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Quantic Dream Talks Giving Up On PlayStation Exclusives

According to David Cage the Quantic Dream NetEase partnership means the French studio can self-publish and develop more than one game at a time.

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AngelicIceDiamond1791d ago

Somewhat flamebait title. Hes basically saying he wants to do one or more projects at a time and want to self publish just like Remedy. They're not giving up on Sony they're just going multiplat from here on out.

Neonridr1791d ago

hence he's giving up on exclusives.

S2Killinit1790d ago (Edited 1790d ago )

“Giving up” implies things didnt go well. While we know that they are now in a better position because of those exclusives. Hence the ability to self publish.

Furthermore, since the exclusives worked out well, perhaps going multiplat does not rule out future PlayStation exclusives.

The Wood1790d ago

Maybe just saying he's free from only making exclusives. They have teams. It's not a false dilemma so they can do both multis and exclusives to whoever they choose.

timotim1790d ago (Edited 1790d ago )

@S2

"“Giving up” implies things didnt go well."

😄😄😄No it doesn't! If it didn't go well, they would have said that...they didn't. It says "giving up on EXCLUSIVES"...this is what they gave up on. Not that the exclusives they did do didn't pan out well, just that they are no longer interested in exclusives for Sony only.

"While we know that they are now in a better position because of those exclusives."

They are in a better position now because they make good games that resonate with gamers, not because they were exclusive. If they made their games for even more platforms before, they would have sold even more games...this is most likely the reason for doing so now.

"Furthermore, since the exclusives worked out well, perhaps going multiplat does not rule out future PlayStation exclusives."

Could be...but I would assume the NetEase partnership would play a role there. What I am sure of though...however easy is it to do exclusives for Sony in the future...it would be equally easy to do exclusives for any platform holder or publisher.

Gwiz1790d ago

But Heavy Rain is exclusive now on EGS on PC.

rainslacker1789d ago

it's a term that isn't appropriate unless the dev themselves stated it. Giving up makes it seem like making them was difficult, and never once have they implied working with Sony was difficult.

They aren't giving up on exclusives, and nowhere did he imply they were. Just that they wanted to go multi-plat and self publish. They're taking a new route for the future, while this title tends to put a negative slant on what was actually said.

bouzebbal1789d ago

I have a feeling quantic is making a huge mistake.. Heavy Rain performed so well because it was an exclusive.. It took advantage of the ps3 architecture and made something unique with amazing graphics. Gamers are always interested in exclusives, cause they generally take good is of the hardware.
I truly believe this is a bad move.. Starting with Sony could guarantee a multi million seller everytime. Good luck..

S2Killinit1789d ago (Edited 1789d ago )

@timotim
The phrase “giving up” implies that the developer has thrown in the towel, at the very least it implies that they abandoned exclusives because of some difficulty, that they wished to continue but they couldn’t so they “gave up”. This also implies that they will never be able to make exclusives. Therefore, the phrase “giving up” is misleading as none of this happened.

Instead, they are simply making multiplats. Which doesnt rule out the possibility that they will also make exclusives (for anyone as you emphasized, but most likely for PlayStation due to a successful history of making exclusives with them)

Sevir1789d ago

Working on multiple projects at a time does not mean giving up on exclusives... Insomniac is working on multiple games at a time but they've produced exclusive games from that multiple projects production line

shuvam091789d ago

Thank God....
That money would be much well spent somewhere else...
David Cage games bore me to death...

Unspoken1789d ago

Quantic is pursuing bigger dreams. Love the thumbnail.

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Jin_Sakai1790d ago

“They're not giving up on Sony they're just going multiplat from here on out.”

Which means giving up on PlayStation exclusives just as the title states.

AngelicIceDiamond1789d ago

He never mention one time about giving up on PlayStation exclusives, HE never said that. David mentions going multiplat and his new business approach which lead to no more exclusives, title is misleading. David Cage never explained giving up on Sony exclusives as the title mentioned. But he explains why hes not exclusive anymore. Again the title should read "QD dreams explains why they're multiplatform now" thats a better title.

sprinterboy1789d ago

@all above comments
Giving up in the UK means quitting, or can't be arsed. But I think its a healthy move from a business stand point, I mean some will be multiplat, plus the odd game here or there will be MS or Sony.
Plus isn't this like a baiting of Sony and MS as a come get me in terms of 1 studio will make the multiplat game and the 2nd studio will be a exclusive to whom pays the most for the exclusive?

