How a small studio's chance at big time died at Microsoft's doorstep

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Mr Puggsly said:

OttoniBastos said:
This western industry man....

I mean,we huge budget for rehashed,underwhelming games with lack of features that make us wonder "where the hell the money went?" and then a game like this that was supose to be a gift for fans is cheaped out like this.....

I'm not saying they should just burn money on a niche game,but damn at least give enough to actually make the project "doable".

If the studio thought they could do it for 5 million then it should haven been done for that amount. Changing their tune and asking for 7 to 8 million is crazy.

Uh...maybe you missed the part where MS wanted a 6hr single-player campaign, but weren't going to give them another dime after the intial $5M.  $5M they had originally agreed to when it was going to be MP only.  Then, it was promised by a head at Xbox to be a ~30 hr campaign.  You honestly don't think asking for some more money to reach that goal is unreasonable, right?