@TOCATL: well I dont have to worry about upgrading my ps3 hardware so it can run the latest games released for it.

SofaKingHI

Hey, they make good stuff. I'd like to see what they do.

Wolfers

Wonder if it will be another game that draws the line between PSP and DS, like MGS:PO and GoW:CoO.

slomo788

@jParadox: @TOCATL: lol, I don't know if you read all the threads about Crytec developping for PS3, but "enhanced" version may means adapted for the PS3. Everyone knows thats the PS3 is not as powerfull as a big PC (far from that), and cannot run it as beautifull as DX 10 (or even 9) at full (or half full) of course!

I think "enhanced" means as nice as they can on PS3 plus maybe some new feature.

Akulina

Seeing as I jusg got a psp 3 days ago:

+ Watch video

This is exciting news. I can't wait to see what comes of this.

mindf1ow

Come on Crysis: Liberation! Wooo!!

DaftDethMonkey

@TOCATL:

Bad enough for developers to stop caring, and start bitching.

kumuasata

@jParadox: No matter how many benchmarks you show to the core ps3 fans, they will never believe that their ps3 is not the "powerhouse" that sony promised to them...

TOCATL

Crysis on PSP!, sorry I couldn't help myself.

Gam3r

Do you best, Crytek. Looking forward to whatever they come up with.

pylon_trooper

I wonder how long you have to play before your PSP bursts into flames from graphical strain.

Emperor_Guam

Let's hope that while making this game, they don't develop for a hypothetical future console that hasn't even been released yet; like the PS5.

Aethyr

I have the nagging feeling that the announcement for why Crytek stopped working on the Crysis PC patch is...

"Crytek bought by Sony!"

darthmole12

Don't the people at Crytek know that piracy isn't just limited to just PC games?

ANYWAYS. An "enhanced" version of Crysis? How?! Sounds more like a "dumbed down" version for the consoles! Snort. I've seen the PS3 in action. I've seen the 360 in action. Crysis, at max settings, would make those consoles shit themselves, if they could. And NO, the PS3 *won't* handle it.

My NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 graphic card can handle Crysis on max settings though. (Go me.) Can the PS3 outrun my video card? DOUBT IT! And I KNOW the 360 is in tears next to my video card!

Yeah. Crytek: Game piracy isn't just limited to PC games. Just wanted to pass along that memo, since you lost it after all. Enjoy.

jParadox

Next platform: modded PS2's

archibaldleech

@Akulina: Sorry for the double post, but it will be also a way to prevent piracy on the PSP.

Akulina

@kumuasata: Considering that the piracy on PSP is as bad as on pc, 360 , ds and wii...

TOCATL

dual analogs damnit!

jair

Maybe an "enhanced" version of Crysis for PS3 using the PSP-PS3 connectivity!!! It will be so good!! an instant buy for me ^^

Akulina

PSP needs more games, I reckon! As well as a huge redesign, I am sick and tired of the analog thingy.

Third!

dalejrfanfreak

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino:

It's just another excuse to bitch about Piracy.

kumuasata

I find it ironic that theyv left PC gaming (at least exclusivly) behind,due to piracy...and now theyr expanding to PSP development.

Something doesnt quiete make sense here....

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

@TOCATL: a lot of time reading and putting together parts that could be spent gaming. Na. Really tho not trying to start a ps3 vs pc "war." I play pc games sometimes, ie when my computer can run them. Its just much easier to buy a console and not worry about upgrades. Plus I prefer controllers over kb/mouse. I know I know kb/mouse = accuracy but I grew up playing games on controllers.

SofaKingHI

Meh, console vs PC wars are starting to feel lame. Now bring me some Wii vs PS360 or some 360 vs PS3 wars. These are the shitz.

slomo788

@SofaKingHI: Well, affordable pc gaming does require some skills to put togheter a lot of pc parts, and do a good amount of reading and research to choose the best parts (no always the most expensive hardware is always the best), also the reccomended upgrade time for pc hardware is like 2-3 years...

TOCATL

And cue PS3 fanboys to say Crysis can be rendered on PSP and Haze looks better.

Strangelove

@jParadox: Wow your e-peen is huge!

