This weekend we talked about how the PS3 version of Bayonetta was selling better in Japan, even though it's a slapdash port of the Xbox 360 version. Now we have an even more interesting comparison between the two games for you, this time concerning the North American versions of the game. According to GameStop, the PS3 version will be cheaper than the 360 one.
GameStop lists Bayonetta as $54.99 on the PS3, while the Xbox 360 version costs $59.99. If this price sticks, it could only be a response to fears that the ported version of the game is significantly inferior. This also means that Sega may actually be acknowledging this inferiority as truth. Why else would you not want to charge the same amount of money on both platforms?
Yet another chapter in the PS3 Bayonetta saga.
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8:00 AM on 11.02.2009
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If they're 100% the same excepting their graphics, then by definition one is inferior.
If you really value graphics that much. From playing both demos, I noticed nothing that detracted enough from my gameplay experience to make a stink.
The difference is minimal.
Even if the difference was just slightly gimped graphics, that can stil be a deal breaker and is a reasonable cause for this price difference.
Let's say you already had both consoles and the game cost the same on both - you'd get the 360 version, because that looks and runs nicer, there would be no reason to get the PS3 version. But now with the price difference, you've got to decide what's worth more to you, prettier visuals or a fiver. Bayonetta is a very visual game so I won't be surprised if the price difference is ignored and the 360 version still sells better in the West.
And if you don't have both consoles then there's nothing to debate.
If the graphics are worse on one version, then yes, that makes it inferior, especially when the inferiority takes the form of framerate issues and stuttering. Also, the game isn't designed with the PS3 controller in mind. It feels much more awkward on the PS3.
I love your posts Jim but this is really reaching. :P
I didn't notice the frame rate issues in the demo, but I believe you. That could be an issue late-game when the action gets more hectic.
Don't spread bullshit that the xbox controller is better its nothing but preference
Xbox 360 version on gamestop
There are fourteen posts on the frontpage that aren't about Bayonetta or MW2. Should I wake you up now or have you had enough hyperbole for the day?
IronKnight:
I never said the controller was better. I said this game was designed for the 360 and not the PS3.
That would have made me give more than a few games a second glance.
Jim didn't say the 360 controller was better but that controls felt awkward on the PS3. Which makes some sense since the PS3 version is a port and the game was designed originally for 360.
If I owned both consoles and visuals were slightly better on one console versus the other I'll go with the better graphics as long as the price difference isn't that significant. It would take the game costing $30 on PS3 and the 360 price remaining the same for me to reconsider.
Yeah... its discounted pretty much everywhere for both PS3 AND 360
The TV argument makes sense when you're talking about things like the PS3 properly supporting 1080p and os on, but this isn't one of those issues. Bayonetta has, reportedly, large frame rate issues on the PS3 and the colours and effects overall are more muted. Any screen will show up those differences, especially the frame rate problems.
5 bucks isn't that much of a deal. Then again I suppose its the principle.
Then again, I'm gonna get dantes inferno before this game.
It could just be a deal. Is it listed cheaper anywhere else? Not to mention Gamestop is notorious for mislabeling things on their web site.
Also thanks for posting here to just flame and contribute nothing. Keep it up.
Even if it is something as little as some framerate issues, i will gladly pay a lil more for the game.
You do realize one of the PS3's supposed selling points is native 1080p right? Do you see the irony here?
Amazon prices just about every PS3 and XBOX game below 59.99 except for MW2 and a select few others. Go figure.
The manager told me it was nationwide, on both platforms.
i been playing orange box on my ps3 and yes, it has a couple framerate issues but does not retract from the experience at all. if that was true then everytime i pause a game to take a piss/shit it would completely ruin the experience. oh no, Lord forbid if i take my attention else where for a minute, the game is ruined! i'll have to restart now to get the full experience! sarcasm.
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Well yeah...duhhhh, if the game is nearly as inferior on PS3 as it's been made out to be then it should be $10 to $20 less.
Honestly...Devil May Cry sucked, IMO...and this game doesn't really look to do much more than DMC did...well, other than have show some beehive wearing weirdo half naked.
Sorry dude...I'm not a virgin. In fact, up until my decision to enter into a monogamous relationship with the woman who today is my wife, I'd NEVER had a problem pulling hotties down for a night or two.
Not a virgin, not a fan of Devil May Cry = No Bayonetta purchase for me. Not unless it's half price for PS3. Or if it has some good hardcore action. Like...ACTUAL HARDCORE ACTION though.
None of this "hair obscuring" crap. For me, there's porn and there's garbage. If she's just naked, 3/4 naked, 1/2 naked and not doing anything...it's worthless.
I wanna see that broad getting pounded by eighteen in--you get the point.
That is sad.
Subtle British humour is lost on you people.