Lionhead Shutting Down. Fable Legends Cancelled.

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Boskabo said:
Not surprised it happened, since becoming an xbox studio they haven't really hit much, except pre release hype with fable 1.

 

I disagree with that, considering the three Fables broke the 10 million units sold combined. In fact, each sequel sold better than its predecessor:

 

1	Fable III	X360	2010	Role-Playing	Microsoft Game Studios	3.58	1.10	0.05	0.38	5.11
2	Fable II	X360	2008	Role-Playing	Microsoft Game Studios	2.51	1.25	0.11	0.41	4.28
3	Fable	XB	2004	Role-Playing	Microsoft Game Studios	1.99	0.58	0.00	0.09	2.66

 

Their worst job to date was the Kinect game, which apparently no one was interested in:

6

Fable: The Journey

X360

2012

Role-Playing

Microsoft Game Studios

0.17

0.08

0.00

0.02

0.28

 

For comparison, if VGC numbers are anything to go by, the Fable franchise has sold more than the Killzone one. Yet I don't see Sony shutting down the company behind them, so it's not about being a "studio unlikely to attract costumers". They've proven to be profitable.