TH-Work said:
Mummelmann said:
Name one other company that delayed one of their five biggest running franchises for 1,5-2 years, all the while lying about it, and then revealing it to be cross-platform with their next-gen console after shooting down speculation on that the whole time (they kept insisting it was Wii U only and they promised launch at least on two separate occassions and missed both), ultimately pissing off the majority of their userbase. Not to mention leaving their platform more or less barren for the biggest sales season in what is only its fourth year on the market.
This is a fairly unique situation, and with it being so blatantly obvious, I find it rather in poor taste that they didn't just come out and say it earlier, or at the very least held back on the denial. It's not like Wii U sales could get much worse, regardless of their announcements.
People are upset not because of the delays in themselves, but due to the incredibly awkward and dishonest way it was handled all along. They put themselves in this situation from the release, or even the planning phase of the Wii U though, let's hope it's a wake-up call for them at long last.
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The Last Guardian, is that enough?
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As in, the spiritual sequel to two games where the first sold 0.5-0.75 million on a 155 million userbase and the sequel sold a little over 1 million on the same sized userbase at the height of the massive 6th generation of consoles? No, that is not enough, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are very far from being among Sony's biggest franchises, or top five, it's not a huge series with millions of fans dating back to the 80's and The Last Guardian has never caused this much dismay due to this.
The Last Guardian almost has more in common with Duke Nuke 'Em Forever, in that it became, and remains today, a running joke in the industry, and if anything, people are taking it with humor rather than scorn after all these years.
So, no; that's not nearly enough.
