GW coming to the PS3?

Fanboys are pretty sad, but it's hard not to admit that Sony dropped the ball pretty badly with the PS3. They assumed they could get away with pretty much anything after the success of the PS2, but the fact they've been struggling should pay off, they've really stepped up a gear in recent months.

One of their biggest problems, IMO though, was blu-ray. More disc space doesn't mean developers have more time or money to put into making the games, and as it is games have no problem fitting onto a single DVD. And since when has switching discs been a problem in the past, if it comes to that? Besides games that are filled up with video footage, I fail to see the point of blu-ray, or HD-DVD for that matter. They're both formats which are going to be made obsolete in a year or two anyway. And has anyone tried watching newer, high quality DVD's like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 on an HDTV with an upscaled DVD player? The difference between that, and the blu-ray version is very small indeed.

More on topic though, I don't have a problem with GW being released on any console. I tend to prefer playing games on consoles, without having to worry about patches, errors, recommended specs and whatever else. It's just a far more relaxing experience with consoles. Weather or not they'll do it though, is just pure speculation, they've only said they were interested in creating games for consoles. Maybe if they at least hinted to the GW series coming to consoles I could take this seriously, but as it is, I don't see it happening. If they ever do get around to release anything on a console, I'd bet on it being an entirely new franchise.

[QUOTE]that is politely moronic

data is data so how would storing the game on a Blu-ray for install to the HD be better than a standard DVD?

better how in any way at all let alone everything?

[QUOTE=Loviatar]That maybe so but unless they get whole chuck of money from NCsoft to hire new staff and designers who is going to make this whom.I would tend to say that I have far greater knowledge of the game licensing and devoloping than you do.I told you about Star Trek Legacey well we keep tabs on other companies as well.

I would just like to point out how are you going to go on the Net without a a PC or Mac with the F10 feature and to submit any support tickets.Consoles can't use IE or FF.

i have browsed the web on psp's and ps3's. think teh wii can to.

hmm... missed that one.. i'll just have to go kick martin kerstein for not telling me, but I'm too busy playing Dungeon Runners anyway

You really don't know much about consoles do you...

lol...equal processing power..... if you have a super computer in your basement, perhaps....

to those who think the PS3 sucks... well that is your opinion.

But it is selling very well now, it is much cheaper, it is the most powerful of the current consoles, and it has a huge amount of untapped potential. Oh, and it doesn't red ring every 60 days like the 360s.... cough...

[QUOTE]linkie (near bottom)

http://www.guildwars.com/products/gu...es/default.php


ok genius tell us where Anet got the money for their world wide server network, not to mention 5 years of paying bills to make the game before they had their very first sale of product.

yes NCsoft pays their bills/servers/paychecks

THEY DONT NEED A BIG CHUNK BECAUSE NCSOFT PAYS THE BILLS.

FINALLY CLEAR??

take your far greater knowledge and look at the facts

I am amazed that this thread, which is nothing but pure speculation and rumor, has been allowed to remain open for so long.

In all honesty, the only way that Guild Wars would be able to come to the PS3 is if it was heavily altered to where it is nothing like the version we are playing, and it would have to be heavily dumbed down. The two versions would never share the same servers.

If you look at console RPGs, online or not, the focus is on PvE. They also heavily emphasize automated combat with smart AI allies that don't need much direction. Even if the game is "real time", there is often ample time between enemy attacks to scroll through a menu screen to pick out the skill you want and use it.

Guild Wars is nothing like this. It was designed from the ground up as a PvP oriented game, which explains the low-level cap and the limit of 8 skills in your skill bar. You're also constantly hitting skill buttons in GW, because the "default" attack is just something that you do when you're waiting for a skill to recharge. You don't have three seconds to cast Protective Spirit on an ally once a damage spike starts. Either you do it really fast, or your friend is dead.

I'm not even that super of a player, but I can say for certain that I use a lot of my keys on my keyboard. A PS3 controller only has 13 buttons on it, and that's assuming that you're using the dual analog controllers as extra buttons (the so-called "L3" and "R3" buttons). I use way more than 13 keys on my keyboard to play Guild Wars. I guess Sony can force gamers to buy a keyboard/mouse with the game, but users really don't want to buy accessories which will have almost no use except for one game.

