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Roshi_ikkyu · Jul 12, 2007, 11:56 PM // 23:56

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Originally Posted by David Lionmaster

Lol, who plays the psp anymore?
It was a failure.

I don't think that ANet would be like, "Yay lets put gw on a system that no one plays."

Well I think you should win the ignorant award for today and maybe the month.

Care to provide evidence? Last I heard PSP was alive and well and kicking ass!

JaiGaia · Jul 12, 2007, 11:57 PM // 23:57

ever since i posted the original thread " SONY and NCsoft exclusive deal" its funny to see all the hype and concern of gw onto console , its obvious if u paid attention to fine detail of the article " PS3 and PSP exclusive" which means we wont have to worry bout it. I think its still a lil far fetched right now to say anything current will go to console [ maybe tabula rasa/exteel both inhouse NCsoft products] . But at same time both companies will learn from one another and thats a good start as im hearing so much flaming of the PS3 and how GREAT the 360 is ..lol .. All i have to say on that is " most of us were all PS2 Junkies" for yrs as that was the only console worth playing ...quit hatin on Sony so bad and show some luv and support ...

Zinger314 · Jul 13, 2007, 12:04 AM // 00:04

My main point still hasn't been refuted; Guild Wars, and specifically Guild Wars (i.e. not City of Heroes or Lineage, which are likely to be ported to PS3) will not appear on a console because, as I said, the ArenaNet developers have had no experience in making console games (the three founders of ArenaNet mostly worked on Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft). Handing over aIt's too risky in a business sense, which leads to my next point. Even if it's ported, as bamm bamm bamm said, how would ArenaNet manage to publish updates for both PC and consoles, as they use different infrastructures? (I'm still bitter about the way Phantasy Star Online and Phantasy Star Universe were handled...)

Also, in a more business sense, there's no way Sony would risk investing money on a game without a monthly fee. (Keep in mind that Sony manages 3 games now with a montly fee, even now when they are desperate for money)

It's possible that Sony could publish a single-player Guild Wars spin-off...but that would be kinda contradictory (A single player MMO?), and Guild Wars is not popular enough for a spin-off anyways.

It's all business. But Sony has shot themselves in the foot before...

The original topic asked "Guild Wars on PSP in the future?" And that is a no. I'm answering the original question, thank you.

bamm bamm bamm · Jul 13, 2007, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

Also, in a more business sense, there's no way Sony would risk investing money on a game without a monthly fee. (Keep in mind that Sony manages 3 games now with a montly fee, even now when they are desperate for money)

At the moment they need to just push out consoles, and the way to do that is to bombard the public with titles. A free-to-play online game would do the trick nicely. It's the number one reason GW was so successful after all. They are desperate for money, and yes, they make it on the games, but not this early in the game when no-one actually has a console. The push for consoles comes first, the money comes a lot later. It would be, as you said, an investment. I have no idea how the updates would work, other than the fact that their separation of the client from the dumb assets would surely help, and that 'Blizzard manage OK' on Macs as far as I'm aware.

scrinner · Jul 13, 2007, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Remember, Arena-Net themselves dont have to port it over. They could just pay off another dev team to do it for them. Though one thing stopping it would definately be the streaming system.

David Lionmaster · Jul 13, 2007, 01:10 AM // 01:10

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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu

Well I think you should win the ignorant award for today and maybe the month.

Care to provide evidence? Last I heard PSP was alive and well and kicking ass!

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said failure.

Yes the PSP is alive, but I would hardly call selling half as many systems as its competitor "kicking ass."

And a source: http://www.vgchartz.com/

I have six friends that own a PSP, and none of them have played their PSP since about the first few months of getting it.

Edit: Also, no one can deny that putting movies on UMDs was a failure.

SigurdTheBalmung · Jul 13, 2007, 04:57 PM // 16:57

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

as I said, the ArenaNet developers have had no experience in making console games (the three founders of ArenaNet mostly worked on Diablo, Starcraft, and Warcraft)

I find it funny that you keep pushing this idea and then you throw Blizzard into the mix. You know Blizzard got its start as a 3rd party console developer doing games on the SNES and Genesis, right? And Diablo, StarCraft, and WarCraft have all been on one console or another.

sixdartbart · Jul 13, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

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Originally Posted by MirandaKali

they could possibly make a "dumbed down" version with cross over content.

Isn't that what they have already done with the game?

I'm not sure it can get dumbed down anymore than it already has...

WinterSnowblind · Jul 13, 2007, 08:42 PM // 20:42

The fact the refused to comment on a PS3 version of GW2 worries me. "No comment" often means they're planning something. It's been mentioned before, but I really couldn't see it working well on the PS3. For one thing, a free MMO would be cost Sony a ridiculous amount of money to keep running, especially on their free online service. At least Microsoft would have the $50 a year Live supscribtion to keep things going.

I'd say it's pretty unlikely to see GW on a console, but I don't think it can be completely ruled out.

And on a side not, the PSP is certainly not "kicking ass". Infact, it's being pwned left, right and center by the DS. It's not a bad system, but it has some serious flaws and very few games worth owning for it. It's surviving off the Playstation name alone.

DeBron · Jul 13, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I heard somewhere that the new Pokemon games sold more units in their first week of release than the PSP did in its first year.

Funny if true.

Siva arwen · Jul 13, 2007, 10:20 PM // 22:20

Man, if u dont know anything about psp then dont ever say it, and who the h**l said psp died? Did u ever heard of some games like Monster Hunter Portable 2, God of War: Chains of Olympus, FF7: core crisis, ...etc?

And what the article mentioned is NCsoft not Anet so it doesnt mean it must be GW only, and the article said "together with the Internet-enabled PSP, we're confident that SCEI and NCsoft can develop unique and compelling online experiences that will be found on no other platform." it is more likely new title instead of the old one.
But what is the point of playing GW on psp? Do you really think psp can handle GW graphic? And how r u going to control it without keyboard, ur speed of controlling will lose.