Are the days of delayed PS3 ports over? Maybe not completely over, but delays are certainly becoming more infrequent. According to SCEA boss Jack Tretton, developers are now starting to create their games on the PS3 first and then later port over code to the 360 to ensure a smoother development cycle:

We are now starting to see developers creating games on PS3 and then porting them to other platforms such as EA’s Burnout.

Developers are telling us that they are starting to create their games on PS3 first and take advantage of the hardware capabilities and then port down to other platforms so we are seeing tremendous progress from the third party community in terms of what they are able to do with our development kits.

Soon after the release of Stranglehold, Midway also talked about putting the PS3 in front of the development cycle, so this does not come as a surprise to us.

The Jack Tretton Interview [IGN]

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