More than likely, NCSoft is being asked to develop a brand new game from scratch for the PS3. This makes the most sense. The Playstation 3 is not exactly doing really hot. One of the biggest complaints is that the console has no good exclusive games... Why buy a PS3 when you can play the same game on something else that costs less money? So it makes zero sense that Sony would be asking NCSoft to port a two year old PC game for the PS3. If they wanted to do that, they should have gone to Blizzard and asked for a port of World of Warcraft.

GW on the PS3 would be pretty much [email protected] retarded. GW has nothing to benefit from the PS3, if anything the PS3 would make it look worse when one realizes how little GW compensates for the PS3's graphical capabilities.

Now GW2 is another subject, but if they ever consoled GW2 I'd GO RED ENGINE GO RED ENGINE then throw it in a bucket.

And the PS3 = Cheaper then a computer of equal ability? o(* |-Lol-Lol-Lol-train-Lol-Lol-Lol

Okay, so lets break it down for real. PS3 is what? 500ish bucks? I could go on Newegg and put together a hard drive, power supply, motherboard, processor, and ram that could easily out run a PS3. Oh wait oh wait you may be thinking "Computer needs monitorsss and teh keyboard/mouse speakers!!!". I suppose a PS3 can run without a television set either then or an additional controller to play with friends?

Monitors > TV's (Unless you blow out 1,000 bucks on an HD LCD television set, but then again you could get a monitor of the same capabilities for 300)

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I'd like to learn how who you type within a 10 seconds frame using a console lol. (If you're a Glad nut you know ^^) It's not gonna work for any console(PS3, Xbox, Wii), I'd laugh if they actually do publish one though

but "everyone" has a TV already. hook up 2 cords from your console of choice and your good to go, no XP crashes or DX asplosions. much easier than a pc, all games run properly.

It would only work on a 360 anyway because only a moron would play a ps3 online. They made ridicoulous claims and overhyped all their games and the launch stuff was crap and the console may have 'untapped potential' but then again I dont want to wait 10 years for a game, also orange box on the ps3 is a laggy peice of crap where on the 360 its one of the best console games ever.

MMO's and consoles dont work because consoles are more for casual gamers (dont argue its true) and well guild wars and every other mmo is a total tarded grind fest which is why less and less people are playing.

Also for the people who make sales figures up, at the time of this post these are the next gen console sales:
360 = 12,731,642
PS3 = 5,453,687
WII = 13,177,457

Which works out as saying, wii is for everyone because its more than next gen but its not a real gaming machine, its more party based console rather than a halo or GTA console. 360 is the winner between the two actual consoles suprisingly, with a awesome game line up and superb online options its not suprising microsoft are dominating, ps3 is last because its a overpriced pile of crap. They should just quit consoles and make the next psp, which will probably be 5 grand and a new morgtage on your house.

Im pretty sure those sales arnt accurate, as the wii is over 15 million now and the PS3 is supposed to be closing in, if not past 8 million. Also there is more than 13 million xboxs too.

I honestly did not want this to turn in to some kind of argument over the PS3 and sales and what not and thats what it has become. Im posting to see if there was more info and to see if this was infact verified which as far as i can tell it has not. I guess i should have known this thread would return to arguements and accusations and insults and thats my bad. As far as im concerned this thread can be locked as no ones gonna get anythign useful from it.

[QUOTE=Loviatar]Wrong.I doubt that NCSoft just gave 2 to 3 million dollars in start up costs for a project that could of failed like no they had to go to a Bank.They had to take their business plan to a bank for initial(sp)financiering.When they had some material ready to show to NCSoft and NCSoft liked it then they signed the license for Guild Wars.What entails is that NCSoft is the copyright owner and does own a good percentage of GW.They take about over 50& of the profits of the earning and Anet is left with the rest.That is GW Anet can make another game go to a different publisher for although it can't be called Guild Wars.This is no different than the recording industry you get to know the facts.

I am Glad that there are some who see this a fullish idea don't forget SoE+GuildWars+Star Wars Galaxies a disaster and btw if you looked on SoE site you willl see that they didn't turn that into a PS3 as well as Everquest.I would even consider this for GW2 putting it on console would be bad idea.

