Splinter Cell Conviction Ain't Coming To The Playstation 3 Anytime Soon.

With around 30million XBOX 360s out there and 20million PS3s, well it seems a bit silly limiting half your audience. Alas, that's exactly what Ubisoft's Splinter Cell: Conviction will be doing - the game is an XBOX 360 exclusive. But why?
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"Splinter Cell Conviction is a true Microsoft exclusive title and there are no plans to have Splinter Cell Conviction on other platforms. There are several reasons behind this choice. First of all, Splinter Cell games are historically linked with Microsoft platforms. The first Splinter Cell on the original Xbox was one of the first games to fully exploit the console's technical possibilities. At that time, Microsoft really believed in the game potential and provided strong support to promote it. So, there is a "link of heart" between the franchise and the platform. Some games are like this (think of Final Fantasy for instance). The second reason behind this choice is purely linked to production. Having a single target platform means that we can optimize the game even further, because we only have one type of - console - hardware to support."</blockquote>

Just remember that the Fallout 3 DLC was an XBOX 360 exclusive too. As was Bioshock. As was Final Fantasy XIII a PS3 exclusive. You get the drift.

We wouldn't be surprised if Conviction ended up on PS3 a few years down the line. Who knows?