StrengthInNumbers1790d ago (Edited 1790d ago )

I know the fanboys are sensitive when it comes to exclusivity so I can see why you'd call it "flamebait" but the title is accurate.

AngelicIceDiamond1790d ago

Excuse me? The title just sounded a little funny. The title would sound better if it said " QD talks reasons for going multiplatfiorm" I'm not a fanboy watch your mouth.

StrengthInNumbers1790d ago

lol relax. I wasn't calling you a fanboy. I haven't said a word, maybe I should watch my fingers.

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rainslacker1789d ago (Edited 1789d ago )

Wouldn't a more appropriate title reflect what the dev said....something along the lines of "QD talks why they went multi-plat". Which is what the quote in the article actually does.

Giving up is a negative spin on an otherwise positive movement for the dev. It puts the article into the console war fray by the title alone.

Hence, click bait. Click bait can be true statements, and sometimes are, they're just taken out of context for the purpose of the article.

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n1kki61790d ago

Yes, exactly, in this case the title is completely accurate, what else could be assumed?

hulk_bash19871790d ago

These are certainly interesting times. I wonder if we'll see more PS Exclusive games going to the PC in the future. This may be their attempt at testing the waters, who knows. Anyways, I hope these QD games sell well. They're great games and more people should experience them.

BehindTheRows1790d ago

There is no testing of the water from Sony, given their in-house games will remain PS exclusive and they’ve already had a few of their properties by 3rd party companies on the PC.

This is simply a Quantic Dream thing, based on the investment from NetEase.

hulk_bash19871789d ago (Edited 1789d ago )

@Behind
Sony owns the trademarks for Beyond and Detroit so it wouldn't have happened unless Sony agreed to it.

CobraKai1789d ago

The title is totally misleading, for those who don’t click on the link, the article’s title is

“Quantic Dream Want To Self Publish And Develop More Than One Game At A Time”

Sure one of QD’s goals is multi platform games, but so is self publishing.

The person posting the article put their 2-cents in, which is unnecessary.

gamer78041789d ago

No the title is provocative, but it is true, you are just saying the same thing in different words. The title says they are "giving up on sony exclusives", which is 100% true.

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ApocalypseShadow1790d ago

Good luck Quantum. Enjoyed all your games.

Breaking News: Sony buys Super Massive and tells them to take their time making games and not rush them or try to juggle multiple games at once.

First game announced for PS5 is Until Dawn: Spring Break Beach House Vacation. More news as it comes in.

Satire.

0hMyGandhi1789d ago

I'd love for them to buy Super Massive.

LoveSpuds1789d ago

Yup, I personally think Super Massive are better at this kind of game than Quantic. While I enjoy Quantic Dreams games, Imalways foundcthem to be a little pretentious at times. I am looking forward to Man of Medan.

rivaldoo7771790d ago

Good luck. I hope they still make movie like games for Sony tho.

phoenixwing1790d ago

They'll still rely on sony mostly and maybe pc. I doubt the dudebro xbox crowd wants to sit through movie quality scenes like they've been alleging against sony games all gen.

Livingthedream1790d ago

Quantum break didn't sell well on Xbox so not sure how these games would do, but I would definitely purchase it

ILostMyMind1789d ago

If their games are on PC and smartphones, next sales will be low on all platforms due to piracy.

MetalGearsofWar1789d ago

All consoles are dudebro crowds.

timotim1790d ago

Maybe they will make movie like games for everyone...including Sony? Wouldn't that be good?

Xaevi1790d ago

Played Detroit recently and it was amazing, these guys get way too much undeserved crap for doing what they do. Personally like to see them make something in-between interactive and more traditional style

Livingthedream1790d ago

I enjoyed heavy rain my only issue was the controls, then they released with "move" support and they made better use of the controls

hiawa231790d ago

The title is misleading. As a multi-console gamer, put the games on every platform possible is my view. Better for all gamers.

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas18h ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows903h ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn23h ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher1h ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage1h ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher47m ago(Edited 47m ago)

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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CrimsonWing694h ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows903h ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

notachance2m ago

If they truly aimed for inclusivity they’d make the protagonist an Ainu tribe, this is just Ubisoft getting comfy with Sweet Baby Inc as always.

Hofstaderman2h ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

Hofstaderman2h ago

I take my hat off to you good sir. Brilliant.

Laskin1h ago

Thanks… I was originally going to write Samu-Bi but then I realized it was right there already so it works better

darthv723h ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro3h ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

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