Levine talks Bioshock: PC woes, PS3 version
First off, it must be said that there will be no PS3 version for Bioshock, as Ken Levine makes clear. Also, he assures the “pissed off” owners of Bioshock who have some problems with installing the game on their PC that patches are in development.
Joystiq talked to Levine directly to get that info. Levine, lead designer for Bioshock, explains that he is aware of the problems Bioshock has on the PC. He expresses that there were indeed “screw ups” with the game’s online copy protection verification. The issue being faced is that the game can only be installed twice and nevermore.
The problem stemmed from the developers not expecting that the game would become such a hit. So when the requests came in for verification, the server simply crashed. Levine explains that they will eventually remove the verification process.
As for the rumors circulating about Bioshock coming to the PS3, Levine leaves no room for doubt when he commented:
I promise you, there is no secret plan about the PS3 that we’re keeping from people. There’s no PS3 development going on that we’re hiding. There’s lots of stuff that gets into game code, plans change over time and we got an exclusive deal with Microsoft … that’s not a Rosetta Stone discovery.
Via Joystiq
First off, it must be said that there will be no PS3 version for Bioshock, as Ken Levine makes clear. Also, he assures the “pissed off” owners of Bioshock who have some problems with installing the game on their PC that patches are in development.
Joystiq talked to Levine directly to get that info. Levine, lead designer for Bioshock, explains that he is aware of the problems Bioshock has on the PC. He expresses that there were indeed “screw ups” with the game’s online copy protection verification. The issue being faced is that the game can only be installed twice and nevermore.
The problem stemmed from the developers not expecting that the game would become such a hit. So when the requests came in for verification, the server simply crashed. Levine explains that they will eventually remove the verification process.
As for the rumors circulating about Bioshock coming to the PS3, Levine leaves no room for doubt when he commented:
I promise you, there is no secret plan about the PS3 that we’re keeping from people. There’s no PS3 development going on that we’re hiding. There’s lots of stuff that gets into game code, plans change over time and we got an exclusive deal with Microsoft … that’s not a Rosetta Stone discovery.
Via Joystiq