Remedy: We Pushed for Quantum Break on PC; The Delay Came from Microsoft

In an interview published today on MCVUK, Remedy's Creative Director Sam Lake talked about Quantum Suspension's development. For example, he stated that Remedy pushed to get the game on PC likewise as Xbox 1.

We were pushing for the PC version. Remedy has a strong heritage on PC and have a lot of fans on the PC side. From a programmer'southward perspective, it's always good news to make our creations available for a potentially wider audition. That to me was what it was. I'k actually happy that at that place'southward a PC version and everyone at Remedy is really happy.

He likewise commented on the stiff negative reaction from some Xbox fans to this news.

It baffled me. Only I do kind of understand the reaction, stepping back and thinking about it. People are very passionate take a feeling of ownership on their chosen platform. That passion is very important to us considering when people are passionate they are willing to fight and spread the word. I understand and appreciate that. Only sometimes it can turn into negativity.

Lake too explained that Breakthrough Break'southward delay into 2022 from the originally planned Vacation 2022 release came from Microsoft.

Funnily enough the delay came from Microsoft'due south end. It was looking at its portfolio of upcoming games and were feeling that it would be foolish to have all of these bigger games come out at the same time, essentially fighting amid themselves for the audience. So information technology wanted to stagger them out.

Certainly we were happy to accept the extra fourth dimension and really happy to have that extra time as these are really challenging, complicated projects ever. In a big game like this, the polish phase is absolutely essential. We were more than than happy to accept the extra time. That mainly resulted in much a higher level of smoothen and iteration and fine-tuning of the experience.

As reported yesterday, Breakthrough Break's reviews accept been based on the Xbox One version. We should be able to go our easily on the Windows 10 version early next week, to start working on our review; stay tuned.