If you were expecting PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain to arrive some time this year, you can think again. Geoff Keighley Who Hates Bloggers has confirmed that, despite Sony’s David Reeves calling it the most important title of 2009, Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain won’t see the light of day until 2010.
While this news will be seen as very expected by some, it doesn’t take away from the fact that Sony’s apparent hot year of exclusive titles has been a little disappointing compared to what we expected at the top of 2009. As last year drew to a close, we were looking at Killzone 2, inFAMOUS, Heavy Rain, MAG and God of War III. Now Heavy Rain and GoW III are confirmed for 2010, and it’ll be surprising if MAG doesn’t join them.
This is the big problem with the PS3. Its hottest exclusives are excellent games, but they are few and far between. The PS3 user experience seems to consist of a lot of waiting around while listening to promises, and it’s really quite frustrating. Still, it’s doing a little bit better than the Xbox 360 right now, so that’s something.
