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[Orcastar]

Meh, they haven't made anything worthwhile for like ten years, so who cares?

 

[sublimit]

I will definitely miss them but it's totally understandable when you realize how much the market has changed in Japan.It was probably the only way to keep the company alive.

 

[Parakeetman]

what a fucking waste of a great dev house.

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Well at least SE owns the Star Ocean Ip...even if they don't use it...alas

 

[pants]

can i cry now?

 

[Mass_Pincup]

This is just depressing...
Sony and Nintendo should do everything they can to prevent more developper to go mobile only, the situation is bad enough already and it's getting worse.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Really happy that Nintendo owns MonolithSoft otherwise shudders.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Meh, they haven't made anything worthwhile for like ten years, so who cares?

VP2 and RoF came within the last 10 years.

Guess I won't ever have to worry about the Valkyrie Profile series finishing. Though given how bad Valkyrie Profile 2 was, I guess it's just a merciful death.

Valkyrie Profile 2 and bad can't be said in the same statement let alone the same line of thought.

 

[KZObsessed]

Wow this is depressing.

 

[Akzel]

R.I.P. Tri-Ace. Farewell Star Ocean.

 

[Cornbread78]

R.I.P. Tri-Ace. Farewell Star Ocean.

Good morning GAF,
*reads thread title*

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck...

WTF.

This sucks, it's gonna be a shitty Friday..

 

[DrROBschiz]

Sad day for us all...

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Sad news, really unfortunate that we are losing so many developers, especially in Japan.

 

[Palette Swap]

NOT LIKE THIS.
That's a huge kick to the balls.

 

[Kyoufu]

Sad news, really unfortunate that we are losing so many developers, especially in Japan.

Well, at least they haven't been closed down.

 

[Misuta]

Good bye tri-ace. I will miss you. ;_;

Really happy that Nintendo owns MonolithSoft otherwise shudders.

I think Nintendo should buy tri-crescendo, too because of Baten Kaitos.

 

[AuthenticM]

So sad. I wonder if some of the designers are going to leave to start their own company ?

 

[Boss Doggie]

I thought bamco owns tri-crescendo

 

[Oregano]

Good bye tri-ace. I will miss you. ;_;



I think Nintendo should buy tri-crescendo, too because of Baten Kaitos.

tri-crescendo seem to have settled into the role of Namco support studio. They did Tales of Symphonia HD and supported the development of Super Smash Bros.

 

[KooopaKid]

Good for them.

 

[Vazra]

Im so fucking sad.

 

[Cikay]

Meh, they haven't made anything worthwhile for like ten years, so who cares?

Resonance of Fate was one of the best PS360 JRPGs.

 

[JehutyGR]

Fuck this shit

 

[djtiesto]

This is like my nightmare gaming situation coming true

Hell, I would have even preferred them as a SE outsourcing partner over this.

 

[dramatis]

Terrible news. I hoped that they would be able to eek out some success this generation, but it seems like it's too late.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Damn, might as well be dead. It was fun while it lasted.

 

[NeededSleep]

well isn't this some shitty news to wake up to.

 

[Rezae]

They've been a shell of their former selves for the better part of a decade. I'd imagine most of the good talent has left by now anyway. Sad news on the surface, but in reality the impact is minimal.

 

[occelinho]

That's just sad, sigh. :/

 

[Pooya]

Resonance of Fate came out 5 years ago, time flies.

 

[KageMaru]

:'(

The game industry has been kind of depressing to follow lately.

 

[kiyoaki]

Tri-Ace isn't (wasn't) my favorite RPG developer, but that's just sad. A bummer in a year that looks to be so promising for JRPGs.

 

[chaosblade]

It didn't seem likely for tri-Ace to bounce back anyway unless they got a big partnership offer from a first party or bought out by a big publisher.

Still unfortunate, RIP tri-Ace.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

I still think Infinite Undiscovery was one of my favorite JRPGs of the past decade. Damn the haters.

RIP tri-Ace

 

[Blueblur1]

I wonder if this means Phantasy Star Nova will stop getting DLC.

 

[Needlecrash]

Bye Bye Star Ocean.

That's just...sad.

I feel bad trading in Resonance of Fate a few weeks back now...

 

[batbeg]

what a fucking waste of a great dev house.

.
This is fucking awful.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Doesn't SE own the Star Ocean ip? Not like they are going to do anything with it though.

 

[Beartruck]

This really sucks, if only because a lot of smartphones games released nowadays never get localized, so I'll probably never see another game from them again.

 

[clay_ghost]

The big three should have stepped in. Hell MS should since they have noting on the JRPG front in house............

 

[Kyoufu]

The big three should have stepped in. Hell MS should since they have noting on the JRPG front in house............

Doesn't make sense for either party.

 

[Codeblue]

It's too bad. They were certainly a talented studio.

I thought bamco owns tri-crescendo

They also owned Monolith before Nintendo bought them.

 

[Ultratech]

Welp, this sucks.

Welp, there goes Valkyrie Profile: Hrist

...

;___;

 

[clay_ghost]

Doesn't make sense for either party.

If MS is serious about the JRPG market , having tri-Ace helps a lot .



Worst come to worst we will have another Rare .


Oh wait.............

:|

 

[Bikram]

Oh Crap, this feels as bad as the day my phat PS3 died and wiped away my Resonance of Fate save game. I was almost done ;_;

 

[Skyfireblaze]

You had one job, Square Enix and/or Sega...

This... sad to see them leave like this, as janky as Star Ocean 4 was, I enjoyed it greatly for what it was. Sega and Square would have been good candidates to pick them up but as a mobile dev, we won't ever get a new Star Ocean now will we?

 

[sörine]

I thought bamco owns tri-crescendo

Nope, although most of their contract development work is for them.

 

[koutoru]

What a waste. Didn't tri-Ace also help with development of FFXIII 2 and LR:FFXIII?
I hope SE realizes they just lost a valuable development partner.

 

[gogogow]

This really sucks, if only because a lot of smartphones games released nowadays never get localized, so I'll probably never see another game from them again.

I'm playing Resonance of Fate right now on the PS3. The graphics are still really nice looking. The hair physics are amazing, especially for such an old game. Can't believe it's from 2010.

This is really unfortunate news. I always wondered what they were working on next, since they've shown their new engine.

 

[Luigiv]