Quantic Dream announces self-publishing venture

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

Read the whole thing here.

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And so, for the first time in 23 years of working with prestigious publishers, we are now in a position to self-publish.

This new venture will allow us to make decisions in total independence, and to address the technological and strategic opportunities of next-generation platforms. It will also allow us to help other developers, by providing investment and development support, so that they can fully express their talents. We want to support creators of original projects and help them, in turn, to achieve their vision and offer quality, ground-breaking experiences.

I think this is great. It should be a boon for French and European game developers, and if the titles are as unconventional as QD's own output, I'm excited already for the possibilities.

Cosmic Voyager · Feb 13, 2020

Personally, I think I've had enough of David Cage's fever dreams for one lifetime

Oldmario · Feb 13, 2020

were the Heavy Rain, Beyond and Detroit publishes on EGS not self published?

CortexVortex · Feb 13, 2020

I wish them all the best and hope it works out.

Dust · Feb 13, 2020

NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z

Twister · Feb 13, 2020

Would be cool if this leads to Heavy Rain making it to Switch or Xbox One, I would love to be able to play it on the go and have more people experience the game

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

Twister said:
Would be cool if this leads to Heavy Rain making it to Switch or Xbox One, I would love to be able to play it on the go and have more people experience the game

I believe this goes beyond simply publishing their own games, or so the wording on the announcement led me to believe.

Bizzquik · Feb 13, 2020

Huh, this is interesting....
Where is the money coming from? Does a major corp with deep pockets own a minority share in Quantum Dream (Ten Cent, etc)?

Wish them the best. Hope they continue to improve and evolve. The ideas are interesting, at least. Sometimes the projects work, sometimes not.

BrickArts295 · Feb 13, 2020

Oldmario said:
were the Heavy Rain, Beyond and Detroit publishes on EGS not self published?

They are, but I'm guessing Sony's still getting their cut since its their IPs.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

Oldmario said:
were the Heavy Rain, Beyond and Detroit publishes on EGS not self published?

Well, yes, but this is about QD themselves publishing games from other developers, besides their own.

Bundy · Feb 13, 2020

Twister said:
Would be cool if this leads to Heavy Rain making it to Switch or Xbox One, I would love to be able to play it on the go and have more people experience the game

Ask Sony first.

Deleted member 23212 · Feb 13, 2020

BrickArts295 said:
They are, but I'm guessing Sony's still getting their cut since its their IPs.

Beyond and Detroit are but Heavy Rain isn't a Sony IP.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

Bizzquik said:
Huh, this is interesting....
Where is the money coming from? Does a major corp with deep pockets own a minority share in Quantum Dream (Ten Cent, etc)?

Wish them the best. Hope they continue to improve and evolve. The ideas are interesting, at least. Sometimes the projects work, sometimes not.

Tencent invested last year.

Asbsand · Feb 13, 2020

Man, I wish there was a company that was exactly like Quantic Dream but it was good and it wasn't a bad workplace for women.

(I liked Detroit! I just think with that level of production, it could be way better than it is)

Deleted member 1003 · Feb 13, 2020

Cosmic Voyager said:
Personally, I think I've had enough of David Cage's fever dreams for one lifetime

They can publish games other than their own so I look forward to other European developers efforts. Now there is at least the possibility that a game published by QD won't be one of Cage's creations.

Moebius · Feb 13, 2020

Cosmic Voyager said:
Personally, I think I've had enough of David Cage's fever dreams for one lifetime

Really? Detroit was awesome.

Gundam · Feb 13, 2020

Oldmario said:
were the Heavy Rain, Beyond and Detroit publishes on EGS not self published?

The way I interpret it, those are old games and not the biggest productions to port over. Going forward, they'll be able to publish their new games multi-plat, day one

BrickArts295 · Feb 13, 2020

Oheao said:
Beyond and Detroit are but Heavy Rain isn't a Sony IP.

News to me but it make sense since it was pitched to MS too back in the day.

iareharSon · Feb 13, 2020

I think you're going to see a lot more studios attempting to make this transition. You're not truly independent in this industry unless you're able to fund your own titles.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

Moebius said:
Really? Detroit was awesome.

Detroit is one of the best games of 2018 and one of the best looking games this gen. I very much look forward to seeing what they can accomplish on next-gen hardware.

abady-25 · Feb 13, 2020

Adamska said:
Tencent invested last year.

so i think their games will be only on EPIC store in PC
Tencent invested in QD and has stock in EPIC

tommyv2 · Feb 13, 2020

Adamska said:
Detroit is one of the best games of 2018 and one of the best looking games this gen. I very much look forward to seeing what they can accomplish on next-gen hardware.

Totally accurate. The first 1/3 of Detroit is some of the best vidjagames I've ever experienced.

Odeko · Feb 13, 2020

The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter vs the Omikron: The Nomad Soul Kickstarter. The greatest battle of our time.

Oldmario · Feb 13, 2020

Dust said:
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z

it really angers me that they had Aspyr do a full 16:9 remaster on Fahrenheit for PC but when it came to releasing it on PS4 they fucked everything up and gave us a stretched 4:3 PS2 copy

shinobi602 · Feb 13, 2020

Really enjoyed Heavy Rain and Detroit, and yes, Beyond: Two Souls too.

