boredandlazy
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Except Sony have nothing to do with Deep Down.
Scalebound cancelled [Platinum Games and Kamiya have commented]
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Except Sony have nothing to do with Deep Down.
Thought they were helping with the engine.
nah
Panta Rhei is probably dead
How did they drop the ball so hard after doing such a great job with MT Framework last gen?
Spyder_Monkey
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The engine was supposed to succeed MT Framework and be used everywhere but it's not because Capcom can't do anything right.
formasymphonic
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Bayonetta 3 for switch makes exactly as much sense as Bayonetta 2 for wii u. it would definitely sell consoles too
LiveFromKyoto
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I think it will for a lot of people. If a guy walks into a store and asks "which one does the best NBA 2K/Battlefield/Red Dead?" the guy behind the counter will be pointing at Scorpio. That will be more than MS has had so far this gen. I'm not saying it's going to get them passing Sony, or even catching up at any meaningful pace. But it could definitely right the ship and change their narrative, which has been in the gutter pretty much all generation.
The only things that can muck it up for them is if they need to price it sky high, or if Sony makes a spoiler announcement of newer, more promising hardware on the horizon this summer.
Yeah, what a weird thing to say. He could of just apologised for dissappointing anyone and then said it was a tough decision.
Tyrant Rave
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Crayon
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Awe.
AzureFlame
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It would be so very Microsoft if their intention all along was simply to kill off Platinum games so that they wouldn't be able to make games for their competitors anymore.
intheinbetween
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goldenpp72
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People so grossly over estimate specs. Xbox 1 blew the ps2 out of the water and no one gave a crap aside hardcore fans. As well, most people by the time the Scorpio hits, will already have entered this gen, and if not, the price difference will likely be too big. Systems are sold by software, and unless the next Xbox is basically getting next gen level games (and not 4k versions or something else few care about) it won't matter.
As someone who was a primary Xbox player through their first and second console, I have no intention of owning a Scorpio early in because of how the Xbox one has panned out, and unless the spec gap is big, i'll just keep using PS4. It's sad how MS went from such an aggressive company to basically giving up game wise.
KampferZeon
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you know, all the business reasons of cancelling a game ( ROI, meeting milestones ) could apply to Scorpio, too.
I wonder if Microsoft would dare cancel/delay Scorpio.
I wonder if Microsoft would dare cancel/delay Scorpio.
snoopeasystreet
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intheinbetween
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besides the huge amount of PS2's first and second party titles, OG XBOX lacked of most of the third party titles at the very begining: GTA III, Pro Evolution Soccer, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Ace Combat, Tekken, Street Fighter, etc.. that was one of the main reasons people skipped it and went for PS2 instead (same thing happened to Gamecube..)
I wouldn't put it past them. Microsoft has a reputation outside of gaming that goes back decades and hasn't changed since.
Raging Spaniard
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From a developer perspective, if working with Microsoft as a partner was so great, you think you would see exclusives, or more companies continuing to have a relationship with them after their game shipped.
If youre small enough and you made a bit of money for them, theyll buy you outright (happened a few times) but otherwise they dont have a good list of pure 3rd party partners.
If youre small enough and you made a bit of money for them, theyll buy you outright (happened a few times) but otherwise they dont have a good list of pure 3rd party partners.
InquisitorAles
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intheinbetween
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If it makes you feel any better, I think they're a lesser evil than Apple.
InquisitorAles
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If you'll follow his posts, it should be obvious for you. Huge MS hater and probably Nintendo fan, i believe almost half of his posts in this thread.
Crayon
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Net clearly has a lot to learn about hating Microsoft. I should take him under my wing.
Platinum Games blog post: https://www.platinumgames.com/official-blog/article/9223
Platinum Games' Kenichi Sato said:
It still hurts
Cheers, Sal. This should be added in the OP, I feel.
Okay.
Microsoft will get to him first.
He1nekenP1ss
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snoopeasystreet
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They still have the Scalebound page up on the site with description and screens. This sucks
Spyder_Monkey
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Well at least they still have that Granblue game coming out.
I bet they have incriminating evidence of him getting pee'd on by some hookers.
Mr. Smiley
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Hope those 100 or so developers get a new project soon.
Muscle Wizard
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Back in January of 2015, Sony had an event at the Taipei Game Show, which including this teaser countdown of upcoming games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDzmL2UjQc4
When the audio from Order 1886 says "two" we got a quick glimpse of a 2 in the font and style of the Metal Gear Rising title. Fans were ecstatic and began speculating that MGR 2 was going to be announced soon.
When articles began to come out about the speculation, Konami quickly came out and said it wasn't MGR 2 and even Kojima commented on Rising 2 not being made. Platinum said that the 2 was just to celebrate the games second anniversary, despite the fact that celebrating a game's second anniversary is suspect, it being celebrated at a big event presser for upcoming games is not really the most logical explanation, and the games actual anniversary wasn't for another month.
When February did roll around, an artist at Platinum did a little piece to celebrate the anniversary (and to smoke screen).
https://www.vg247.com/2015/02/25/th...s-for-the-second-anniversary-of-the-original/
However, later in the year we learned all about the debacle between Kojima and Konami and with the added knowledge that Kojima was kept on a different floor away from MGSV development team for the last six months before launch, it's clear that he wasn't speaking to anyone else either and that any projects he had any involvement in were canned.
This would explain why Sony at Taipei didn't get the memo at the time and left the 2 in the trailer. We also have Quinton Flynn, Raiden's VA, talk a bit about a sequel was basically a sure thing before the Konami news hit and he thinks the project is completely dead now.
The fact that Nier: Automata has almost the same development team as MGR as well as very similar combat is a big indicator they were working on something at the time. My guess the reason we're getting Nier: Automata is that there may have been some dialogue between Platinum and either Squar or Yoko Taro about how they have the foundation for an action game, which would also explain why Nier of all games is getting a sequel, not that I mind (I'm actually happy).
ForkNetwork
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Have they ever had a project of that scale before? If not, a lot were probably contractors which were funded by MS which makes the situation fine.
Man, I'd almost anti-trust microsoft if they did something like this.
Obviously, it's ludicrous but the idea that they'd do something so 90s MS shady is pretty funny.
If it wasn't for the annoying coop chieves in Kameo I would've gotten them all. Seriously, that was the 360s freaking Zelda minus some very obvious polish issues. Pisses me off, it was a great game.
I feel like there's a very juicy story waiting to be unearthed.
Jaguar Victory
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Or maybe nothing. Kind of like what both sides got. Now they're both working on rebounding amicably in the aftermath of a poor partnership.
Muscle Wizard
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I don't know man, we got a pretty interesting story after Fable Legends was a canned and Lionhead was axed.
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