Epic Games’ Mark Rein says its too late for a PS3 exclusive

Although famous (or infamous) for his controversial opinions, Epic Games‘ VP Mark Rein is certainly no Chris Hecker. In an interview with Elli Gibson of GamesIndustry, Rein wanted to make it clear that he wouldn’t have gone way overboard as the (almost former?) Maxis employee had.

But after Epic Games had pushed the envelope for Microsoft next-gen early on with their smash hit Gears of War, he was quick to add that Epic Games won’t be coming out with a PlayStation 3 exclusive.

“I think that bird has flown the coop already on PlayStation 3 – they’re not making launch titles any more, and we couldn’t just start up a game tomorrow as an exclusive because it takes a few years,” he said, adding:

I don’t see Sony offering us a really great deal today to make that ass-kicking PlayStation 3 game, because by the time we finished, there would already be hundreds of great games on the platform. Gran Turismo, Killzone – they’ll be on the sequels to those games by the time our game would come out, so it’s just a timing thing.

While highly-anticipated Unreal Tournament 3 was set to drop a bomb over every platform including the PlayStation 3, he assured Sony console owners that there were plenty other great titles coming for them. Rein owns two PlayStation 3 units himself and he especially mentioned Evolution Studios‘ MotorStorm as one of the great titles which should be released in Europe, just in time for the PlayStation 3’s arrival on European shores.

Via Games Industry

Although famous (or infamous) for his controversial opinions, Epic Games‘ VP Mark Rein is certainly no Chris Hecker. In an interview with Elli Gibson of GamesIndustry, Rein wanted to make it clear that he wouldn’t have gone way overboard as the (almost former?) Maxis employee had.

But after Epic Games had pushed the envelope for Microsoft next-gen early on with their smash hit Gears of War, he was quick to add that Epic Games won’t be coming out with a PlayStation 3 exclusive.

“I think that bird has flown the coop already on PlayStation 3 – they’re not making launch titles any more, and we couldn’t just start up a game tomorrow as an exclusive because it takes a few years,” he said, adding:

I don’t see Sony offering us a really great deal today to make that ass-kicking PlayStation 3 game, because by the time we finished, there would already be hundreds of great games on the platform. Gran Turismo, Killzone – they’ll be on the sequels to those games by the time our game would come out, so it’s just a timing thing.

While highly-anticipated Unreal Tournament 3 was set to drop a bomb over every platform including the PlayStation 3, he assured Sony console owners that there were plenty other great titles coming for them. Rein owns two PlayStation 3 units himself and he especially mentioned Evolution Studios‘ MotorStorm as one of the great titles which should be released in Europe, just in time for the PlayStation 3’s arrival on European shores.

Via Games Industry