Ready at Dawn ready to move away from PSP

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 4th 2008 at 6:25PM }

Having broken free from the Chains of Olympus and creating another popular portable game with Daxter, Developer Ready at Dawn says it's done making titles for the PSP. Speaking with Next-Gen, GoW: Chains of Olympus' director Ru Weerasuriya expresses that he hopes other developers continue to up the ante on the PSP, but concludes, "As for us, our work on the PSP has come to an end. But who knows, we might come back to it in the future if the right opportunity arises."

Ready at Dawn is currently putting the last touches on its recently "delayed" port of critical darling Okami. Up next for Ready at Dawn is ... well, actually we don't have a clue.

Tags: psp, ready-at-dawn

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mills and Boom @ Mar 4th 2008 6:29PM

Given the glaring problems with the game I can imagine why to.

WhoMe @ Mar 4th 2008 7:29PM

What glaring problems??

I was standing in front of the PSPs in the store the other day, ready to rebuy one (sold my phat just before the Lite hit), but then I noticed that the new package doesn't contain a memory card at all, not even a 32meg one (and no remote or anything, they don't even sell those in the EU yet if I'm not mistaken :s).

I was picking one up for Patapon (and some other games and GoW when it's released here), figuring I could save to the 32meg stick and then later buy a 4gig stick online for much cheaper than in the store. I way even ready to pay the 40 euros for the game, up from just 20 dollars.

Man I really wanna play that game though. :(

WhoMe @ Mar 4th 2008 7:32PM

Oh and to post something related to the news item:

It's really sad to see them leaving PSP development. But then I don't think their games were ideal for the system. They were great games, and they have their place, I just think there should be more "casual" games on it, and by that I mean pick up and play games that are 2D or 2.5D or something, not some 3D powerhouse like Olympus.

Mills and Boom @ Mar 5th 2008 7:21AM

5 hours gameplay, horrible controls, linear gameplay, beat-em-up until boss fight.

etcetc.

Sounds again like nothing new brought to the table. Sounds exactly like PS3 games too.

Player1 @ Mar 5th 2008 11:37AM

I think the glaring problem is people trying to judge the game like it's on the PS2. People seem to forget that they are playing on a portable that uses a tiny UMD. Is having such a near-console quality experience on a portable worth nothing to people?

Mills and Boom @ Mar 5th 2008 1:38PM

Wow. I made valid points and got voted down.

Shows how retarded you voters can be! No wonder Bush was given another term!

So can anyone tell me there ARE no control or gamelength issues? Thought not.

D_Average @ Mar 4th 2008 6:41PM

Move away from the PSP.....I wonder why

D_Average @ Mar 4th 2008 6:42PM

Move away from the PSP.....I wonder why

Mr.ESC @ Mar 4th 2008 6:50PM

Do you still wonder why?

I suppose the D in your nickname stands for Double post,AmIrite?

D_Average @ Mar 4th 2008 7:34PM

That was Firefox's bad not mine, so lay off Mr. Pretentious

Mr.ESC @ Mar 4th 2008 8:03PM

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SoulBlade @ Mar 4th 2008 6:45PM

I imagine they want to code for one of the big dawgs. 360 or PS3 to show off their talent.

Mr.ESC @ Mar 4th 2008 6:55PM

Since is too late to say “In b4 teh bashers” let me say that the PSP is a very underrated handheld.

There are at least 30 absolutely brilliant PSP games but it seems no one cares.

Anyhow PSP2 confirmed either that or they are going to be very busy with GOW:3 (OMG it’s a lion, get in the car) Okami and maybe a new Twisted Metal.

SoulBlade @ Mar 4th 2008 7:03PM

I agree with you on the PSP being underrated. The thing is pretty powerful. If you put the custom firmware on it, it's fantastic. Even stock, it's a solid gaming machine.

burgerbat @ Mar 4th 2008 7:25PM

Not to be a hater, but the competition has an even more impressive library with superior hardware to boot. I had a PSP from launch and loved it, till the lake of games dried up and we parted ways...it's strange to me that the PSP was almost obliterated in the handheld market by the demise of the UMD movie format...until the hardware redesign...which is pretty damn neato.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Mar 4th 2008 8:09PM

GOW3, thats why.

Mills and Boom @ Mar 4th 2008 8:43PM

I fullheartedly agree. It's my fave gaming platform but it's just got nothing on it.

Btw it's my fave thanks to PS1 emulation and a couple of good PSP games. I own 6 proper PSP games and I feel full with them.

It's just missing a really killer game. Everything I've played I'd give a B to. We need an A.