BioShock PS3 dev: 'Blu-ray hasn't made much difference'
Reiterates graphics goal is to be 'as good as on 360'.
Sony's Blu-ray technology "hasn't made much difference" to the upcoming PS3 version of stupendously great 360 and PC FPS BioShock, the game's associate producer has told VideoGamer.com.
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."
Miller's comments reinforce what she herself told us at E3 in Los Angeles in July, just in case you were in doubt.
User Comments
themax37
Well, they will either have to put it on multiple disks or reduce the quality on the 360 version.
Anonymous
teets
John M. the II
No, the blu-ray disk is movie centric that is why it has slow disk reading speeds because a movie doesn't need fast disk reading speeds.
Pseudo
Some Guy
@BlazingKrotch
You obviously know nothing about blu-ray. Blu-ray is not a content-specific media ... can you imagine an entire discography (Beatles, U2 etc) on a single disc ? That would be way cool !
Waldo
@BlazingKrotch
Waldo
Tell that to Kojima productions.
BlazingKrotch
There is only one advance of blu-ray over dvd and that is extra space which they didnt need in the first place. Blu-ray is NOT a video game disk, it is a movie disk and is best used for movies, its horrible for games.
the one
Nuno
It's that need some guys have of bashing blu-ray. Those guys who say size doesn't matters, you know?
He probably also thought that DVD was stupid. And high density floppy disks...
LT
Rick
After reading the whole article I've found at least two interesting things: first, the interviewed was not a developer (as a programmer) 'per se', but a senior producer (not exactly the same thing); second, the context were something like that 'title' statement was made, clearly tells that IN THIS PROJECT, this wasn't even a question, because this game was initially developed for XBOX360 that, as you know, doesn't have the same CD capacity.
Maybe you can later ask her if when she starts producing the NEXT current gen project they will be limited by the XBox360 CD size limitations when defining texture quality/size, audio compression, number of levels, etc, etc.
Insight
Whatever she saiid just confirmed ur fears............PS3 hulking muscles of no use..........cell processor just a show off.........................dont worry dude in some 5-10 years u might,might get some game to rival XBOX 360 blockbuster titles..........