Silent Hill Origins now appearing on PS2

Another PSP exclusive is no more, now that Konami has announced that Silent Hill Origins will be released on the PS2 in May 2008. Originally the game was released November 6, 2007 and heralded as an exclusive for the often neglected handheld. Now it has been snatched away, just like Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Silent Hill Origins is a prequel to all the other Silent Hill games and shows what happened through the eyes of truck driver Travis Grady. Of course Grady has some troubles of his own, which are only multiplied by the town. The PS2 version is going to have an advanced camera/control system referred to as cineractive, which not present in the PSP version. Supposedly while you’re fighting, the camera is always focused on Travis and the control scheme will change. Somehow that doesn’t sound too helpful.

While I can understand companies’ desire to make more money, doing things like this just helps to kill a system. The PSP is dying out there against the DS, and instead of trying to help bolster the system with incredible, exclusive games, companies are taking them away. Next thing you know, Square Enix will announce in six to eight months that Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII will be appearing on the PS2.

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