A&D developer goes PSP exclusive

News - Planet Moon embrace Sony's baby

Planet Moon, the talented team behind the disgracefully overlooked Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and more recently LucasArts' Armed and Dangerous, have revealed that they only plan to develop games for the Sony PSP handheld platform for the foreseeable future, eschewing the cut-throat world of PC and console development.

The decision was reportedly taken after sales of Armed and Dangerous failed to live-up to expectations, sparking a major strategic rethink at the British developer. "The current market is hard on creativity," Planet Moon producer Aaron Loeb explained to GameSpot, "be it original titles or titles that depart too far from the beaten path, but the PSP will enable a developer like us to make cutting edge games quickly, alleviating the challenge all small developers currently face."

Of course, Planet Moon are still taking something of a gamble in adopting an unreleased format, but Loeb clearly hopes that the innovative titles they're planning will garner the support of Sony - as such original titles are deemed good for the new format: "Sony has already made it clear to the industry that they want new ideas on the PSP. This is not only good for Planet Moon, but good for the industry and good for gamers."

One Planet Moon PSP title is already known to be in development, and we'll bring you more on this in due course.