God Of War Collection: 15 Weeks Of Dev
Let's hope more follow. Team Ico?Published 07/11/2009 at 10:00 by Tuffcub
Rumour: GOW Collection Dated For EU [45]
God Of War Collection: A Public Thank You [36]
God Of War 3: Demo For Europe (UPDATE #2) [99]
The God Of War collection took just fifteen weeks to transfer from PS2 to PS3 and the decision to create the conversion was taken after Sony noticed everyone was harping on about how good the previous games were during the GOW3 hype.
“The extra horsepower of the PS3 allowed us to keep both games at a consistent 60 frames-per-second,” said John Hight, the director of product development at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, “Most people may not notice, but it smoothes things out and improves the responsiveness. I am still amazed at how flawlessly this project went. It lasted 15 weeks and we went into manufacturing 2 days ahead of schedule with no issues.”
If the God of War Collection sells well then the door may be open for other PS2 games to get a shiny HD makeover, fifteen weeks to churn out two games is incredible and could be a real money spinner for Sony.
Comments
Please note that all comments are the opinion of the individual author and not TheSixthAxis.
JamboGT | 07/11/2009 10:13
Member
429 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
I really hope they do this for team ICOs games as well. Hopefully they will sell enough to encourage this.
kevatron400 | 08/11/2009 10:41
Don't call him Kevatron400.
1763 TSA Points | Member since: Dec 2008
I agree, lots of people seemed to miss out on the first two, but 3 seems to be more in the public domain, so should regain some enthusiasm for the prequels.
Aitrus | 08/11/2009 19:41
Member
1492 TSA Points | Member since: Sep 2008
With only 15 weeks of dev time the collection should be able to mke money pretty fast.
And after the ICO collection they can make the SSX collection.
Erroneus | 07/11/2009 10:13
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
2981 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
And it looks fine:
http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/graphics-comparison-god-of-war-vs-god-of-war-collection.html
http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/graphics-comparison-god-of-war-2-vs-god-of-war-collection.html
mynameisblair | 07/11/2009 10:16
Member
3879 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
Thats really quick, should they still charge us the same amount for it?
But I suppose if its flawless, it will be worth it.
And its GoW! That will make it awesome.
cc_star | 07/11/2009 10:27
Team TSA: Writer
7883 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
$39.99 for 2 games? I’m sure most games are normally $60.
gazo69 | 07/11/2009 10:40
Member
1152 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
Well im getting it for £26, it’s rare you will have to pay £40 for a game now with so much competition online!
cc_star | 07/11/2009 10:54
Team TSA: Writer
7883 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
I was talking the RRP dollar pricing in the States – Obviously we don’t know how much it’s going to be over here when its officially released, but the price kind of translates to £29.99.
Erroneus | 07/11/2009 10:54
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
2981 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
40 dollars = 24£
I’m getting it for 43$ incl. shipping from Axel, a bit under 26£. Not shabby for such two great games.
mynameisblair | 07/11/2009 10:57
Member
3879 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
Is that the RRP? Nice.
Just that its £40 on Gamesbasement so I assumed…
stingraz | 07/11/2009 10:59
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
‘rare you have to pay £40 for a game now
*cough* *cough*
MW2… £40..
get your point though, and hopefully one of the leading supermarkets will drop the price. if so, then i’ll buy it – eventhough i’ve got one coming from GB!
also. That is a good price for two games – £30.
stingraz | 07/11/2009 11:00
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
oh and before someone makes a comment on me *coughing* it wasn’t because i’m smoking in the avatar..
LycanGav | 07/11/2009 11:06
Member
592 TSA Points | Member since: Apr 2009
Anyone paying £40 for MW2 is a mug. We’ve had confirmation this week of two supermarkets doing it for £26, just lazy if you don’t shop around then complain about the price. Ratchet and Clank is more expensive ffs!
stingraz | 07/11/2009 11:10
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
confirmation? link please then.
anyway, i think you’re in a very small minority if you think people who bought for £40 is a dope. i can name lots of people who’ll disagree to that – including me! £26 i hope so. But don’t you just think they might as well throw copies of the game at you? they’ll be losing tons.
cc_star | 07/11/2009 11:11
Team TSA: Writer
7883 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
It’s not gonna be £26, its gonna be £36
stingraz | 07/11/2009 11:17
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
well then, that sorts that out. the guy who said everyone who didn’t shop around to get mw2 for £26 which ISN’T going to happen IS A DOPE! i’ll check this up later, but £26 doesn’t look like £36 does it?
@cc_star – is there any further news about this games price from tesco or asda? will there be an article / cover story on it soon to tell us if so ? thanks cc_star.
cc_star | 07/11/2009 11:22
Team TSA: Writer
7883 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
If the RRP is £54.99 and most people are selling it for £44.99 (online you can get it for a bit less) I think the supermarket would comfortably undercut everyone at £36 (obviously this is not confirmed, just hinted at and strongly suspected)
£26 is suicide – If it is I’ll try and get some finance, buy thousands and sell it for huge profit at £44.99 (outside GAME, who’ll probably end up being £49.99 once the opening week price war has ceased)
stingraz | 07/11/2009 11:26
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
£36 is more likely. Even if it is £36 that’s not much of a saving to us gamers anyway. £39 from GB for me anyway. if it’s £30 then i’ll buy – less and there’ll be no game disc in the box. cc_star – i’ll be keeping an eye out on the main page for news (if any) on price drops, as i know that when the staff at TSA say so, it is very very likely to be true.
hazelam | 07/11/2009 13:43
Member
3951 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
cc should that not be if not when?
