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Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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wild wild rice
Member
Literally the only Platinum game I can think of in the past year or two that doesn't seem like a "paying the rent" game is Automata.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Tbh while I was interested the character design + very stock unreal 4 "look" probably didn't really help it 
People expect a lot more style from platinum.
People expect a lot more style from platinum.
BlueSparrow
Member
I gotta say i wasn't really looking forward to this game that much.
But to see it cancelled.. oh my. Such a shame, still a platinum game after all.
But to see it cancelled.. oh my. Such a shame, still a platinum game after all.
That's a weird question when MS is the publisherI tweeted Kamiya about this game like a couple of weeks ago lol.
I was really looking forward to it :/
PositiveGamer
Member
At this point, I think the Xbox brand is clearly leaving the market. Too many canceled games. This makes no sense.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Hesemonni
Banned
I've learned to trust the fat dude from Jurassic Park.
That's honestly fucking sad, but I wonder what the issue was.
Glass Rebel
Member
funkystudent
Member
These days putting money into Platinum seems like about as big of a gable as you can get.
That only gets worse if this rumour turns out to be true and Kamiya working on your game is also not a guarantee of quality from the studio.
Ill wait and see what happens at the Scorpio reveals. Maybe its just getting retooled.
amen
Nintendo wouldnt save that project...seems way too expensive and they are likely already funding Bayonetta 3.
Will this be another True Fantasy Life situation where Platinum shuns the Xbox from now on ? Likely not since Level 5 had the money to not give a fuck about MS again lol.
Honestly i had a bad feeling from the moment this was announced...feel bad for platinum...so much time and work wasted.
Will this be another True Fantasy Life situation where Platinum shuns the Xbox from now on ? Likely not since Level 5 had the money to not give a fuck about MS again lol.
Honestly i had a bad feeling from the moment this was announced...feel bad for platinum...so much time and work wasted.
InquisitorAles
Member
Oh for fuck sake. If Microsoft have some brains they won't do this, because outrage will be huge. Lionhead and some free2play garbage is one thing, but canceling Kamiya's dream game is brand suicide.
Conkerkid11
Member
wtf
Katana_Strikes
Member
Had promise but what they showed looked bad. Shame if it's gone completely pear shaped but no loss if in the end it wasn't going to be anything decent. It's not like it would have sold well anyhow to recover cost of development.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Its a joke because of Bayonetta 2 and Beyond Good and Evil 2 (reportedly)
The Jackdog
Member
Are people here really blaming MS if true?
Game isnt coming together and we've seen the weird ass demos that kinda prove it. Thats not MS's fault.
It also doesnt mean MS didnt say "this shit aint working but lets do something ELSE"
And yeah this game looked like it had trouble running on an xbox one, its not gonna run on the switch lol
Game isnt coming together and we've seen the weird ass demos that kinda prove it. Thats not MS's fault.
It also doesnt mean MS didnt say "this shit aint working but lets do something ELSE"
And yeah this game looked like it had trouble running on an xbox one, its not gonna run on the switch lol
That will be a real bummer if confirmed. I was counting Scalebound to be included in my 2017 - The year of the character-action game! celebration. I love what I've seen from Nier Autamata so far, but if I were platinum I wouldn't necessarily want to be hanging my financial hat on it to sell millions of copies.
It's looking less about 'screwing over a dev' If they were missing milestones that's a massive red flag for any sensible company who's paying for the game.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Noooooo. Please don't be true
NoLongerALurker
Banned
RIP. Wasn't looking to be my kind of game but that sucks.
Art Vandilay
Member
I think Cuphead is the only 2017 exclusive I'm looking forward to now.
purseowner
Member
Please let us someday play some of what was made.
The game looks god awful and was destined for poor sales. If Sunset Overdrive and Quantum Break couldn't move units on X1, how was this supposed to?
How are your tastes so fickle? There's a ton of great looking games coming to all consoles this year.
How are your tastes so fickle? There's a ton of great looking games coming to all consoles this year.
How long have you been waiting to all it that?
dragonzdogma
Member
I'm glad I didn't buy an xbox S
MS almost had me with the 4k player (useless once I see how awesome net flix and amazon 4 k streaming looks like)
and the possibility of this game.
Glad I didn't bite
MS almost had me with the 4k player (useless once I see how awesome net flix and amazon 4 k streaming looks like)
and the possibility of this game.
Glad I didn't bite
BRocknRolla
Member
Wow...
This would be a very bad look for MS. Granted, it's looked rough in every single demo, but it added a significant and very important diversity to MS's otherwise repetitious lineup.
This would be a very bad look for MS. Granted, it's looked rough in every single demo, but it added a significant and very important diversity to MS's otherwise repetitious lineup.
GHG
Member
Ask the guys at remedy. Or even the ex lionhead guys They will give you an answer on what the most likely reason would be.
I just hope Platinum will still be ok after this.
Probably because a similar situation happened with SEGA dropping the funding for Bayonetta 2, before Nintendo took over the project.
I just hope someone, whoever it could be, will save the project.
Killer Queen
Banned
Yeah no
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