diffusionx
Gold Member
like 18,000 games come out a year bro.
I know when I watch presentations my eyes glaze over when the inevitable indieshit with the soft music comes on.
Pour one out for Double Fine
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I know when I watch presentations my eyes glaze over when the inevitable indieshit with the soft music comes on.
Kacho
Gold Member
He thinks enthusiast gamers are obligated to care about Tim Schaefer games.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Let's say that there are 10 million ultimate subscribers. More than 3 million of them would have to cancel before MS is making less money than they are currently. Seems unlikely.
I didn't get a chance to watch that. Looked over the highlights from others of the show and must have missed it.
Hugare
Member
Double Fine has made a masterpiece with Psychonauts 2
Everything else from them tho, excluding the original Psychonauts, was trash
Not trash exactly, but meh. I dont see how they can be proffitable for MS.
Perfect scenario for MS would be tons of Team Cherry teams (3-10 talented devs) making indies
Doube Fine has 100+ employees. They must be a money sink for MS.
Everything else from them tho, excluding the original Psychonauts, was trash
Not trash exactly, but meh. I dont see how they can be proffitable for MS.
Perfect scenario for MS would be tons of Team Cherry teams (3-10 talented devs) making indies
Doube Fine has 100+ employees. They must be a money sink for MS.
DKehoe
Member
That's fair, to be honest I am far more out of touch with gaming than I used to be.
drotahorror
Member
Looks great artstyle/graphically. Not sure about the gameplay though and I've never really liked a double fine game.
Gamer_By_Proxy
About to beat off
This doesn't even look like a game worth trying if you have GP tbh. Even if you just look at GP games, you better have finished Nine Sols and Hollow Knight if you plan to play this. ha!
Griffon
Member
Tim Schaffer is the type of director who likes to piss money away on niche games that don't sell.
I think once doublefine is done with, he'll find he'll have a very hard time finding the next suckers willing to bankroll his next game.
"Journalists" eating up your shit isn't enough to translate into real world results.
I think once doublefine is done with, he'll find he'll have a very hard time finding the next suckers willing to bankroll his next game.
"Journalists" eating up your shit isn't enough to translate into real world results.
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ShadyAcshuns
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I'm getting sick of all the PlayStation worship and the crying when a damn game isn't on that platform, like the entire world is crumbling. Here's an idea: stop being an "only PlayStation" gamer and whole new worlds will open up to you guys.
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semiconscious
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jeez! just looked it up. double fine's first game was psychonauts (2005), a game which i love & have played multiple times. but everything since? aside from costume quest, which i got about halfway thru, & psychonauts 2, which i thought was somewhat disappointingly wholesome, i haven't really cared about or bothered with anything they've developed over the last 20 years! damn!...
Knucklepux
Member
Is that what you took from my post?
Null Persp
Member
First time I'm hearing about this game
diffusionx
Gold Member
I think probably 99% of people on this forum have 2+ platforms.
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nial
Gold Member
You're wrong. Microsoft literally closed them alongside the entire ZeniMax Asia branch, it wasn't until much later that Krafton acquired the offices, the Tango Gameworks trademark and the Hi-FI Rush IP, with also doing the effort of hiring close to 50% of the studio's staff that was left unemployed (as the rest of the people have already gotten jobs everywhere else). Basically rebuilding the entire thing.
Also, do you seriously think that anyone who isn't very known like Shinji Mikami (who wasn't even involved in Hi-Fi Rush, btw) isn't talented enough to be determined to keep their jobs? What's with that way of thinking?
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clarky
Gold Member
Define bomb
BusierDonkey
Member
I love Double Fine's games, but I have never heard of this game until I saw this thread. Microsoft is so incredibly bad at marketing, just the worst.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
It was still part of the whole Bethesda package so we have no idea if they are wanted Tango game works, like, ever? Clearly they didn't. Shinji Mikami is of course a big piece. That's like Kojima studio without Kojima.
clarky
Gold Member
It had a quick trailer at the showcase and nothing more. It was very easy to miss and looked fairly unremarkable.
