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No SmackDown for PS3 News
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THQ has confirmed to Eurogamer that the next instalment in the WWE SmackDown series will not be appearing on PlayStation 3.
A statement from the publisher reads: "The highly anticipated WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 is scheduled to ship for Xbox 360, PSP and PlayStation 2 in November.
"Consistent with our goal of delivering the highest quality content across all next-gen platforms, we have decided to postpone the debut of the SmackDown series on PlayStation 3 until the holiday 2007 timeframe."
In other words, they're by no means abandoning the PS3 altogether. SmackDown 2008 will indeed be available for Sony's next-gen console when the game hits shops next year.
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i love these forums - in the space of 3 posts we go from someone who clearly has a brain in their head to a fan boy who thinks he knows how things work.
if you had a multi-million selling game would you want to "port" the engine or actually spend time making a game work 100% on a brand new platform? |
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nickthegun
24/07/06 @ 10:55
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No incredibly annoying PSP to PS3 features? Im shocked and dissapointed that I will not be able to experience the dissapointment of lacking three or for wrestlers due to me being PS3 free.
And since im here, if they dont sort out the loading times for the PSP, their QA dept need punching in the balls. /not a Wrestling nut //bought it because it was cheap ///PSP never left 'Standby' for the whole time I played the game, due to the arse clenchingly annoying cold boot time
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It definitely is a good selling and popular series, so while not a killer blow for the PS3 by any means, it does have to hurt.
I just wonder about the quality of the game itself though. I like the Smackdown games, but if this is just a rehash with next gen graphics and no attempt to fix the flaws of the series then I will be very disappointed. They could at least put some ragdoll-style physics in there! |
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To be honest, this is probably bad news for 360 owners if anything. What it says to me is that since there'll be no PS3 version, the PS2 will be the lead development platform, and the 360 will simply get a port of that with upgraded graphics and some extra bells and whistles. If they were developing for both the 360 and the PS3, we might have actually seen a true next-gen entry in the series, with the PS2 getting a downgraded port.
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The Bodybuilder
24/07/06 @ 11:46
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>"and the 360 will simply get a port of that with upgraded graphics and some extra bells and whistles. "
I'm guessing you haven't seen the demo's of it for the 360? It DOES look next gen (whether it plays "NEXT GEN" [WHATEVER THAT MEANS] is another questions). However, when you have a 360 that's cheaper than a ps3 (and maybe even cheaper by christmas), with two of the ps2's best selling games (smackdown and pro evo 6), including other exclusives (gears of war, forza 2, e.t.c.) it's definately bad news for sony. We know why they can't release by this christmas for the ps3, but the majority of people (the sales) don't know that. All they'll see is a popular ps2 classic on the 360, with more shine. |
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"I'm guessing you haven't seen the demo's of it for the 360? It DOES look next gen (whether it plays "NEXT GEN" [WHATEVER THAT MEANS] is another questions)."
Well, I meant more in the sense that they might actually take advantage of the extra power to sort the AI out, which has always been pretty rubbish in Smackdown games. I'm just worried that the 360 version will get shoddy treatment with no other next-gen version in the works. I'm sure everyone remembers THQ's pitiful Royal Rumble on the Dreamcast, which looked nice enough, but had almost no options and shite gameplay. |
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Canadian_Mike
24/07/06 @ 15:12
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It's irrelevant for Sony really.
The PS2 version is going to sell more copies than the 360, PSP and PS3 version would have combined. EDIT: grammar
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seregrail7
24/07/06 @ 17:53
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My Uncle works in the same building where they're making Smackdown for PS3 and he says it's not going too well and they may not make ANY PS3 games. Seriously.
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seems like the ps3 is hard to develop for afterall
i dont see how this is irrelevant to sony no smackdown game has ever sold less than 2 million for each game, will people want to get a far inferior ps2 game....? this would of been a good game to persuede people got shell out for a ps3 not any more its not just this xmas either do people want to wait until xmas 2007 for their next gen wrestling..? there seems to be less and less reasons to get a ps3 until later in 2007 at present, very few games of any merit/interest before then after all the developer is canning the game this year, not just delaying it by a few months not a good sign
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oh so games 'with better graphics' dont matter then? why is anyone buying a next ps3 or xbox360 then?
quite funny really people were raving about the graphics just a few months ago now its, graphics dont matter well forget graphics, 66% of people are using xbox live thats one big community its abvious whihc version people will want for that alone now, as ps2 online sucks ass |
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effinwooly
24/07/06 @ 18:32
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whats going on !!!!! FFS ! First no PES6 and now smackdown !!!! thats it i am NOT buying a PS3
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@alpha-One
"well forget graphics, 66% of people are using xbox live thats one big community its abvious whihc version people will want for that alone now, as ps2 online sucks ass" Good point. I think you're right in saying its not the graphics, but the online options that give the 360 version the advantage over the PS2 version (although obviously the better graphics will be a bonus).
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cyber_nicco
24/07/06 @ 19:29
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Well, I've never played any of the wrestling games for any of the platforms, so this doesn't impact me very directly.
However, it would seem to me that if so many PS2 owners are still buying games in record numbers after the release of the PS3, that does not seem to imply that most of them are already planning on making the switch to PS3. I mean, Xbox sales started to drop as the 360 launch grew near (and ever since), which I think that was an implication that there was a fairly high level of interest in the new console. I'm not saying it will or not sell well on the PS2, but I am not sure if it does it is necessarily such a great thing for Sony... |
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@ seregrail7
So does your uncle work for THQ or Yukes and are you saying that he says that a guy who actually works on Smackdown told him over a beer that THQ/Yukes (delete are required) is backing of of the next major gaming format because they are having "difficulties"? Just wondered if you could clear that up for us all! |
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