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Steve Gaynor from Fullbright was on Colin & Greg Live (Kinda Funny Games) this morning to chat and had some information to share about Gone Home for consoles.

As many of us suspected, he confirmed that the deal with Midnight City/Majesco is now dead, as is the port.

Fullbright's focus is on their new game, Tacoma, and while they are still interested in bringing Gone Home to other platforms, there's not currently any new plans or deals in place.

During the show, Greg tweeted to multiple Sony folks asking for help and Gio Corsi replied that he would be happy to "reconnect" with Fullbright, so there may be a thin ray of hope on the horizon.

While this tweet may seem like the usual kind that amounts to nothing, it's important to remember that it was similar actions by Greg that helped put pressure on Sony to bring Borderlands 2 to Vita.

You can watch the discussion here, starts at around 7:25 and goes to 11:30

http://www.twitch.tv/kindafunnygames/v/3855040

 

[SystemBug]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

 

[Dryk]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

Greg is to Sony as NeoGAF is to Durante

 

[bananafactory]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

Haha yeah, though since he covered the Playstation beat for so long with IGN I assume it's because those are the folks he has the closest relationship with.

 

[Amir0x]

I hope that works. Gone Home is an interesting experimental game no matter where you ultimately fall on its final quality. I personally think it's absolutely worth experiencing, but regardless the more options for gamers on any platform the better.

 

[maxcriden]

That's a bummer. I was still hoping to see it on Wii U.

 

[Phediuk]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

 

[bananafactory]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

It's actually pretty sluggish on my PC, surprisingly.

 

[ike_]

Goddamnit. Well how do I make them shutup and take more of my money? Would have bought (and probably not replayed for a while).

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

The game's actually optimized like shit, it ran like a dog for me and my rig's no slouch.

This is unfortunate but not unexpected completely. I hope they can pull together something so that console gamers can get a chance to play. Gone Home was a favorite that year.

 

[bananafactory]

Goddamnit. Well how do I make them shutup and take more of my money? Would have bought (and probably not replayed for a while).

I'm guessing the best anyone who wants it can do is pressure Adam and Gio under the Building the List campaign to try and get something happening

 

[TomShoe]

Greg is to Sony as NeoGAF is to Durante

Gio Corsi puts in work though. I remember him at PSX making announcements left and right.

 

[Surface of Me]

Misread title as Grow Home and became really confused.

 

[mreddie]

Fuck.

 

[Ace Harding]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

Yeah I even played it on an old Mac Mini. Basically any Mac or PC from the last six years should play it fine.

Edit: I see some people had issues running it. It did look like shit on my Mac but I really don't think it affected my experience. I could hear and read everything just fine, and the atmosphere of the house still clicked perfectly.

 

[Bass260]

Oh well, was looking forward to giving it a try on Wii U.

 

[ike_]

I'm guessing the best anyone who wants it can do is pressure Adam and Gio under the Building the List campaign to try and get something happening

Ok, well if as a company their time is better spent working on their next project I can definitely acquiesce to that.

But I will still pay through the nose to get the Greg Miller shirtless swatting at beer cans game.

 

[David___]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

Well Sony is the only one currently with a port/localization team.

 

[Mifune]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

Not everyone has a PC. I have a Macbook and surprise surprise, it's too weak to play Gone Home.

 

[AmuroChan]

Talked about it in the BuidingTheList thread earlier today.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=995441&highlight=buildingthelist&page=4

 

[Shizuka]

At least they're considering the Vita now, judging that it wasn't part of the deal when Majesco was around.

 

[bananafactory]

At least they're considering the Vita now, judging that it wasn't part of the deal when Majesco was around.

If you watch the video Steve laughs at the Vita suggestion lol. I think he's implying it won't run on it (which I would agree with), or just laughing at Vita in general

 

[DavidDesu]

Ok so I don't understand the difficulties of porting games but I did believe that the new generation of consoles shared PC architecture making porting a much simpler process. Surely its worth a few man hours, maybe a few weeks work to make make his happen? Surely it'd be worth the sales potential, or even the fee Sony pays to get it on PS+? I'd love to try this game and I don't have a gaming PC. Hope it happens.

 

[bananafactory]

Ok so I don't understand the difficulties of porting games but I did believe that the new generation of consoles shared PC architecture making porting a much simpler process. Surely its worth a few man hours, maybe a few weeks work to make make his happen? Surely it'd be worth the sales potential, or even the fee Sony pays to get it on PS+? I'd love to try this game and I don't have a gaming PC. Hope it happens.

I believe Fullbright is an extremely small team, even moving one or two people to the port could have a huge effect on Tacoma.

