It always makes me sad to see Ninja Theory struggle as much as they have. I'm from the UK so the reality is we've seen a lot of our video game development talent dry up in the past 15 years, and it'd suck to see another team forced out. While they upset a lot of DMC fans the reality is they made 3 really good of which no were ever really 'hits'.
I really liked Enslaved and think it had everything it needed to be a success, but unfortunately Namco were their publisher - and Namco are a bit of a disaster with publishing anything outside of Japan. DmC was a great game too, but they alienated a core fanbase with it - if it'd had been a new IP with that gameplay and visual style it'd probably have stood a better chance. I never got to play Heavenly Sword but I feel it was just caught up in the poor PS3 launch, maybe would of faired better if it'd had been a year later.
I know this interview was a misquote and they have some form of next-gen AAA thing lined up, I just hope it does see the light of day cause they can make great games and I'm sure they're capable of making a hit. The hack N slash brawler genre thing is pretty much limited to God of War, DMC and Bayonetta nowadays and to me really needs someone to inject something new into it (Ascension was so, so, tired) so hopefully they can find what it needs.
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