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

[Mr Puggsly]

OttoniBastos said:

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.

5 million for a multiplayer only game with,based in this article,not top notch graphics.

then microsoft added a 6 hours single player campaign(that after became 30 hours promise) with CGI presentation that was too far from what devs were able to do it.

enforcing new features without raising the already low budget was not a good move.

Hell i'm sure that the #huntthetruth campaing alone was more expensive that the couple of millions that devs asked to be added.

Quite honestly, I don't think I believe it. MS aren't some amateurs in the gaming business. Making significantly more content with no extra money doesn't make a lot of sense.

We're just hearing one side of a story. Also, if MS doesn't want to spend money why is the game being moved to another studio? Lets remember the game hasn't been cancelled.

Here's the thing, MS has published many games and worked with many studio. Something really went wrong with this one, there must be more to the story.

No point in bringing Halo into this. That has been a massive success for MS.