neotopia Dev: PS4 Is Hugely Appealing; Other Platforms Being Considered

Yesterday we published a snippet of our interview with neotopia developer David Dow, Director at madmunki. Today, we focus on why the team decided to choose PS4 as the main platform for development and whether neotopia will ever reach other platforms.

It is a hugely appealing platform as a developer; easier to work with that previous iterations of the PlayStation due to its architecture and fully integrated with PSN which makes the financial transaction side of our life a lot easier than it would be on, say, PC. But our previous work with PlayStation Home is a huge pull too and the fact that there is an audience there who were previously (and in many cases still are) using Home on PS3, so the platform is a natural fit for Virtual Worlds.

If you don’t plan to own a PlayStation 4 anytime soon, though, don’t worry too much: it sounds like the game could eventually reach platforms such as PC and Xbox One.

Yes, is the simple answer. We’ll launch on PS4 then take it where we can and where the community want it to go. PC would obviously give us a bigger market and there is no reason why we can’t have companion apps, in fact there is no real reason why we shouldn’t have say an iPhone or Android avatar editor that interfaces with your account so you can interact with neotopia on the go.

neotopia is currently seeking funding through Kickstarter, and it’s having a difficult time at it. Stay tuned for our full interview, disclosing what will happen if the funding isn’t successful.