Scalebound was officially unveiled E3 2014.
That seems rather stupid given the excellent track record that Jason Schreier has.
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Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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"Great studios", i.e. studios that have had a mediocre/bad track record in recent years but in the past have produced great games.
It's business. If you don't perform, you don't survive. It sucks, but the Xbox division isn't doing great as is so it can't pump money into long-term projects in the hope that they recover like Sony does/can.
Crooked16th
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Microsoft saw Knack 2 and got scarred.
Coffee Dog
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What have we seen though? We never saw the combat gameplay against regular enemies for any extended period of time. We've seen the unveiling, and an E3 demo where four people hit a giant boss that didn't react to them.
Ninja Scooter
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Why are people so obsessed with figuring out who to blame?
Salty Rice
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Well since KI is on PC anyway its time to sell my Xbone.
Magic Mushroom
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If PG dies, my heart could not take it.
Yeah. The kings of action games. The industry needs them. Such a shame sales of their games - no matter how good - never really took off.
Wonderful 101 didn't do well, did it?
Blackquill
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Looking at the footage I don't even blame Microsoft.
Imagine it from their perspective. They probably thought they were getting Vanquish, and ended up with
Well Kamiya was not involved at all in Vanquish so they should not have been surprised
Mass Effect
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I think we all know it's not going to set the charts on fire, but that's precisely the point: We got it anyway.
Yeah, Vanquish was Mikami, right?
I believe Bayo 2 sold higher than Bayo 1 in its best selling platform. Obviously Bayo 1 will sell more on PS360 combined with Bomba bin prices.
LOL.
If Nier turns out to be a turd then changes need to be made, not continually funded.
Spieler Eins
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Time for everyone to double dip on Nier.
Looking at the footage I don't even blame Microsoft.
Imagine it from their perspective. They probably thought they were getting Vanquish, and ended up with
You think they signed a contract not knowing what game they'd get? Like a loot crate??
Of course they knew what the game was like, if they wanted Vanquish 2, they'd have signed for Vanquish 2.
#BuildingTheList
This is such a rough break for Microsoft. This is the type of stuff where the developer holds a grudge and refuses to release a title for your platform until the end of time, like Level 5 did after True Fantasy Online - a decision made easier since Japanese centric titles tend to not sell overly well on Xbox.
Doug Heffernan
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Sadly this is true. The game never really looked like a coherent game, at least based on the footage they showed to the public.
serenewarfare
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Yeah, you're right. Microsoft is going to make a generational leap in GPU power but not touch the CPU.
Come on, man.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I have money in my Xbox Live account waiting to preorder this. Damn.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
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I have friends that bought Xbox One S soley for scalebound, if the game truly is canceled that really sucks.
Jaded Alyx
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That was a fan vote though to be fair.
Looking at the footage I don't even blame Microsoft.
Imagine it from their perspective. They probably thought they were getting Vanquish, and ended up with
True, it's the least exciting Platinum game in a while (MS knew what they were signing for). Would have killed for a Bayonetta on Xbox. Not buying a Nintendo console for one game.
Mr Fahrenheit
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I always thought the game looked rough when it demoed but it'd be a shame if it got canned. MS banking on Halo Wars to carry them to the promised land I guess.
Can't wait for Kamiya to be the baby in Death Stranding
Can't wait for Kamiya to be the baby in Death Stranding
Well then
Nope, it bombed awfully. Bayonetta 2 also did. Starfox Zero also did.
I'm still pretty sure they will work again with Nintendo.
Calm Mind
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Nintendo, don't fail me now.
I will be absolutely furious if this is true! This has been my most anticipated game since they first showed the CG trailer at E3. Wtf is going on... There's been way too many cancellations. Fable Legends/Lionhead closing, Project Knoxville/Press Play closing, Obsidian's RPG (MS has to regret this as Pillars of Eternity turned out to be a smash hit), Phantom Dust getting "different devs" (if it's not at this year's E3, I'm counting it as dead)... Come on MS, you gotta get this under control! :/
Jawmuncher
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I personally thought scalebound looked good.
So play the other exlusives then?
People are still acting like those are the only exclusives. Then other exclusives releases and then people dont buy it.
illmatic22
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Throw Scalebound on the pile along with Phantom Dust, Fable, and Black Tusk/Coalition's new I.P.
Unreal Champ
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Forum goers? Yeah ok let me know when the news come from the horse's mouth.
The only reason I think they keep going with Crackdown is because they sold the Halo 3 beta with the original. Crackdown 2 was unnecessary. But I REALLY like what I've seen from Crackdown 3, the little they've shown.
Nier being a turd is more unlikely than Nintendo buying Scalebound.
While this is true, given the current working relationship it would be easier to create a Bayonetta 3 than it would be to start talks to do any sort of Megaman project on Nintendo's dime, for example. That's also the reason it's more likely than Metroid: there's already a dedicated working studio that knows exactly what to do.
Neff
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Microsoft seems to have poor understanding of what makes a game good- they just throw money at numerous projects and see what sticks. If it works, great, make more of that. If it doesn't, I guess these teenagers who buy games just aren't into that for whatever reason, we'll try something else. Nintendo and Sony do at least 'get it', and have a clear vision of the types of games they want to make and be associated with. They're much better at identifying and exploiting potential, wheras MS basically just mimics precedent. But MS came to the industry very late, and I'd expect them to be less clued-up than the competition.
If Scalebound is in trouble, then it's probably because Kamiya is taking forever and lots of money to craft an open world game, of which he, PG, and Japan generally have little experience in doing, but also I'd wager because MS simply doesn't know what it has on its hands, or the value of the pedigree behind it, and sadly see it simply as a lost cause rather than an opportunity to be salvaged.
Same. I didn't like Drew (although I did like old Drew) and I expected something a bit flashier perhaps, but I was interested in the concept, have unwavering faith in Kamiya, and some of the more recent press previews suggested a new fathom of depth unsuccessfully conveyed in public videos to date. I'm confident Scalebound 'was' -and still could be- a great game.
digita1alchemy
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Welp, my XB1 is going on eBay the moment this is confirmed, if true.
It outsold the last two Ueda games combined.
Kacho
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Wish I could say I care but Scalebound looked awful. Looked like a game that would have made sense 10-15 years ago but not 2017.
This move does look bad for Microsoft though. Their lack of meaningful first party games over the years has been a constant criticism and the future doesn't look good.
This move does look bad for Microsoft though. Their lack of meaningful first party games over the years has been a constant criticism and the future doesn't look good.
Neuromancer
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Outside of people like you and me who follow this kind of stuff, no one will care. This game was never going to be a big seller.
serenewarfare
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Because all this cancelled game rage needs to be directed at something.
SprachBrooks
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Lol, Kamiya some sort of God is he? Missing milestones, troubled development and taking on more than he can chew to the point where MS deemed them unable to deliver? Can't wait to see this parroted as a meme in other threads.
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