NullPointer
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Define disaster."Games" aren't uniform. God of War: Ascension was a disaster for one.
It sold less than GoW3 but did it have GoW3's budget?
Define disaster."Games" aren't uniform. God of War: Ascension was a disaster for one.
This actually would make sense. Maybe the ones left couldn't hold the project together. It would be absolutely massive news if Stig or Barlog's games were cancelled.
QD isn't owned by SonyIMO they should downsize the studios that made Knack, Killzone or Beyond Two Souls
cause at the end of the day God of War Ascension is a better game than those titles
He also left SSM out to dry when he left them out of the blue during production of GOW3, which is why we got the game we got.
Did Barlog ever confirm working on a new GoW or is that just speculation?
Heartbreaking, especially right before they move the studio..
Define disaster.
It sold less than GoW3 but did it have GoW3's budget?
Evolution had better hope Drive Club is a runaway sales success because I'm getting exceedingly confused how they've avoided all the downsizing with once stalwarts like Studio Liverpool disappearing entirely and now the behemoth of SSM getting a hit. Oh and The Last Guardian continuing development of course.
I don't actually understand it at all since SSM are up there with ND, and this was probably a new IP thats been scuppered. Was it one of their joint productions like The Unfinished Swan follow up?
What is Shuhei Yoshida doing?!
Define disaster.
It sold less than GoW3 but did it have GoW3's budget?
nooooo! i wonder what was cancelled??
Goodbye The Last of Us 2 and any chance of TLoU1 on PS4, I'll never get to experience any of your universe.
Aren't games more popular now and selling more than ever? If so, why are we hearing news like this and news of big studios closing their doors?
Perhaps a large chunk of that record game sales money is coming from the casual/mobile market. A larger chunk than many hardcore gamers would like to admit.
Define disaster.
It sold less than GoW3 but did it have GoW3's budget?
It hasn't reached completion. If anything, they're entering crunch.Could this be due to The Order 1886 reaching completion? SSM had a hand in that if I recall.
IMO they should downsize the studios that made Knack, Killzone or Beyond Two Souls
cause at the end of the day God of War Ascension is a better game than those titles
Holy bajeezus, I had no idea.Juliet's 8½ Spirits;102270278 said:it did
I would knock on wood before saying that.
Two big profile studios having major reductions, one outright closed. Face it GAF, the AAA industry is going down in flames. I made a thread a couple of months ago where I brought the observation that teenagers aren't into trying lots of games anymore. This reaffirms that observation. Sure the gaming audience has grown, but I would argue the "core" has actually shrunk in size.
GOW Ascension sold way more than 360,000 in its first month. Not sure where you got those numbers.
GOW Ascension sold way more than 360,000 in its first month. Not sure where you got those numbers.
The console launches suggest otherwise...
Who was porting GoW Collection to Vita?
IMO they should downsize the studios that made Knack, Killzone or Beyond Two Souls
cause at the end of the day God of War Ascension is a better game than those titles
How would they downsize a studio they don't own?
Read again in a more careful manner.
Next gen is selling gangbusters but everybody's still getting fired.
Doesn't make sense to me.
What other first party devs did get fired?Next gen is selling gangbusters but everybody's still getting fired.
Doesn't make sense to me.
"This is a result of a cycle of resource re-alignment against priority growth areas within SCE WWS"
Sounds like they canceled a Vita game.
Yeah, because one guy made the whole game. And he didn't have an existing template to go off of either.
Anyways, I'd rather this be about Barlog's project than Stig's, just for the fact that it's been hinted at for years, while Barlog only recently joined back with SSM.
I honestly don't have a lot of faith in the man. I think he's incredibly likeable, but I believe Sony's worldwide studios have been very poorly managed over the past 5-8 years.
Its OK guys Shu has a funny Twitter account and he seems like a cool dude I wish he was my friend I bet we'd get along great.
"This is a result of a cycle of resource re-alignment against priority growth areas within SCE WWS"
Sounds like they canceled a Vita game.
Sanzaru
"This is a result of a cycle of resource re-alignment against priority growth areas within SCE WWS"
Sounds like they canceled a Vita game.
Sanzaru