| epicberserk said: Microsoft wouldn't work with level 5 at all cuz level 5 was making a xbox1 exclusive title forgot da name of it and microsoft canceled it ban in the day and I thought microsoft own the ip of gears of war but anyways their many studios that microsoft can go to me personaly think if microsoft were 2 buy a studio I think it would be epic and their get chair entertainment makers of shadow complex cuz epic owns chair I would want that to happen but anyways I would wish mgs would change and get studios it would help them in different regions and for us gamers and fans |
I heard about that Level 5 project. It was a Xbox1-exclusive MMORPG I believe. Microsoft lost patience with them because Level 5 didn't have much MMO experience and there were setbacks. Level 5 blamed the breakdown on Microsoft not understanding Japanese culture and way of doing business but who knows what really went on back then. Itagaki and Sakaguchi were very pleased with their relationship with Microsoft so the fault could just be on Level 5 IMO. Still, if Level 5 couldn't do the job, Microsoft deserves part of the blame for hiring them. Microsoft should have known prior to hiring them whether they could have done the job to satisfaction or not.
I don't see why M$ shouldn't try again with Level 5. But this time they should collaborate on a game that Level 5 has more experience with (like a single-player RPG or a non-massively multiplayer online rpg like WKC) so that they don't run into the same issue again. It's been a long time since that incident so unless Level 5 is the type to hold a grudge, I don't see why not. And with Microsoft having more experience with Japanese developers these days compared to back then, things may be different now.
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