Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Why don't they just outsource the entire development
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
OrionNebula
Member
Why outsource when you can use a cheap AI, Ubi?
lughnasadh123
Member
Not sure if this is good or bad. Or somehow both...
tomato shrub
Member
The most miserable development hell of the decade. Just end it. The remaster of the first game looks good, it's fine now.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
They've been doing this shit for BG&E2 since 2019.
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SimTourist
Banned
I don't know why they insist on making this game, Michel Ancel has been retired for years and the game has been in development hell for 3 console generation.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Plug these babbys in, it will be grayte
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Sweet Baby Inc – We Know Stories.
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Victor Omega
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Ps6 releasing
FinalBossWithTheMostPower
Member
My interest in this game, over the years:
MALpractice311
Member
This has to be some sort of tax write off scam at this point. Why else would they just keep dumping money into this bottomless pit?
StreetsofBeige
Member
Is this game even still in development?
If so, I'd stop and cut losses. BG&E 1 originally came out 20 years ago sold terribly. And no doubt #2 will too. Its one of those franchises (similar to Abes Odyssey and Psychonauts) where you'll get some hardcore gamers bringing it up - even with its own threads. So a gamer not knowing anything about the franchise might think it's a popular IP. in reality, it's not.
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If so, I'd stop and cut losses. BG&E 1 originally came out 20 years ago sold terribly. And no doubt #2 will too. Its one of those franchises (similar to Abes Odyssey and Psychonauts) where you'll get some hardcore gamers bringing it up - even with its own threads. So a gamer not knowing anything about the franchise might think it's a popular IP. in reality, it's not.
Beyond Good & Evil (video game) - Wikipedia
Sales[edit]
Beyond Good & Evil was not a commercial success. The game saw poor sales upon its release in the 2003 Christmas and holiday season. Retailers quickly decreased the price by up to 80 percent. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine staff attributed the poor sales of the game—among many other 2003 releases—to an over-saturated market, and labeled Beyond Good & Evil as a commercial "disappointment".[69] In retrospect, Ancel noted that consumers at the time were interested in established franchises and technologically impressive games. Coupled with the number of "big titles" available, he stated that the market was a poor environment for Beyond Good & Evil and that it would take time to be appreciated.[17] The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine staff further commented that the lack of marketing from Ubisoft and the game's odd premise naturally reserved it to obscurity.[69] Part of the disappointing sales stemmed from Ubisoft not knowing how to market the title,[70] something that Ubisoft North America CEO Laurent Detoc labeled as one of his worst business decisions.[71] At the time, Ubisoft's marketing efforts were more focused on the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.[69] Ubisoft's former North American vice-president of publishing, Jay Cohen, and its European managing director, Alaine Corre, attributed the commercial failure of the game to a lack of marketing. "The game play was there, the technical excellence was there but perhaps the target audience was not there," Corre told the BBC.[72][73] Corre later commented that the Xbox 360 release (in 2011) "did extremely well", but considered this success "too late" to make a difference in the game's poor sales.[17] The game was intended to be the first part of a trilogy, but its poor sales placed those plans on hold at the time.[74]
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anothertech
Member
They outsourced to CIG so we can expect a similar release date to Star Citizen
Shifty1897
Member
I remember picking up the game on GameCube sometime around 2004 for cheap and playing it. It was fun but I couldn't understand why it had this cult following and why some critics were obsessed with it.Is this game even still in development?
If so, I'd stop and cut losses. BG&E 1 originally came out 20 years ago sold terribly. And no doubt #2 will too. Its one of those franchises (similar to Abes Odyssey and Psychonauts) where you'll get some hardcore gamers bringing it up - even with its own threads. So a gamer not knowing anything about the franchise might think it's a popular IP. in reality, it's not.
