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June 5th, 2008 @ 12:53
EA’s just confirmed to videogaming247 that Red Alert PS3 has definitely been put on hold. A PR rep issued the following statement:
“We can confirm that the development of Red Alert 3 for PS3 has been put on hold. EA LA is focusing resources on development for PC and Xbox 360 which will ship simultaneously this autumn.”
And that’s that. No one seems to know quite why the PS3 version’s been pushed back and it doesn’t sound like there’s going to be any comment on this other than the above right now.
The news solidified properly last night when GameStop was rumoured to have pulled the SKU.
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June 5th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Porting PC games to PS3 obviously isn’t as straight-forward as they imagined. And then there’s the multiplayer to contend with too.
Shame really, ‘cos the PS3 version could’ve actually used a mouse and keyboard.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
PS3mote compatibility to be included - CONFIRMED.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Not to worry, anyway - it’s only a boring old PC game.
/looks over shoulder
June 5th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
“Porting PC games to PS3 obviously isn’t as straight-forward as they imagined.”
I think you can replace the first few words of that sentence with “Making games for the PS3…”
June 5th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Maybe they saw StarCraft II and decided they’d better stop fannying about with PS3.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
This sort of game is really meant for the PC, so I can’t see that the loss of a PS3 version is a great worry.
I loved Red Alert back in the day (mid 90s was it? Gosh…) but I have to say I’m much more looking forward to Starcraft II and/or Dawn of War II for my next RTS fix, so I’ll probably give this a miss.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I thought C&C3 was pretty shite on the PC so this is probably a lucky escape for PS3 owners. RTS games have moved on since the nineties, unfortunately EA’s haven’t.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
You should have a look at that Supreme Commander 360 movie I posted earlier. Honestly, it looks very cool.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
The spirit of Dreamcast has a new home.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
This is another reason to buy PS3 - at least they don’t ahve to be subject to another lazy port of a questionable RTS franchise.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Come on now, we can’t possibly spin a game cancellation as a *good* thing!
June 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Perhaps not, but I have a personal dislike of C&C. My dad has been playing Generals: Zero Hour (or is it the other way around) for the past eight years and he NEVER plays anyhting else. EVERY TIME I visit my parents he’s playing that game, so much so that even my mum knows the ‘yes massa’ and ‘I’m hungry’ syntagms.
I even bought him Company of Heroes one Christmas so as to introduce him to a more refined RTS, then next time I go there, he’s given it to my brother - FOR HIS BIRTHDAY!!!
Anyone who isn’t subjected to this series is, in my opinon, seriously lucky.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I really liked what I saw of this in the recent 15min demo. Looking forward to it.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Oh well… bad news for the PS3, since this is exactly the kind of game that it could use to really show off the fact that you can use a mouse/keyboard with it.
Playing RTS games with a joypad pretty muched ‘advanced players only’ territory.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Mouse and keyboard should stay away from consoles
It doesn’t directly show how hard it is to develop for the ps3 but time is money and I guess EA took the right decision to stop development on it.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
How well did the last C&C on 360 do?
June 5th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
*thumbs down*
June 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Suddenly it’s all starting to make a bit more sense.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I think C&C3 had about 1.5M sales, most of them PC.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
“How well did the last C&C on 360 do?”
in terms of what?
Reviews or sales?
I got it when it came out and played it for a good while.
iirc it got mid 80 reviews, which is about right if you ask me.
I’ll probably pick it up again some time between now and November (Gears 2), which means that I want to go back to it after not having played it for ages, which is a good sign for a game.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I was talking specifically about sales. If it pretty much tanked on the 360 and the PS3 conversion was giving them grief then there’s little wonder they cut their losses.
June 5th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
It will get destroyed by Starcraft 2 regardless.
RTS on consoles? Doesn’t work.