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When games are released on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, there’s always the question of which version will be better. It usually comes down to two different categories: graphics and extra features. In the case of Unreal Tournament 3, Mark Rein from Epic recently talked about their work on the Xbox 360 version, and he makes it sound like it will be better on both counts.
Quote from Mark Rein:
I think it goes without saying that the more time you spend on a product the more optimization you get, and you can draw your own conclusions from that. But this is a great version of the game. And now we have split screen as well. A lot of optimization was necessary for this version to get decent performance with split screen. That was no easy task.
I would hope that the graphics would still be fairly close on the 360 version, but unless they are just downright terrible, you won’t be disappointed when you fire it up on the PS3. The split-screen is what will likely be missed by most gamers.
[via MaxConsole]
10 Responses to “UT3 to feature split-screen on the 360, but not on PS3”
bill d. April 21, 2008
WTH? The ps3 version has been out since christmas. Sure it doesn’t have split screen and probably wont ever, but to question the graphics is just absurd. This is the company that made gears (the best looking game on 360). Buddy you need to edit your writing; in your second last sentence . The ps3 version looks amazing better than gears of war so unless they totally screw up the game the 360 version will also look better than gears. But then again Ps3 does look better than 360 when the games are crappy ports.
-1Mark April 21, 2008
“I think it goes without saying that the more time you spend on a product the more optimization you get”
Errm, how do we know how long each version has been worked on? People are assuming both versions development started at the same time, at the same rate, so the 360 version will have had 6 months more development.
This is a very flawed assumption.
I also believe, it was never totally ruled out that the PS3 version would not receive split-screen. At the end of the day, user created mods and mutators are more important to me, and will give me a much longer game shelf life that split-screen ever would.
+1Chris April 21, 2008
What’s in block quotes is a direct quote from Mark Rein of Epic, not an assumption on my part. I’ve updated the article to clarify.
+1Sam April 21, 2008
My first response to this was “What the f… people still play split screen?!?!”
Do we not have internet connections?….
-3Spencer April 21, 2008
ALL ABOUT MODS BABY and ps3 has them, been playing since launch in dec :).
-1aidz April 21, 2008
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-1and on what console:
ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3 ps3
egg box 360 dont have mods ha ha, saying that ut3 on 360 will have 5 extra maps and 2 extra characters is not much of a selling point, considering ps3 already has many more characters in the form of well……. mods like the halo guy etc….
and more than 5 mod maps like the lego map lol the lego map is ledgendary
The Future of Sega April 21, 2008
@ Sam……Uuuh, FUCK YEAH people still play split screens! (myself included). Playing PS3 games online QUICKLY gets boring! Thats just the honest truth. Now if I had Xbox Live on my 360 I bet I would have a WAAAY much better time on there! But online for PS3 just sucks ASS!
….But back to the point. If it’s better on 360 then I’m buying it. I’ve waited this long just to see if the same crap would be pulled off as always on PS3. And pretty soon Metal Gear Solid 4 will do the same, and PS3 will OFFICIALLY be done! If Metal Gear Solid 4 ports over to 360, PS3 has no exclusivity whatsoever!
…..It sickens me that I’ve purchased a Playstation 3. So many games suck…..so many delays…..we waited for EVER for the Dual Shock 3 and it is inferior to the 360’s rumble…..Blue Ray is overhyped…..Sony is all talk, and no walk…..the majority of PS3 games are waaaay overpriced…..and the wii STILL continues to man handle the ps3!
Lol what a shitload of fuck! :)
NeutralPS3rules April 22, 2008
anyway some modder might just get a 360
-2copy and mod the player skins, maps and
split screen mode to the PS3 version making
the 360 version obsoleite(have I written that
right?) thus leaving the PS3 king of UT3 so Hahaha
Styves July 20, 2008
Sam, n/o, but can you be an more ignorant? Of course people still play Split-screen! Some people don’t have internet, and some can’t spend money on XboxLive (the only reason, I’m assuming, that the 360 has split-screen). Some of us still like to play games the way they were a while back, a few friends at home blowing up some bots. Or playing with a few friends online just using split-screen, instead of having to own 2 or 3 different systems just to play, costing each of us over 400$ (360) and 600$(ps3, which I hope will have split-screen eventually.)
So, in short, yes, people do still play Split-screen, and they always will. Personally, I think internet on a console is useless, I might as well play on my PC.
+1COPYRIGHT July 22, 2008
The 360 version is the best version without question, even Mark Rein admitted that, So PS3 fanboys can keep their gobs shut!
But why no mods on 360, we want mods you hear me!
You said 360 would have ‘em and so we want ‘em!
Now you say nothing! :(
Neutral