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bananaking21 on 25 August 2017

Well MS maybe you shouldn't announce games right when you start developing them, and don't even Have a Dev for them yet.



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ThisGuyFooks on 25 August 2017
smroadkill15 said:

 

Crackdown 3 is a very ambitious game on the multiplayer side. No other game has every released something like it. Of course I believe MS should have waited to announce it much sooner but comparing it to Horizon isn't really a fair comparison. Both are very different games. MS knows if they fuck up with the multiplayer they will be eating their words for years. It can't be, "good enough". It has to work like they advertised. 

How so? There is nothing revolutionary about the MP portion of the game.

What did you find ambitious about it? The destruction? It doesnt add anything other than look cool.



Turkish on 25 August 2017

It's crazy how till this day literally nothing from their E3 2014 has been released.



S.T.A.G.E. on 25 August 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
Sony also has this habit of announcing games 2-3 years before release. 7 years in TLG's case.

Yeah... and how many other games did sonys first party give you last gen to held us all over? Many Japanese devs last gen were having issues making the transition to next gen from the ps2 to ps3 in aaa games. Funny enough it's not the first time Microsofts development.



Mr Puggsly on 25 August 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Please... they just exposed how bad their first party development time table is. There's no need for bullshit lines. That game was expected in 2016 which means the development timetable was around four years more posisjbly more. horizon zero dawn took five years and crackdown is nowhere on that game or breath of the wilds level. You're closing in on five years Microsoft. This isn't about learning how to keep your mouth shut microsoft. This is about learning how to develop on a world class level.

if they didn't announce crackdown in 2014 people would've expected that they weren't going to have much sooner.

Like The Last Guarian, The Order, and Gran Turismo? Sometimes studios are to blame. Remedy is also known for long development times.

I'm thinking the reception of Crackdown 3 wasn't great so they pushed it back. MS probably feels they can lean on X1X and 3rd party bundles this holiday.



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LudicrousSpeed on 25 August 2017

Well it was delayed so uh, no shit Sherlock.



Angelus on 25 August 2017
smroadkill15 said:
Angelus said:
And yet, despite realizing this, you still went out at E3 this year and gave it a release date you knew damn well it wasn't going to hit. So despite understanding the fact that jumping the gun gets you nowhere, and ultimately just makes you look bad, you still kept doing it. Bravo

How do you know that? They could have very well planned it to release this year but about 3 weeks ago realized they needed more time. 

Oh please....you think it's a coincidence that what would have been one of their only exclusives this holiday only got like a minute and change flash and dash at E3? Really, if it had released this year, it would have been THE premier exlusive they had on their side, cus outside of that there's just Forza as a AAA exclusive, and given that those release bianually, and the very specific market for sim racers, Crackdown would have been their most pushed/marketed title easily. So the fact that they practically glossed over it at the biggest event in gaming, is incredibly telling. That's just a fact. You don't have to read very deeply between the lines to figure that out. They knew this game was in rocky waters, and simply chose to dance around the fact for a while, so everyone would believe there was a major Xbox One X launch title to look forward to. 

They knew damn well that the only way it would launch this year was in shambles.



S.T.A.G.E. on 25 August 2017
Mar1217 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Please... they just exposed how bad their first party development time table is. There's no need for bullshit lines. That game was expected in 2016 which means the development timetable was around four years more posisjbly more. horizon zero dawn took five years and crackdown is nowhere on that game or breath of the wilds level. You're closing in on five years Microsoft. This isn't about learning how to keep your mouth shut microsoft. This is about learning how to develop on a world class level.

 

if they didn't announce crackdown in 2014 people would've expected that they weren't going to have much sooner.

But how are they going to sell their consoles if they cannot present interesting software to go with it ? :O

Well let's see.... how about they make interesting new ips unless the issue is that they cannot. Overpromising re overwording is one of Microsofts biggest issues. 



VGPolyglot on 25 August 2017
smroadkill15 said:
Angelus said:
And yet, despite realizing this, you still went out at E3 this year and gave it a release date you knew damn well it wasn't going to hit. So despite understanding the fact that jumping the gun gets you nowhere, and ultimately just makes you look bad, you still kept doing it. Bravo

How do you know that? They could have very well planned it to release this year but about 3 weeks ago realized they needed more time. 

If that's really how it went down, that's even worse.



IamAwsome on 25 August 2017
bananaking21 said:
Well MS maybe you shouldn't announce games right when you start developing them, and don't even Have a Dev for them yet.

To be fair, MS is FAR from the only publisher to do this. Just look at the last two Smash Bros. games, Kingdom Hearts III, and Beyond Good & Evil 2. Sony also announces games too far in advance (FFVII...).