The above photo could be the first and last ever images of Rush Rush Rally Racing on the PS mini and PSP mini service. Now, the future of Rush Rush Rally Racing‘s PlayStation mini port has been put in the hands of the players. Rush Rush Rally Racing was developed first for the Sega Dreamcast by independent Netherlands studio Senile Team, who made the virally popular Beats of Rage beat ‘em up engine. RRRR’s publisher is Germany studio Redspotgames, who released last year’s XBLIG title Solar Struggle and has distributed several Dreamcast games from 2007 such as Last Hope.

Redspotgames has a growing concern for how Sony has handled itself prior to and after the security breach that has potentially effect tens of millions of users whose information was hacked into. While Rush Rush Rally Racing is still on schedule for a WiiWare release in 2011, its future on the PlayStation mini service remains uncertain. Fans are encouraged to take a brief survey to let Redspotgames know if work should continue on this port. The company fears gamers won’t purchase the product due to the extreme negativity towards Sony and safety concerns.

While ports may be somewhat easier to quit investing time and money in, there are many companies that have undoubtedly invested much larger shares of their company into forthcoming games on the Sony systems. It’s very difficult to decide what most of the industry is going to do at this time, but it’s very interesting that Redspotgames is being so proactive in trying to make a Sony-related decision. What’s more, Redspotgames is not making that decision on its own, but engaging the fans, something that business editor Colin Campbell suggests, in part, in his Gamasutra opinion piece.

Is this too early to ask PlayStation fans for future support? Would Sony have the same delayed reaction to this major security issue if more and larger developers decided to walk away?

Source: Redspotgames