Why there are no direct sequels for Ico and Shadow of the Colossus

September 30, 4:11 AMVideo Game News ExaminerShui Ta

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Shadow of the Colossus cover.

Team Ico has developed two of the most critically-acclaimed games ever in Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for the Playstation 2. Unlike the typical business move to create a sequel for a successful game, the first-party development team for Sony has moved on each time to create something completely original. 

Fumito Ueda, the director and lead designer of Team Ico, explains his studio’s philosophy in regards to not developing sequels via a translator in a recent video interview with the Playstation.Blog:

In terms of franchising, I don’t think that the previous game or the game before that had that kind of potential, meaning that, even if we made a sequel of the other two games, it wouldn’t have exceeded the first one. There’s no way we can go above and beyond.

Fumito Ueda and the rest of Team Ico are currently working on The Last Guardian exclusively for the Playstation 3.