Sony has dashed any hopes of seeing a demo of God of War III included in the forthcoming Blu-ray release of the first two games, insisting the company doesn’t have a playable build of the third installment suitable for release this side of Christmas.
When asked on the possibility of seeing a God of War III demo packaged with the God of War Collection on PlayStation 3, Sony Santa Monica’s John Hight told IGN: “That is unlikely at this juncture.”
“First and foremost, we want to be able to have this available for this holiday, and we don’t have a demo available yet that we feel is release-ready,” he added.
While Hight acknowledged the popularity of the E3 demo of Kratos’ latest outing, he noted the build is not up to the standard of seeing a commercial release.
“I know a lot of people played the E3 demo and dug it and everything but, as far as our standards, it’s not ready to go into everybody’s home. So we wouldn’t want to hinder our efforts to get God of War 1 and 2 out.”
“We felt like the fans were pretty outspoken as far as, ‘Man, I want to play now,’ and, “I want to play this Christmas,’ so we put the emphasis on that.”
God of War III is due out exclusively on PS3 in 2010.