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Well, that might retroactively shed some light on other strange things which happened in autumn with Platinum.
What happened?
Well, that might retroactively shed some light on other strange things which happened in autumn with Platinum.
Wasnt this kamiyas dream game damn Microsoft
From how I'm reading it. They bit off more than they could chew, fell behind on some other projects - forcing them to siphon people from the Scalebound team - and by the time they could place them back on the team they were already too far behind for Microsoft to bother anymore.
I'll survive. Thanks.How does this affect Snyderverse?
Well shit, after this, Phantom Dust and Fable Legend, i don't think i'll ever trust another Microsoft announcement unless it's some obvious first party.
Not that you should buy consoles off of promises, but i'd be pretty pissed right now, if i did.
Heard he took time off for his mental health, yea :-/
Killed Scalebound and Verendus, when will he stop!
Sony should pick it up. They don't care about missing deadlines lol.
On the positive side, this opens Platinum up to making a Vanquish 2.
Kind of funny that Spencer the saviour managed to have a worse track record regarding Games compared to the much hated Mattrick.
What the FUCK! No game is worth this much stress. Best of luck to you, Kamiya.
That's what I'm thinking happened too going by the wording in that article. Bad management on Platinum's part.
Microsoft is a business, they were paying platinum for a good game and after 4 years platinum had nothing to show for it. All of the previews and impressions were either negative or mediocre as well and it's not like Platinum Games sell bucket loads either. Yeah some of the blame can be directed at Microsoft for contracting platinum considering their games don't really sell but lol at trying to pin this all on Spencer.Sure, spin this into a "good thing". Whatever makes you sleep at night.
I don't have any hatred whatsoever for Xbox, quite the opposite in fact. I like the brand. I just dislike the people who are currently in charge and are running the division into the ground. If you are an Xbox fan you should feel the same way. Nobody more than myself wishes I was more wrong about Microsoft and Phil Spencer. Nobody.
So did Platinum take members off Scalebound to work on something else or did they just go on vacation for a month? That line in the article is weird in that they were forced off the project.
Nail in the coffin. Hopefully nobody says something aweful to Kamiya on Twitter.
Also from that E3 2014: Forza Horizon 2 and Ori which both came out and were well received.That E3 2014 conference may as well have just not even happened for Microsoft.
Fable Legends, Phantom Dust, Scalebound, and Crackdown 3 all shown off that year and haven't come out yet or got cancelled.
It's a shame really since Microsoft's actual line up was good a couple of years ago before they just started cancelling so much or delaying so much, now it just seems so spread thin. That's why I bought my Xbox One and that's why I will now probably sell my Xbox One.
From how I'm reading it. They bit off more than they could chew, fell behind on some other projects - forcing them to siphon people from the Scalebound team - and by the time they could place them back on the team they were already too far behind for Microsoft to bother anymore.
Work on the game took a serious knock last autumn, Eurogamer sources say, when several senior members of the development team were forced to take a month away from the pressure of the project's heavy workload.
What is MS doing with Xbox? It all seems so poorly managed.
Great, another Microsoft property gone. I'm not in the "fuck MS" crowd, but my reasons for gaming on Xbox are dwindling. They keep cancelling projects, they keep closing studios, and they keep dropping the things I get hyped for, while pushing stuff I really don't care much about.
I'm losing interest, and at this rate I'm starting to feel very unsure whether I should really bother getting the Scorpio since PS4 is more and more becoming my preferred platform.
Maybe Platinum messed up, but I really wouldn't be surprised if it's Microsoft sticking their nose in and demanding changes left and right. After that whole Lionhead post mortem Eurogamer posted, I wouldn't be surprised.
Well that's it. The only reason I kept my Xbox around is canned. It'll be getting punted to CEX ASAP.
It sounds like more of a case of the development not going well (Kamiya's mental health may have been an issue), and MS didn't really have an option.God dammit Microsoft. It's literally only Halo Forza and Gears huh? This pisses me off so much.
Please tell me there's a thread or some posts for this one.
Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Recore?
People here are still shouting they want a SO 2. But can you blame MS for being abit reluctant about that. Because it didnt sell well.
Not to mention Below and Cuphead were announced in 2013&2014 respectively and are nowhere to be seen.