Deluxe

Crysis on Wii and Xbox 360 is a dumb idea. The processing power needed to run it on PC is barely good enough, unless you have a disposable income and bought yourself a GTX 280. The PS3 might have the power to run it, as we have seen proof you can actually make good games that look good that people want to buy with Metal Gear Solid 4. A PSP spin-off of Crysis is stupid, since it must be a free-roam game, and the island is too big for the UMD on the PSP. A new PSP game from Crytek would be nice, possibly a shooter or something. I am looking forward to a new Crytek game on the PSP, since I've beaten Crysis and I'm looking for something new from these guys.

michaelleung

wtf... the PSP doesn't even have shaders! Without shaders, it's downright boring do develop graphics for games (something Crytek have always been experts in, while being noobs in other departments).

somarix

I'd be interested in seeing what they can do with the PSP. I wasn't too impressed with Far Cry (aside from the visuals) so I'm not going to get too exited.

DeathBeforeDishonor

@Strangelove: Cue the guy who cues the fanboys.

DeathBeforeDishonor

@SofaKingHI: Despite i may buy one of the new ati cards, im everything except a pc hd graphics elitist, right now im having tons of fun with an old snes rom wich sadly nintendo didnt put in the virtual console, :/...

TOCATL

@Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
The piracy argument is the same "the sky" is falling argument they use all the time. Its not made to make sense.

Great that they are coming to PSP. My PSP could need some new games. I dont pirate PSP games, but I dont buy games at full prices ether. I will rather wait than get the games at full price on something I consider a secondary gaming device I use more for movies, podcasts and mobil web/wap surfing than actual gaming.

Portable games are just not worth a full retail price, I think.

JojoTheSlayer

@TOCATL:

So what can you say about MGS4 ?

If that game is ported to the PC, what would be it's recommended PC specs?

The graphics of MGS4 or Uncharted is almost on par with a max-setting Crysis on a powerhouse rig. Difference is that the framerate is limited on the PS3, but 30fps is good enough on a gamer's eye anyway.

Just wait and see if on what they can do on that PS3 version of Crysis. You might shit bricks if it ends up to be on par with the max settings of the PC version.

As for the PSP, meh, it might end up something like the Tekken DR graphics.

xCruciaLx

@jParadox: your videocard is just 2 times faster in some tasks than the RSX, and 1.5 times faster than the Xenos in other tasks.
Take-out DX9's flawed driver-design that wastes over 3 million cpu cycles per frame when stalls are not accounted for, use the consoles' down-to-the-metal gpu control, and redesign to use these features:
- PS3: add a secondary FlexIO bus to RSX, a SPE to generate all vertices (up to 1 billion/s), and a large internal texture-cache, enough cores to do a lot, extended shader-instructions that can speed-up postprocessing effects several times.
- x360: eDRAM cache, the fact that SysRAM=VRAM, 3 cores to do a lot.

somarix

There are probably 100,000 custom firmware enabled PSPs out there and 20 million PSPs out there... PSP software does badly because people buy it for multimedia, not because of piracy. And Crisis Core was the second best selling Final Fantasy game ever...

When there are games people really want on the PSP, they get them... It just happens the Final Fantasy fans are more tolerable of portables than Metal Gear fans...

bobtheduck

@xCruciaLx:
The graphics on Uncharted are good nothing special. MGS looks amazing I'll give you that but you're not looking at the big picture. Crysis isn't just about how it looks in a screen shot its about the physics the lighting and the million other effects in it while in huge environments with incredible view distances.

It would be sweet if somehow they could get Crysis running on a PS3 at max settings but I just don't see it especially with how little ram the PS3 has.

FtGF

@kumuasata: i love bitching about stuff

ifalldownstairs

I love how people forget about dedicated system specs. Either way I don't see what the big deal about how pretty a game is. If its a good game its a good game. I don't care if it looks like Crysis on max settings or Limbo of the Lost LOL! (Pun intended). Fun factory, and what makes a great game truly great isn't the graphics its what the developer does with its given to work with.

VexingEnmity

@VexingEnmity: You're wrong. The graphics are one of the deciding factors to how good a game is.

I'm not gonna like a game that looks like my grandma's ass.

Ashurahori

It's not going to sell.

Because who would want to buy a PSP game that their PSP can't play?

/overused Crysis joke

Frank

The problem with crysis isn't piracy. The problem is that it's not a very good game.

desterion

@desterion: Why do you say that?

michaelleung

@michaelleung:

Probably because it gives you a fun, free-roaming environment in which you can approach situations tactically and basically gives you a good time.

Then, a couple hours in, it yanks everything out and sticks you in a thinly veiled corridor shooter til the end.

Koztah

I imagine if they could do something kind of like Killzone on the PSP they might be onto something. That game was so much better than the original, and one of the few examples of a game maker adapting rather than shoehorning an existing franchise onto the PSP.

TearsandScreams

Welcome!

This does pose interesting ... wonder if a project will be new and original, or something along the lines of Killzone Liberation, only Crysis!

EnigmaNemesis