National Organization Protesting Obviously Rushed and Terrible quality Shovelware.

**makeitlookreal** · 05-13-2007, 09:01 PM

Hello Everyone,

Are any of you tired of lame, rushed, and terrible quality ports that are shoveled out quickly in order to make a quick dollar?

If so, what do you think about starting up the following organization? It is just a random idea that came to mind. However, I think it would be pretty interesting.

The name of the organization would be...

NO PORTS

National
Organization

Protesting
Obviously
Rushed and
Terrible quality
Shovelware

The truth of the matter is there should be NO PORTS. "Ports" of games should not exist. Only GAMES should exist. Each game should be fully optimized for each system and not just rushed out like shovelware. It does not matter if a game was first made for the 360 (as an example). It should still be optimized for the PS3 so that it can take advantage of it's assets and vice versa.

What do all of you think?

For example, I want GTA IV to be fully optimized for the PS3 and for the 360. It should be optimized to take advantage of any hardware the 360 might have and it should ALSO be optimized to utilize the CELL, BLURAY DRIVE, and HARD DISC DRIVE of the PS3.

What do you think of this organization?

National
Organization

Protesting
Obviously
Rushed and
Terrible quality
Shovelware

By the way, I would not want to be the leader of such an organization. This is just an idea I'm throwing out on the table.

**=NukeBlaze=** · 05-13-2007, 10:02 PM

There are have been ports since the dawn of time. If I recall, the audio in SNES Mortal Kombat 2 was much superior to the the Genesis, but that was true in many cases.

The reason they make crappy ports, is that the masses justify it. But, mind you some ports are done well, some ports are built in middle-ware already and just jump about, but the real reason is that they know if they make a bunch of crap, people wiLl still pay for it. Look at EA for example.

As far as GTA 4, who knows. Maybe they will craft it for each platform more scrupulously , or they may make a composite target and say in development "What end result can both consoles achieve equally?" and follow through with that approach.

Ports are a by-product of economy. Now that games have a multi million dollar budgets, it is a product of trying to not put one's eggs into a single basket, in the short term. It is a simple as them saying, "We have "X" WonderBoxes, and "Y" GameStations, which means that we have a higher chance that someone will buy our game since we have an "X+Y" pool of potential buyers.

You might argue the above effect would shrink due to a possible loss of quality in the titles from lack of specialization, but that lack might be small enough that the resolution to the common players of games would not be sufficient enough for them to even notice it.

L.J. Whoopingston : "Economy; Sucks don't it?"

Welcome to the Era of "HD gaming", and all the new and increased numbers of gremlins that march with it.

**MaceSin** · 05-13-2007, 10:39 PM

I am inclined to join the war against shitty ports. I will shed blood, I will kill, I will die for the cause. Get ready Ubisoft for this will be worse then the lame ports you create.

**koten** · 05-13-2007, 10:52 PM

... Don't buy ports.

Problem solved.

**makeitlookreal** · 05-13-2007, 11:04 PM

But we need to make our non-buying of ports more vocal!

**Cofey** · 05-14-2007, 12:43 AM

Shouldn't this be in general gaming?

Not that I really care, I'm just pointing it out.

**Phoenix** · 05-14-2007, 12:45 AM

Ports make it so you can miss out on as few good games as possible without spending 1300 dollars on game systems. Shovelware, however, is evil and should die.

**seahorse** · 05-14-2007, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by makeitlookreal

What do all of you think?

i think it's a good idea, but let's be honest... it's not going to work.

***masteratt*** · 05-14-2007, 04:13 PM

Ummm, okay so what does NO PORTS do exactly?

Just whine about ports?
I see you listed lots of problems but I don't see what NO PORTS does.

So what will NO PORTS do?

And to be honest, I don't mind ports except for Ubisoft ones where they clearly don't give a shit about PS3 ports and just release a crappy version.

And also GTA4 is not a port, it's multi-platform game.

**woundingchaney** · 05-14-2007, 04:15 PM

Some of the best games I have ever played have been ported to many platforms, this entire movement is based on the complaints of few regarding the quality of maybe one or two ports between platforms.

Dont like a game dont buy it, but lets not pretend that porting software/games isnt incredibly important to the success of the video game industry.

If one want to blame for lack of optimization then the blame needs be spread all around. Blame Sony/MS for lack of tools or hardware coding complications, blame publishers for lack of development time and monetary investment, blame whining consumers for making an issue out of a ridiculous subject etc etc etc.......

**cpiasminc** · 05-15-2007, 02:33 AM

It would also be nice if people knew what a "port" actually is, or which games actually are "ports." Usually, the things people love to whine about are never actually ports.

**dork** · 05-15-2007, 02:46 AM

ports are good for the economy

**seahorse** · 05-15-2007, 12:51 PM

"hi, i'm from the NOPORATQS"

yeah, sure.

**AndyLG** · 05-15-2007, 12:53 PM

Another awesome idea from the mind of MILR.

**bryan** · 05-15-2007, 12:54 PM

Oh.

I just don't buy them.

**seahorse** · 05-15-2007, 01:12 PM

obviously rushed and terrible quality shovelware is my favourite type of shovelware.

**Boggy700** · 05-15-2007, 01:43 PM

If a game is good it doesn't matter that it isn't fully optimised for your system of choice.
Just be happy with the good things you have.

**Crow** · 05-15-2007, 02:13 PM

general gaming?

**curryking1** · 05-15-2007, 03:07 PM

Yes... just don't buy them.. jeez... Why do you seem to be in the belief that because you don't like them everyone else doesn't? And it's even stupider because who's to say every port made is bad? You're ridiculous, absolutely fucking ridiculous.

How are you going to seperate the good ports and the bad ports?! Are you going to quality control games before they are even done?!? SERIOUSLY! THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK/TYPE!

This is like "Let's stop all food that doesn't taste good." Or, let's stop all 'bad entertainment.' Who the fuck gives anyone the liberty or class to decide what is good and not good for everybody!?!?

Do you not see how stupid this is? Seriously.... If you don't like the food or the game, don't fucking get it. And seriously, just fucking deal with it that some people fucking enjoy things you don't, you're fucking getting on my nerves now, enough is fucking enough.