Mass Effect 2 for PS3 is Massively Confusing
The debate of whether Mass Effect 2 is coming to the PS3 is getting rather confusing. First, GAME lists the title for PS3, followed by EA Russia (which were quick to point out that it was a mistake), which was then concluded by a comment by a BioWare rep that was rather cryptic. It doesn’t stop, however.
A keen-eyed member of PlayStation LifeStyle by the name of Morgus was quick to point out something puzzling. By purchasing the PS3 version of Dragon Age: Origins Collectors Edition on Amazon.com, it entitles the user to an unlockable item in Mass Effect 2. Whether this is a copy-and-paste situation is debatable, but it would be thought that a highly-respectable online retailer would be aware of the exclusivity of Mass Effect to Xbox 360, or be quick to fix it.
PlayStation LifeStyle will fill you in on all rumors regarding Mass Effect as they come out.
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October 13th, 2009 at 2:57 PM
theyve already removed it anyway, so cant be true, just a mistake I think
10/13/2009 at 4:23 PM
I just checked and its still there.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:17 PM
This is one of the reasons why I hate MS. They’ve done nothing but made the industry more deceitful than it has ever been. They blatantly LIE about games that are “exclusive” when they are not. I wish BioWare would friggin’ grow a pair already and either just say yes or no. Screw MS and their greed. This is BioWare’s game. I think they reserve the right to speak for themselves and not be cowed by corporate suits bent on lying to people because they know they can’t compete fairly.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:29 PM
i competly argree with marco antonio. Microsoft can’t play fair in the games industry before they came along most exclusives were shared by sony, nintendo and sega but since microsoft came out, everyone has to protect their games and keep games like agent for the PS3 close to their chests just to MS dosen’t either have it put on the 360 and then bring out 360 exclusive DLC for the games,
MS knew that GTA IV was one of the biggest titles for the PS3 that’s why the DLC packs were made as a big screw you to sony which proberly means Agent was like sony repleying “payback is a bi***” to MS, though it has had a bad effect on sony and nintendo, nintendo too scared to even fight MS and sony having to use every dirty tactic they can to keep themself from losing to MS. TBH i don’t want mass effect 2 though it wouldn’t hurt if bioware would make up their own minds instead of letting MS make all their choices for them, i used to think the houser brothers could stand up for themself but i guess those greedy backstabbing traitors will have to make up using agent,
if it’s not awesomesauce then i hope the next manhunt gets banned. Would be good karmic payback for the greedy douchbags.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:35 PM
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October 13th, 2009 at 4:43 PM
@Marco Antonio
And what exactly do you think competing fairly is? If Microsoft had to play by the same rules as an indie developer that’s what wouldn’t be fair. What would be the point of having money if they couldn’t use it? What if you told all the major movie companies they couldn’t spend any more money than indie companies, they would tell you to f*** right off and laugh at you. I don’t understand why you’re making microsoft out to be such a villain when every company that got bailed out by the US government spent half their money on vacations and god damn office chairs, that’s a lot worse than backing up your products with boatloads of money.
@TimeWarp
Using the money you earned isn’t a dirty tactic at all. Why on earth does a smart business move boil down to a dirty trick just because some people don’t like it? Tough luck, you had no say in it to begin with.
Also, I missed where MS is making all of Biowares decisions, maybe someone could point this out to me?
October 13th, 2009 at 10:42 PM
@Johnny
Uh, not lying to people’s faces that a game/DLC is “exclusive” to your system and then a year later, guess what? It gets released on PS3. Hmmm….
That is a dirty trick. I don’t have to make Microsoft out to be a villain. They manage that quite competently themselves without my help.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:57 PM
As far as I’m concerned; ME is coming to the PS3. They occasionally come out and say that listings were made in error but they still won’t come out and say they’re not bringing it to the PS3.
It’s going to happen.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:22 PM
@timewarp
Sony didnt ask for Agent exclusivity that was Rockstars choice (i belive) . Sony was correct this generation, the only exclusivity you have is your own. That quote came from them.
@JohnnyTruant5
he means the deception part of how they operate.. advertising exclusivity when there not, saying they have a 1080p product when in reality its upconverter, is not true 1080p. Yes, theres a diffrence. The people that fall for this arent aware because they downt know the visual diffrence. All they see is an improved picture but have never seen a true 1080p image/game etc.
Slowly people start thinking “360 excluisive games and it does 1080p on every title”. This is just a minor example of how they are in the gaming industry. I dont have anything against them in the computer area mostly consoles. They seam to follow steps behind, watching everyones mistakes and never add anything beneficial. Natal is an example, old EYETOY tech cleaned up and made to look new and revolutionary. Microsoft tends to kill off competition by drawing on resources supplied by its Operating system. A Prime example is game development. Whats new on there end? nothing. There just milking the exclusivity/DLC format and its starting to show.
Microsoft also forced major internet web site to agree not to promote Netscape Navigator and to stop any business with Netscape if they wanted featured placement on the Windows desktop. Microsoft demanded that its competitor’s not be promoted at all. So next time they say in those game interviews how there giving customers a choice by not offering a complete system on there 360… they are lying through their teeth.
Its purly to hide the fact there system is also expensive. A better example is Blue Mountain Arts, a company which allows people to send electronic greeting cards, discovered that two separate Microsoft products, which is part of Internet Explorer, had begun to automatically delete greeting cards from Blue Mountain Arts.
They screwed over Spyglass as well by licensing their code and then turning around and giving it away for free.The problem with Microsoft is not lack of resources but rather a retarded duck idea. Their current ad campaign has a bunch of airheads that buy stuff based on peer pressure. Basically telling people dont buy a ipod just because your friends have one buy a Zune. Yet, They advertise the Zune as popular and trendy.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:05 AM
@Marco Antonio
No actually that’s called a timed exclusive and it isn’t a dirty trick. When they say it’s an exclusive guess what, it is until it comes out on another system and they have every right to say so, and they aren’t going to advertise the other platforms release by noting when it’s exclusive till. I guess you ignored my point about the movie companies, a big company won’t ignore the fact it has money when they could spend some to potentially make more. You should make a better point than “boo hoo timed exclusives suck!” You can’t blame microsoft if people don’t want to wait or even wait to find out.
@shadowjin
You actually make good points about MS’s f***ery, unlike other people that whine because someone kept games from them for a year. I’m not condoning all microsoft does, just educating people about good business decisions apparently
October 14th, 2009 at 3:22 AM
You guys got to give credit for MS for giving the developers extra cash to put extra content on the games that were Xbox timed exclusives that have/would be released to the PS3.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:50 AM
@kirobz
thats the point, they never innovate and rarely create.
October 18th, 2009 at 5:57 AM
nice read! I just got my new PS slim last week, it’s pretty good
Sincerly,
Sodagod @ Modern Warfare 2 Forums
October 26th, 2009 at 4:29 PM
@ shadowjin,
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