Despite not being able to check out Splinter Cell: Conviction if you’re a single-console owner (PlayStation), it’s great news to hear that one of Sony’s first-party development teams were such a big influence to the title. According to Patrick Redding in the latest issue of OXM, the team behind Conviction drew a lot of inspiration from the Uncharted franchise.

“It’s safe to say that we drew inspiration from a lot of different sources – both in games and out of games,” Redding explained.

“We paid attention to everything from Riddick to Max Payne. Obviously we took a good, heavy look at the way Uncharted works too. It’s not just about production value, a lot of it is looking, at the lowest level, what the player is going to spend his time doing.”

This isn’t too surprising considering the critical acclaim that Uncharted has received over the last five months. When you’re winning Game of the Year after Game of the Year award, other developers are going to start turning their heads and taking notice. Hopefully, Splinter Cell: Conviction does eventually make its way over to the PS3, but right now, it’s unlikely.