Midway Has Figured Out The PS3; No More Delays, Says Them

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Midway Has Figured Out The PS3; No More Delays, Says ThemPosted 3:01pm Sat Nov 03, 2007 by Aaron Dunlap Tags: PlayStation 3, Midway, delays

As the collective PlayStation 3 continues to search for a title that will sell systems, Midway has stepped up to the plate and promised that its future PS3 releases will be better and have fewer delays.

Delays have been many and perpetual for PS3 games. Though they'll rarely admit so in public, developers have been having a hard time developing for the system and the few games that have hit shelves on time have felt a bit "incomplete" or may need patches just to operate.

"For our first wave of next-gen games... lead development has been on the Xbox 360, due to its earlier introduction and larger installed base. We ran into some technical issues developing for the PlayStation 3 that have taken more time to finalize than we expected," said Midway boss David F. Zucker in a company conference call.

"We do believe that these technical issues are now complete at a core level in our engine. Looking ahead to 2008, we expect the PS3 versions of our titles to ship day and date with the Xbox 360 and other SKUs."

PS3 bashing aside, it is pretty historically consistent for a new system to see disappointing titles for around a year until developers have had a chance to get a feel for the new hardware and software platform. For the last two PlayStations, it took a Metal Gear Solid game to truly show what the system was capable of. Of course, no previous MGS game has had as many delays as the PS3's MGS4, so who knows?