Tekken 6 may have been built for the arcade on a board based on the Sony PS3, but its director at Namco, Katsuhiro Harada has reassured Microsoft Xbox 360 owners that the version of the game for their consoles will not “be inferior”. Harada’s team is working on porting the PS3 game to the Xbox 360 and is “making progress every day and we’re quite confident.”

In an interview with NOW Gamer, Tekken 6 director Harada said: “The game is geared to make the most use of the [Sony PS3] SPU and the code is written around this. Also, full motion blur was added while maintaining 60 frames [per second]; something that other fighting games were unable to implement. This is the first time we’ve taken this specialized code to the [Microsoft Xbox] 360, and it will be a big challenge.” Despite that, Harada believes that Tekken 6 will be equal on both consoles. He added that extra Tekken 6 downloadable content would be available for both the Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360: “There will be a lot of extra content for both.”

With Harada clearly believing the Microsoft Xbox 360 capable of handling a game that was designed specifically to use as much as possible of the Sony PS3′s power, and following from ex-Bungie developer Christian Allen’s recent comment that Killzone 2 could have been done for the Xbox 360, just how much power difference is there between the PS3 and the Xbox 360? Not a lot, if these experienced developers are to be believed.

Out 2009 | £TBA | Tekken 6

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  • Simon

    Seems to be a shift recently, We now have people trying to convince us that the Xbox is not really getting left behind.

    All the evidence however does indicate that it is.

    Sure we have TALK about KZ2 being able to be done on Xbox, but its just that TALK (and from a Microsoft house, so not exactly independent), we also have a publisher trying to quosh rumours of a gimped game, as they want to sell to a big an audience as possible.

    Hardly proof. The only proof we have, is PS3 exclusives are far and away better looking than the best the Xbox can offer todate, added the fact that nothing on Xbox has raised the bar in the last 12 months…

  • MarkG

    Exactly, it’s not longer a arrogant Microsoft and their cronies proclaiming everything is fantastic, it’s now “hang on, this won’t suck we promise”…

    Clear to me, the reign of the Xbox is over, it was (another) short lived affair like the original Xbox, it’s simply run out of steam after a few years..

  • Mornelithe

    To be honest, I don’t care if it’s 32-bit on the 360, I have a PS3, and all I want to know is when I’m getting my goddamn game. Total BS we have to wait longer just so the 360 can get some crumbs tossed its way.

    Morne

  • nelson

    Simon Munk = XBox 360 fanboy

  • mellow

    Mornelithe grow up didn,t we have to wait for GTA4 for the ps3.Now before you start getting ya knickers in a knot ive got both consoles and play both all the time they both have good points and bad but online is a lot better on the box but love KZ2.Both companies talk scroff Sony just dribbles more having mastered the art.Ive had all three sony consoles and had ps and ps2 brake due to poor quailty control on sony;s behalf if anyones old enough to remember the first ps1 when the machine heated up it couldn’t play FMV’s and gameplay would stagger and glitch this was the first run of consoles sony made but fanboy’s don’t won’t to remember this ,oh and the pre-rendered video’s they would show at past E3′s claiming them to be gameplay when they weren’t .Microsoft have had problems with both console’s due to QC problem’s.exclusive deals with companies have to be done to push more console sale’s so both Sony and M$ are playing devil’s advacate. sorry im just rambling better get back to frag some head,s

  • DaveBG

    Naaaa, just another round of the usual arrogant and laughable PS3 fanboy BS that the PS3 is ‘superior’ when in fact there is no credible differences at all.

    The Xbox is very slightly better at a couple of things and the PS3 is very slightly better at a couple of other things.

    Neither looks or sounds any different to anyone but the fanboy trying to exaggerate the most minute difference.

    The only difference of any note is price and the fact that the Xbox has 123 more metacritic games rated 70 – 100 than the PS3.

    Suck on those cold hard facts PS3 fanboys.

    It must be tought chewing on the truth that KZ2 turned out to be a rather ordinary release – and could have been done on the Xbox afterall.
    Just like watching the so-called console-shifting (*snicker*) & deeply disappointing flop that is LBP fail to do anything to boost the PS3.

    Nevermind, the future is PS2 and it’s price-cut, huh?

  • MarkG

    Looking at DaveBGs comment, it’s clear to me that Xbox owners are getting irate now because it’s slowly dawning on them, yet again Microsoft sold them another console that ran out of steam after a mere 4 years on the market.

    It must hurt to know you have to pay £50 a year to play online on a crappy Peer-Peer network when PS3 owners get dedicated servers for free…

  • Anonymous

    Clearly there are a ton of ps3 owners on here and not matter how to show technical specs on performance to them they will never learn. Face it guys the PPC architecture and Cell Almost exactly the same. 3 cores versus 6 cores and you won’t notice much difference. Even memory is almost the same, 256GB of DDR3 on PS3 and 512GB DDR3 on Xbox. But don’t let specs get in the way of your mental masterbation about your Ps3.

  • Masturbate

    MarkG dedicated servers? PSN is crap dude. Lag’s SO much and fails next to LIVE I don’t mind paying 1 fee of 50 bucks a year to play on a STEADY connection. *VF5 plays perfect. Remember you get what you pay for and FREE online is never good.

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