LycanGav | 07/11/2009 20:12
Member
592 TSA Points | Member since: Apr 2009
Two followed by a six is twenty six, isn’t it?
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm168/BoB2oo9/DSCF3669.jpg
Not a dope
cc_star | 07/11/2009 10:17
Team TSA: Writer
7883 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
I really hope more devs got on with this.
Exporting the assets, upgrading them to HD and importing them back in the game.
First up an obvious contender is ICO & SotC, but I’d really want 3rd party devs to get involved
Are you listening EA? SSX3 & Tricky… Capcom… in fact everyone…
Cool, this could help me live in the past, because the past was better
Ryan1991 | 07/11/2009 10:44
Member
2001 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
It was much better.
stingraz | 07/11/2009 10:55
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
the games were amazing then. like an article said not long ago – ’somethings missing from the old games..’ – the games like Burnout 1 , Monster Hunter 1 , James Bond was even good then! Nightfire 007 was/ is my all-time favourite game – no 007 game has matched that quality or fun yet .. oh & when was that made?
JamboGT | 07/11/2009 11:05
Member
429 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
SSX Tricky SSX Tricky SSX Tricky SSX Tricky!!!
I have said my part, now I shall leave.
stingraz | 07/11/2009 11:07
Member
2244 TSA Points | Member since: Jul 2009
bye! hope you have a nice time wherever you are going.
(wink wink)
eye8have9you3 | 07/11/2009 11:17
Member
183 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2009
Splitters? everybody surely just wants ’splitters 2 and hows about the first 3 Prince of Persia games
BIGAL-1992 | 07/11/2009 11:33
Member
1269 TSA Points | Member since: Jan 2009
Damn, that was quick! Let’s see it here in europe.
teflon | 07/11/2009 12:19
Member
1998 TSA Points | Member since: May 2009
It’s still a good 3 and a half months and there’s no details about how many coders they threw at the project or how much testing it required. That’s fairly fast for a port, to be fair, but considering how many times more powerful than a PS2 the PS3 is, it’s probably quite average (Owning a mac, I know a fairly good amount about this).
Personally I’d have liked to see it come out the other end at 1080p. Now that would be something to shout about.
But it’s still great that this is happening, and fingers crossed it sells well so that, since this is clearly to test the feasibility of these ports, they do a bunch of other must have games. The good part of this is that since it’s all in house, it’s pretty much 100% profit for Sony outside of paying the coders and packaging and shipping, plus the retailer’s overhead. Even if it sells just 100,000 copies, thats an easy $3 million in pure profit.
SuperKing | 07/11/2009 12:24
Member
461 TSA Points | Member since: Forever
If it didn’t take very long, then why does Europe have to wait until 2010?
DSJoKeR | 07/11/2009 12:50
Member
108 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2009
Amen brother!!! I find that if you release a game in one part of the world why not release it worldwide. The PS3 is a region free console… why all these rules and exeptions
hazelam | 07/11/2009 13:45
Member
3951 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
scee.
hazelam | 07/11/2009 14:11
Member
3951 TSA Points | Member since: Feb 2009
so we could very well end up waiting longer for the game to come to europe than it did to get made in the first place?
figures.
BadBoyBoogie | 07/11/2009 20:00
Let There Be Rock
2689 TSA Points | Member since: Mar 2009
I’m really looking forward to this, when it finally reaches the UK!!
aerobes | 07/11/2009 22:52
Member
710 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2009
This may seem like a very silly question to those in the know financially, But how much of a stretch could it possibly be to release whatever alongside the U.S version with regards to Europe, SCEE and other financial aspects?
Also, I would like SotC, ’splitters 2 (online!) and (it would never happen but) NHL 2002 please!
skibadee | 08/11/2009 00:56
Member
3924 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2009
gtas all of them please
skibadee | 08/11/2009 04:20
Member
3924 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2009
plus resi as well
gybrocker | 08/11/2009 10:16
Member
175 TSA Points | Member since: Aug 2009
i would love to see the ratchet games on a blu ray disc …. maybe only a dream though
gordon_strange | 08/11/2009 13:55
Member
277 TSA Points | Member since: Nov 2009
all the mgs games, speedfreaks and ctr from ps1, sotc, ico, all the tekkens, and then you may as well do the ff series. there, and once that little lot has been done it’ll be time for the ps4……!
jaksmakndaxter | 08/11/2009 18:50
Member
130 TSA Points | Member since: Oct 2008
I wish They had done the same with the original Killzone before the sequel released. I always wondered what the game would be like on a more capable system.