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vaio on 05 July 2008

Hudson: PS3 development too expensive

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No full PS3 games from Bomberman company
Hudson has ruled out developing and publishing full PS3 games, due to the development costs on Sony’s format being too high.

Speaking to Yahoo Japan (translation here), Hudson’s president Michihiro Ishizuka ruled out making any full PS3 games, due to the high development costs and associated risks of developing for the format.

While this will undoubtedly be something of a disappointment for PS3 owners, given the developer-publisher’s recent games, it’s not overly surprising.

Although the company has developed a few full 360 games in the form of (the admittedly dire) Bomberman Act: Zero, Fuzion Frenzy 2 and JRPG Far East of Eden, its focus has predominantly lay with the Wii and DS.

That said, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that the company’s coding efforts may yet be seen on Sony’s console.

Despite ruling out releasing standard boxed titles on the PS3, Ishizuka (according to the translation, anyway) does appear to praise Sony’s PSN download service, describing it as “attractive” in the business sense.

It certainly wouldn’t surprise us if Hudson developed games started turning up on the PS Store.

Hudson has been very active in the download sector, being a keen supporter of Nintendo’s WiiWare and Virtual Console download services.

It has also released Bomberman Live on Xbox Live Arcade to much critical acclaim – and we’re pretty sure that most PS3 owners wouldn’t say no to a PSN Bomberman title.

Thanks to Gamefront.de for the heads up.

http://www.gamer.tm/news.php?id=2665



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Griffin on 05 July 2008

So a shitty developer does not want to make games on the PS3 and we should care?



akuma587 on 05 July 2008

Hudson has been pretty shit since the end of the N64 generation (Bomberman 64 was AMAZING though), so whatever. Just develop for the PSN if you think developing a full game for the PS3 is too expensive.



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Kasz216 on 05 July 2008
akuma587 said:
Hudson has been pretty shit since the end of the N64 generation (Bomberman 64 was AMAZING though), so whatever. Just develop for the PSN if you think developing a full game for the PS3 is too expensive.

All the GC Mario Parties were good.

Robopon was pretty good.

Aside from that they just haven't done much since N64 era... except bomberman games.

 



XiaoMay on 05 July 2008

Hudson own a few very good I.P., like Bomberman, Star Soldier, Faxanadu, Bonk or Bloody Roar



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321tttrini4everz on 05 July 2008

I HOPE hudson(NO CAPS) LOSE SOME REVENUE AND EVENTUALLY GO BANKRUPT



johnsobas on 05 July 2008

Many small companies that can't do fairly big budgets can't afford to make games for PS3, it's not anything new.



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Soleron on 05 July 2008

Still, doesn't it mark the start of a trend?



NJ5 on 05 July 2008
321tttrini4everz said:
I HOPE hudson(NO CAPS) LOSE SOME REVENUE AND EVENTUALLY GO BANKRUPT

Didn't you read the title? They're saying PS3 development is too expensive for them, so they are choosing not to get revenue from the PS3. Revenue isn't always good, it comes at a cost.

If they go bankrupt, it's not because of this, it's in spite of this.

 



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thekitchensink on 05 July 2008

Ahh, Hudson, what are we going to do with you? tsk,tsk...

Wii games plz!



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