A few years ago, Konami announced that it was working on multiple newSilent Hillprojects, including a mysterious game known only asSilent Hill f. Although there wasn’t much information to take away from its reveal trailer, this new mainline installment immediately attracted the attention of many fans due to it being the first-everSilent Hillgame to be set in Japan. Konami revealed thatSilent Hill fwould be developed by NeoBards Entertainment and written byHigurashi: When they Crycreator Ryukishi07, though it didn’t provide a proper release window for the game.
During the same event thatSilent Hill fwas revealed, Konami also confirmed that a remake ofSilent Hill 2was in the works at Bloober Team. This game, Konami noted, would only be available on PS5 and PC for a minimum of one year. At the time, the company did not reveal any target platforms forSilent Hill f,like it did with theSilent Hill 2remake. In spite of this, many presumed that NeoBards' upcoming game would also be a PlayStation console exclusive at launch. This assumption was, however, refuted by Konami earlier this week, as it confirmed during a recent livestream thatSilent Hill fwould be released not only on PlayStation 5 and PC but on Xbox Series X/S as well.
Silent Hill f Coming to Xbox on Day One is a Big Deal
The Silent Hill Series Has Largely Prioritized PlayStation over Xbox
Considering how seldom Konami releasesSilent Hillgames on Xbox consoles, the news thatSilent Hill fis landing on Xbox Series X/S on day one is fairly significant. For many years,theSilent Hillfranchisehas largely prioritized PlayStation platforms over Xbox. The series' first three numbered entries, as an example, were all released as PlayStation exclusives.Silent Hill2was the only one of these games that eventually came to the original Xbox.Silent Hill 1and3, meanwhile, oddly skipped the platform.
AlthoughSilent Hill 3was eventually brought to Xbox 360 several years after its PS2 debut, the port was only available via the controversialSilent Hill HD Collection.
To this day, only threeSilent Hillgames have ever been released on an Xbox console on day one:Silent Hill 4: The Room,Silent Hill: Homecoming, andSilent Hill: Downpour. The first of these titles, which was the final game that Konami subsidiary Team Silent ever made, came out on the PS2 and the original Xbox in 2004.Silent Hill: Homecoming, meanwhile, was simultaneously launched on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2008 and was later ported to Microsoft Windows. The most recent mainline game in theSilent Hillseries,2012’sSilent Hill: Downpour, was also released on those two seventh-generation consoles. However, otherSilent Hilltitles from this era, such asSilent Hill: OriginsandSilent Hill: Shattered Memories, were not ported to Xbox for some reason.
Silent Hill f and Bloober Team’s Upcoming Konami Game Suggest that Future Silent Hill Games Will Be Multiplatform
WhenSilent Hill fis released on Xbox Series X/S, it will be the first brand-newSilent Hillgame to be launched on a Microsoft console in at least 13 years. This is a pretty large gap, especially given that PlayStation has received four newSilent Hillgames in the same timeframe, including the infamousP.T.demo. Fortunately for Xbox fans, though,Silent Hill’s decades-long exclusive relationship with PlayStation may finally be coming to an end.
Recently,Silent Hill2remake developerBloober Team announced that it was collaborating with Konamiagain on a new project based on an existing Konami franchise, which would be developed for Xbox Series X/S in addition to PS5 and PC. Although the company didn’t outright state as such, it seems incredibly likely that this is a newSilent Hillgame, considering that Bloober Team has almost never worked on a non-horror project before. This news, coupled with the confirmation thatSilent Hill fis a fully multiplatform title, suggests that futureSilent Hillgames will no longer skip Xbox. If this is indeed the case, hopefully, Konami won’t make Xbox players wait several years to play theSilent Hill 2remake on their preferred platform.
