Crimson_Gold
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It was canceled because of the game itself. The service aspect may have impacted some of the games development, but the service aspect is now seen in all of the tent pole releases by MS.
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Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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It was canceled because of the game itself. The service aspect may have impacted some of the games development, but the service aspect is now seen in all of the tent pole releases by MS.
it's a platinum game where you have a pet dragon
Maybe not dying, but wouldn't write some heavy resizing off, for Platinum.
Gorilla Blade
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What an apt avatar.
what are you even talking about? Scalebound always drummed up tons of interest on GAF, especially with it being a platinum game
NinjaCoachZ
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I can see Kamiya maybe trying again by pitching a different type of dragon game somewhere down the road. Maybe not exactly like how this game was shaping up*, but some sort of spiritual successor, since doing a game with dragons was a long-time dream of his (it'd been his pet project since Platinum was founded). But man, something like this must be brutal on the team's morale.
*He had a concept for a game about a little girl and a dragon, or something like that. That could be neat.
*He had a concept for a game about a little girl and a dragon, or something like that. That could be neat.
Jaded Alyx
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Xenoblade? That's a 100% Nintendo IP. They own Monolith Soft.
Sony will cancel the Last of Us 2 to build hype and stoke the flames of desire in its ardent fan base before re announcing it a week before its release.
SenjutsuSage
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That's how these things tend to work. A lot of the people making this thread so large, I'm certain, mostly didn't care about the game because it wasn't on their preferred platform.
There are 3 groups.
1 - some are deliberately feigning interest and want to use the cancellation of the game as a means of attacking Microsoft
2 - some others just have an interest due to the developer and the simple newsworthiness of this kind of cancellation.
3 - while the remaining, who are a bit of an extension of the 2nd group, fairly look at the implications of this, and become concerned about the seeming thinning out of major releases for Xbox coming from Microsoft themselves.
I believe the first group, sadly, greatly outnumbers groups 2 and 3 in this thread. Groups 2 and 3 are among those that would have likely been open to supporting this game if it ended up looking really good when all was said and done. That aside, Microsoft have always demonstrated in the release of major new consoles, like what's coming with Scorpio, that they are willing to make the big investment into releasing good games to compliment those releases.
TheKastorian
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I don't think is necessarily has to do with the game per se but rather Microsoft's overall handling of exclusives. Bad or not, Scalebound was going to be a high-profile AAA game.
Excluding Scalebound Platinum is making 3 other games,
Nier Automata
Granblue Fantasy Project Re:Link
Lost Order
Platinum will be fine.
Not really relevant to the point of "big AAA developer/publishers moving away from big-budget single-player story driven games to focus on a multiplayer microtransaction-focused games-as-a-service business model."
Confidence Man
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Didn't look too hot but at least would've been something new besides another Forza, Gears, or whatever other sequel they're churning out.
Obliterator
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The problem for Platinum is they now have 100+ people sitting there, needing to be paid, who do not have a project to work on.
You don't just walk away from a major cancellation like this unscathed. There will be more than likely layoffs, but yes Platinum will survive it.
At this rate, Scorpio won't have games to play.
I'm being hyperbolic, I know
Werll it will have FIFA, CoD, Forza and Halo but apart from that....
Mass Effect
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No one has any idea what you're trying to get at.
Do you people think Microsoft can just walk into places with bags of money and be like "we're taking your studio!"?
Because that's not how it works.
No point at all. I usually do this, don't alway post, when the threads are moving really fast to see who the suspects are. So far the Project Beast and a Switch thread have their amount of crazy people that makes this one look pale but I'll look again tomorrow.
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Also I feel like I'm living under a rock. Had no clue Cuphead was coming outside of MS store fronts
Sounds like PG missed major milestones. As the company footing the bill. How long do you pump money into something that maybe isn't coming together?
rocketskates
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A little part of me dies everytime I'm reminded FL no longer exists. I really wanted to play it 😢
Primethius
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Hey, thanks for posting. Really looking forward to playing Cuphead, it looks great.
Take your time but hopefully it's sometime soon =P (though I have no issue waiting!)
I see. Never played it myself.
