Ubisoft Explains Why Splinter Cell Won’t Hit PS3

19 Jun 2009 at 13:43:31 by Andy Alderson

The development team behind Splinter Cell Conviction has explained why the game will not be released on the PS3.

Responding to fan questions in the Ubi forums, the dev team spoke about the “link of heart” between the Splinter Cell series and Microsoft’s consoles, as it was one of the first games to take advantage of the original Xbox’s technological muscle.

They also revealed that developing for a single target platform has allowed them to optimize the game even further.

The statement in full:

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.

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