Platinum Games Plans To Create A Brand New IP

Platinum Games is becoming one of the top developers of the current generation. Releasing excellent games like Metal Gear Rising, Bayonetta, and the recent Nier: Automata. The latest announcement of Bayonetta 3 is giving plenty of reasons for Nintendo fans to get into the studio’s effort. Developing games with publishers like Nintendo, SEGA, and Square Enix, Platinum Games is looking to self-publish a brand new title.

Self-published title could be on its way

An interview with Game Informer and head of development at Platinum Games Atsushi Inaba states his desire for a self-published title.

“One of the things Platinum Games is focused on is we are looking into creating our IP, creating our own game. Up until now, obviously, we have worked on original IP’s for a wide variety of publishers. We are also worked on Hollywood IP’s for other publishers as well. However, we are becoming more and more interested in the idea of self- publishing and our own title.”

Inaba also answers about the maximum effort of trying to garner the studio’s ideas.

“We cannot put together a AAA, $10 million-plus game because we just don’t have that sort of cash as an independent developer. However, we do not plan to go the indies route with just a few people on a team making a game, so it will be somewhere in the middle, looking at probably about 20 people on the staff making the game, so that will still be a healthy size.”

The approach of Platinum Games is very different and falls somewhere in the middle. Reading about these statements makes the consumer believe that what they do is a mere passion of their games. They have yet to drop the ball and here is to hoping they continue making great games. Knowing this news, it does bring to speculation if the new IP will be releasing on Switch. With the recent partnership of Nintendo and Platinum, one can reasonably say that this is very likely. What kind of game will this game be? The Obvious answer may be that it will be a hack and slash game but it could also be something unique from the likes of Nier. There isn’t a real way of telling, but we can all expect for their new project to be unique.