Plans to give the PS3 the 'attention it deserves pretty soon'.
EA has reassured PS3 owners that they should not be concerned by the putting "on hold" of the PS3 version of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and the lack of a PS3 version of Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath, and reiterated its commitment to the platform "going forward".
In an interview with VideoGamer.com, Kane's Wrath associate producer Jim Vessella said that EALA (the division of EA which is responsible for its RTS games, including Command & Conquer and Battle for Middle Earth) was still "very interested" in the PS3 and "big fans" of Sony's console.
AdvertisementWhen asked why there was no PS3 version of Kane's Wrath, Vessella replied: "The PS3, it would just be extra development time we didn't really have right now, so we could focus on the 360. And also specifically with Kane's Wrath, because we're building off of the foundation of Tiberium Wars it was just a natural transition to continue with the 360 exclusive development.
"Although we are very interested in the PS3. We're big fans of the console. We're definitely moving forward on that front for hopefully our future titles. You'll have to talk to the Red Alert 3 team specifically about future plans for PS3 and also our future games going forward. So we're definitely looking at the PS3, but for Kane's Wrath, just not yet."
Vessella moved to reassure PS3 owning RTS fans that EA wasn't leaving them behind, and revealed that the company is hoping to "dive into the PS3 and give it the attention it deserves" "pretty soon".
"I think that going forward in the near future we'll be able to really focus on getting really good PS3 versions," he told VideoGamer.com. "And that's the other thing. We don't want to just port it over to the PS3 without giving any care as to what really makes that console successful. We really want to put care and heart into every version that we do. And so we really want to be able to dive into PS3 and give it the attention it deserves. We're really hoping that will happen pretty soon."
You can check out the rest of our interview with EA's Jim Vessella right here.
Are you disappointed by the lack of a PS3 version of Kane's Wrath and Red Alert 3? Let us know in the comments section below.
jimmy butthole wrote at 15:19 on 18 June 2008
ps3 is garbage just like psp, they trying to make a media center that also plays games
Greg wrote at 15:34 on 18 June 2008
Comments made by people such as you, "Butthole", reflct really badly on the Xbox community. But I guess that's to be expected from the 10-26 Console eh?
Makidian wrote at 16:03 on 18 June 2008
I don't know why anyone would get bent out of shape about Kane's Wrath, isn't it an expansion to a game that didn't come out on the PS3(Tiberium Wars), I'd still like to see Read Alert 3 hit though, liked what I saw in the trailer. And butthole is it? The 360 does the same thing right? So what's your point!?
James wrote at 16:19 on 18 June 2008
Sorry but I've never been able to play RTS games on consoles they're geared-up for PCs, play an RTS with a controller is a real pain, and generally RTS games don't require the latest graphics card to get decent performance. I couldn't care less about this... sorry
Axe99 wrote at 07:37 on 19 June 2008
I still play the original Playstation C&C and Red Alert - but I'm not getting an XBox360 (I can't afford two current-gen consoles, and the games I like playing, apart from the C&C series, are on the PS3) - so I'd definitely be keen in a PS3 version of the latest C&C. I'll definitely be giving World in Conflict a whirl when it releases.
Batman wrote at 12:55 on 19 June 2008
I had been looking forward to this on the PS3. I haven't had an up to date PC for a while now and I'm missing some RTS games. It would have been great if it could have supported bluetooth keyboard and mouse as well