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GameStop Says The Last Guardian Calls Made in Error
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AwakenedCloud
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I'd have to go with this. I'm guessing they'll release an incomplete version to PSN and cut their losses as much as possible.
Joe Shlabotnik
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While Stump had a fair point that it would be weird for a U.S. company to get first wind of a Japanese game's cancellation, Gamestop's inventory system has certainly clued us in to game announcements / release dates / launch prices before.
I'm about 50/50 now that this is either a total screw-up on GS's part or Sony isn't ready to let the cat out of the bag yet.
echoshifting
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They wouldn't hesitate to move it to another platform, though. That seems like the likeliest explanation at this point.
GT and?
SolidSnakex
Member
Which means that they just burn through that money a lot faster.
Team Bondi apparently burned through 20m in two years before Sony finally said "enough!"GT5P and GT5. Those two have outsold every other game that Sony has released this generation.
Ghost Dad the Whip
Member
How do they not release this game, especially with the success of the team ico HD reissues?
imo this is just gamestop doing some creative bookkeeping at the end of the year.
imo this is just gamestop doing some creative bookkeeping at the end of the year.
I know you guys are trying to stay positive, but in all likelyhood, it's cancelled, at least on PS3 and Sony are clearly stalling on the announcement.
I doubt Gamestop woudl just randomly do this, and to balance out their bottom line of all things. You think other people haven't pre-ordered games a year or more in advance?
They wouldn't make the call if it wasn't true. I don't think.
I doubt Gamestop woudl just randomly do this, and to balance out their bottom line of all things. You think other people haven't pre-ordered games a year or more in advance?
They wouldn't make the call if it wasn't true. I don't think.
Sony owned property. Or maybe you mean Vita or PS4, but that's pretty unlikely. Team ICO is a very small studio which is part of the reason it has taken so long to develop.
Rebel Leader
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This is still a mixed bowl
Lord Ghirahim
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Vita system seller.
GT5 and?
sixteen-bit
Member
Hmm, I wonder.
But thats exactly what they do...constantly.
Ah ok lol, I thought you meant IP not titles.
Why not, it's probably got another 2-3 years left in development considering all the management reshuffling, team morale, among other factors. The game has never been in a position to be playable to the public either. I think it's just safe to pull the plug and have all the talented programmers and designers at Team ICO work on something more productive.
I don't have much faith in this game to be all that good anymore to be honest. Ueda's vision just probably wasn't feasible from a production standpoint.
Deadly Joker
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You got me, lol
CoachKevin
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I'm sorry but I had to post this:
ZedIndyLil
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Another semi-idiotic theory to add to the panic:
What if this just means the US release is cancelled?
What if this just means the US release is cancelled?
-Pyromaniac-
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lol wut
To Far Away Times
Member
Sad day for gaming if The Last Guardian is indeed canceled.
2 games, 1 that could be considered high quality in a 6 year gen. Nice output.
I think PSN and Vita would be a bad move. The game, outside of niche places like GAF doesn't have a huge dominant appeal like Dudebro II would. They know that the units wouldn't sell as well as other "normal" type games.
PSN would go unseen by the masses because there's piss poor advertising for new content on PSN. Vita, while it is an impressive handheld would be a step backwards in the development of the game.
PS4? Maybe, but that's still pretty far off.
I'd like to believe that Sony tweet, but Sony is pretty shitty about lying to its fan base.
PSN would go unseen by the masses because there's piss poor advertising for new content on PSN. Vita, while it is an impressive handheld would be a step backwards in the development of the game.
PS4? Maybe, but that's still pretty far off.
I'd like to believe that Sony tweet, but Sony is pretty shitty about lying to its fan base.
Rebel Leader
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sixteen-bit
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Sony is saying it isn't canceled.
diffusionx
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I really don't think they would move this to PS4 considering Ueda doesn't even work for the company anymore and they've spent gazillions of dollars over the years just getting to this point.
Already been brought up, and not really idiotic.
Sony this gen alone has decided to leave both First and Third party games in Japan. Beyond that, it's not like Last Guardian will be a huge seller.
echoshifting
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When was the last time we actually saw the game, though?
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
You had to go there, didn't you?
SolidSnakex
Member
Those two titles have sold 12.6m combined. I'm pretty sure that Sony is quite happy with that. Its DLC is also selling extremely sell (1 million pieces in the first two weeks of its release).
Fact is that SCEJ really hasn't been a failure this gen. They were just largely focused on the PSP while Sony's western studios were focused on the PS3.
sixteen-bit
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Parents, I think. Game advisers can be persuasive.
They both do and the boy is resurrected as the next guardian cat-bird thing.
Rebel Leader
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Xenoblade.
Polyphony's sold a lot of software, but that doesn't mean SCEJ overall hasn't been a clusterfuck. And I'm not sure I'd point to GT5/P as a project management success story.
VeryGooster
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I agree. Where else can I read about the history of anime hair? Or something...
That's pretty much what I was betting - My wager was that neither dies or that they're resurrected and become one in some traditional Japanese earth spirit thing. My friend straight up bet that one or both of them would die and stay dead.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
But they just got half way finished!
maquiladora
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WHAT THE
-Pyromaniac-
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Why hasn't the thread title changed, wow GAF mods are only after the HITZZ.
lol
lol
Interfectum
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The game has always been pure vaporware wouldn't shock me if it was cancelled eventually.
SkylineRKR
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I don't think Ps4 is all that much further from the actual release of TLG. I expect TLG to be released in 2013 if its still in development, and I am not surprised if Sony announces a Ps4 for late 2013 somewhere next year. But TLG not a system seller so it wouldn't make sense to push this ongoing project to a newly released system.
Its likely just a Ps3 release, or a cancel.