Next Splinter Cell To Be 360 Exlcusive
The battle over exclusives rages on and Microsoft fired another salvo yesterday afternoon in sunny Barcelona when Peter Moore announced that the next iteration of Ubisoft‘s super successful uber-spy franchise, Splinter Cell, would be an Xbox 360 exclusive. And yeah, by next iteration, we mean the one after Splinter Cell: Double Agent, due out in just under a month. Although there’s no definitive word, we’ve a feeling the next game will be called Splinter Cell: Conviction, thanks to highly publicized Ubisoft information leak earlier this month.
The development makes sense considering Splinter Cell was essentially born on the Xbox platform and Xbox fans have been good to Ubisoft and Splinter Cell especially over the years. To reiterate the exclusive means that the game won’t be appearing on any other platforms, including the Wii and even the PS2. That said, one can’t help but wonder if a scenario involving large sums of money in shiny metal briefcases and men with dark suits and sunglasses meeting in abandoned warehouses was involved. It also bears mentioning that it’s possible the game will still appear on the PlayStation 3 and other platforms at some time in the future.
As far as this humble writer knows this marks the very first time a Splinter Cell game as appeared as an exclusive on any non-handheld platform. Interesting times indeed.
Via IGN
The battle over exclusives rages on and Microsoft fired another salvo yesterday afternoon in sunny Barcelona when Peter Moore announced that the next iteration of Ubisoft‘s super successful uber-spy franchise, Splinter Cell, would be an Xbox 360 exclusive. And yeah, by next iteration, we mean the one after Splinter Cell: Double Agent, due out in just under a month. Although there’s no definitive word, we’ve a feeling the next game will be called Splinter Cell: Conviction, thanks to highly publicized Ubisoft information leak earlier this month.
The development makes sense considering Splinter Cell was essentially born on the Xbox platform and Xbox fans have been good to Ubisoft and Splinter Cell especially over the years. To reiterate the exclusive means that the game won’t be appearing on any other platforms, including the Wii and even the PS2. That said, one can’t help but wonder if a scenario involving large sums of money in shiny metal briefcases and men with dark suits and sunglasses meeting in abandoned warehouses was involved. It also bears mentioning that it’s possible the game will still appear on the PlayStation 3 and other platforms at some time in the future.
As far as this humble writer knows this marks the very first time a Splinter Cell game as appeared as an exclusive on any non-handheld platform. Interesting times indeed.
Via IGN