hardly say that exclusitivity does anything good. At least between the PS3 and 360, the Wii really needs exclusive games to truly shine and not feel watered down.

lol ew

Did Johnny just call someone else a fanboy? lol.

At least other people don't triple post and write more than the actually article itself.

Dont know much about this game, but I DO know the Unreal Engine is DOG SHIT ... so we are probably better off.

I find the persistance of a Mass Effect 2 on PS3 rumour to be quite amusing. Considering the structure of the franchise, with out the first title to know the story and the universe, the second one is probably damn near useless to them; nothing more than a sci-fi action game (yet to those who have played the first one and understand what's going on, it's so much more).

But honestly, who doesn't own all three consoles this generation? With so many quality titles on all three platforms, you're doing yourself a serious dis-service if you don't own all 3. They've all come into their own with quality software and perks that it's sad to think some people are missing out on so many great games.

i still think its coming to PS3

THANE! why must you cry? :(

It's possible. There are numerous reasons why this could be in there. Here are a few thoughts:

01) They found that they had to have this kind of PS3-specific data in there in order to keep the engine stable. UE3, like most game engines, has its quirks. It may have been throwing errors because this data didn't exist for PS3, so they put it in just to get rid of them.

02) Maybe they were curious and attempted a PS3 build just for the fun of it. Whether the game was shipping or not, they might have experimented just to see how it would run. Game developers are tinkerers, we're like those guys that try to run linux on their microwaves/coffeemakers/toasters/etc. Sometimes we have a bored day and try something out just to see if it works. This may be a remnant of one of those experiments.

03) Maybe they were planning/theorizing a PS3 build at some point, doing some work in case EA decided to publish on that platform, and it got scrapped so they stopped. I've been on projects, both with and without UE3, where we thought we were shipping on a specific list of platforms and that list changed before we completed development. I've been on projects where the publisher dictated changes like this three months from beta, and we've had to scramble with our hair on fire to get it done.

I doubt I've shed much light here. The problem is that there are so many possibilities for why that is there. But given the multiplatform nature of UE3 and the possibilities and uncertainties developers experience during development, it's impossible to look at this and say "OMG they're lying, they're going to ship for PS3." All we can do is take their word for it.

This is just like when PC gamers found PS3 code in Bioshock and the devs denied it! And that never came out on PS3!

...hey, wait a second.....

ME is just like Gears of War, MS contracted Bio for a trilogy. You won't see ME on PS3 until that is contract is completed and by then well.....

@ Duke,
Maybe YOU should re-read what I wrote. I said NOTHING bad about the game. I dont know anything about it to smash it. But the Unreal engine IS outdated dog shit and I stand by that statement. I am not speculating, the last 5 games I played, that were supported by Unreal, are glitchy, dizzying like a shaky cam film (almost vomit inducing) and graphically outmatched by PS2 games.
You see, I use experience when I judge things, not comments about something entirely different.