^ But Bioshock is made by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games, not Bioware (and EA).

Mass Effect could go to the PS3, it was published by MS on the 360, but that doesn't mean anything. Look at Conker and the first Banjo, they're now on the 360...

I doubt it. There was a fuss over publishing the game for PC, which MS later allowed EA to do. MS mentioned "best to keep it exclusive and let them publish it" in regards to the PC port so it leads me to believe that some sort of agreement was reached to keep the game off the PS3.

ME2 will probably be multiplat, though.

That one would be because Microsoft bought their company... so you're expecting Sony to buy Bioware from EA?

i wouldnt want mass effect on the ps3 it is a horrid game, i have played it on my pc and i think it is meh.

According to Bioware, Mass Effect 2 is 360 exclusive as well, at least for a while and then it sounds like it's only on PC.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/859/859623p1.html

 Bioshock unlike Mass Effect was not published by MS.

Thank God you didn't like it! Jez! Otherwise I would be in serious concern about my gaming tastes!

Horrid, hah?

Microsoft probably has exclusive rights to the first title in the series being the titles publisher. I suspect that Microsoft allowed Electronic Arts to have the PC publishing rights which were probably reserved for Microsoft as part of a licensing agreement for the remaining two titles in the trilogy.

Despite claims to the contrary Electronic Arts does have platform specific studios, and if the title will see a near simultaneous release on both the 360 and the PC there is probably very little motivation for a PS3 port. Given that most PS3 owners probably have access to a PC that could handle the title, and the fact that the console will probably never see the first installment in the series it seems like a near impossibility.

So in response to the question probably no on the PS3 port of the first title, and probably at the very best a timed exclusivity for the remaining two titles on the 360. However that will probably not be too pragmatic for interested gamers if the PC release is simultaneous or near to simultaneous.

We have to remember that Nintendo published Banjo Kazooie in 1998, and the year now is 2008. The title is making it to the arcade ten years after it originally arrived on the N64. Which in my humble opinion means one thing, and one thing only. Nintendo has had its publishing rights lapse. Publishing right do not last into perpetuity. They last for a specific time interval. In this case Nintendo probably retains publishing rights for ten years. So as time goes by publishing rights for Rare games will revert back to Rare and thus to Microsoft.