Quantic Dream has never been a first-party studio, despite its deep association with the PlayStation brand ever since the release of Heavy Rain in 2010. With recent PC ports for the aforementioned title, plus Beyond: Two Souls and the upcoming release of Detroit: Become Human, the French developer is looking to break away from Sony`s platform to develop and publish games for other systems.Earlier this year, NetEase Games, the gaming division of Chinese internet giant NetEase, acquired a minority stake in Quantic Dream--hot on the heels of investing $100 million into Bungie to create non-Destiny games. While David Cage and Guillaume de Foundaumiere maintain control of the studio, the money invested by NetEase will go to `support the studio`s vision of becoming a global, multi-franchise entertainment company, and to develop advanced technologies and games for the future.`The fruits of this labour have already been seen with the PC ports for Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls arriving on the Epic Games Store, with Detroit: Become Human releasing later this year. Now, in a recent interview with DualShockers, studio head David Cage has detailed the company`s intentions to break away from PlayStation exclusivity to `work on different platforms and reach players all around the world`.`After having worked exclusively with PlayStation for 12 years, we thought it was the right time for us to put our money where our mouth is,` Cage revealed. `We also felt that the landscape would change in the coming years, with the emergence of new platforms, 5G and Cloud Play.`Not content to simply release its own games on other platforms, Cage also shared Quantic Dreams` aspirations to become a `boutique publisher` over the next few years, working as an independent publisher by `backing few titles and championing originality and high quality, while providing tech and industrial support.` This came to fruition through the studio`s investment from NetEase, with Cage explaining that the Chin ...
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