God of War: Chains of Olympus devs hang up their PSP swords
But could be tempted back
Game studio Ready At Dawn, maker of PSP games Daxter and the astounding God of War: Chains of Olympus, is set to leave the PSP behind in a move that affects Sony's handheld considerably.
The developer had previously indicated such a decision was likely, stating a desire to progress onto home consoles and out of the portable gaming arena.
Speaking to website next-gen, Chains of Olympus director Ru Weerasuriya confirmed the studio would be moving on from PSP development during a discussion about PSP hardware.
"Only time will tell, but there's definitely room to grow there," Weerasuriya said when asked how much further the PSP can be pushed. "I'm hoping more teams out there will up the ante and show all of us more out of the hardware. As for us, our work on the PSP has come to an end. But who knows, we might come back to it in the future if the right opportunity arises."
(Ready At Dawn is currently working on Wii game Okami, but Weerasuriya says that afterwards the team will be applying itself to building its own IPs, which have been in the works for a while.)
Meanwhile, talking about his expectations for Chains of Olympus, its director offered: "I hope it will show both publishers and devs that great things can be made on the PSP, and in turn that more exclusive games should be made for the platform. Commercially, I would love to see it top Daxter and go way beyond."
We agree wholeheartedly. The need for platform-exclusive productions is something we've been maintaining since the start of PSP and we hope that we'll get to see more such big-budget efforts should the latest God of War does surpass the sales of Daxter (which has topped two million since release). And that's something it certainly deserves to do, as those who have checked out our review will no doubt realise.
For now, given Ready At Dawn's contributions to the format let's hope a project tempts the developer back on board in the not too distant future.
