Time for Nintendo moneyhat?
Scalebound looked a shit ton more ambitious at the very least in terms of graphical fidelity.
I know everyone here thinks MS is pure evil but from the game's showing it's seem to hint quality wasn't there and they've been working on it for a while. Kamiya's name itself doesn't mean much, if it did the Wonderful 101 wouldn't have bombed that badly.
Xbox brand seems to be transitioning into Halo, Forza, Gears and Windows 10 Store/PC gaming
Depends on how those milestones were used. See: Bethesda.
If this was some no-name dev or a studio known for trouble like Silicon Knights, I wouldn't bat an eye. But this is Platinum. They're the ones you get to make a sequel fast and under budget. They're the ones you contract to replace the game your bigger team bungled.
I'd be pretty surprised if Nintendo was interested in signing Bayonetta 3.
It would be among their most expensive games by far, Sega won't have footed most of the bill, and it has pretty terrible sales potential.
So ms has forza and maybe crackdown for 2017 lol.
I'd be pretty surprised if Nintendo was interested in signing Bayonetta 3.
It would be among their most expensive games by far, Sega won't have footed most of the bill, and it has pretty terrible sales potential.
What does this mean for Xbox, Microsoft Studios, and Platinum Games? Can't be good.
I imagine this will be an issue for Platinum.
1.) They have over 200 staff, presumably at least half of which were making Scalebound.
2.) Nier Automata is about to go gold, and Yoko Taro makes it sound like it's not going into sequel mode right away.
3.) Activision killed off their licensed game division, so that's not an option anymore.
4.) They have the Gran Blue Fantasy project and Lost Order, but I'm assuming that was going to take on Nier's staff given Kamiya wasn't attached to it.
Now they need to get a project from someone on a short turnaround for a ton of staff in an era where that kind of thing is pretty hard to do, and they were struggling to get contracts even when that was less true.
At this point I would be happy if Microsoft just bought up some exclusives. Gears, Halo and Forza are great... but damn. Where is the new life?
Let's hope it is just a rumour.
Why even get a Xbox one if you only want to play Japanese games... I was looking forward to it too, now there is nothing to look forward to.
If true I'd be interested in hearing Kamiya's perspective on what went wrong.
So ms has forza and maybe crackdown for 2017 lol.
Goddamn, all these cancelled Xbox games. Some really piss-poor management on MS' part.
Why? Nintendo is invested in Platinum IP (Bayonetta) and has worked with them on quite a few titles (Wonderful 101, Star Fox). Or do you just mean you'd prefer Sony?
lol, Nintendo. Microsoft own the IP.
How is that different than Bayo 2 though?
Given Microsoft's recent actions I wouldn't be surprised if Crackdown 3 is next.