Oblivion to be a PS3 launch title?

[Slay]

According to some poster on NeoGAF, this is the case, he claimed that he received a release list from Bethesda , in which Obvlivion is scheduled for release on both PS3 and PSP at novmber the 6th.

PS2 AMF Extreme Bowling 2006 (Mud Duck) 9-May-06
XBX AMF Extreme Bowling 2006 (Mud Duck) 9-May-06
PS2 IHRA Sportsman Edition 9-May-06
XBX IHRA Sportsman Edition 9-May-06
PS2 Pirates Of The Caribbean:Legend of Jack Sparrow 1-Jun-06
PS2 Star Trek - Battlestations 6-Oct-06
360 Star Trek - Legacy 6-Oct-06
DS Star Trek - Tactical Assault 6-Oct-06
PSP Star Trek - Tactical Assault 6-Oct-06
PS3 Oblivion 6-Nov-06
PSP Oblivion 6-Nov-06
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96767
Of couse we should take this with a grain of salt IMO.

[Sephiroth_VII]

NO-WAY-IN-HELL
At least not for a couple of years, because MS has a pretty tight hold on them.

[Killing Moon]

So will this be the PC-perfect version? Or is it the Xbox 360 port, w/ HDD functionalities?

[edoshin]

PSP is a surprise. I wonder if this confirms HDD for the PS3 b/c wasn't the lack of HDD the original reason why they pulled it from PS3?

[venomv]

PSP is a surprise. I wonder if this confirms HDD for the PS3 b/c wasn't the lack of HDD the original reason why they pulled it from PS3?

Conflicting indications from them I think, but that was my understanding.

After play it a few more times I am starting to like the game a lot more then at first, if it does come to the PS3 count me in.

I didn't read the PSP one at first, if they are making one for PSP, which seems unlikly to the point of lunicy, it won't be the same game to say the least.

[OmniCloud]

I'll believe this if its made official at E3, other than that-I say BOGUS!I would like it to be true however, seeing as if I'm more likely to play it on a PS3 cuz that's probably the only system I'll have for a couple years....

[Voidler]

Conflicting indications from them I think, but that was my understanding.

After play it a few more times I am starting to like the game a lot more then at first, if it does come to the PS3 count me in.

I didn't read the PSP one at first, if they are making one for PSP, which seems unlikly to the point of lunicy, it won't be the same game to say the least.If Ngage got itself an ES game, no reason having one for PSP would be "unlikely to the point of lunacy." Oblivion is on Cell Phones too :thumbl:

[D3adcell]

Why would bethesda be releasing this information? Wouldn't 2k games be doing this?

Oblivion on PSP part really makes me doubt this.

Not only was this posted by some random dude who happened to be the only person in the world to get this 'list' somehow. But now Oblivion on PSP? You know how much that would NOT be oblivion to be on any portable system, other then a laptop that is.

[Voidler]

Why would bethesda be releasing this information? Wouldn't 2k games be doing this?

Oblivion on PSP part really makes me doubt this.

Not only was this posted by some random dude who happened to be the only person in the world to get this 'list' somehow. But now Oblivion on PSP? You know how much that would NOT be oblivion to be on any portable system, other then a laptop that is.Snatches is reliable, he breaks alot of news early. For instance GTALCS's PS2 delay and FEAR for next gen consoles just recently. He works in the industry.

[RavenFox]

NO-WAY-IN-HELL
At least not for a couple of years, because MS has a pretty tight hold on them.
Nope they signed with Take Two. Microsoft has no hold this time around. Not sure if they really had any hold to begin with and Voidler is right.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Wow, then this might not be BS!!! Oblivion on PSP!!!! On top of that, Take Two must be pretty PS friendly, since they released all of the GTA's on the PS1/2.

[Nodieza]

I am loving Oblivion now on the PC, but it would be nice on the PS3, better framerate, HDR, and higher AA ^.^ I am considering buying a 360 just to play it smoother, I am in love with that game.... *sigh* I hope this news is true.

[RavenFox]

The news is true. GI a while back even said the game was in dev for PS3. THis has been known for sometime but snatchers post has made it official. Gaming age is not treating it as rumor. This alone is truth of snatchers cred.
Today, a leaked release list from Bethesda revealed the existence of Oblivion for PS3 and PSP. The Xbox 360 exclusive RPG is reportedly slated for a port and a portable version, both due on November 6, 2006. No details on either version are available now, but it leaves the question of whether or not either of the ports will have microtransactions.
http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2006/4/25-51

[Goki]

The only true next killer app for 360 and its not even exclusice to 360, boi oh boi M better have something really good for Launch day of PS3..