Sylverstone14
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Shit.
Hypereides
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I have no words.
The industry is headed towards a dark future.
The industry is headed towards a dark future.
NullPointer
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Sword Of Doom
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Yet it didn't really look like it played like a typical platinum game. Dragon flying around shooting stuff didn't look fun
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chaosmaster(1)
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This is not the future I want from Xbox. Xbox should be providing gamers with what most in the industry aren't. It's sad to see this. My interest in Xbox going forward from the sounds of this has declined.
butman
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Easy. They're not cancelling Bayonetta you known?
DriftingSpirit
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Which is what I think it should always be about. First party and third party should compliment each other. Sony has a lack of fps IP so they rely on third party. Sony notices a lack of single player, narrative titles, they green light a bunch of those titles internally.
You cover more bases that way and reach the largest amount of potential buyers.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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;''''''''''''[ sad to hear about all of this
Hopefully Crackdown 3 is staying strong.
Hopefully Crackdown 3 is staying strong.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
edit. Nope
FinaruDensetsu
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That blows. Who wants to play on Xbox if that is the direction and I like Xbox
Potentially millions and millions of people seeing how popular Minecraft, LoL, Dota, Overwatch, etc. are.
bitbydeath
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That is good to hear, looking forward to this one.
Tricky I Shadow
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Can't say I personally care to be honest.
ElBoxyBrown
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Platinum hasn't had a game sell as much as MGSR. All their games underperform. They live cuz of good faith, but I worry exactly how much faith they still have to support their company. If they're hoping Nier will save them then I worry for them.
Yea, and it sucks for us who really were interested in the game. But I personally don't care about the trolls and those other comments... we're gonna hear these comments for a while, especially post e3 2017. I'm more upset about not having another big unique game to play this year. Seeing the IP die like this....* sigh*
Riposte
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Platinum Games titles with fully functional online multiplayer: Anarchy Reigns, Bayonetta 2, and TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan. Their Granblue Fantasy Project also seems to be based on online.
This was by far their biggest project. Automata is essentially done at this point and this cancellation seems to have been a surprise. Their remaining projects, Granblue and Lost Order, aren't anywhere near big enough to compensate for this.
Obliterator
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The majority of those people at the top the most posted, are having many of the most rational and interesting posts in this thread though. Not "crazy people"
If E3 isn't stellar and missing megatons beyond the Scorpio then that spells major disaster for Xbox.
It's the fourth year and the console should be hitting it's stride with a whole deluge of titles. Look at the PS4 and 2017.
Sad really.
Microsoft need to deliver. This year. Not next year but this. And if they think they can ride the hype of Scorpio alone without the games to back it up, they can expect to get booted out of this industry asap as they should.
It's the fourth year and the console should be hitting it's stride with a whole deluge of titles. Look at the PS4 and 2017.
Sad really.
Microsoft need to deliver. This year. Not next year but this. And if they think they can ride the hype of Scorpio alone without the games to back it up, they can expect to get booted out of this industry asap as they should.
They will likely shift those people to the Granblue Fantasy Project they have coming up for now, until they get contracted again.
formasymphonic
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I'm always reminded of that Eurogamer article on why MS failed in Japan, and the meeting they had with Shinji Mikami.
Eurogamer said:
There are people in MS who care, but for a long time its felt like MS overall, and those who hold the real power just don't value these things, and that's a shame. "games that could be considered art. much like film" is a sentiment you would associate with games that have come from Sony -not MS- and I don't know if I see MS actually wanting to change that (outside of one or two franchises). Good luck to Stinkles & co.
'It might not be MS's fault, why are you fingering MS' is a fine thing to say the first time it happens.
The second time it happens with an MS-published game, it's suspicious.
The third time, it's a trend.
Which other publishers, exactly, have canned games that have been in development, been shown at game shows, etc., as many times as MS, that aren't publishers that are in dire financial straits?
The second time it happens with an MS-published game, it's suspicious.
The third time, it's a trend.
Which other publishers, exactly, have canned games that have been in development, been shown at game shows, etc., as many times as MS, that aren't publishers that are in dire financial straits?
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