Roommate bet – changing a PS3 game to a PC game

me and my roommate were wandering-
Say a company have a complete and finished game that was designed for PS3, and they want to make it work on a PC,
how much work will they have to do? begin from the start?
70% from the work? 50%? a simple modification?
assume it’s an almighty PC (neglect performance issues) and stick to the development process.
thanks!
Answer #1
That question is actually interesting, have wondered a bit myself. I think the easiest change would prolly be PC -> xbox 360 or the other way around, due to both running on something Microsoft-like.
Answer #2
That question is actually interesting, have wondered a bit myself. I think the easiest change would prolly be PC -> xbox 360 or the other way around, due to both running on something Microsoft-like.
its like u read my thought man
even if they wanted to create the game for ps3
still they need to create it in computer
just about 50% of modification should do the trick
Answer #3
That question is actually interesting, have wondered a bit myself. I think the easiest change would prolly be PC -> xbox 360 or the other way around, due to both running on something Microsoft-like.
its like u read my thought man
even if they wanted to create the game for ps3
still they need to create it in computer
just about 50% of modification should do the trick
It depends, it may move to 80% if the games are high graphics intense. Even a PS2 is far more powerful than a PC. Imagine the raw power of a PS3
Answer #4
it’s called “porting”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
Answer #5
it's called "porting"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
Porting is different, but its quite a task from reducing the graphics stuff to run the game from from a beastly PS3 to a small tiny pC
Answer #6
no, it is porting, but porting can be done in all sorts of degrees. the lowest/worst scenario is that they just copy/paste everything & make it compatible. in the best case they rebuild the whole game only copying the elements that don’t change like character designs, ect. in most cases it’s something in between.
also, & console fans will hate me fore this, but making a pc that’s better then a PS3 or an xbox360 ain’t that hard at all.
Answer #7

Even a PS2 is far more powerful than a PC.
Ahem, maybe 5 years ago yes. A new PC with the highest specs is the most powerful machine.
Answer #8

Even a PS2 is far more powerful than a PC.
Ahem, maybe 5 years ago yes. A new PC with the highest specs is the most powerful machine.
allright, but who can buy a PC with the highest specs ?
Comparing to todays high level PCS with a Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz, the PS2 is much higher
Answer #9

Comparing to todays high level PCS with a Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz, the PS2 is much higher
That doesn’t seem to be quite so
The PlayStation 2 is NOT as fast as a PC tested against a GeForce 2 Ultra and AMD 1.4 GHz on the first person shooter Red Faction.
(some old article from here)
http://www.whatconsole.co.uk/ps2.php
Answer #10
Porting in gaming
Porting is also the term used when a computer game designed to run on one platform, be it a personal computer or a video game console, is converted to run on a different platform.
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
and most current PC’s are much more powerful than a PS3
3.2GHz PowerPC CPU and 7800GT (G70) era grfx with 256mb vid ram set the PS3 below a Pentum4 for power
Answer #11
thanks for answering! especially the answers regarding the development process
Answer #12
Porting in gaming
Porting is also the term used when a computer game designed to run on one platform, be it a personal computer or a video game console, is converted to run on a different platform.
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting
and most current PC's are much more powerful than a PS3
3.2GHz PowerPC CPU and 7800GT (G70) era grfx with 256mb vid ram set the PS3 below a Pentum4 for power
Heh, wouldn’t consider that a “current” pc. PowerPC CPU = ? Are you talking about a mac with an intel processor?
I recently bought a new computer for just over $2k AUD including monitor, and I am fairly sure it is more powerful than a PS3.
Graphics-wise, the PS3’s reality synthesizer is on par with a 7800GTX, not quite sure about the Cell though, I have a cheap i7 920, but I reckon it would hold its own against a ps3.
Also, is the cell a 64-bit processor? The PS3 seems to have a small amount of RAM, but at about twice the speed of DDR3-1600..
The Playstation 3 has 256mb of GDDR3 at 700mhz and 256Mb of XDR at 3.2ghz.