RUMOR: Perfect Dark Returning Without Rare

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shikamaru317 said:

CaptainExplosion said:

So if they can't recapture the original game's audience they'll find a new one?

Thing is, the original audience isn't exactly huge, Perfect Dark sold 2.5m which by today's standards isn't exactly a lot for an exclusive. They could try to make another Perfect Dark shooter to recapture the old audience, but the last time they tried that with Perfect Dark Zero it was a big flop, and even if they succeed where Zero failed the upper limit is about the same as the first game, since standard singleplayer shooter aren't exactly hugely successful these days.

A reboot on the other hand, with a different genre, probably stands a better chance at reviving the series. Gamers like story driven games these days, just look at series like Uncharted and Horizon over at Sony, they do extremely well, and MS has been lacking games that cater to that audience. By creating a story driven Perfect Dark game instead of a story driven new IP, they can capitalize on the original fanbase while also attracting new fans, it's their best chance of success imo.

Perfect Dark was already story driven though.It wasnt up to the point like Uncharted, but it very much had a strong story.If MS manages to make an exceptional game, and reboot the series(which lets be honest, they just need totake the original game story and expand it), assuming it gets a good marketing push, MS could be seeing a new franchise that could move consoles and be associated to the xbox brand.