PlanetSide "Next" to be unveilled at GDC 2011

[Lartnev]

Originally Posted by Peacemaker

Why does everyone keep saying this? They arnt going to release the game for consoles. Its too much for them. Consoles probably couldn't handle PS1.

I think the logic was "SCE isn't SOE. SCE deals with consoles. If SCE were to announce an SOE game then it would have to be because it's coming to consoles."

[Hamma]

Indeed!

[Sifer2]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

That has no basis in reality. They could certainly handle PS1, and PS:N doesn't look to be the pinnacle of graphics detail either.

For instance, the PS3 handles Fallout:NV as well as a computer does (in my experience, I have played on both). It actually has a number of critical PS-related elements, such as long draw distances.


Though I won't play it on my PS3, I don't like console shooters.

It does have basis in reality. Otherwise why isn't the PS3 already crawling with MMO's like the PC? Most MMO's would not run on a console. It's not so much the graphics as the scale an how much memory it requires. Take your Fallout NV example how many enemies do you usually see on screen at any given time? Probably rarely more than 20.

Better example to support your case would be MAG. With its 256 player battles. However its still a far cry from the scale of Planetside. And IMO its probably the max that the PS3 can handle. Since I don't see why they wouldn't have gone larger if they could.

[BicOfMarkov]

Originally Posted by PsychoXR-20

Late Q1 is March, early Q2 is April. Do you really believe that a game with 5 screenshots released, no website, no official name, no release date, NOTHING, other thant 5 pictures and a few sentences from the devs is going to be released in the next two-and-a-half months?

Is SOE's fiscal calendar lined up with the year? A lot of businesses have different starts to the business year and when they say Q1, they usually mean fiscal year, not calendar year.