No I don't didn't it cross your mind that I don't own one or care for one.

This is just a wishy washy story made up by the OP who doesn't want to buy new computer but will sometime.

Anet might of been better to go to Venventi(sp)

I didnt make up this story at all, I read it at gamespot and was wanting some kind of confirmation so dont accuse me of making this stuff up. I dont have a problem buying a new comp at all, mines pretty crappy right now anyways (2.5 ghz X2, 1900crossfire, 2 gigs of ram) but why would it be a bad thing if i could keep my 2k instead? Dont be so judgemental. Also anet wouldnt go to a bank for the money, they would go to investors which are very different. That being said can a mod please close this thread? Its descended into accustations and rudeness instead of discussion and actual answers.

http://nexgenwars.com/

Wow 3 pages of off topicness at the riverside, who'd have thought? Anyway who'll give a crap if ps3 get their version of GW? By that time GW2 would be just around the corner.

[QUOTE]what part of wholly-owned subsidiary escapes you?

they bought the company they did not licence GW

http://www.arena.net/press/pr-021211.php

NCsoft announces GW by its studio

http://www.arena.net/press/pr-030422.php

is it finally clear now?

NCsoft not only OWNS Anet they OWN GW as well.

no licence involved as there is no ARENANET independent company to licence it.

NCsoft owns Anet lock/stock/and GW

According to thier website

Dude, give it up, your arguing with AGE, we all know he;s a tard and you should just put him on Ignore

as the poster of the original posted thread when this happend it was interesting to see it come back up yet again ...and sorry if i jumped in late on this but ive been watching this closely story and allegiance since it developed as a ps3 owner and a supporter of Anet and slowly NCsoft itself.

u obviously didnt read the original News thing .... NC soft signed exclusive with Sony to produce for the PS3 & PSP... so i doubt we will be seeing any Xbox 360 games anytime in near future before they atleast show commitment to Sony contract.

As far as the games its very interesting to think which ones they ll be as right now NCsoft doesnt really have this HUGE list of games under its belt. Im guessing that most of the games will be new, and will probably be original titles. However GW for console not out of question im sure but a lil far since NC soft seen fail in TR they re bankin a bit now on GW2 which is its current success franchise thats actually growing not shrinking like lineage and a few others ... but initially i think the first 2-3 NC titles that would come from already been done games will be something like EXTEEL 2, Tabula Rasa, CoX.

Heres why, recently with NCsoft buying the IP of CoX it gives them full control , as well as theyve promised some big things comin from that game in the future... mainly meant for online but i wouldnt rule out console especially since CoX is one of the older NCsoft Franchises tha broke the mold.. familiarity rocks in the industry when deciding to buy a game.

Tabala Rasa bc well so far its not delivered quite what it was expected though im sure since its still recently released we ll see alot of changes that will help its PC gaming over the next yr or so... but with the success of games like HALO 3, CoD 4, UT3, Mass Effect etc ... going to console would be ideal for them as theres a base already being marketed too and doing well.

Exteel only bc since it was supposed to be release a cpl yrs ago, and didnt get put live til last month ... Mech games do well on consoles so update graphics, new system, again shooter type ... u now have a rival to Mech Console games like Armored Core and Mech warrior in some ways.

And i ll end this on a totally speculated note here ..... http://www.carbinestudios.com/ as it is right now this project has been very secret but theres no doubt that the starting team is very experienced in both PC and Console gaming .... They are working on an MMO and that is the most thats known

nextgenwars is woefully innaccurate, they often dont even update their numbers when the console makers them selves release sold numbers. That being said no one should state things down to the unit cause thats not too bright. Im not saying vg chartz is right either but nextgen certainly isnt

While including the blu-ray might have been a problem and drove up the price of games, it did help them a lot in the format wars. The fact that blu-ray is neck and neck with HD-DVD is at least a moral victory for Sony since they often lose the format wars.

Well now thats what i was waiting for! Thanks! That is a good amount of info and answers all my questions but that same time creates more but unfortuneatly i fear we dont have the answers right now.

