Splinter Cell: Conviction’s Xbox 360 console exclusivity was “purely a business decision,” says lead designer

Ubisoft may have already said that there’s no way Splinter Cell: Conviction would be seeing a PS3 release, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible to develop the game for the PS3. According to the game’s lead designer, Steven Masters, Conviction‘s Xbox 360 console exclusivity had nothing to do with the development team not being able to handle the PS3. It was just a “business decision.”

Ubisoft may have already said that there’s no way Splinter Cell: Conviction would be seeing a PS3 release, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible to develop the game for the PS3.

The game’s lead designer, Steven Masters, recently told Kikizo that Conviction‘s Xbox 360 console exclusivity had nothing to do with the development team not being able to handle the PS3. It was just a “business decision.”

Well that’s purely a business decision. That’s it. … Ubisoft as a company now has a lot of experience with PS3. Our processes, tools, techniques are very well-developed – we could absolutely execute on the PS3 if we had the opportunity, but like I said it was a business decision.

Splinter Cell: Conviction is currently being prepped for an October release on Xbox 360 and PC.

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Via Kikizo