RicaneliteSilent Hill 5 going Multi-Platform?
Silent Hill 5 (working title) has yet to be shown or announced in any official capacity, but rabid fans have been hanging off of every bit of speculation since Silent Hill 4: The Room shipped in 2004. Masashi Tsuboyama, chief designer of the next Silent Hill project, added more fuel to the fire in a recent interview with Dengeki PlayStation, which comes to us in English via aptly-named fan-site, SilentHill5.net.
Though Tsuboyama is hesitant to confirm any specifics about the upcoming entry, he does speak at length about all three next-gen platforms over the course of the interview. "We have been assessing next-generation consoles such as Sony's Playstation 3," he said. "We have looked at other consoles too but they exact limitations which could delay progress. We have not decided the console yet."
When asked about the prospect of a multi-platform release, Tsuboyama noted that previous entries had been released across several platforms, but acknowledged that it was back when they "were working at DVD level with no HD needed." Though he praised the PlayStation 3 for its internal hard drive and use of the Blu-ray format ("a great asset to the developer in the future"), Tsuboyama said that "multi-platform will be discussed," but that nothing was certain at this point.
Tsuboyama claimed that the Xbox 360 "is definitely a candidate" despite weak sales in Japan, and though he congratulated Nintendo for its success with the Wii, he didn't think it was necessarily the best match for the Silent Hill franchise. "This by no means says we will not consider the idea," he added, "but the general opinion is that Wii is for family games, and I'm sure the fans don't play Silent Hill with their grandma!"
Best not to underestimate the hardcore, Wii-playing grandmothers. Tsuboyama slyly closed the interview with a non-denial denial about a potential E3 appearance for Konami's survival-horror series: "I'm not saying Silent Hill 5 will definitely be there, but you should be!" Mark the calendars for mid-July, folks.
Though Tsuboyama is hesitant to confirm any specifics about the upcoming entry, he does speak at length about all three next-gen platforms over the course of the interview. "We have been assessing next-generation consoles such as Sony's Playstation 3," he said. "We have looked at other consoles too but they exact limitations which could delay progress. We have not decided the console yet."
When asked about the prospect of a multi-platform release, Tsuboyama noted that previous entries had been released across several platforms, but acknowledged that it was back when they "were working at DVD level with no HD needed." Though he praised the PlayStation 3 for its internal hard drive and use of the Blu-ray format ("a great asset to the developer in the future"), Tsuboyama said that "multi-platform will be discussed," but that nothing was certain at this point.
Tsuboyama claimed that the Xbox 360 "is definitely a candidate" despite weak sales in Japan, and though he congratulated Nintendo for its success with the Wii, he didn't think it was necessarily the best match for the Silent Hill franchise. "This by no means says we will not consider the idea," he added, "but the general opinion is that Wii is for family games, and I'm sure the fans don't play Silent Hill with their grandma!"
Best not to underestimate the hardcore, Wii-playing grandmothers. Tsuboyama slyly closed the interview with a non-denial denial about a potential E3 appearance for Konami's survival-horror series: "I'm not saying Silent Hill 5 will definitely be there, but you should be!" Mark the calendars for mid-July, folks.
