Are there currently more competing videogame systems than ever before? It would seem that way, going by THQ's press release today. The company has announced that it's working on videogame translations of Pixar's forthcoming Ratatouille movie, due for release in Summer 2007. Naturally, to make the most out of this no doubt costly franchise the publisher is thrusting its game onto as many profitable platforms as possible. So how many are there in the current industry?
Eleven.
Yep, Ratatouille will be out on 11 systems: Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS, Windows PC, Mac and mobile phone. According to the release, THQ's Heavy Iron Studios will be leading development for Ratatouille across the company's 'Studio System', which takes in 1,300 people spread throughout 15 wholly-owned studios and 25 indie codeshops throughout the world. Surely a logistical nightmare - especially if the company has a consistent vision for quality and content across its range. Which, this being a movie tie-in, is bound to be the case...
