Enslaved, unlike Ninja Theory’s last game, is going to appear on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. There’s a very good reason for it too, since the developer has confessed that despiteHeavenly Sword‘s massive hype, it never made the company a single penny.
“It’s difficult.Heavenly Swordcame out pretty early on the PS3, and we sold, I think, a million and a half copies, and that’s still not enough as an independent studio to break even,” explains co-founder Tameem Antoniades. “The publisher potentially breaks even at that point, but the developers don’t.”
“It’s just that when so many people have Xbox — I mean over half the market or more has Xbox 360s — why limit yourself to one platform?”
Yet more evidence, if more is needed, that the third party exclusive is all but dead. As it stands,Enslavedis looking like it has a much better chance thanHeavenly Sworddid, and it’s sounding like it might be a damn good game. I hope it makes the team some money this time around.Heavenly Sword‘s gameplay was a bit lackluster, but the narrative was really good, and I think that with time, Ninja Theory could be a damn fine studio.
Ninja Theory: We made no money on PS3 with Heavenly Sword[CVG]
