DeepEnigma
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This really isn’t a big deal that some are making it out to be.
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Crystal Dynamics is working with The Initiative on Perfect Dark
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Lol. So much concerns and trolling and it is just the most boring reason you can imagine.
Main bulk of production is starting and The Initiative didn't manage to raise their studio count partly because of pandemic. And Microsoft views this partnership same as development of Age 4 and Halo Wars 2. But sure, Sony fanboys just had to spin it into "this project is in trouble."
I found interesting that Arthur Geiss was talking that this is basically a tryout for Microsoft and CD. I wouldn't be surprised if Square spun their western studios into Microsoft. All depends how well Guardians will sell. I don't expect CD and Eidos Montreal if GotG will bomb. Two failures while handling most profitable IP's in current entertainment would be big pill to swallow.
Main bulk of production is starting and The Initiative didn't manage to raise their studio count partly because of pandemic. And Microsoft views this partnership same as development of Age 4 and Halo Wars 2. But sure, Sony fanboys just had to spin it into "this project is in trouble."
I found interesting that Arthur Geiss was talking that this is basically a tryout for Microsoft and CD. I wouldn't be surprised if Square spun their western studios into Microsoft. All depends how well Guardians will sell. I don't expect CD and Eidos Montreal if GotG will bomb. Two failures while handling most profitable IP's in current entertainment would be big pill to swallow.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Xbox says it ‘jumped at the chance’ to work with Crystal Dynamics on Perfect Dark | VGC
Studios boss Matt Booty thinks it would have been remiss to turn down the…
www.videogameschronicle.com
Speaking in a video interview with Kinda Funny Games, Booty said Microsoft jumped at the chance to partner with Crystal Dynamics when it became available.
“I think we’re at a point in the industry where if you’ve got a team like the Crystal Dynamics team that becomes available, which has got great pedigree, good success, just a lot of skill, and through connections—you know, the fact we’ve got Daryl Gallagher at The Initiative, who knows some folks there—and they become available, going back to what are my jobs day-to-day, it would just be, I’d be remiss to [not] say ‘we’ve got to find a way to make this work’.
“We’ve got a team that’s got experience building the kind of thing that we’re building, who’s worked with some of the people that’s now available, you know, it was not a standard situation because they’re not usually out billing themselves as sort of a co-development studio like many places are, but we found a way to make it work and I think it was through some of the personal connections that we’ve got.”
Booty added: “So, I’m excited about it, just in terms of what it adds onto the team that we’ve already got there at The Initiative. And again, it’s too precious of a resource right now in the industry to not jump on that and we can figure out some way to get a contract done or whatever we’ve got to do.“
The Eradicator
Member
State of Decay 2 has been getting free updates for years now, and actually turned into a pretty good game. It's my favorite MS game from the Xbox One gen.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
SLB1904
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Oh boy
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Ironic, eh?I'll take posts that haven't aged well for $200 Alex
That 6 month old bait
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ShaikhCroft
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Crystal Dynamics doing it solo is completely okay with me. Hopefully it will be a perfect game!