Alan Wake developer Remedy has stated that it is in no hurry for a new generation of consoles. Considering the studio was in no hurry to make a game for this generation, we really shouldn’t be surprised. FACE!
“I think all the developers out there — or most of us at least — we’re absolutely in no hurry to move onto a new console cycle,” divulges creative director Matias Myllyrine. “There are still things that we can do with the current generation of hardware for the 360 and PlayStation 3. We have a healthy installed base, and gamers have gotten a lot of the services that they wanted from stuff like Live and so forth. I don’t think a leap is called for — especially with Natal and the other devices coming out, hopefully that will extend the life cycle.
As far as Alan Wake goes, Remedy promises a very polished game indeed: “We had the whole game fully playable around E3 last year, and we’ve just been balancing, tuning, polishing and iterating in post-production since. Games are fairly expensive, and if you put down 60 Euros, the Remedy brand has to stand for something – otherwise people aren’t going to come back.”
Sounds good to me. I’m actually really looking forward to Alan Wake, so hopefully the anticipation will pay off.
Remedy: Developers in “no hurry” for new console cycle [GI.biz]
Published: Feb 24, 2010 08:20 am