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Yay!!! It's not cancelled. Thank you SONY.
because unlike everyone in this thread they weren't working 24 hours a day on a weekend to try to sort this mess out.
Hmm...
IGN News: "Shuhei Yoshida twitter accountmay have beenhacked"
IGN News: "Shuhei Yoshida twitter accountmay have beenhacked"
This picture is so full of life, Trico really seems to be a living creature, looking and admiring his creator.
It doesn't excuse the error, it explains the relative sluggishness in being able to do in-depth follow-up.
Most of IGN's staff are not working over the weekend, some relevant people in the chain of command might not be reachable, whatever source purportedly told them this (this is the second russian outlet to incorrectly run this story this week) might not be reachable right now. They issued an interim correction to note the current state of affairs, which is that Sony denies the story--not through any formal denial or by reaching out to IGN, but through Twitter in an off-handed remark (which is fine, they don't need to reach out to IGN, but it drives home the level the process is operating at right now) but that they had a source in Russia that told them this. if you're expecting more substantial followup, it's not going to be overnight on a weekend, it'll be when they're able to run through the process again, reach out to the source again, etc.
Is it actually surprising to think that a business would have lower than usual staffing levels on the weekend and that this impacts agility when responding to ongoing events?
It doesn't excuse the error, it explains the relative sluggishness in being able to do in-depth follow-up.
Most of IGN's staff are not working over the weekend, some relevant people in the chain of command might not be reachable, whatever source purportedly told them this (this is the second russian outlet to incorrectly run this story this week) might not be reachable right now. They issued an interim correction to note the current state of affairs, which is that Sony denies the story--not through any formal denial or by reaching out to IGN, but through Twitter in an off-handed remark (which is fine, they don't need to reach out to IGN, but it drives home the level the process is operating at right now) but that they had a source in Russia that told them this. if you're expecting more substantial followup, it's not going to be overnight on a weekend, it'll be when they're able to run through the process again, reach out to the source again, etc.
Is it actually surprising to think that a business would have lower than usual staffing levels on the weekend and that this impacts agility when responding to ongoing events?
This picture is so full of life, Trico really seems to be a living creature, looking and admiring his creator.
There was never any doubt.Druckmann mocking IGN over this; Scott Rohde saying it's not cancelled; Yoshida retweeting that message.
The only good thing to come out of IGN's fuck up is that they basically inadvertently got Sony to confirm it's coming once more. There is now virtually no doubt it's coming. No company would be this stupid if it wasn't.
The "May be cancelled" edit is pretty hilarious.
IGN: "Game is cancelled."
Sony: "Game is not cancelled."
IGN: "Sony says the game is not cancelled, so the game may be cancelled. We are working to find more info from other sources."
Druckmann mocking IGN over this; Scott Rohde saying it's not cancelled; Yoshida retweeting that message.
The only good thing to come out of IGN's fuck up is that they basically inadvertently got Sony to confirm it's coming once more. There is now virtually no doubt it's coming. No company would be this stupid if it wasn't.
If it was cancelled, they would have told us by now. Companies can't lie to potential customers, it's illegal. Either the game is still in development or it's been shelved, which a cancellation wrapped in PR speak.
Except Kotaku was right. Their original story talked about Versus XIII being canceled or being reworked as the next numbered FF. Either way fact of the matter is Versus XIII will never see the light of day and isn't coming out to the platform it was originally announced for. That's a cancellation.Yeah but then again TLG is such an easy target for click baiting sites like IGN. Kotaku did the same some time ago with their fake rumor of FFVersus being cancelled.
I don't think it can live up to whatever expectations there might be coming from the most invested fans. Then again, it never was very well sketched out for people to understand what it was that we were supposed to get in the first place. Aside from the video and a basic explanation of the relationship between the boy and the furry cat-thing, this was running off of the team's pedigree more than anything else.At this point, the game almost has to disappoint, right?
It's very possible that there is no "game" to be had. Those old videos are very pretty scripted pieces, but thinking about them critically I'm not sure how they could actually make a meaningful game out of it.
That being said, I hope I'm proven wrong.
Maybe IGN had a substantial reason to think it was cancelled. Maybe that reason was so substantial that Sony's twitter denial isn't even enough to negate the possibility that it is cancelled.
I'd like to give IGN some credit, as I frequent that site quite often. But damn do they look silly rn.
If TLG is getting shown tomorrow, I would figure Sony people wouldn't respond to the article so that the reveal would be that more surprising.
If TLG is getting shown tomorrow, I would figure Sony people wouldn't respond to the article so that the reveal would be that more surprising.
This picture is so full of life, Trico really seems to be a living creature, looking and admiring his creator.
That FF Versus XIII cancellation debacle is what makes me think that TLG may have been cancelled for PS3 and reworked for PS4 and that leak was somewhere lost in translation as a full TLG CANCELLED crap.
Maybe IGN had a substantial reason to think it was cancelled. Maybe that reason was so substantial that Sony's twitter denial isn't even enough to negate the possibility that it is cancelled.
I'd like to give IGN some credit, as I frequent that site quite often. But damn do they look silly rn.
I wake up and now it's uncancelled?
What a roller coaster. At this point, the game almost has to disappoint, right?
Where did IGN receive this report? Microsoft?
Perfect reply.
Except Kotaku was right. Their original story talked about Versus XIII being canceled or being reworked as the next numbered FF. Either way fact of the matter is Versus XIII will never see the light of day and isn't coming out to the platform it was originally announced for. That's a cancellation.
Kotaku wasn't wrong.
NeoGaf is gaming's Illuminati.I kind of like that we have more posts than the IGN comment section. And yet we are still irrelevant in the gaming industry.
Russia.