Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | 18:21 BST

Reeves: Heavy Rain is PS3′s “most important title for next year”

Speaking at Games Convention last week, Quantic Dream boss David Cage said that Sony considered stunning thriller Heavy Rain to be “the most important title for next year.”

“A risk? I would rather say it’s an opportunity… If you listened to the keynote speech yesterday, David Reeves said this is the most important title for next year. I believe it’s an opportunity to expand the market, also.”

Cage was talking to VG247 during a demo of the title, adding that the game is also a hook for getting PS3 owners into “traditional” products.

“It’s an opportunity to get people on board with traditional games,” he said. “Everybody likes stories, like characters, likes emotions, and it’s an interesting way to get people playing on PlayStation 3.”

Heavy Rain blew away the competition at E3, showing a story of a female journalist investigating a series of disappearances and ending up in a house full of of dead, stuffed women. As you do.

13 comments

No_PUDding
27/08/08, 6:02 pm

If you say so Cage.

I think Sony know the importance also, of God of War III, and they said the same thing about Infamous. And not only that, but if Team ICO releases a game, and I am still on a budget – your game will be forgotten.

patlike
27/08/08, 6:19 pm

I really want to play this. Honestly.

Quiiick
27/08/08, 6:39 pm

@patlike
Me too!

But what about the cliffhanger: “More on later this week and next.”?
What exactly will you reveal?

patlike
27/08/08, 6:47 pm

I can’t remember, honestly! There was a lot of talking. I’ve just listened to a bit of the demo, and there’s tons of quotes in there. He talks about the plot structure, how detailed the “sets” are, etc. Sorry, it’s a bit of a blur. I’ll pick through it tomorrow (hopefully).

No_PUDding
27/08/08, 7:56 pm

You’re less than conservative use of the word honesly leads me to believe patlike has seen ‘teh secret BBC game’.

patlike
27/08/08, 8:01 pm

Heh. I haven’t, to be sure. I’m pretty sure that was Heavy Rain, though.

Whizzo
27/08/08, 8:10 pm

“Infamous” is more important than “Heavy Rain”, at least to me, it could potentially sell me a console for a start.

No_PUDding
27/08/08, 8:32 pm

Wow?

I just said how underhwelming it was based on the information we know. And constricting it to lightning based gameplay really killed it for me. I like the whole, taking power from the grid thing, but it’s all a bit ‘use the force’ to me.

Panipal2005
27/08/08, 10:43 pm

@ patlike

Darren Waters said it (secret game) wasn’t Heavy Rain, it was something that hadn’t been shown yet.

#10

No_PUDding
27/08/08, 10:48 pm

He did say that explicitly.

I am actually the Kyle Barrett mentioned in that blog post