Sucker Punch Productions Creative Director Nate Fox made a short but sweet answer when asked about Infamous.
Fox was interviewed by GameInformer for their next imminent release, Ghost of Yōtei. When they brought up the studio’s prior key franchise, Fox said this:
I would love to work on more Infamous. I would love to see a trilogy rerelease, but Sucker Punch is a one game at a time shop, and right now we are very focused on finishing Ghost of Yōtei.
For some gamers, it may feel like Sucker Punch was always the Ghost of Tsushima developers, but they first made their name on the Sly Cooper games in the PlayStation 2 era, and then the Infamous games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
The Infamous franchise revolved around Conduits, people who found out they have superpowers, but in a realistic world that isn’t surrounded by fantasy creatures or space aliens. Instead, these Conduits have to face down being hunted by the US government, and decide if they want to become good or evil.
The first game helped popularize the morality system, known in-game as Karma. While earlier big games like Knights of the Old Republic also had morality systems, Sucker Punch took things to the next level, as players could feel their character change throughout the game, and would even earn different powers based on their alignment.
The PlayStation 3 trilogy revolved around Cole McGrath, a bike courier whose powers would be awakened after getting in contact with the Ray Sphere. McGrath’s powers would ruin his life, and he would eventually be led down a path that would decide if humanity would go extinct in the face of the Conduits.
PlayStation 4 received Infamous Second Son and Infamous First Light as two of the first games in the console’s second year. The games featured two new and young Conduits, Delsin Rowe and Abigail Walker, now living with the consequences of Cole McGrath’s actions and his impact on their world.
While Infamous Second Son was a huge success on the PlayStation 4, Ghost of Tsushima would definitively outdo it both critically and commercially. We do believe Sucker Punch is interested in returning to Infamous at some point. But clearly, it makes sense for them financially and creatively to keep their Ghost franchise going while they have the ball rolling.
Having said that, the original Infamous Cole McGrath trilogy is just one of many PlayStation 3 franchises Sony could have remade for the PlayStation 4 and/or PlayStation 5, and its mystifying why they haven’t done so. It’s not too late to make those remasters or remakes, but we suppose if they started now, they will have to plan them for the PlayStation 6 now. And that would be fine too.
