Unreal 3 engine to use gamespy for Pc/PS3 crossplay

Margaret · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:27

Inoshishi said:
Majority of people just use a PC for Games, Web Browsing, Email, Word Processing, Printing - It can all be done on the PS3.

Yeah on Linux, now the majority of people use Windows and won't have a clue what to do on Linux.

60% of PS3 users don't even know about Blu-Ray let alone installing Linux, it would melt their brains. :eek:

msmalls74 · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:27

Ok so the PC version will be better on a PC costing over 2x the price of a PS3 and a PC at the same price as the PS3 probably wont be as good. This thread isn't about which version of the UT3 is better as no one here knows! It was about Epic letting game developers using the UE3 engine to incorporate cross platform gaming, without charging you £50 and the price of Vista for the privilege of playing non PC gamers. Surely the more people you have playing a game it is better for you as you have a much bigger pool of gamers to play against?

Margaret · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:29

msmalls74 said:
Ok so the PC version will be better on a PC costing over 2x the price of a PS3 and a PC

Don't forget the price of a HDTV for the PS3, you can just about get a PC with a 8800GTS for 500 odd quid now if you custom build so it's not really twice the price.

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:30

Pc gaming been on-line for over a decade.I think cross platform is a good idea if done right.

Inoshishi · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:31

Jihad said:
Yeah on Linux, now the majority of people use Windows and won't have a clue what to do on Linux.

60% of PS3 users don't even know about Blu-Ray let alone installing Linux, it would melt their brains.

Hey my mrs flicks between Win XP and Linux Mint no problems at all and shes a girl

Inoshishi · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:32

queamin said:
Pc gaming been on-line for over a decade.

Absolutely, I've been playing Doom Online since 1994!

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:33

same it was doom and mechwarrior for me

Inoshishi · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:34

queamin said:
same it was doom and mechwarrior for me

OT: Don't suppose you used to play Doom on any BBS's did you?

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:35

It is a pity 360 not cross platform aswell as at least then you could have a choice but as you cannot use keyboard and mouse is a shame.

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:36

Inoshishi said:
OT: Don't suppose you used to play Doom on any BBS's did you?

No but wouldnot know as it was at break time at work as we used a lan aswell.

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:37

Jihad said:
Don't forget the price of a HDTV for the PS3, you can just about get a PC with a 8800GTS for 500 odd quid now if you custom build so it's not really twice the price.

60% of PC users don't even know what CPU is in their PC let alone custom building a £500 PC, it would melt their brains.

(The actual amount of PC buyers who wouldn't know how to build one is probably well in excess of 80%, but i think you get the point

).

rp2000

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:37

It was doom that made me look at pc for gaming

queamin · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:39

rp2000 said:
60% of PC users don't even know what CPU is in their PC let alone custom building a £500 PC, it would melt their brains.

(The actual amount of PC buyers who wouldn't know how to build one is probably well in excess of 80%, but i think you get the point ).

rp2000

I would say higher as outside my lan friends i know 3 people who can do that.

edit:- some of my work mates look at me funny when i talk about building and playing about with a pc

Margaret · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:40

rp2000 said:
60% of PC users don't even know what CPU is in their PC let alone custom building a £500 PC, it would melt their brains.

It's still possible to get one that cheap though.

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 23:43

Jihad said:
It's still possible to get one that cheap though.

You have a disease, I think it is commonly called, "musthavethelastworditis"

, I have heard it can be terminal in some cases. I would definitely get it looked at.

Perhaps we can go to the Doctor together when I go to see him about my "savethechearleaderitis".

rp2000

Streeteh · 16 Aug 2007 at 00:13

rp2000 said:
You have a disease, I think it is commonly called, "musthavethelastworditis" , I have heard it can be terminal in some cases. I would definitely get it looked at.

Nah, it's just called 'boring'.

Shamikebab · 16 Aug 2007 at 02:29

Even if they somehow manage to get it so that PS3 players using a gamepad are on the same level playing field as PC users using mouse and keyboard, does anybody else think the standard is going to be a little high? i mean this isn't Resistance we're talking about here, Its Unreal Tournament, an established, extremely fast paced pc series that pc gamers have been playing for many years. The vast majority of people who play online are really damn good, might it be too much for the ps3 audience just starting?

McManicMan · 16 Aug 2007 at 06:37

Unreal Tournament III for PS3 scheduled for November, SIXAXIS and unlikely cross platform

Epic's VP Mark Rein has revealed some new information regarding the PS3 timed exclusive that is known as Unreal Tournament III. He confirmed that the game is on course for a November release and SIXAXIS functionality is definitely planned. Rein also questioned whether PS3 players want to play against PC gamers and commented that there would be issues and if such a feature was to be available, and if it was, it will not ship as standard.

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“I’d say it’s unlikely…there’s no technical reason you can’t do it, there’s a lot of reasons why it might not make sense and that is the fact that on a PC we can release a patch five minutes after the last patch if we wanted to. PlayStation 3 we have to go through a fairly complex certing process…that’s not to say we’ll never have it, but I don’t believe we’re going to ship with it as a feature.

“The thing is, it’s hard to know if people really want it or not. Do you really want to play against PC players?” He then added that the different gameplay speeds of the console and PC versions would also be an issue.

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News Source: Games-Digest.com

Joebob · 16 Aug 2007 at 07:57

queamin said:
That depends how long you keep your current pc as some do keep it years and to be truthful in 5 years p3 will look bad to what will be out then.

It will still have very decent and very playable games though, and I'm sure by then they will be getting the most out of the PS3 so games will look a lot better on it than they do now.

Graphically games are always going to look better on PC than on console because of the fast moving pace of the technology in PC's. I hope to move away from PC gaming for a while just because it costs too much money to keep upgrading - I spent over £2000 on my last desktop gaming rig and it could have easily escalated If I didn't get rid of it. (I'm actually and upgradeaholic and bought a laptop to go cold turkey - after immediatley upgrading the RAM and HDD it worked)

This doesn't mean that PC gaming is better though as some of the very best gameplay experiences I have had have been on consoles. The only games I truly prefer on PC are FPS. The rest, driving, sandbox, sports etc I prefer on console.

BoomAM · 16 Aug 2007 at 09:18

Theres nout wrong with GameSpy.
Iirc, they provide the gaming services for Nintendo's Wii & DS, and those are doing well.
Hatred of GameSpy is just an illogical reaction based upon age old problems.
Its now become popular to dislike them for either no reason at all other than its popular to (most common), or some pathetically simple reason that can be put down to luck (most claimed).