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Activision: "PS3 is the most advanced platform"

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 12:04 EDT

During the Web 2.0 Summit last week, Activision's Chairman and CEO, Robert Kotick, stated that he believes the PlayStation 3 is the most advanced gaming platform available.

During his presentation, Kotick took questions from the audience, one inquiry leading him to talk about the PlayStation 3 and how developers are building for its hardware.

"[The] PlayStation 3 is the most advanced gaming platform, but very few game developers are building products that take full advantage of the console's powerful, multicore processor," he said.

He then went on to state that it will gradually change over the next four or five years.

With Activision being one of the gaming industries largest publishers, it's good to hear that they have strong confidence in the PS3's hardware and understand that it may take developers a while to fully harness the power of the machine.

Source: Informationweek

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posted 12:11pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Good to hear, make a better spiderman game next time though.
posted 12:11pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Of course the PS3 is

posted 12:11pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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I really hope Sony keeps putting emphasis on developing tools to help the 3rd party devs get some good game out.

posted 12:19pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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damn ps3...so strong the 3rd time taking over other consoles...lol

posted 12:19pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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damn ps3...so strong the 3rd time taking over other consoles...and thats the reason i got one.

posted 12:40pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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he is correct in his assertion. But i don't think it will take that long. If the real devs who wanna get to explore their digital artistic expression... truly.... instead of jumping for the 1st bag of money thrown at them to develop something for the more popular console. I'm just saying.... i don't really know how things are per se, but i know what Sony's brainchild has to offer those real devs who seek to master the beast within the ps3. Something damn near close to perfect yo.... just can't be scared. Ninja Theory wasn't neither was F5 or Naughty Dog. So who's next??
posted 12:49pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Um, wait....when do we get news we don't know is true?  The PS3 IS the system...next up, world domination?

posted 1:12pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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psn id: gingo.... please dont tell me anyone thought the xbox 360 was more powerful than the ps3 because that is just being a complete fool

posted 1:19pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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I've always had a subtle respect for Activision. I can't wait to see what they have in store for the PS3

posted 1:21pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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@gingo thank you thank you thank you. Your comment is the only one thats necessary.
posted 1:39pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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lol and will do ok no doom and gloom. and if you thought games based on a movie would be good you were lacking brain cells...it rarelly is any good exceptions being a game like Kotor and thats the only one i can think of....

posted 1:52pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Sure the confidence is there, unfortunately not everyone share that. :/ Its still good that publishers like activision cans see that for all the advancements the PS3 has it also gives equal rewards.

posted 1:55pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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for sure!

posted 2:01pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Good to see someone looking forward to working on projects then to just cast them aside and blame the "difficulty" in the system.

posted 2:10pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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"He then went on to state that it will gradually change over the next four or five years."

totally gay, I dont want a change in 4-5 years, I want a change now, b4 I sell my PS3 alrdy... ppl keep saying its the best, but I still dont see it..

 

And no Im not a XBOX fanboy, Im all for sony actually, Im just getting fed up with the lack of support and games and crappy ports, and developers not taking full advantage of the PS3 b/c its "too much work"

posted 2:42pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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It's nice for folks to state the obvious, I guess.....

posted 3:14pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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frigg the next 4-5 years,how bout in the next year

posted 3:29pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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most advanced gaming platform....gradually change over the next 4 or 5 years....telling us stuff we already know....

posted 3:31pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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@markwesker and joeyjoejoeshababadoo16

You gottta think how long did it take dev's even the 1st party ones to fully harness the power of the PS2??? 5 to 6 yrs??? Well them saying 4 to 5  is actually quicker. The PS3 is a complex system and very powerful so it will take time for dev's to fully understand it. Also I think just as long as Sony keep's helping them then they will get it done sooner.



posted 3:46pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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The more time Game developers take to work on the ps3 games the more they will unleash the true power of the monsterus PLAYSTATION 3.... PS3 shale rule the gaming industry!!!

oh... by the way.... Xbox 360 SUCKS

posted 3:48pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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I think thats why microsoft may consider putting a hd-dvd drive in their upcoming console or xbox360 to expand its life. Since devs are going to complain about needing more space around 2009 i bet.

posted 3:50pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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mmm... Xbox, Dreamcast, Jaguar, N64 were all the "most advanced platforms" of their generations... so what? 

posted 4:22pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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^^^ A 360 or Wii fan boy would say something like that.

Wow, didn't expect this out of Activision.

posted 4:34pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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Activision is bringing Spiderman freind or foe to the 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC and DS but not the PS3? Don't matter anyway as IGN scored it a 4.9. Funny enough IGN gave every version a 4.9 and each versions are supposedly rated by different members eg. The Wii version rated by IGN nintendo, 360 version rated by IGN Microsoft. Something tells me IGN didn't play all versions as they couldn't be bothered and gave the 4.9 from one version to all ther other versions.

posted 4:48pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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And sony suppose was begging for 3rd party support huh??  I mean what dev wouldnt be excited about pushing new technology to the limit?? I guess only the lazy ones who want to make a quick buck huh. PS3s time will soon come

posted 5:18pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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NYFAN-how would u know its a complex system oh wait i forgot u worked n designed the ps3 for sony haha not.your just quoting facts from other souces n not saying wot u feel, n everone else feels.this is fact tho and that is people don`t buy a console to wait 5years for a good game,just not gonna happen mate plus its not on.devs arnt thick n can make great games now like resistance,unreal,final fantasy,mgs4 so thats prove u don`t need 4 or 5 years to get a good game just need more devs working on ps3 n no xbox bk handers to game companies.

posted 7:13pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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call me crazy but ps3 shuld have been helping these devs a long time ago I mean they shuld have known. sense its such a complex and powerful system devs would need help from the company that built the dam thing. seems to me Sony planned to say, "here this is the most advanced gaming console built yet. figure it out." makes no sense

posted 8:50pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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While what he'ssaying can totally be filed under "DUH!" the problem here is his estimate puts it well into the year 2010 before we get some serious gaming. That's not exceptable. We need developers to get interested sooner or GAMERS will lose interest.

posted 10:54pm EDT - October 22nd, 2007
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That is a smart man, pretty soon (Hopefully) all developers will taking notice of the power of the PS3.
posted 2:09am EDT - October 24th, 2007
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Didn't everyone know this over a year ago, prior to launch?  Kind of redundant to say this now, or at all for that matter.

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