Exclusive: EA explains no PS3 Red Alert 3

By Wesley Yin-Poole - 28/07/2008 - 4:00pm GMT

PS3 'very exotic and tough to develop for', but there is hope.

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Posted at 06:17 on 29 July 2008
NyTeMair	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Handywipe, sounds like you are the whiner. I happen to own all the consoles and PC, you are obviously a 360 fanboy, and isn't it odd that the PS3 can be developed for by most everyone else? EA is at times simply lazy, and certainly not making this an issue of 'good business.' More to the point they are simply porting a pc to 360 design model. Now have a nice day! ;) Reply

Posted at 06:19 on 29 July 2008
Dooley	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post And look at the ponce who thinks he gets to tell it like it is. The PS3 isn't difficult to develop for. It's different to develop for. It's not like the technology we've had for the past twenty generations of Need for Speed and Madden, so naturally, EA and phuqwitz like Asswipe get to make excuses and commentary that borders on preternatural retardation. In five years time, when there are no single core processors in existence, you can rest assured EA will re-release ALL the C&C games and repackage Red Alert 3 for us poor shmucks... I don't play strategy games on console. I'm not a loser who makes excuses for his console choice. I play with a keyboard and mouse, and I play strategy games on PC. I don't **** around with sticks in first person shooters either. The ignorant and youthful haven't a clue. Reply

Posted at 17:28 on 29 July 2008
Schmuckster	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Dooley: "The PS3 isn't difficult to develop for. It's different to develop for." Right. How different do you find programming fast, branch heavy AI code for hundreds or thousands of units when you can't rely on OoOE or a cache? Dooley: "In five years time, when there are no single core processors in existence, you can rest assured EA will re-release ALL the C&C games and repackage Red Alert 3 for us poor shmucks..." You think it's just about multithreading? Cell isn't like multicore processors in the PC or even the 360. Sony forgot that the PS3 was going to be used in the real world by real programmers, and that it was SHOCK going to running multiplatform games. Most publishers aren't going to be willing to gimp 360 games so they look as good on the PS3, and they are going to put their development dollars where the biggest returns are. Reply

Posted at 17:50 on 29 July 2008
Schumuckster	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Actually, once PS3 userbase and development experience has caught up enough, some publishers will be prepared to do a little gimping on the 360, as it won't pay to spend big bucks maximising for a particular platform. Once the the lowest common denominator is good enough, develop for that. Where there are particular technical issues, as there are with this, that's not really an option though. Reply

Posted at 11:50 on 30 July 2008
kyrpä	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post EA sucks anyway, and this new red alert will suck anyway. So no problem. If i have to play this in some point, i knowl how im gonna get my copy roflmao. Reply

Posted at 09:55 on 03 August 2008
agentdark64	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post The likely cause of the reason as to why EA aren't developing this on PS3 compared to X BOX is due to the graphics architecture. Put it this way, XBOX 360 uses Direct3D - a Microsoft product for its communication to the video hardware. This same product is available on the PC which the red alert 3 makes use of. PS3 on the other hand does not have Direct3D, but a similar system. That means everything has to be converted to use the graphics API provided by Sony which is extra work and the conversion won't necessary be perfect to fine detail. I'm guessing EA don't have the resources and patience for this. Reply

Posted at 21:26 on 04 September 2008
jo	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post any "good" game programmer (i.e. John Carmack, id Software) would tell you that a good game engine is one that is scaleable. if EA can't be bothered to make their games run, or even run smoothly on the PS3 then it is complete negligence and laziness on their part and it shows. it shows that EA are not using efficient code as the basis for their game engines if their game engines are not scaleable. it's probably the reason why the sports games they release annually never actually "look" graphically any better. it just is if it ain't broke don't fix it mentallity and change the line-up names to reflect the new season be it football or basketball etc. slap on a new looking menu and add a few little touches... here and there... it makes me wonder - what do they do in the year between the releases? do they chill out for 6 months and then think - shizz - we gotta mop up nba live 09 quickly, let's get to it! bull-frickin-shizz man!!! as with the majority of their games they are rushed to the shelves and nine times out of ten the ps3 equivalent runs worse than the xbox 360 counterpart and gets a worse review on ign - "duh... figures" we all say. it is just EA, being "EA" - Electronic "Arts"??? nope. Electronic "Arse" - yep. i think they should tidy up their code and not resort to mundane techniques and maybe, just maybe, they won't be complaining that the ps3 is difficult to program for... unless of course they didn't try or bother, they just said "nah can't be bothered!" which is as i explained earlier, sums up EA completely. they make lots of money from every other platform so it don't matter right??? hahaha let's see how far they go with that mentalilty before people lose trust in them... oh they already have. whoops! Reply

Posted at 00:34 on 14 September 2008
ea sucks	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post if ea couldnt develop the game then dont open your mouth and say your releasing it what a bunch of morons, i think the guys at ea should go back to school and learn Reply

Posted at 15:32 on 17 September 2008
EZou	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Excuse me, but are we blaming a game dev. company for not wanting to produce a game for a certain platform. I think that you made your choices to buy PS3, then stick with them when there are no EA for them, and YOU stop whining, boycott EA, or just shut up.. Reply

Posted at 01:48 on 23 November 2008
Kolani	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post It's easy to program for if you program for it, not with the plans to write a PC version that you're going to dump a 360 port of it. If you'll look at the developers that claim that the PS3 is difficult to program for, you'll see that most of them are writing a multiplatform game, otherwise known as programming a PC version for use as 360 Shovelware. Reply

Posted at 02:46 on 28 December 2008
honorio	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post i am waiting for it, i will wait, but some how get to the limit of this playstation 3, use all that extra technology to do it impressive. Reply

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