Ryse Son of Rome PS4

There’s been a lot of chatter about intellectual property ownership of late, with Sony coming under fire from some corners of the industry due to its reluctance to publish Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive without controlling the brand. However, we recently wrote an article about why the manufacturer may have made the right decision in that instance – and we’re somewhat being proven right.

Despite being published and at least partially funded by Microsoft, troubled developer Crytek recently announced that launch title Ryse: Son of Rome is coming to the PC – and in an interview with Eurogamer.net, the studio has also hinted that a hypothetical sequel could come to the PlayStation 4 in the near future, too. “We can do whatever we want with [the brand] with whoever we want,” boss Cevat Yerli said as part of a hard hitting discussion.

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The gaffer added that he’s not 100 per cent happy with the sales of the first game on the Xbox One right now, though that’s likely due to the system’s small install base. In fact, he stressed that should a sequel get the green light, it probably won’t happen until the audience across both new systems is bigger. “It just has to wait for the right timing,” he continued. “And the right timing means higher installed base across next-gen.”

However, with the firm purportedly in dire financial straits as it transitions from boxed products to a free-to-play model, is a sequel even likely? “I know that there are a lot of gamers who are contacting me through different channels who want to see Ryse 2,” he concluded. “We're considering it, but at this point there is nothing official that I can talk about.” The question is: would you even be interested in a sequel on the PS4? Wear a ridiculous helmet in the comments section below.

[source eurogamer.net]