Ubisoft has strong feelings about keeping Splinter Cell: Conviction only on the Xbox 360. They’ve really strengthened their relation with Microsoft in working on the game, suggesting that all their hard work will show.
“There’s going to be a really strong partnership with Microsoft,” producer, Alexandre Parizeau told CVG this week. “Obviously we’ll do everything that we can do to make sure that the experience is indebted with whatever the Xbox has to offer.
“I want to make sure that when the game hits the shelves the disc will ‘meld’ with your Xbox 360 – it’s meant for the Xbox 360 and it will show,” he said.
Parizeau praised the fact that they’re able to focus on one platform only, full utilizing whatever they’re trying to create in the game. He said “it’s really cool to be able to focus technology on one platform, to be able to really exploit it to the maximum of its capacity.
“We’ve been working with Microsoft for a while now. We’ve been working with their engineers – we’ve had super good feedback from them on all sorts of different things. It’s been a really good partnership with them.
“They’re backing us up. There’s no question that they’re supporting the game to its fullest,” he said.
“They’re backing us up. There’s no question that they’re supporting the game to its fullest,”
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@ incredibilistic
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Of course Microsoft is going to secure the game through financial incentives. That is obvious but your completely wrong to think the series had great success or is successful because of Sony’s platforms. That is just ridiculous. Sam Fisher has been a poster child for Microsoft since its existence. Microsoft always had a close relationship with Ubisoft with the franchise. This one is getting critical acclaim and Microsoft is in big need of exclusives so its understandable for the to secure it. Eventually it would have landed on the PS3 as the series eventually had.
Very true. Nicely put, too.
Plus, Sam Fisher’s night goggles have green lights. The Xbox 360 has green lights. It makes perfect sense. =P
Thanks for the kudos.
Yes the SC franchise was strong but would’ve have been AS strong without the Playstation brand? I guess we’ll never know.
Truth be told I’m just green with envy that I won’t be ale to play this game unless I buy a 360 and frankly paying $100 for a wifi adapter just pisses me off. Seems like they could’ve included it when they dropped the price. If they were really in the driver’s seat they would drop the price even more or at least offer a mail-in rebate for the wifi adapter.