Splinter Cell: Conviction is a Xbox 360 Exclusive
The age of third-party exclusives might be coming to an end, however, that doesn’t mean some game developed won’t be an confined to one system. One of the best games at E3 was Splinter Cell: Conviction, and it happens to be published by a third-party company which is Ubisoft. Since we first saw the posters in and around E3, we noticed it only had an Xbox 360 logo and was missing the PS3 watermark. Because of that reason alone, many people were speculating that the title was going to be an Xbox 360 exclusive. Guess what? They were right.
Ubisoft has confirmed that Splinter Cell: Conviction will only be coming to the 360 because “Splinter Cell games are historically linked with Microsoft platforms.”
“Splinter Cell conviction is a true Microsoft exclusive title and there are no plans to have Splinter Cell Conviction on other platforms. There are several reasons behind this choice. First of all, Splinter Cell games are historically linked with Microsoft platforms. The first Splinter Cell on the original Xbox was one of the first games to fully exploit the console’s technical possibilities. At that time, Microsoft really believed in the game potential and provided strong support to promote it. So, there is a “link of heart” between the franchise and the platform. Some games are like this (think of Final Fantasy for instance). The second reason behind this choice is purely linked to production. Having a single target platform means that we can optimize the game even further, because we only have one type of – console – hardware to support.”
Funny how they told us to think of Final Fantasy, but last time I checked the 14th installment of the famed RPG is now making its way to the Xbox 360. So saying “link of heart” is a little dumbfounding. I always thought it was about money in the end. Good job Ubisoft, you are really playing in the hands of the fanboys of each system.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Are you upset that it’s 360 only? And making fun of the “link of heart” statement is a little odd. If you watch the E3 video interviews on IGN.com or visit the Conviction website, listen to the guys making the game – English is probably their second language and that’s just a phrase they turned wrong.
His reasoning makes sense. The Xbox was the first system to push the Splinter Cell series and Microsoft, love ‘em or hate ‘em, has been behind it ever since.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Actually, from a business standpoint, it doesn’t make much sense. I don’t really care if it’s an exclusive to the 360, either way I’ll be getting it.
But why limit yourself to just 30 million other customers, when there are 22 million more that could potential buy the game?
June 19th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Ah, I can see the business standpoint..
If it’s Ubisoft’s intention to put out the best game possible, sticking to one console gives them the ability to custom fit that game without needing to compromise so they’re probably approaching it from that angle.
Then again, this could be one of those exclusives that has a time limit and they are just stating that it’s exclusive for the first 6 months/1 year or whatever.
June 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
It took 14 final fantasys released over a period of like 20 years to finally get it on xbox so iono what your gripe is with that..
also it will be released on PC for sure or ive lost all faith in MS
June 19th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I was just talking to my friend about how i wanted this game, now that is is 360 only I doubt I will ever play it, f’in lame
June 19th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
TW
First of all, the Xbox has only been out since 2001. Meaning there has only been three Final Fantasys to actually come out since Microsoft released a console.
It took that many for Square-Enix to realize they can make a better profit by releasing this next one on two separate systems.
June 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
hahaha, so awesome!
June 20th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
#6 even before that FF has been known to be a playstation franchise
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:28 am
When suggesting that a developer is excluding themselves from 22 million customers one such always think about how many of those 22 million customers have another current generation console in their house.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
ps3 is gonna get fucked over if they dont do this price drop because of activision
September 18th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
the producers are so dumb they cant develop a game good enough for the ps3, so they sticked to 8gb dvd games instead of complex 50 gb bluray games for ps3. fucking retards