PlayStaytion
Member
The industry isn't about art anymore, at least the way we knew it, we've got High on Life and it serve it's purpose from Xbox perspective.The free market has spoken.Hard to feel sorry for devs who put out art-house niche products that don't sell. Microsoft surely has to be getting tired of propping these kind of studios/games up.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Too late, I'm already drunk, Instead of pouring it out, I drank the entire bottle.
This physically hurts me seeing the apathy and negative comments here.
clarky
Gold Member
You had a negative sounding title, now the negativity bled into the thread.
Have faith in the title you are looking forward to. Instead if this fails it will be partially your fault.
May I suggest looking into drugs that are less of a depressant than alcohol?
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Yep. Saw someone else complaining about a game not being on ps yesterday, and they were also crying doom and gloom about it. That's why I said something.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I don't have faith in the title, It has no dialog, meaning Tim Shaffer didn't write anything for this game.
It doesn't have much going for it. It's got weird atmosphere so there's that.
Not launching on all platforms and yes, it's going to bomb.
Hudo
Member
Just out of curiosity: If Xbox and PC players aren't gonna buy this, then why does it matter whether it is also released on Playstation as well? Playstation players also aren't gonna buy it, then.
clarky
Gold Member
I believe they have multiple projects in the works, I'm sure they will be (double) fine. They fucked Tango off because Mikami bailed and they had nothing in the pipeline.
As long as Tim Schafer sticks around and they have another title coming out of pre-production I see no reason to be concerned.
kevboard
Member
I think they are handling them like Nintendo handles Bayonetta. it's like a "look, we're the good guys" move. so I think they are save for the time being
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Bingo. Dude has never made a good/relevant game.
Idk how he gets funding unless he has a smile like a donut behind closed doors.
clarky
Gold Member
Name me one game that has "hit big" on game pass.
PauloRoberto
Member
we are talking about MS... i would not be surprise they are thinking THAT :-D
nial
Gold Member
Ok, sure, could be the case. The rest of your post is still wrong.
I would bet absolutely everything on Kojima training new blood on KJP to lead the studio for the next generation. Again, attributing the entirety of a studio's worth on one single person is stupid, especially in this specific instance where Tango Gameworks had already proved what they could do without Mikami at the helm with Hi-Fi Rush.
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amigastar
Member
I agree, Tim Schafer's writing is always a win for the game. and so far I'm not that interested in the game.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
If it bombs its not because its not on Playstation.......but dont tell OP that.....he needs that as one of his points.
Microsoft is simply sending this game out to die.
They did a deep dive for the game, but it wasnt market well either so im sure alot of people didnt even watch it.
It looks like a cute little game, I dont expecting to sell gangbuster, not even close, but it also doesnt look particularly expensive or large.
In the days of Xbox Live Arcade, I could totally see this as being a game released on Xbox Live Arcade only
clarky
Gold Member
Correct.
To be fair when people think Double Fine they think Tim Schafer. Which isn't the case, Double Fines output is mostly trash and wouldn't be missed.
Knucklepux
Member
So you just ignored the rest of what I said. But beyond that, the whole reason Xbox started going multi platform is because games were dying in their closed ecosystem. So I mean literally plays a part. Even Microsoft says so
Knucklepux
Member
If it bombs its not because its not on Playstation.......but dont tell OP that.....he needs that as one of his points.
Microsoft is simply sending this game out to die.
They did a deep dive for the game, but it wasnt market well either so im sure alot of people didnt even watch it.
It looks like a cute little game, I dont expecting to sell gangbuster, not even close, but it also doesnt look particularly expensive or large.
In the days of Xbox Live Arcade, I could totally see this as being a game released on Xbox Live Arcade only
You're focusing as if I'm a PS fanboy. I'm a video game fan boy. I'm not saying that it would sell millions if they released it on PlayStation. But pretty easy economics to realize that missing out on an install base of another 123 million users might impact the bottom line lol
Follow up question: are you slow?
Knucklepux
Member
Well that was only one talking point. But there are like 123 million PlayStation users. So even if it doesn't sell great, it's a lot easier to make a profit when selling to a larger install base
dgrdsv
Member
TBF I have it in my release log and wishlisted - and I had to google it after seeing this thread to remember what's this game even is.
Tells you A LOT about the failure which Xbox marketing has become.
