Godt nok flyttede The Simpsons: Hit & Run ikke mange, mange millioner eksemplarer, men det betragtes af mange som en kultklassiker. Det solgte også fint til at starte med, som betød at en direkte efterfølger blev bestilt hos udvikler Radical Entertainment. Men nu ved vi at alt dette så blev aflyst efterfølgende.
I et interview med MinnMax fortæller producer John Melchior, at Hit & Run 2 var under udvikling samt en række andre Simpsons-spil, men at Vivendi valgte at droppe alle planer.
"Simpsons Hit & Run 2 would have been done by Radical, [and] there was a medieval Simpsons game that Matt Groening pitched, which was being done at Stormfront after Lord of the Rings. The biggest crime was that Vivendi did not obtain the Simpsons licence, though they had an offer in. The Simpsons came back with an offer, five games for X amount of dollars, it was a really good deal, and Vivendi said no. After the success of Hit & Run."
Så hvorfor valgte Vivendi at droppe aftalen?
"I don't know. They did games like Cold Winter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And to everybody's credit here, the sequel had airships, we had planes, we had lots to go on The Simpsons. This was going to be a franchise, no doubt in anybody's mind."
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