9 Sep, 2010
Heavy Rain developers Quantic Dream are discussing the possibility of making their future titles multiformat, after the sell out success of their PS3 exclusive earlier this year. According to CVG, David Cage, founder of Quantic Dream says the company wishes to reach a broader market of gamers; to which they are currently restricted from doing so should PS3 exclusivity continue.
“With Heavy Rain it was right, but after Heavy Rain the question can be asked whether we should stick to one platform or open out to different platforms.”
“Now that we’re established why are we limiting ourselves to one share of the market when we can reach more? There are pros and cons and it’s not an easy decision.”
Cage then went on to thank Sony profusely for the help and support that they extended to Quantic Dream during Heavy Rain’s development, claiming that the title may not have been possible without them. The company founder has said previously that he is reluctant to create a direct sequel to the best seller, but claims that a new title has already been written and is all but ready go into the development phase. However there was no hope offered to gamers hoping to see a Xbox 360 version of Heavy Rain, confirming that it will remain a PS3 only title.
I think Sony are going to have fight tooth and nail to keep Quantic Dream firmly on their side of the fence. Heavy Rain has been one of the only decent exclusives on Playstation 3 for quite some time! Still, it is exciting to know that if nothing else, a spiritual sequel to this cracking game is on the way!
Heavy Rain is available now for PS3, and the new Move Edition is due for release in time for Christmas 2010.
I certainly hope they go multiformat in the future. As a huge fan of Fahrenheit, it breaks my heart all over again to hear that Heavy Rain will remain PS3 only, but the thought that their other games may be available to me cheers me up a bit!
I love Quantic Dream. I have both 360 and PS3 but I would love them to branch out.
Yeah! This is the beauty of having all machines, but to be honest I would love Quantic Dream to continue to develope exclusively for the PS3 for the foreseeable. There just isn’t enough decent content for PS3 at the moment, and Heavy Rain is the only game I bought for PS3 this year so far.
Either way, I don’t lose out, and it would be nice to broaden the scope other gamers!