PS3 owners hankering for some BioShock and hoping to trump 360 owners in the graphical department are all but out of luck. According to senior producer at publisher 2K Games Melissa Miller, Blu-ray hasn't made much of a difference, and they're aiming to be on par with the 360 version.
Makes me wonder if Sony could've/should've gutted Blu-ray from the beginning and saved everyone a couple hundred bucks each..
BioShock, originally released for 360 and PC late in 2007, is scheduled for release on PS3 in Europe on October 24, and will come with a new survivor difficulty mode and exclusive downloadable content in the form of Challenge Rooms.
PS3 owners had hoped for some form of graphical upgrade, however, senior producer at publisher 2K Games Melissa Miller confirmed to us at the Leipzig Games Conference last week that the team was aiming towards graphical parity with the 360 version, and that the Blu-ray format hadn't made much difference.
She said: "Graphical quality our goal was always to make sure everything looked just as good as on Xbox 360. So there was never anybody who could say, hey, why didn't I get this on 360 originally, because I don't feel like it's up to the visual quality. We're just trying to make sure that everybody is happy."
When asked if the Blu-ray format had provided any advantages to the development team, Miller replied: "In terms of specific things, it hasn't made much difference. The original game fit on a 360 disk so it wasn't like we were in need of room. We've tried to do what we can to make sure that the PS3 looks just as great as the 360, but in terms of necessarily utilising something specific about Blu-ray, to my knowledge, Blu-ray hasn't necessarily made a huge difference."
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"The game fit on a DVD9 so it wasn't like we needed the space."
That would be like me saying I get no benefit from my 500GB HDD over my 100GB HDD because I don't need the space. Yea, because I'm not using it. That doesn't mean I should just get rid of it. It just means I will have to wait a while to start using it fully.
In the mean time I still have it there to use if and when i do need it.
If a 3rd party developer says blu-ray isn't needed then it's ridiculous bullshit, but when a japanese, sony-loyal dev says it's awesome, of course it's objective and the truth!
That argument is complete BS. If it wasn't there it wouldn't be used, IE on the 360. Bioshock was developed for the 360 with DVD9 in mind. Metal Gear Solid on the other hand was developed for the PS3 with Blu-ray in mind. Because it is there. Wii games are built with motion control in mind because it is there.
Arguing that one developer doesn't need it and thus the system doesn't need it is crap. Some developers are using it. And Blu-ray movies are using it. And using ONE game that didn't need it because they didn't go out of their way to improve the graphics or sound or anything really is an invalid argument. It is there and some developers will use it. If it wasn't there to use then the point would be moot.
Yes, blu ray in theory can house resolutions that look amazing and have 10 times the resolution, but in practice, will we ever see 10,00 x 10,000 resolutions?
The fact is it's there and it can be used. Suggesting that the PS3 would be better or worse without is is idiotic. Nor would I care to pay any less than I did. I paid the $600 to get it first, to get the best one they made, and to get all the features that came with it. If I didn't want those features I wouldn't have paid for them. Regardless of how much the developers use them or not.
And on my 360 I didn't. I bought it 2 years after launch. I bought it used. And I got the core with a 120GB HDD. Exactly the features I wanted with my 360. Cheap.
I honestly don't see the problem here.
i just read on gaming sites that the graphics where slightly improved
You really can't blame them for not re-building Bioshock for the PS3. A port is fine. It's going to save them time and money. <sarcasm>Certainly sounds like a dumbass to me. </sarcasm>
As I said further up my contention is with the poster of the article.
If you mean Hardware space, no, well depends on the model but the elite has 120GB.