[goku2057]

What Sony system can you play Oblivion on now (aside from the PC)? None. Even if it does happen (the PSP part still seems hella sketchy) and Oblivion wasnn't the 360's killer app, PD0 was (or wasn't, because of how crappy it was).

As for the PS3 launch day, couhHaloForunnercough. They'll announce it at E3. Bungie has been working on a game since around the time Halo 2 came out, til now. I'll give you three guesses what that is.

I don't see why I'm arguing, anyway. I'm going to own all three major consoles.

[OmniCloud]

I hope Halo 3 doesn't become filled with kids who should be in bed by the time I get on...Halo 2 is a nightmare right now if you don't play with people you know, HEY! i guess that's the answer to my problem right there! lol

[goku2057]

Well, they aren't working on Halo 3, they're are (to my best guess) workin gon Forunner, which is a prequel to Halo.

[xbdestroya]

As for the PS3 launch day, couhHaloForunnercough. They'll announce it at E3. Bungie has been working on a game since around the time Halo 2 came out, til now. I'll give you three guesses what that is.

Goku if you don't think that Halo can effect PS3 sales - which hopefully you don't - why go through that whole 'cough' thing? The fact is it would be dumb of Microsoft to launch Halo during PS3's launch, because it's the game that risks being overshadowed, not the console. Halo's expected in March of next year in any event, and that's a better time for it IMO.

[Dorbin]

While I don't believe Halo would be overshadowed by the PS3, I don't think (obviously) that MS will steal any of PS3's thunder. You can't slow down a console launch with a game, that simple. However, you can't stop a tremendous force like "Halo" from selling big time, and reaching gamers' collective conciousnesses even during the PS3 onslaught.

[xbdestroya]

Well, in any event the rumored launch date is next March. Frankly I think this makes more sense anyway. Especially with Gears of War set for the Fall, the last thing Microsoft needs is intra-genre competition among it's own top titles.

[Dorbin]

I agree. I don't believe there is any chance we see Halo this year.

[Z]

I don't care much for Western type RPGs, so this means nothing to me true or not. I just want to answer to some of the logic behind some posts here:
Oblivion on PSP part really makes me doubt this.
who cares if it doesn't give you the Oblivion experience as long as it has the name? I am talking about the logic behind 'this game is too big for a handheld' or 'current gen systems can't handle this'. look at Killzone on PSP. it isn't even a FPS. how about all ports of current consoles on GBA and DS? they shouldn't even call them ports since they are completely different games. look at SOCOM on cell-phones. yeah, it has the name, the general setting of a 'war game', and that's about it. that still doesn't make it a real SOCOM, yet it will be handled as a 'SOCOM' game by marketers and gamers alike. are Final Fantasy 11 and Crystal Chronicals a real FF?

What Sony system can you play Oblivion on now (aside from the PC)?
I wouldn't even count PC as a 'port'. to me, PC games on Box/X2 are 'exclusive'. even though you have them on PC, the requirements and differences that PC have to consoles make PC on a different level than consoles. so I look at consoles, PC and handhelds as totally different groups.

talking about consoles; the problem of an exclusive is if it is timely based. that takes the wind out of the marketing push behind using the word 'exclusive' even if comes out after a while or isn't exactly the same experience (Ghost Recon's case). it is worse when a port is announced before an 'exclusive' is even out (RE4's case). the trick is, in case of a port comming out later is to keep it from being known to customers for as long as possible.
The only true next killer app for 360 and its not even exclusive to 360, boi oh boi M better have something really good for Launch day of PS3..
again, there is only wishful thinking from those who want to to happen for different reasons. there isn't anything official yet, so there isn't any real damage. also, if an announcement of a port is made well after the original version is released, the 'exclusive' part would have made its use. so that won't be a problem (GTAs' cases).

as for X2; they have Too Human, Mass Effect, Prey and Huxley which all look to be huge. you will be able to play some of them on the show floor. of course, you may argue that the kind of exclusivity isn't known. but at this moment, it doesn't really matter since that is what's known; 'nothing'. so for all intents and purposes, these will be handled as 'exclusive X2 games' even if not officially stated as being so.

PS. I think there is no reason why we won't see something about Halo 3. how much revealed is another discussion.

[Dorbin]

^Don't forget Gears of War in that list, as well.

[goku2057]

Well, I agree that a game won't overshadow a console, ever. But a game of Halo's magnatude could certainly divert some consumers from purchasing a new console, especially if said console had subpar launch titles, that's what I was trying to get across.

