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dbot on 08 February 2009
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madskillz said:

Just explain this - why hasn't EA announced ME 2 or ME 3 on the PS3 so far? Seriously - they may do it at GDC but look at these numbers on Saints Row, Saints Row 2:

1 Saints Row THQ 4,984 N/A 2.07m 09th Aug 07
2 Saints Row 2 THQ 1,487 N/A 1.36m 07th Nov 08
3 Saints Row 2 THQ 460 N/A 0.69m 07th Nov 08

Saints Row 2 on the 360 will likely hit 2M. I seriously doubt you'll see PS3 got more than that.

For Saints Row 2, just picking it up was fun, but throughout SR2, events from SR1 are brought up constantly and really can make gamers feel like 'What's going on?' Shoot - even 360 gamers that missed SR said the same thing.

As far as EA, I just find it very, very odd that they would delay announcing a game of this caliber. EA is mum - and MS has nada to say.

Did you read up on publishing rights? How can they publish a trilogy when the first game was funded by a rival? You may play ME 2 on the PS3, but as much moaning as PS3 bots to start off with, they'll hem and haw over the lack of attention EA has given them with ME 2 and call it crap. Regardless, Bioware will continue to shine with the 360 and let EA deal with future ports of the game.

All will be revealed - and I can say with confidence it will be on the 360 and PC. Nothing - except a blog post on Mass Effect forums - has suggested a PS3 version.

I think they are waiting for a big event to announce it for the PS3.  Kind of like the Final Fantasy announcement.  If Saints Row 2 was a direct port from the 360 to the PS3, THQ made money on the PS3 version at about 200k units sold.  The rest is pure profit.  It wasn't some random poster in a forum, the CEO of EA told his investors that the game would release on multiple platforms and EA has refused to deny the PS3 version.  I guess the real question for you is why wouldn't EA deny a PS3 version if it truly didn't exist? 

@De85 - The ability to release the sequels in the trilogy on all platforms is far more valuable than the ability to release the original on the PC.  That is why I think the agreement between EA and MS was purely a financial agreement.  MS didn't have any control over the sequels so why would EA give them control?

 



Thanks for the input, Jeff.