Pretty sure it will have to be outsourced if it happens, doesn't sound like they are capable of doing it internally. If PC > PS4 ports were only a few weeks of work I think we'd have way more PC games coming to consoles.

 

[Kinthalis]

Not everyone has a PC. I have a Macbook and surprise surprise, it's too weak to play Gone Home.

Not everyone has a pc but everyone has ps4? I think thats backwards.

 

[hiex_]

I hope they can work towards getting a console port. Gone Home was one of my favourite games I played last year.

 

[RE_Player]

It will come to consoles eventually. Sony should pick it up and make it a Morpheus showpiece.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Might as well make a deal for Tacoma, I want that one on Day 1.

 

[watership]

Well, I can't imagine anyone has a PC too weak to play Gone Home.

Lots of people don't play games on their PCs, regardless of the power.

 

[Soyongdori]

Lots of people don't play games on their PCs, regardless of the power.

Says who?

 

[bananafactory]

Says who?

I would wager that 75% of the people I know who play games do not do so on PC, despite nearly all of them owning reasonably powerful PCs.

But, anecdotal, etc. Just saying there is a large group of those out there

 

[Father_Brain]

I must have missed something. What is the Majesco situation?

 

[bananafactory]

I must have missed something. What is the Majesco situation?

http://www.destructoid.com/majesco-midnight-city-in-financial-peril-update--283901.phtml

 

[watership]

Says who?

Are you kidding? Most people who own pcs don't use them for gaming beyond facebook-type games.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Says who?

Would you argue that most people don't take photos on cameras that let you change lenses? There are levels of dedication to every hobby.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Shame. Amazing experience.

 

[Amir0x]

http://www.destructoid.com/majesco-midnight-city-in-financial-peril-update--283901.phtml

Damn. I heard Majesco was in trouble, but I didn't realize they were already entering the 'on-the-brink-of-ruin' state. This is sad and I hope everyone employed with the company lands peacefully on their feet

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

That's too bad, but I'm guessing the game got enough attention to gather someone else to the publishing table.

It's a great experience so I hope it goes to as many platforms as possible. And the PC version runs pretty badly in my experience. I played it at 20 FPS my first time through.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Well Sony is the only one currently with a port/localization team.

What are you talking about

 

[jholmes]

I was holding off on this waiting for the Wii U port. Maybe now I'll never play it. That's sort of OK because people on this board are absolutely obsessed with trying to ruin the big plot twist in whatever thread they can. (Please, nobody do it here. At all. Stop it.)

 

[BlackBuzzard]

What are you talking about

I think he means in terms of the big 3.

 

[David___]

I think he means in terms of the big 3.

Yea. AFAIK neither MS nor Nintendo have a 3rd Party Productions equivalent.

 

[Gusto]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

He's flexing his powa

 

[serversurfer]

I like how Greg goes straight to Sony lol

A suggestion to tweet Gio was actually going to be my contribution to this thread. lol

 

[Beerman462]

LoL at the tales from my ass percentages of PC gamers in this thread.

There are 2 questions to consider in this situation.

Do you want to play gone home? Yes or No

No?-PC gaming irrelevant

Yes?-Your PC can probably play this game at reduced quality. Since it is a slow paced exploration/narrative driven game, performance and controls are not much of a factor, so just play the game.

 

[Reset]

Not everyone has a pc but everyone has ps4? I think thats backwards.

Show me where he said everyone has a PS4. This might come as a shock to you, but I'll let you on a little secret. Not everyone prefers to play games on their PC.

 

[outunderthestars]

Why I will be happy if the game gets a wider release I will be bummed for Wii U people who will now miss out on the game.

 

[Nanashrew]

I was holding off on this waiting for the Wii U port. Maybe now I'll never play it. That's sort of OK because people on this board are absolutely obsessed with trying to ruin the big plot twist in whatever thread they can. (Please, nobody do it here. At all. Stop it.)

Same :C

If it doesn't come to Wii U at least I can still grab it on Steam.

 

[Stumpokapow]

There's no plot twist because it's not a game about plot, it's a game about atmosphere and characterization. If you're the kind of person who can only operate on the level of "what happens", this is definitely not an experience for you. But if you're the kind of person who likes soaking up the details, then I recommend Gone Home, and no "spoiler" is going to ruin it for you.

 

[Riposte]

There's no plot twist because it's not a game about plot, it's a game about atmosphere and characterization. If you're the kind of person who can only operate on the level of "what happens", this is definitely not an experience for you. But if you're the kind of person who likes soaking up the details, then I recommend Gone Home, and no "spoiler" is going to ruin it for you.

Although there is the issue of the boring setting and boring characters for all that atmosphere and characterization.