[Voidler]

Well, I agree that a game won't overshadow a console, ever. But a game of Halo's magnatude could certainly divert some consumers from purchasing a new console, especially if said console had subpar launch titles, that's what I was trying to get across.Divert some away and other people will take their stead. Either way, PS3 is going to sell out at launch. Halo won't stop that and by the time PS3 does get to a point where it's sales aren't exceeding stock Halo will be already forgotten. It's Microsoft's biggest potential trump card, and they're not gonna blow it by putting it in front of PS3. It's like putting a tiger in front of a tank

[LiquidEagle]

In regards to Halo, I'm much more excited about GI's rumored Orion, which is Bungie & Ensemble stuidos working on a Halo-themed MMO FPS for 360 -- count me in for that if it's true!

Anyways, Halo isn't big enough to draw from the PS3 launch. Majora's Mask wasn't enough to detract from the PS2 launch on 10/26/00, FFVIII didn't stop people from purchasing a Dreamcast on 9/9/99, hell even MGS2 might not have stopped people from picking up an Xbox or Gamecube in that same week. Halo might be a big game but it's not the big game if Zelda, FF, and MGS aren't either... Granted, MS is a lot more obvious in their marketing tactics about what they're trying to compete with, so Halo 3 on PS3's launch day would be much more of a diversion tactic than any of the games I mentioned were.

Bottom line is that Halo would become a footnote if it came out at PS3's launch -- Halo 2 may have sold well on its first day but I know a big number of people who weren't too satisfied with what they got... they can't expect the same response with Halo 3/Forerunner. Anyways, Halo will be done when it's done (xb's March guess sounds pretty solid, though I'd be tempted to put it all the way at fall 2007 for holiday season), and I wouldn't expect any less, nor should Microsoft pursue any less, since the 360 sold very much on the assumption that Halo was going to move to it eventually.

Am I the only person who doesn't think Gears of War looks fun at all? I watched Cliffy B. personally demonstrate it at XBox 360's Zero Hour launch event back in November and while the graphics may be nice in areas (I still think it's choppy), it really didn't look that fun... Is it just filling the void where an exclusive killer-app should be?

About this Oblivion rumor though, I believe it, and it makes sense that Bethesda should put it on PS3. In hindsight it's funny to think that they may have abandoned PS3 because a built-in HDD was unlikely, so they focused on 360 where the HDD turned out to not be built-in, only to have the PS3 come with a HDD standard.

[VG Aficionado]

Am I the only person who doesn't think Gears of War looks fun at all? I watched Cliffy B. personally demonstrate it at XBox 360's Zero Hour launch event back in November and while the graphics may be nice in areas (I still think it's choppy), it really didn't look that fun... Is it just filling the void where an exclusive killer-app should be?Not that I'm a 360 hater (although I dislike it), but Gears Of War is crap to me. I don't care it uses UE 3.0, I don't see what else is so good about it. I've seen gameplay videos and it looks really boring, shallow and repetitive. It certainly needs to be more fluent and I doubt they'll dramatically improve the framerate. I've seen a video at IGN featuring only two characters, no action, hardly any physics and limited fire and shadow effects, and it didn't even manage to keep steady at about 15fps. Character design is too bulky, plastic and flat. On top of that, trailers featured obvious prerendered footage, and it looks like the whole game will just be a recycled, choppy UE 3.0 tech demo (it even features the very same enemy characters) with an afterthought story.

[Nodieza]

^ Wow just when I thought I was the only one who thought that. ^.^ Gears of War looks lame, It's Killswitch with dumbed down gameplay and with UE 3.0. After I saw a few vids I couldn't believe ppl were comparing it to MGS4. "fluent" was a great word choice, the game doesn't look fluent at all, find a wall, lean up against it and shoot over or around it, Winback had more potential.

[Z]

But a game of Halo's magnatude could certainly divert some consumers from purchasing a new console
tell me your kidding.
no game can face a brand new high profile system's launch with at least 8 other games for it. you think someone who saved for a brand new PS3 and at least one game will suddenly say "well, instead of waisitng $450, I think I'll pay only $50 for a single game on another platform".
you may postpone your desicion of paying a small investment for a game, yes, but it will no 'divert' anyone who has been saving up and planning to get one the whole time.

also, if you want to take some of the spot light, you should release a game at least a week before the competition. DQ8 was dated for the X2's launch in NA. soon after they announced those dates, they made the game release a week before X2's launch. that is the smart thing to do. releasing a week earlier will let news and sales get through. you'll see it and read about it in the 'top ten of the week'. you'll notice articles, blogs and mags refering to it and talking about it (aside from reviews). you'll give it time to kick in.

besides, games being shedualed to release on the same day as another system's launch isn't something new. to add another example to Liquid's post; Jack and Daxter released on the same day that Box did (if I remember correctly). and FF8 sold something like 2 millions in the first couple of days. yet still,these are $50 games competing for attention with $350-$450 sales in games, consoles and peripherals. it isn't even fair.

this has nothing to do with any one game or system. it is just the obvious. think about it, what has a game on one system effect the grand debut of another? think about it in your case. say you like Rev. do you really care if Tekken is released on the same day? what about if you like X2, do you really care if Mario released on the same day? if I cared about another game so much, I would simply pick it up with the new system. what is the problem in that? either way, nothing is going to go away. get what you want more, and leave the rest for latter.

