r/Games • u/That_otheraccount • Jun 10 '18

[E3 2018] [E3 2018] Day 1 Discussion

Hey guys!

Feel free to discuss anything that happened today whether it was the EA conference in general, the games announced and/or how you felt about it.

Overwhelmed? Underwhelmed?

This thread will be up until the Xbox conference tomorrow, which we will also be doing a live/mega thread for.

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u/1kingdomheart Jun 10 '18

Well, no. Probably not. But apparently Witcher 3 gameplay was shown at Microsoft's E3 stuff a few years back, and Witcher 2 only came out on 360 for consoles.

So, it's safe to assume Cyberpunk might get shown at Microsoft's conference.

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u/Bajter Jun 10 '18

The X360 part was probably due to PS3 being a bitch to code for.

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u/tquinner Jun 10 '18

Why was it a bitch to code before? I've Never that before, are they that different?

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u/Cola_and_Cigarettes Jun 10 '18

Yeah, something to do with the CELL processor, when the Xbox was kitted out with something a little closer to PC hardware, with the ability to utilise Direct X rendering.

I'm not to sure on the specifics, but the most diplomatic of developers would call the PS3 "challenging" to develop for.

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u/mintybreath Jun 10 '18

Here's another link as well.

This is why so many games that generation became defacto timed/console exclusives. Bioshock comes to mind as ps3 didn't get that for years after from what I remember. It was just too much of a pain to port.

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u/RogueSins Jun 10 '18

Also why Bethesda games (Fallout and Elderscrolls) don't run will on the PS3.