I'm looking forward to the team's next game.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

abady-25 said:
so i think their games will be only on EPIC store in PC
Tencent invested in QD and has stock in EPIC

That's a possibility, but seeing how Tencent isn't in a position to manage QD, it's more likely that they'll target a bigger number of platforms and storefronts going forward (and maybe secure a temporary Epic exclusive period for the financial return of it).

Kerotan · Feb 13, 2020

Dust said:
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z

Haha I only played this game last year. What a crazy thing that was.

Dust · Feb 13, 2020

I liked Heavy Rain and Detroit.
Fahrenheit is enjoyable simply because of what a clusterfuck it is, truly amazing.
Hated Beyond, just fucking hated it, not even Dafoe could save it.

Bizzquik · Feb 13, 2020

Adamska said:
Tencent invested last year.

Thanks.
This makes more sense now.

Macca · Feb 13, 2020

Gonna be interesting to see how Quantic does without Sony's support for over a decade now.

Acquiescence · Feb 13, 2020

Good luck to them. Sounds like a potentially risky venture but they've been doing alright so far, so what do I know.

More games like Heavy Rain and Detroit please. Keep 'em coming.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

shinobi602 said:
Really enjoyed Heavy Rain and Detroit, and yes, Beyond: Two Souls too.

I'm looking forward to the team's next game.

Didn't enjoy Beyond as much as the other two titles, as it is the most linear of the three, but Page, Dafoe and the supporting cast do a hell of a good job selling the game, so to say.

Odeko said:
The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter vs the Omikron: The Nomad Soul Kickstarter. The greatest battle of our time.

Omikron did get on Steam, but published by Square Enix.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

McMoneyman said:
Gonna be interesting to see how Quantic does without Sony's support for over a decade now.

They seem to be doing a good job of it so far, and it's not like their titles will start skipping a PS release going forward, as far as we know.

shinobi602 · Feb 13, 2020

Adamska said:
Didn't enjoy Beyond as much as the other two titles, as it is the most linear of the three, but Page, Dafoe and the supporting cast do a hell of a good job selling the game, so to say.

I agree it wasn't as strong as their better games but I first played the PS4 version, which as I understand was reworked to play out in chronological order and so maybe meshed better and made more sense?

Macca · Feb 13, 2020

Adamska said:
They seem to be doing a good job of it so far, and it's not like their titles will start skipping a PS release going forward, as far as we know.

Thinking more like. The partnership with Sony probably allowed them to get famous actors and musicians and all that.

Diarrhea Day-Lewis · Feb 13, 2020

Loved Detroit, hope they make a sequel but in general it makes sense they'd want to get into publishing

Carnby · Feb 13, 2020

Dust said:
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z

Bahahahaha thank you for reminding about this ridiculous game.

Adamska · Feb 13, 2020

shinobi602 said:
I agree it wasn't as strong as their better games but I first played the PS4 version, which as I understand was reworked to play out in chronological order and so maybe meshed better and made more sense?

I actually think the original order of the scenes makes it a little more enjoyable and mysterious, but I think the game lacked for urgency since Jodie can only really be lost at the very end of the game, whereas with their other titles one felt pressured by the fact that your protagonists can fail yet the story will go on and acknowledge that. And even when you fail or make different choices in Beyond, the plot doesn't change as much.

McMoneyman said:
Thinking more like. The partnership with Sony probably allowed them to get famous actors and musicians and all that.

I guess we'll have to wait and see what their next game's cast looks like.

Deleted member 57990 · Feb 13, 2020

Quantic Dreams' games have got better with each subsequent one, to the point that Detroit, rushed endings aside, was genuinely pretty great.

Looking forward to what they do next.

pswii60 · Feb 13, 2020

So, David Cage unleashed with no publisher interference. Prepare for the ultimate navel-gazing experience.

dgrdsv · Feb 13, 2020

An AAA studio going into independent publishing. Now that's something you don't see often. I wonder how they'll fund this - did they make so much money off PS3 and PS4 releases or do they funnel their motion capture profits into this?

TaySan · Feb 13, 2020

Hopefully this means there games are comming to PC day one so one excited! :)

Hieroph · Feb 13, 2020

Huh, interesting.

Cosmic Voyager said:
Personally, I think I've had enough of David Cage's fever dreams for one lifetime

Never enough

Midas · Feb 13, 2020

Good for QD. Looking forward to see what's coming next. I really enjoyed Detroit.

Deleted member 198 · Feb 13, 2020

Guess nobody wants to bankroll Cage and his shitty team anymore

Hieroph · Feb 13, 2020

Dust said:
NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z

Imagine this but with next-gen graphics.

Detective Pidgey · Feb 13, 2020

As a gamer that only has Xbox and Switch this gen, I hope this means they will bring some old or at least new stuff to Xbox too.

Rosebud · Feb 13, 2020

abady-25 said:
so i think their games will be only on EPIC store in PC
Tencent invested in QD and has stock in EPIC

Nah, QD games are only temporary exclusives to EGS

STech · Feb 13, 2020

I've only enjoyed Heavy Rain because it was my first QD game and because I played it with my gf. It was a great experience.

Beyond and Detroit despite being good games, felt more of the same and less inspired.
I think I'm a bit tired of this formula.

N.47H.4N · Feb 13, 2020

Loved all Quantic Dream games I have played,so the next game will be another day one for me.

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