BioShock Was Always Planned for the PS3
June 1, 2008 / 10:45 AM EDT / (@salromano)

A developer who was working on the PLAYSTATION 3 version of BioShock spoke out today on the lies told by the gaming industry.

As you know, BioShock is finally coming to the PLAYSTATION 3, even after it was confirmed that it was not so many times.

BioShock was planned from the beginning for a PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, and PC release since they all had a big enough installbase.

The reason that BioShock is coming a year late to the PLAYSTATION 3 is because Microsoft has money (and apparently, Sony didn’ t want to buy out exclusives).

After BioShock was so well received at the XFest ’06, Microsoft approached the developers to rack in another exclusive. Although, it wasn’t a bad thing for PLAYSTATION 3 owners, as the development for the PS3 was still very early and wasn’t going well at the time. Microsoft also paid for all the marketing for BioShock as well. Thats why it took so long to come, but now it is almost here.

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  • incredibilistic

    This reminds me of all the noise people made about Sony having to backpedal on the issue of vibration in the SIXAXIS being considered “last-gen”. They had to say whatever they could say because of all the legal crap going on in the backroom.

    Once the settlement was reached Sony didn’t have to cover up anymore.

    The fact that MS has the deepest pockets out of The Big 3 game makers means they can manipulate the industry to its liking in anyway they see fit. I’d do it too if I was in Microsoft’s position. Why let Sony take over again? Just buy up everything in site and make the 360 a force to be reckoned with. Guess what guys, it’s working.

    And it’s not like MS is losing billions of dollars on this. Well they are but I’m sure they chalk it up to winning the war against Sony versus seeing a lot of red on their Excel sheets.

    With the first Xbox they thought that by having a more powerful machine they could take out Sony. They were wrong and realized that it doesn’t take a reliable piece of hardware to make a dominant system. Just make it good enough and get the gaming development community behind you. Hence, MS is leading the PS3 (the Wii is not in direct competition).

    As for Bioshock and whatever else Take2 has planned I’m sure we’ll see that “exclusive 360″ title in due time.

  • BandAiD

    I’d hardly say its working Incredibilistic. Perhaps if their console didn’t have a shitty failure rate, they might be even better off than they are right now. It also doesn’t change the fact that 360 doesn’t really have a “force” to be reckon with in Europe and Japan.

    Personally since Microsoft joined the industry, I think they threw the wrench into everything. Just like the countless other markets they entered, they are trying to force their way to be a monopoly (surprise surprise!).

    I have always had a strong dislike towards the company, hell I don’t have a single microsoft product (I run Mac).

    It almost frightens me the statement you made about reliable piece of hardware…..