Mon, Feb 01, 2010 | 10:16 GMT
SCEE: Heavy Rain is “a gamble”
SCEE has said releasing Heavy Rain is a very big “gamble” – but one the company has given its full support.
“Being Sony, I suppose we have a little more luxury to take a gamble on more original and innovative IP – and Heavy Rain definitely fits that category,” said product manager, Lucy Duncan, speaking to CVG.
She furthed added: “I suppose the risk is lessened if you have faith in the team behind the game and David [Cage] and Guillaume [de Fondaumiere] and the guys at Quantic Dreams have really impressed, not just in terms of their back catalogue – Farenheit – but also in terms of the tech demos they showed in the run up to Heavy Rain.”
A couple of reviews have been starting to trickle out already, with OPM, among others, giving the game a 9/10.
The game releases on February 23 in the US and February 26 in the UK for PS3.
A demo will release next Thursday.
Some new footage of the Quantic thriller got out last week, including the first nine minutes and a new trailer.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sony
Tags: heavy rain, quantic dream
9 comments
#1
Joe Anderson (wotta)
01/02/10, 10:29 am
And thats why Sony rock because they take gambles and usually they pay off.
disclaimer MS rock too
#2
NGCes26294BIV
01/02/10, 10:31 am
…and here come the excuses.
#3
CroMagnon
01/02/10, 10:40 am
One game is not a back catalogue.
#4
Robo_1
01/02/10, 10:51 am
It is a gamble though, I don’t think there’s any doubt about that. This is not a game which is easily categorised and that will either lead people to flock to it to experience the new, or to keep their distance and treat it as a cheap curio further down the line.
#5
DrDamn
01/02/10, 11:42 am
@Joe Anderson
I agree to an extent. I think they do take more gambles like this – and something like MAG too. Look at the early PS3 stuff – lots of new IP, though unfortunately – and this is where we disagree – it hasn’t been “usually” paying off for them. The gems that get uncovered though make up for the hit/miss rate. They are hitting more often in recent times too.
#6
The Hindle
01/02/10, 12:16 pm
The only Sony gamble that hasnt paid off is Lair which lets face was a terrible game
#7
Baseman
01/02/10, 12:21 pm
@CroMagnon
How many do you need?
http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/infinity-ward-inc/developed-by/
Fahrenheit is practically the predecessor of heavy rain´s whole story-bending idea it´s based on – a fairly untouched territory.
#8
SunKing
01/02/10, 1:49 pm
No shit it’s a gamble. Why this is being made the PS3′s poster child, I don’t know. It’s very bold, but it’s probably not going to do much for them.
#9
Gekidami
01/02/10, 1:51 pm
“PS3’s poster child”? Based off the fact that Sony are actually marketing (and they dont do it often) GoW3 i’d say thats the game they’re wanting to push the most this year, not Heavy Rain.