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Q-Games hasn’t turned its back on PSN, despite recently announcing that its latest title, PixekJunk 1-6, is to be released on Steam.
“People quickly jump to the conclusion that we’re jumping ship from PSN but we’re simply a very experimental company (we even have a Facebook version of PixelJunk Monsters!)” Q-Games president Dylan Cuthbert told Eurogamer.
“And for the slightly different development/publication approach we wanted to try and take for 1-6 Steam seemed most appropriate. Given our history with Sony I think people are being rather hasty in thinking ‘Q is jumping ship’ or other such nonsense.”
Cuthbert pointed to the eight released Q-Games titles on PSN.
“As an independent developer and maybe even compared to some major publishers I think we have the overall largest catalogue of titles on PSN!” he argued. “So keep your ears to the ground and enjoy our blog – we’ll posting lots of secret and personal anecdotes as we move forward with 1-6.”
And there remains the chance that 1-6 will eventually make its way to PSN.
“We’re certainly not ruling out any platforms at this point,” said lead designer Rowan Parker. “I hope 1-6 does well enough on Steam for PC that we can bring it to PSN and as many other platforms as is technically possible! Our expected spec requirements for PixelJunk 1-6 are fairly low, so even people without a gaming PC will be able to play.”
He added: “I sure hope PixelJunk 1-6 could make it to PSN! That would be awesome. Of course we’re open to the possibility of other platforms too, we can’t count too much out at the moment.”
There’s even some within Q-Games pushing to bring the PixelJunk titles to PS Vita.
“We’re always looking at ways to bring the PixelJunk series to more players if it makes sense for the player and the game, and this of course involves looking at hardware beyond just the PlayStation 3,” said producer James Mielke.
He added: “I personally would love to play PixelJunk games on my Vita, as I think it would be a good match, and I think they’d be perfect for taking on the go. The Vita’s two analog sticks, touchscreens, and lovely screen are a great match, so it’s certainly something we’re evaluating.”
Source: Eurogamer
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