PS3 thriller Heavy Rain could've been on Xbox 360, but "long talks" between Microsoft and developer Quantic Dream ended in disagreement and the French studio eventually turning to Sony, according to Quantic CEO David Cage. Speaking at a BAFTA UK event that Joystiq attended, Cage told the audience Microsoft had issues with the game's content, specifically child kidnapping. The 2010 game is based heavily around a father searching for his kidnapped son, taken away by a serial killer.

When asked what he'd say to publishers who turned him down, Cage said Microsoft was the last to do so: "We were pitching Heavy Rain to different publishers, including Sony, and we went to Microsoft. We had a very long talk and they loved Fahrenheit, and they really wanted to do something with us. And they got scared by the fact Heavy Rain was about kids being kidnapped, and this is why they said, 'This is an issue, we want to change it."

"Well, we could have kidnapped cats, it would be a different experience!" Cage joked.