The phrase
"to port the title" means to transfer or adapt a video game, software, or other form of media from one platform or system to another.
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It's common to see longer interregional release delays for Japanese Fighters, not just for localization, but the added process of
porting titles from arcade distribution to home consoles and / or PC.
This week, game director for The Evil Within 2 Shinji Mikami expressed interest
in porting the title to the Switch.
From the looks of it Straight Right has done a pretty good job
of porting the title across to the other systems.
We took their code base and assets
ported the title over, working with both Microsoft and Panic Button along the way.
In 1999, Midway released Hydro Thunder, a powerboat racing game for the arcade, and they later
ported the title as a Sega Dreamcast launch game.
Last month, SMITE arrived on the XBox One which is a third person action multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game which
successfully ported this title from the PC.
Games credited to the studio include Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2, in addition to co-producing and
porting titles such as Assassin's Creed III, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, ZombiU and others.
This version of the game first released in 1987 and was developed by Technos,
who ported the title to the NES the following year, where it gained even more popularity.
Atlus USA released the original Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Nintendo DS game in June 2009 in North America, and then released the
enhanced port titled Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in August 2011.
2013's critically acclaimed Vita platformer Tearaway will be getting a
PS4 port titled Tearaway Unfolded.
Many are chalking the deficit up to the debacle that was the games initial Wii U exclusivity and the delay that followed in order to
port the title multi-platform, but there are more factors to consider.
Sure, studios will do «HD remakes» (I can't make a one - on - one comparison to Ted Turner's «colorization» of black - and - white movies, but there are some parallels) of beloved, well - remembered games, but they'll let the obscure, difficult - to -
port titles fall through the net.
Among the list of games are
replicated ported titles for the Super Nintendo that may strike a nostalgic chord, games that redefined the industry with interactive controls and unexplored genres and even games that were never supposed to exist.
It's fair to say that some of the «big boys» (the publishers we all know who make their names on the big, hi - def «next - gen» consoles) haven't had the greatest of runs on iPhone so far, either
porting titles fairly unsuccessfully or failing to grasp the community - based nature of success on the App Store in the first place.
Despite Valve's rallying call, not many game developers have scrambled to make or
even port their titles to the OS.
Abstraction CEO Ralph Egas says that performance for Nintendo Switch «is not really the issue» when it comes to
porting titles from PlayStation 4 and [See the full post at: Performance «not really the issue» for Switch, says Abstraction CEO]
Although I don't think the dismal sales initially forced Rockstar to
port the title over to Sony's handheld, but it certainly didn't discourage them either.
Telltale games, who created games like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones, Tales from the Borderlands and, most recently, Minecraft: Story Mode, have explained their ease
of porting their titles to the Windows store.
Even so, I have a feeling several of these thirds will have no choice but to
port their titles to WiiU over in Japan if they want to make more money.
The developer unveiled its intentions to
port the title to Sony's handheld PlayStation Vita... Read More
The former Sony PlayStation executive followed up by tweeting
that porting the title will be hard, but surely not impossible.
Boyes, who now serves as CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios, acknowledges that
porting the title to Nintendo's new platform won't be easy, but he's sure that his team will be up to the task.
During the interview, translated by Siliconera, Tsujimoto said there are «no [plans] for now,» to
port the title.
It seems that Telltale's eagerness to
port their titles to whatever platforms they can always exceeds their programmers» ability to make it run well.
Media Molecule stated they didn't just want to
port the title, but they also wanted to utilise the -LSB-...]
As a common sceptic from a visual perspective on
ported titles, Pokken Tournament DX really does appear just as clean in Handheld mode on the Switch as it once did on a full - size screen on the Wii U, which is compliments to Bandai Namco on their ported title.
Despite Mario Kart 8 being a hit title for the Wii U, it was still something of a bold decision on Nintendo's port to
port the title to the Switch, instead of creating an all new instalment and already that decision has paid off!
Because of the popularity, the developer, Rovio, has
ported the title to various other phones and has seen the same type of success.
Releasing games in the Atelier series since the 90s, Gust only recently started to
port their titles to the PC platform with their growing IP collection - including Nights of Azure and Blue Reflection.
Abstraction CEO Ralph Egas says that performance for Nintendo Switch «is not really the issue» when it comes to
porting titles from PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to the platform.
In a post this morning on Sony's PlayStation blog, Curve Studios» Rob Clarke announced that the company is collaborating with Key to
port the title to Sony platforms.
But seeing as Capcom have already said they're not interested in
porting titles to the Wii U, Nintendo may have seen the last of the cash for Resi Revelations.
A year later, Capcom has decided to
port the title to home consoles.
Software developers eagerly began
porting titles to Linux in anticipation, and at CES 2014, more than a dozen prominent PC makers revealed Steam Machines of all shapes, sizes, and capabilities.
Resident Evil 1 and 2 is coming to the device whereas some important and easy to
port titles are not coming owing to Nintendo's lukewarm support for third party titles.