Its not neck and neck, its winning isnt it? More expensive players and its still selling more? 2/1 unit sales and more backing all the time. OF course its way to early to say who will win but i still think blu ray has a advantage... but this is sony lol. Im sure they will find a way to mess it up

but with the backing of Microsoft in the HD DvD corner, thats the entire Windows range covered aswell... And as the Xbox 360 Works on any XP or Vista PC, its a cheap way of adding HD DvD to any windows based PC already

A good point for sure, i wasnt aware windows was on HD dvd tbh. Also the HD dvd drive is a fantastic value for like 150 bucks and a few free movies. I think if the 360 had had an HD DVD drive it would have won almost certainly

/fail

There is no point to make such a thing. PS3 already sux as it is, don't bring mmos on consoles.

I configured my Xbox 360 controller to work with Guild Wars, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Also: Right now the PS3 supports Linux, KB&M, and there is a way to rig GW to work in Linux. I'm not clear on the details, but would that not mean that it is already possible to play GW on a PS3? I honestly have no idea how that all works.

Very insightful and adds lots to the discussion. It should also be noted that the ps3 doesnt suck anymore lol. I think that we are going to see more and more consoles get mmo's cause consoles sell more units on average than PC games.

No, GW will not come to the PS3.

[QUOTE=Loviatar]I didn't add that to my post but whatever.

Getting back on topic I still doubt it.

To Lonesamuri I tend to ignore you here and at TGH but that word tends to ignite flames.I long left the TGH and came here to make this my New GW Home like a lot of others did so please stop inciting flame with me.This is not The Guild Hall a place I once enjoyed.I enjoy it here so keep your comments and thoughts about me to yourself.

Also, the fact Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are coming out exclusively on HD-DVD is going to have some impact.

And for those of you arguing over console sales, these are the official 2007 sales records from NPD, so these are undisputable.

Wii: 18.5 million
Xbox 360: 15.7 million
PS3: 8.4 million
DS: 63.7 million (Jesus Christ)
PSP: 29.3 million

Interesting opinion. I believe the PS3 has somewhat better specs that aren't being used by anyone or any games for the console and is made by a company that hates its own customers (eg spending millions on copy protection crap that doesn't work against anybody except their own loyal customers who then have to pay for all that).

If you think that is better, so be it...still I am a pc gamer at heart so I am not too bothered by console issues.

I am sure the PS3 is a fine machine in some ways but the fact that Sony makes it is enough reason for me to say that if GW were ever to become solely available on the PS3 that alone would be enough reason for me to stop playing. Sony have proved time and again that they mistreat their own customers and charges them for it to add insult to injury. No matter how nice the machine is, I will not support that. And though I know other companies aren't the greatest humanitarians all the time either these guys certainly stand out to me.

I would imagine that if Sony were to find out that a PS3 could be rigged like that someone would commit suicide at their office. Playing games on a PS3 that are not being played directly from a slow turning, copyrighted disc in the blu-ray drive? Oh my god....and they so try to keep you from doing that!!!


PS: Anybody know how many stripped PS3's Sony has to sell before they can turn a profit from it?

i cant imagine gw being on a console jsut cuz of the voice chat system. sure u can turn on vent on ur computer, but hwo inconveniet would it be to do pvp like that, with the game on the tv and vent on computer, esp for peopel whose systems and computers are not in the same room.

[QUOTE] you stated NCsoft had a licence agreement with Anet to publish GW and Anet was free to go elsewhere to create a different game and i showed that you were completely incorrect as Anet was bought by NCsoft along with the complete rights not just a licencing agreement

http://www.arena.net/press/pr-021211.php

[QUOTE]that is what you said along with how knowlegible you were on the subject....horselaugh

Consoles suck. Online console gaming sucks even more.

It wouldn't work either...it just wouldn't.

An opinion isn't a fact.

/unsubscribe this piece of crap thread. GG turning it into a "ZOMG 360 PWNS PS3. NO WII WINS"

I would love it if GW (or GW2) cane to PS3/Xbox360 (or next gen console). Not because i would play it on them, but it massively adds to the amount of players. Plus they can run pc games and blue ray sells far batter than hd. HD is always behind except when transformers came out on dvd (reached 50/50 then)