Uh-oh, looks like that dreaded four-letter word is about to strike again. Y'know the one that PS3 fans fear: P-O-R-T. It appears that the upcoming PS3 version of BioShock isn't doing much to take advantage of the PS3, at least from a visual standpoint. According to both Joystiq and Videogamer.com, the PS3 version of BioShock looks identical to the original Xbox 360 version. 2K Games senior producer Melissa Miller told Videogamer.com that "we're looking to match the quality of the original version. We want to make sure that the water is just as great, and I think you can see from the demonstration, that it looks no different from the 360 version."
News that BioShock's PS3 Trophies may be identical to Xbox 360's Achievements came as a sign that this would be a pretty straight port, with little enhancement to make up for the one year delay on PS3. At the very least, the PS3 version of BioShock will have access to exclusive DLC and will have Home support.














Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
7-22-2008 @ 1:50PM
spikeylee said...
thought they were optimizing this for the PS3?
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7-22-2008 @ 1:53PM
Eggy said...
They are.
7-22-2008 @ 2:01PM
adolson said...
Yeah, they have to be, since the 360 version doesn't run on the PS3 at all. I tried. Waste of a rental. :(
7-22-2008 @ 2:31PM
Tim Parsons said...
optimizing it, and making it look better then the original version are 2 totally different things
7-22-2008 @ 6:45PM
bud_toker_13 said...
ports port port is that all sony can do now the psp cas crappy port the pst had crapy ports and now the ps3 has crappy ports i want some kici but games but sony ant doing anything to sucer therd party title ant more look at the ace combat series and the armored core series cant say much for the ff series cut thy were first on nintendo so we shuld of gest thy would show no loilty i for one am boucoting namco bandi and any other trayters i got my ps2 cus i was hoping for the games i loved on ps2 to move to ps3 but no sony slacks on securing titles so now all we get is ports port port and no matter how optimised thy are thy still dont work on ps3 cus the not made from the groung up a port is like a imagrent no matter how hard thy try thy just cant speek the languige right and i just dont want to deal with it i was a huge gamer but now i am just geting fed up with them i remember in the 8 bit era when it took you 18 20 howers to beat a game and it was only 20 to 30 new now you spend 60 for what ten howers or less im felling riped off ps3 no longer means playstation it stands for portstation i did no spend 500 to get crappy ports and is sony seriud 60 for a fricken side scroler i thoght this was next gen if i wanted a side scroler i would get a nes it would be cheaper and i would have more games
7-22-2008 @ 8:54PM
Laurens Holst said...
@bud_toker_13: What? Seriously dude, that is unreadable.
7-22-2008 @ 1:56PM
Wrathbringer said...
Wasn't really expecting much more than a straight port, but I'll be picking this up anyways.
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7-22-2008 @ 1:59PM
adolson said...
You know what this game will have that will make me buy it? BioShock.
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7-22-2008 @ 2:03PM
Brodie-san said...
Exactly. +1 for common sense.
:)
7-22-2008 @ 6:01PM
Tristan said...
lol your previous comment was totally hilarious.
7-22-2008 @ 2:01PM
frankym said...
Oh well....will not buy it then. Will be to busy playing Fallout 3, Resistance 2, and SOCOM
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7-22-2008 @ 2:51PM
Big Ed said...
You do that while the rest of us play one of the best shooters ever made.
7-22-2008 @ 4:01PM
Phantom said...
Killzone???? , that's not coming till latter .
But seriously , I WON'T be getting BioShock , for some reason I'm just not interested in it , I saw a video of it and thought No .
TBH the only games that I'm looking forward too at all are LBP , FF13 (just because it's multi-plat doesn't mean we can't enjoy the superiour version on our PS3's ) , FF13Versus , and Killzone 2 , Fat Princess , and RC:Quest for Booty . And maybe I'll get Resistance 2 when it's a GREATEST HIT , but Killzone is looking alot better . (I tried the demo for R1 , it looked like a great game but the controls {mostly the sights } threw me off )
PS. I'm glad FF13 is getting ported , this way Square won't go broke , Xbots can try it , and for one the 360 will be getting the crappy port .
7-22-2008 @ 2:02PM
Brodie-san said...
Not really surprised at all. They don't need to spend the time making it look any better than the 360 version (and they don't need to in my opinion).
No 360 owner who has this game is going to buy this because it is "tweaked" graphically.
Those who buy it on the PS3 are those of us that are interested in the game but don't own a 360. The fact that it is now available in the first place is the incentive to pick it up - not graphical superiority.
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7-22-2008 @ 2:08PM
adolson said...
Exactly. +1 for common sense.
:)
7-22-2008 @ 5:35PM
CL34N3R said...
I'll probably buy the PS3 version even though I have the 360 version already, just for an excuse to play this excellent game again. As far as the graphics go, I hope it does look identical to the 360 version because it was a gorgeous game.
7-22-2008 @ 2:03PM
Lars said...
Why do these supposed-PS3 screens look way better than the 360 version then? (I've played it on 360)
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7-22-2008 @ 3:48PM
Brodie-san said...
They do? I suppose we can always wait for the obligatory (and asinine) comparison video that will come on gametrailers but if the developer says it's the same, I'm going to pretty much take their word for it.
7-22-2008 @ 2:50PM
ryan said...
because screenshots always look better than what your TV can output.
if anything they could've matched how the PC version looks, which is visually superior to the 360 version.
7-22-2008 @ 2:05PM
drdre74 said...
the game looked amazing as it was on the 360. I'm hoping it looks the same and not worse. Alot of Devs say its the same on both systems when its not. So I'm hoping this isn't one of those cases. I played the demo on the 360 and thought it was a cool game but I'm burnt out on shooters right now.
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