Returnal developer Housemarque has no intention of developing a live service or free-to-play game provided people keep the support coming.
Speaking to Eurogamer, studio head Ilari Kuittinen revealed that they aren’t going to jump in on the trends that not just fellow PlayStation-owned studios are going all-in on, ala the now-defunct Firewalk or recently established Bungie vet-staffed teamLFG, but also a lot of other studios finding it hard to spark success with the live service or F2P market.
Housemarque’s dedication to premium games is kinda refreshing, considering Sony’s insistence on shoving themselves into the live service market when their bread and butter was largely narrative and graphically cutting-edge fare. Said fare is even still in decently high-demand if Astro Bot is anything to go off of.
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