Beyond Good & Evil (video game) - Wikipedia
Sales[edit]
Beyond Good & Evil was not a commercial success. The game saw poor sales upon its release in the 2003 Christmas and holiday season. Retailers quickly decreased the price by up to 80 percent. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine staff attributed the poor sales of the game—among many other 2003 releases—to an over-saturated market, and labeled Beyond Good & Evil as a commercial "disappointment".[69] In retrospect, Ancel noted that consumers at the time were interested in established franchises and technologically impressive games. Coupled with the number of "big titles" available, he stated that the market was a poor environment for Beyond Good & Evil and that it would take time to be appreciated.[17] The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine staff further commented that the lack of marketing from Ubisoft and the game's odd premise naturally reserved it to obscurity.[69] Part of the disappointing sales stemmed from Ubisoft not knowing how to market the title,[70] something that Ubisoft North America CEO Laurent Detoc labeled as one of his worst business decisions.[71] At the time, Ubisoft's marketing efforts were more focused on the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.[69] Ubisoft's former North American vice-president of publishing, Jay Cohen, and its European managing director, Alaine Corre, attributed the commercial failure of the game to a lack of marketing. "The game play was there, the technical excellence was there but perhaps the target audience was not there," Corre told the BBC.[72][73] Corre later commented that the Xbox 360 release (in 2011) "did extremely well", but considered this success "too late" to make a difference in the game's poor sales.[17] The game was intended to be the first part of a trilogy, but its poor sales placed those plans on hold at the time.[74]
Astral Dog
Member
Im i reading this right i thought it was cancelled years ago!
StreetsofBeige
Member
Guess not. Going by the tweet, the woman is speaking in present tense regarding outsourcing the writing. So the game is still on.
balls of snow
Member
If it aint Joever then. It sure is now.
semiconscious
Member
this past nov 11 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of beyond good & evil. enough, already...
Aces High
Member
Let's face reality:
At its current state, ChatGPT can already write better stories than what we get in 90% of video games.
Brigandier
Member
Just kill it already ffs
We all knew it's going to look like this when they showed the trailer at E3 in 2017. They were crying on that stage, like this is something real and I was just laughing in front of my screen. Then Michel Ancel retired, Emile Morel passed away sadly...
Like... how many years do you need to write a screenplay for a video game xD They hired this girl 1.5 years ago and now decided to fire her and outsource the process. So what was she doing this whole time, together with her team (I assume)? And what were they doing since 2017?
And Ubisoft wonders why they struggle financially lol
At least they were brave enough to cancel WiLD, another vaporware that was going on for 7 years. Money well spent...
Like... how many years do you need to write a screenplay for a video game xD They hired this girl 1.5 years ago and now decided to fire her and outsource the process. So what was she doing this whole time, together with her team (I assume)? And what were they doing since 2017?
And Ubisoft wonders why they struggle financially lol
At least they were brave enough to cancel WiLD, another vaporware that was going on for 7 years. Money well spent...
John Bilbo
Member
If they released the game in its current state for free I would be interested to check it out.
Bit like that canceled Golden Axe sequel was released at least on Steam a couple of years ago.
Bit like that canceled Golden Axe sequel was released at least on Steam a couple of years ago.
SCB3
Member
Seriously at this point just kill it off,
I will never get the hype around this, the first game was ok but very mediocre, this has never looked good or realistic to come out and feels like a mistep every time, do we not remember the Joseph Gordon-Levitt thing with the "Free" Art you could submit?
I will never get the hype around this, the first game was ok but very mediocre, this has never looked good or realistic to come out and feels like a mistep every time, do we not remember the Joseph Gordon-Levitt thing with the "Free" Art you could submit?
Facism
Member
Plug these babbys in, it will be grayte
Sweet Baby Inc – We Know Stories.
every time i see this company's name, I feel it like it was made up by someone who thinks the age of consent is a suggestion.
Silver Wattle
Gold Member
SidViscous
Member
They put their Twitter on private after the script they helped write leaked for Suicide Squad
Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
kiphalfton
Member
How much money has been wasted on this game?
Just scrap it, and move on.
Not even like it's that popular of a series, so even if anything came out it's not like the return on investment would ever come to fruition.
Just scrap it, and move on.
Not even like it's that popular of a series, so even if anything came out it's not like the return on investment would ever come to fruition.
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saintjules
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My interest in this game, over the years:
Oohh I forgot where this scene was from?