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Ubisoft CEO and President Yves Guillemot has declared that Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 are both very similar in terms of what developers are able to utilize from the technology available.
Speaking at the recent BMO Capital Markets conference, Guillemot stated that both systems were "close in what we can do with them", adding that each machine offered various elements that developers are able to take advantage of.
Guillemot also remained confident that the remainder of 2007 "should be a great year for the PS3”, citing the recent price cut in North America as a reason for the spike in sales.
Elsewhere, he also addressed the process of porting Xbox 360 games to PS3, playing down suggestions that it requires considerably more effort than it if were the other way around.
“What we do now is create for the PS3 and 360 at the same time, and it doesn't cost more than 10 per cent extra to develop for the other machine”, he said.
"Before it was costing us more, about 20 per cent, just because it was difficult to learn the PS3 hardware, but now our engines are done and we can easily develop for both machines."
Ubisoft’s latest offering for PS3 and Xbox 360, Assassin’s Creed, is due out in North America on November 13.
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similar in terms of what developers can utilize? I want the PS3 to offer MORE not similar or equvilant!! I thought the PS3 is so much more powerful? Is it just cause they havn't figured out how to fully optomize it? I hope so...
psn id: gingo.... well after ps3s first year and 360s second year they are both at the same level so by next year and after ps3 should storm ahead and be way more powerful than the 360
He's right in what he says,they are close in how the devs can utilize them right NOW.Which means the ps3 will really shine like a super star!!
PSN ID: GingoIsTrulyTheLord
It will take a few years for developers to fully understand the PS3 hardware as its the first year but give it a few years then PS3 will show its true power.
I don't know if these devs are telling the truth when they say ps3 and 360 are similar in power,but we will all know the truth by this time next year with our AAA titles coming out.
Thats weird coming from someone that been unable to deploy any good port game for ps3. And from someone that had been financed by MC. The close one to a good port was "GRAW MWF" but it wasn't good enough. By far COD 4 looks better than any port from ubsoft. So in my opinnion UB have a long way ahead to reach the limits of ps3.
Ubi is not interested in pushing the system. just interested in getting their ports performing the same. This comment is expected from them.
WHA? Ubisoft saying positive things about PS3? Craziness. Let's hope they have jumped on the "let's make the PS3 build first" bandwagon so we can get some quality titles and keep all the comparison videos off of gt.com.
WOW this is a burn to microsoft, "President Yves Guillemot has declared that Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 are both very similar in terms of what developers are able to utilize"
wow the 360 has been out for two years and the ps3 has only been out for a year lol, imagine how its going to end up next year, "developers can do three times more on the ps3 than the 360 "
Cant wait till next year!!
Can't wait for Assassin's Creed! I still think they could be putting more work in PS3 development myself. Obviously you'll get more out of it if it's on par, or surpasses, 360 already.
lol at the fanboys who are trying to spin it, it does not say similar right now it says similar.
you lot dont no the ps3 full power, for all you no we could be seeing above 80% of its power, if you want to say the ps3 is gonna look better then the 360 in a year then w8 a year when you can see the games.
“What we do now is create for the PS3 and 360 at the same time, and it doesn't cost more than 10 per cent extra to develop for the other machine”, he said."
we know its bs right? the teams cant work together on 2 systems when problems arent same and the story takes least time so in terms of dev. 10% is bs, they use the same team on 360 as ps3 like 30/30 or w/e and the only thing that can be same is director not the devs. he probably saying it to justify the fact that 360 is getting exclusive from ubisoft while ps3 is loosing (haze isnt ubisoft). btw if it costs 10% more why isnt haze on 360 and sell like 300k atleast? that sure is more money in then wasted.
btw its ubisoft that wants to create great game and since ps3 is new they cant i get it if they just say it like kojima and not "MP company"
The developers that develop for both are not going to choose sides, they are not stupid, they make more money when they sell to both, why would they make one look way better then the other. It would make people not want to buy it for the crappy system. I also like how they say that they can do similar things but always seem to forget that the PS3 has 3 times the disc storage space, thanks to blu-ray. Why does this never get mentioned?????
looks like they have some work ahead of themselves in learning to develop for the PS3 if they are making statements like this!
it looks like the ps3 easily can perform on the same level as the 360. But when a dev sits down and makes an exclusive game for ps3. like ubisoft with HAZE, then the ps3 game looks way better than any 360 game.
by the way everyone "IN TERMS OF WHAT DEVELOPPERS CAN UTILIZE FROM THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE" so maybe right now the ps3 is not much superior to the 360 but developpers WILL be able to produce superior games in the future. just to stop the flamming
You also got to consider what methods of development Ubisoft is using to make them "similar" persay. Also because of that statement, the PS3's 3rd generation games will look nothing like its predecessors and will showcases some of the best of what Sony has to offer.
I love this article. It made me laugh thinking how much everyone was going to bash him for stupidity. I just hope they don't fsck up AC. It was one the top 5 games for me.
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I say we wait for Resistance 2 and Motorstorm 2 and THEN make a comparison to see if they're the same as 360 games. Too bad 360s are bricking with new games killing the horrible hardware. You guys hear how many crashed playing BioShock? Almost sad.
I'm not worried about it, developers haven't even scratched the surface of what the PS3 can do. In 2008 they will, and we will get such a great quality of games the 360 will be obsolete.
Devs that work on both platforms are going to say they are similar, because they don't want one side to not buy their games. That's all that's going on.
Ubisoft may be able to utilize the hardware equivalently, but when it comes to capacity...I think that's where developers thinks twice about the 360! In terms of difficulties learning the PS3, I think that they've done well to catch up in under a year! Technically, it kinda means it wasn't THAT hard after all!
relax remember the 360 at its first year . by this time next year i bet microsux is gonna announce a new console that they will bring out in 2009 because were not even gonna discusse the 360 by this time next year because their will be no comparisen. the ps3 will blow it out of the water and every game from every developer other than EA and Valv will be a triple AAA title and a must have.