Marc Demers is the lead software engineer at Ubisoft Montréal, and his work for the publisher dates back to 2005. One of the listings in the ‘recently participated’ section of his profile read; “Splinter Cell Conviction 360, PS3, PC (2010)”. As of this moment, the mention of Sony’s console has been removed.

Is there something Ubisoft’s not telling us? Could Sam Fisher simply be holding off on a timed exclusive? It wouldn’t be the first time. The PS3 mention could have been the result of internal testing on the platform, which Ubisoft later dismissed when it announced the game would be a Microsoft exclusive back in 2007. Who knows?

“I don’t see why it wouldn’t,” Ubisoft Montreal’s Max Beland stated when asked by Edge Online if the next game could appear on PS3.

“I’m not involved in the business deals. I joined Splinter Cell after the exclusivity deal with Microsoft had already been signed, but there’s no reason why Splinter Cell couldn’t be on the PS3. Conviction? No because of the exclusivity deal.

“But the next game is open to new deals. If Microsoft wants an exclusivity deal, they don’t call me, it’s Yves Guillemot dealing with the business people. But yeah, I guess we could even be a PS3 exclusive if there’s a deal that makes people happy there.”

Beland went on to add that while the wait for Conviction’s release has been a lengthy one, gamers shouldn’t expect the same to be true of Splinter Cell 6.

“This is a long-term vision, so I’m not telling you that yes, in a year you’ll have another Splinter Cell,” he added. “But right now the direction Yves gave us and where the company is going to go [means that] you’re going to be seeing Splinter Cell games, just like Assassin’s Creed games, just like anything else, released a little bit more often.”

Splinter Cell: Conviction was first mooted way back in May 2007 and was at one stage expected to be released in Christmas of that year, though it then slipped to 2008 and subsequently to April of this year.