NetEase’s Minor Acquisition Of Quantic Dreams Could Bring Multi-Platform Titles

Quantic Dreams latest installment for this generation’s PlayStation 4 brought Detroit Become Human, which received above average reception from fans and media last year. The French studio behind the line of David Cage’s titles have are notorious for crafting games exclusively for Sony’s video game platform. But according to a recent stake acquisition, the France-based developer could soon be making titles for other platforms.

NetEase Games over in China has recently bought a small portion of shares for Quantic Dream and in response to the recent acquisition, studio Co-Founder David Cage states that the studio will further their development into other platforms aside from PlayStation.

This investment will allow us to invest in future technologies and games in order to prepare for the next generation of platforms, with the same ambition regarding creativity and innovation. Our goal is to develop our studio as a global, multi-franchise company, while remaining an independent studio. We want to keep developing original games in the genre we pioneered, but also expand our audience by being present on all platforms.

The recent decision not only breaks the border between Quantic Dreams and other platforms like Xbox, but also brings future work from the studio to experience what those on PlayStation have exclusively. For what the studio plans for upcoming projects was not discussed as Cage states the recent investment to be: “even more impressive than anything we have done before.”

Guessing when another title could be inbound from the Paris-homes studio could be anytime in the coming generation of consoles. In the mean time though, if the decision take full effect we could see previous titles possibly make their way onto competing platforms until word on what Quantic Dreams takes on next for their latest project.

The Chinese internet company has previously bought shares for Activision titles Hearthstone and even Diablo Immortals. As the company is becoming more and more consistent with western titles coming to the Chinese market out east, this will not be the last time NetEase will get more press time under similar situations.

Detroit Become Human is available now for PlayStation 4.

Source: VentureBeat