Quantic Dream games won't be "exclusive to any platform anymore,'' says David Cage

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Quantic Dream want to "reach players all around the world"

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Quantic Dream’s founder David Cage revealed that the studio plans to shift away from making games exclusive to PlayStation and bring its games to multiple platforms in future. In a recent interview with DualShockers, Cage said that Quantic Dream has wanted to make the change since “around two years before the release of Detroit,” and that the studio want to publish its games on different platforms to “reach players all around the world." 

Cage made it clear that the studio no longer plans to make its games exclusive to any platform going forward. “Quantic Dream is not exclusive to any platform anymore,” Cage stated, “So yes, unless there are some specific exclusivity deals on a title-by-title basis, all our games will be released on all platforms at launch.”

Quantic Dream recently released Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls on PC via the Epic Store, which was seemingly the first sign of the studios intentions to move away from PlayStation exclusivity. Cage said the studio spent a year optimising the games for PC, and explained that Quantic faced its fair share of challenges since the original releases were specifically designed with the PlayStation consoles in mind. 

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“When we developed the PlayStation versions, all the code was native for PlayStation, optimized to the bone to run as best as possible on that platform,” Cage explained, “All these advantages we had on PlayStation became challenges in porting the game to PC.” 

Even though Quantic is parting ways with PlayStation, Cage said that they still maintain a good relationship with Sony. “We always had a great relationship with Sony PlayStation. They have always been very supportive of my work and we have always been very loyal to them in return,” Cage said, “So we had a very open talk about all this, and they allowed us to release our catalog of titles on PC.” 

With new platforms on the horizon like the upcoming Xbox Project Scarlett and Google Stadia, it looks like a larger audience will be able to experience Quantic Dream's games in the future. 

Want to know what's in store for the year ahead? Why not check out our list of all the new games 2019 and beyond. 

Heather Wald
Heather Wald
Evergreen Editor, Games

Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.