Dead Space 2 Developer: Market ‘Not Rewarding’ Single-Player Only Games

Dead Space 2 developer Ian Milham of Visceral Games believe that the market is “not rewarding” single-player only games and the reason why Dead Space 2 will have multiplayer.

Uncharted 2, BioShock 2 and a host of others have added multiplayer modes to their sequel where the first was single-player only.

Speaking to ThatVGBlog, Ian Milham said, “The market certainly doesn’t seem to be rewarding it”

There’s certainly market forces at work when it comes to rental and pre-owned; they’ve changed the market considerably. And then on top of that people are really going to where they’re getting value. Epic experiences that are really good, offering a lot for your $60.”

“So it’s a tricky business; it may be that it doesn’t matter how good that 10 hour single-player experience is if someone is offering the same thing and a little bit of multiplayer or a multiplayer that’s so deep that it goes forever.”

Dead Space 2 release on January 25 2011 (USA) and January 28 2011 (EU) for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.