Lack of SSFII beta for PS3 explained

By Robert Purchese Published 17 March, 2008

Regional submissions not so Turbo.

Capcom has explained that it would be too costly and take too long to get a SSFII Turbo HD Remix beta running on PS3.

For now, only those of you with an Xbox 360 will be invited to participate after you buy Commando 3 from Live Arcade.

"We are resource constrained. This project already has gone over the original budget," explained Christian Svensson, Capcom business development boss, on the official forums.

"We wanted to do a beta to test the new network features, but even if it were possible for Sony to do, it would require three submissions (US, Europe, Asia/Japan) to reach the same global audience we can with Microsoft in a single test and global submission."

"We treat the PS3 extremely seriously. To date, we are still the only third party publisher doing cross platform, simultaneous digital releases. Believe it or not, this is not easy and to suggest we aren't treating the PS3 as important would be ignorant of what we're doing for it," he added.

Svensson went on to say that even if it could be done it would have pushed the release back a few months, which he expects you would not have liked.

The results of the 360 test should also help the PS3 version, as there is "code parity across the two".

"Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 will be an excellent title on PS3. The lack of a bonus beta doesn't make it not worth its asking price," Svensson reassured us.

Commando 3 will cost 800 Points in Xbox 360 and will grant you access to the SSFII Turbo HD Remix beta shortly after downloading for around eight weeks.

Pop over to our Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 and SSFII Turbo HD Remix gamepages for more information.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • jonsaan #1 4 years ago

    Form an orderly queue please.

  • keyboardmonkey #2 4 years ago

    2 posts in and no raving Fanboys on the case yet. What's happening to the comments thread!

  • McBradders #3 4 years ago

    Street Fighter aint what it used to be, apparantly.

  • miiiguel #4 4 years ago

    " 2 posts in and no raving Fanboys on the case yet. What's happening to the comments thread!"
    Too much "deja-vu" ?

  • mattigan #5 4 years ago

    Capcom in "PS3 harder to code for than 360" shocker!!!

    /couldn't resist, I'll get me coat!!

  • keyboardmonkey #6 4 years ago

    And they're off. Tinderbox is in the lead.

    I pray that what this doesn't really mean is. We are doing no testing on the PS3 as no code is finished yet and no where near the testing stage. So we will test everything on the 360 and keep our fingers crossed that it works on the PS3

    the letter T has decided to join us today eventually.
    Edited by 1 at 17/03/08 @ 10:20

  • Akari #7 4 years ago

    "Haha more proof that the PS3 is a POS."

    How does the submission process that publishers have to adhere to in anyway determine the quality of a console!?

    You clearly don't have a clue about what goes on before a title hits the shelves.

  • Razorus #8 4 years ago

    ...."SSFII Turbo HD Remix beta shortly after downloading for around eight weeks."

    EIGHT WEEKS for the beta?!!! When the hell is the final product out!?
    Anyway, I'm getting the PS3 version cos the Playstation controller is better suited to Street Fighter games.

  • sharpfish #9 4 years ago

    all this hoo ha about a game I got free with my SNES over 15 years ago... yawn.

    If you ask me Capcom is just trying to whip up some free PR out of this, a fucking beta? who gives a fuck, it's not like it's GTAIV beta it's a 2D fighting game with high(er)res graphics. So long as we can check out the finished product who really cares?

    OH and enjoy playing 2D fighters on the shit 360 D-Pad, if they 'test it' and 'tune it' to work well with that abomination then all versions are doomed anyway.

  • Steroyd #10 4 years ago

    kbm it means they don't want to submit the same thing to 4 different branches of the same company, I don't know what to make of it the good thing is Sony caters to each regions individually the bad side is that they're catering to each region individually. :|

  • JJrabbit #11 4 years ago

    "You clearly don't have a clue about what goes on before a title hits the shelves."

    Unfortunately, a lot of fanboys don't. Hence the subjective, and ultimately pointless, arguments that ensue....
    Either way, I'm still loving the classic SSFII :)

  • penhalion #12 4 years ago

    Why should people have to buy a pile of shite game like commando 3? why not allow the poeple buying bionic commando to be in the beta. At least then you'd have actualy gamers in it.

  • septimus #13 4 years ago

    Some people haven't blocked tinderbox and his inane child comments yet? Do it, it improves most threads greatly.

  • miiiguel #14 4 years ago

    "OH and enjoy playing 2D fighters on the shit 360 D-Pad, if they 'test it' and 'tune it' to work well with that abomination then all versions are doomed anyway. "
    I have a proper arcade stick in my 360, but I'm hardcore and shit... so nevermind.

  • Les #15 4 years ago

    "Why should people have to buy a pile of shite game like commando 3? why not allow the poeple buying bionic commando to be in the beta"

    Why not allow people to join the beta without buying anything?!

  • Chrono-Kun #16 4 years ago

    Is it just me or the companies are becoming more and more lazier in "PS3 IS TOO HARD TO CODE"

    First the harddrive install and this... I got to say, it isn't the console, it's capcom. They are simply just too lazy. PS3 owners, don't bother with them =P

  • sailesh #17 4 years ago

    EEF YEW Maaaan. F U. ;_;