Leynos on 04 June 2021
Unless your name is Mario or Sonic. 3D platformers just don't make money these days. So KS games and indies are the best you will get with rare exceptions like a Lucky's Tail. Banjo is in a weird spot. It's most famous on Nintendo consoles. Its last outing bombed on 360. It's kinda a risk for MS. Do you make a game on a console where the demographic is smaller for that type of game? Do you also put it on Switch as well as Xbox? Presents hardware issues if fully 3D. Then again after Smash bros. Who knows. Maybe a new game is in the works for both and will be announced soon.
Sonic Mania was a small-budget game. Balan Wonderworld is our more recent 3D big budget platformer and that didn't go well.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
