Saints Row for PS3 cancelled by THQ

[DC RID3R]

If you're a PS3 owner, here's some bad news I'm afraid. THQ just released it's fiscal year sales and for the 12th year in a row the company made record sales. In addition to good sales new games in the franchises Company of Heroes and Saints Row have been announced as well as a cancellation of Saints Row (1) for the Playstation 3. The personnel that worked on the Playstation 3 port of the Xbox 360 free-roaming title Saints Row have now been transferred to the new Saints Row game that is coming in 2008 for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. No Saints Row for Playstation 3, but Saints Row 2 will for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. No details or screenshots of the new Saints Row have been given.

News Source: http://www.ps3only.nl/nieuwsitem.php?nid=4164

[Au{R}oN]

And is better for THQ, they are scared for the upcoming GTA IV ^_^

[gazza14sr]

Posted this 20 minutes ago in the Games section. :rolleyes:

[DEDDOA]

No biggy, so long as the sequal is comming out all is cool. It would have been bad news if the sequal came out on the 360 while the Ps3 got only the original then had to wait for the sequal. That said tho, I would have like dto have seen somthing like the Xbox1's GTA, as in GTA III and Vice City were released at the same time on the same disk. Now SOmthing like that would be a good showcase for Blu-ray.

[Dpa]

gay... was looking forward to that.

[Xenogears V]

It doesn't sincerely rub anything of it!.

[GHOSTIVVI]

lolol, i have this game on 360 it sucks anyways, you guys arent missing out on anything (oh wait i forgot ps3 has no games :P)

[blade47167]

Meh like others have said. I'd rather have a direct sequel then another shitty port. Gives them more time to learn how much better the PS3 is than the 360 just like Rockstar did :D

[sigma8]

Yeah, nobody cares about this. It's nice to see a company making a wise decision rather than wasting time on a port that will be no better than the original and a poor showcase on the system.. Better to spend the resources on making a quality sequel.

I don't understand ports that are over a year old.

[keyrat]

Meh like others have said. I'd rather have a direct sequel then another shitty port. Gives them more time to learn how much better the PS3 is than the 360 just like Rockstar did :D

You do know that all playable versions of GTA shown have been on a 360 right? I'm sad to say that the PS3 version is probably the version that's going to be gimped, because they started it on the 360.

[KainXS]

i thought saints row sucked

[Sayenthy]

Saint's Row did suck in a few ways (world way too small, for example), but it had the best drive-by shooting control in a game ever, much better than GTA.

[Azariel]

SR is bad as it sounds...

[whackawookie]

You do know that all playable versions of GTA shown have been on a 360 right? I'm sad to say that the PS3 version is probably the version that's going to be gimped, because they started it on the 360.

unfortunately he is in denial. From the developers who have commented on developing for both consoles they have pretty much said it is much easier to go from 360 to the ps3 so most games that are multiconsoled are most likely going to be ported from the 360

[Section8]

unfortunately he is in denial. From the developers who have commented on developing for both consoles they have pretty much said it is much easier to go from 360 to the ps3 so most games that are multiconsoled are most likely going to be ported from the 360

Funny, I read on maxconsole not long ago that it was the other way round. Xbox 360 owners were boo-hooing about getting 'crappy' PS3 ports. Not that I don't believe what you say but can you link where you got your info from please?

[Scorpion3]

Oh well, I distinctly remember some of the people on here complaining about it not coming saying "It's just another GTA Clone". It's a lot different from GTA, but it is a lot like it.

[whackawookie]

Funny, I read on maxconsole not long ago that it was the other way round. Xbox 360 owners were boo-hooing about getting 'crappy' PS3 ports. Not that I don't believe what you say but can you link where you got your info from please?

actually i think you caught me in a mistake. i thought i read it the other way around but ill be the first to tell you i was wrong. unless i find articles to solidfy my claims i'm calling this one "my bad"

[keyrat]

unfortunately he is in denial. From the developers who have commented on developing for both consoles they have pretty much said it is much easier to go from 360 to the ps3 so most games that are multiconsoled are most likely going to be ported from the 360

I think it really has to do with numbers. The original xbox was also easier to develop for and more powerful than the PS2, but it would get the ports because the PS2 had such a huge user base. If the PS3 manages to somehow get ahead, I think you'll see them start the development process on the PS3 and port to 360. As it stands, it'll start on 360.

[pCeSlAyEr]

Saints Row was awesome, it took everything GTA did and did it better... the only thing Saints Row lacked in was its story, but whatever...

I find it funny how the only thing that makes Saints Row crappy for most people is the fact its not GTA and considered a knockoff, but if it was GTA I bet everyone would have praised the hell out of it...

damn rockstar fanboys :p

[aic007]

Saints Row was awesome, it took everything GTA did and did it better... the only thing Saints Row lacked in was its story, but whatever...

I find it funny how the only thing that makes Saints Row crappy for most people is the fact its not GTA and considered a knockoff, but if it was GTA I bet everyone would have praised the hell out of it...

damn rockstar fanboys :p


I have Saints Row and for the first week I played it for hours on end, but it just never grabbed me the way any GTA game did and has sat unfinished since. If the story was better, maybe I would have stuck around till the end but it was pretty weak. The game does have some great moments and fresh ideas, the whole insurance scam mini game is loads of fun but they really need to get better writers for the next one.

I will get back to it eventually just to get some more achievements but overall I think the game wasn't as good as it could have been.

[Azariel]

Saints Row was awesome, it took everything GTA did and did it better... the only thing Saints Row lacked in was its story, but whatever...

I find it funny how the only thing that makes Saints Row crappy for most people is the fact its not GTA and considered a knockoff, but if it was GTA I bet everyone would have praised the hell out of it...

damn rockstar fanboys :p

Well, all of those games lack Script, anyways. They make me remember Atari Days.