CCP Games isn’t worried about the possibility of a new hardware cycle – it’ll just adapt its PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter DUST 514 to new technology.
Newly hired marketing guru for CCP, David Reid, has been brought in specifically to plan out the relase of DUST 514, an entirely original game coming exclusive to PS3 gamers wholly unfamiliar with EVE Online.
“If there is a PlayStation 4 – which I can tell you now I have no idea if there is – but if there was, we would build Dust for that console as well,” CEO Hilmar Pétursson told Develop.
“It will most likely be a revision of the experience, as with all updates, and could allow people to play across PS3 and 4.”
Pétursson compared the possibility of a new console to the constant upgrading of PC technology.
“We have been faced with technology upgrade challenges for years,” he explained.
“We release new versions of EVE at a time when most people don’t have the technology to support it, so we operate both the old and new versions of EVE on the same client and allow people to migrate.
“We will continue to develop on PlayStation 3 even after the release of Dust, and I think the game’s audience is more used to constant updates than people may assume. I mean, if you look at Call of Duty, that essentially is an online experience that has undergone mass migration across three games.”
In DUST 514 Players take on the role of ground troop mercenaries, and negotiate contracts for EVE Online players. Those who perform well can earn their way out of paying the game’s subscription – just as in EVE Online.
Fore more on DUST 514, read the full interview at Develop, It includes information on how DUST 514 will be continuously updated like EVE Online and how since it’s coming late in the PS3′s life, it could also be reworked for PS4 where players could play cross-platform between the two.