[BillCosby]

Am I the only person who doesn't think Gears of War looks fun at all? I watched Cliffy B. personally demonstrate it at XBox 360's Zero Hour launch event back in November and while the graphics may be nice in areas (I still think it's choppy), it really didn't look that fun... Is it just filling the void where an exclusive killer-app should be?
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ZOMG Thak you god someone sane. When I saw gears of war demonstrated. They said it was running at 60 fps, and to that I said BS there is no way that was running at 60 fps. It still looked like it was running on a dev kit (slowed down so it could look pretty). The frame rate was jittery and the game looked like an UT wanna-be. Oh and if halo3 launches on ps3's launch date. It will be crushed by the greatness that is PS3.

[LiquidEagle]

Z -- Jak & Daxter came out Dec. 12th in the states, which is just shy of a full month after Xbox & Gamecube. Xbox was November 15th in America & Gamecube was November 18th (a Sunday, I think! wtf!? :laugh), and MGS2 hit shelves on the 14th, during that same week. Zoe Flower, guest contributer to OPM at the time (she might still be, I dunno), even wrote an article about while other people are out hustling & bustling with the new consoles, she'd be tucked away at home playing Kojima's masterpiece -- I was the same way, and so were plenty of my friends -- MGS2 sold 3.4 million copies that first week. :-p

Thanks for the backup on Gears of War guys, I thought I was alone :laugh:

[Raitei]

"Bethesda has announced a contradictory statement to recent news that Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will not be available on PSP or PS3 anytime soon, they have no plans for a format change. "At present we have no announced plans to bring Oblivion to any platforms other than PC or Xbox 360," said a representative of Bethesda. But having no "announced" plans doesn't necessarily mean it isn't in the works.

The statement was in reply to a post made by 'Snatches' on the Gaming Age Forums stating that games were due out November. He apparently sourced his information from a release list from Bethesda, and he's again replied with the statement "if this news isn't true it's because some sales idiot at Bethesda sent out incorrect info". So who do we believe, a person who could actually have some news, and seems convinced, or a company who might be trying to cover any leaked information. Stay tuned for further news on the matter."

http://pspupdates.qj.net/No-Elder-Scrolls-Oblivion-on-PSP-or-PS3-/pg/49/aid/29618

[LiquidEagle]

Well all Bethesda is saying there is that there isn't an official announcement to make at this time. If every company bowed to internet pressure & hearsay to spill the beans once somebody got a tidbit of info on them, there would be no decent game announcements -- they'd all just be publishers going, "ah, you got us! We ARE working on a new ______ game! Here's some screens guys! gg"

It's pretty funny that the article says they made that announcement in response to one person's post at a forum...

[Z]

Z -- Jak & Daxter came out Dec. 12th in the states, which is just shy of a full month after Xbox & Gamecube. Xbox was November 15th in America & Gamecube was November 18th (a Sunday, I think! wtf!? :laugh), and MGS2 hit shelves on the 14th, during that same week. Zoe Flower, guest contributer to OPM at the time (she might still be, I dunno), even wrote an article about while other people are out hustling & bustling with the new consoles, she'd be tucked away at home playing Kojima's masterpiece -- I was the same way, and so were plenty of my friends -- MGS2 sold 3.4 million copies that first week. :-p

Thanks for the backup on Gears of War guys, I thought I was alone :laugh:
I either J&D was during something or it was a totally different game. I don't know, I don't keep track of these things.

as for the effect; many we to focused on MGS because all of you had no immediate plans to buy a Box. they weren't saving up for one, planning on getting one at launch (or weren't sure) didn't try to pre-order, so on and so forth.

for those, the launch of that 'neglected' console wouldn't matter to them even if it was moved away or close a week or two. I am talking about any game on a different platform not effecting those who originally intend to buying that new console and most likely with at least one game and/or peripheral.

[venomv]

Yeah, Bethesda saying that doesn't mean much, and I personnally wouldn't be suprised whether it comes to PS3 or not.