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The reason why Telltale Games haven’t brought a title to PlayStation Network is simple: the studio hasn’t ported the engine yet.

Speaking with The Guardian about the Tales of Monkey Island series not hitting XBLA or PSN, Telltale designer Dave Grossman explained that the studio prefers to develop for one console platform for the “initial run” of episodic content. The logistics of a multi-console release for a series, according to Grossman, can cause insanity.

Insanity, by the way, isn’t good thing. Usually.

“They're all good channels,” Grossman continued, “so we like to spread the joy around a little bit. Wii seems like a great platform for this; also we've already got two other series currently running on XBLA (Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures and Sam & Max Save the World), and our engine doesn't run on the Playstation yet, so the choice [to have Tales of Monkey Island series on the PC and Wii] was easy.”

Nice. We're not detecting much of a PSN tease here, but anything can happen. Would you guys bother with a PSN release of Tales of Monkey Island or Sam & Max?

[via Joystiq]


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Naim Master's Avatar
Naim Master at 07/04/2009 19:35
"..isn’t good thing..." I'm not sure , but shouldn't there be a "a" be right here?
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 07/04/2009 19:49
You'd think it would be easier to do the PC and XBLA versions first instead of Wii. That's kind weird.
BattyAdroit's Avatar
BattyAdroit at 07/04/2009 19:59
I would.
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 07/04/2009 20:08
Any way, not even the Wii deserves graphics so horrible, all my respects to TellTale games but they can do better
whormongr's Avatar
whormongr at 07/04/2009 20:27
I would buy it
loki d20's Avatar
loki d20 at 07/04/2009 21:00
Sam & Max would rock my world if it came to PSN.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 07/04/2009 22:00
I would instantly get it. I think they would be making a lot more money on the 360 and the PS3. Weird stuff considering the 360 and PC are almost the same.
Edgeward's Avatar
Edgeward at 07/04/2009 22:16
Day one
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar
DinnertimeNinja at 07/05/2009 00:08
I wouldn't buy it for PS3 if they kept releasing these series I REALLY want much later on console.

I already have the full season of ToMI preordered for PC so I wouldn't buy it again at a later date.
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 07/05/2009 06:08
Keep it old school, buy the PC version.
Kalakaua's Avatar
Kalakaua at 07/05/2009 11:42
I want the Strongbad games they make to come to PSN. Don't know much about their other games to comment.
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SurplusGamer at 07/05/2009 12:09
The graphics look fine, Monodi. Have you seen the latest screenshots? The E3 ones were still very in development, as has been explained to the point of boredom.
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