Quantic Dream boss David Cage has already said before that there would be no sequel to Heavy Rain. In a recent interview with Develop, he delves a little deeper into his motivation for not making Heavy Rain 2.

In a nutshell, Cage explains that Quantic Dream wasn't formed to capitalize on their successful games by milking them for all their worth with sequel after sequel. As Cage himself says, he's not in it for the money. He's here to tell a story, and the one in Heavy Rain is already over. This time, he and Quantic Dream want to move on to the next one.

"Let me be stupid for one second; I'm not in this business to make money," he said. "I wrote Heavy Rain because I was excited about it, because there was something to say. Yeah I could make Heavy Rain 2, but I've said what I've had to say about it. That's the strength of Quantic Dream, to have the capacity to create new ideas, to make something that breaks ground."

Heavy Rain has already sold over two million copies, which is quite a feat for a new IP that also happens to be a console exclusive. I (and publishers too, I would imagine) would find it kinda hard not to capitalize further on that kind of success, so I think Cage's decision to stick to his convictions is deserving of praise.

Via [Develop]

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