No plans for PS3 version of Splinter Cell: Conviction

Ubisoft have given us the final words regarding upcoming stealth action title Splinter Cell: Conviction’s appearance on consoles. The verdict is that Conviction will be an Xbox360 exclusive through and through and will not make an appearance on any other platform. This was confirmed on the company’s official forum, where the developers made the following statement: “Splinter Cell Conviction is a true Microsoft exclusive title and there are no plans to have Splinter Cell Conviction on other platforms.”

The following seems to be their reasoning behind Xbox360 exclusivity:

“There are several reasons behind this choice. First of all, Splinter Cell games are historically linked with Microsoft platforms. The first Splinter Cell on the original Xbox was one of the first games to fully exploit the console’s technical possibilities. At that time, Microsoft really believed in the game potential and provided strong support to promote it. So, there is a “link of heart” between the franchise and the platform. Some games are like this (think of Final Fantasy for instance). The second reason behind this choice is purely linked to production. Having a single target platform means that we can optimize the game even further, because we only have one type of – console – hardware to support.”

This is quite unfortunate because this was one of the few Splinter Cell titles of late that I was actually looking forward to. I guess us PS3 owners will just have to hijack a friend’s Xbox360 to give this one a go. Still, I’m quite confident that as this year progresses this bad news (for PC and PS3 owners) will fade away, because let’s face it, there is plenty more to come this year. Maybe in the future there will be a PC port of this title, that’s me hoping, but right now we’ll just have to wait for any more developments.