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Jaywood2010 on 19 March 2014
shikamaru317 said:
Slade6alpha said:
shikamaru317 said:

Wow, Thief has almost 800k in sales in just two weeks, and that's just physical, with digital included it's likely close to 1m. I can't believe Square Enix laid off so many Thief developers when the game is doing that well.

Did they do the same layoff BS after Tomb Raider first got released?

You think it's over inflated budgets, sales expectations maybe? SE's a mess.

I'm not sure about layoffs, but Square Enix has said that Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman Absolution all failed to meet their sales expectations (though they later said that Tomb Raider had finally broken even over it's budget after Holiday 2013 sales). Seems like they're allowing the budgets to get too high, if your games are selling 2m or more lifetime and they're still not breaking even then you're spending way too much on them.

That sounds like a problem with Square and not the devs.  Funny thing is, the devs said they were very happy with what tomb raider was selling, yet Square wasnt.  SOunds like they were profiting, but not enough profit for Square.  




       

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Spade on 19 March 2014
Ryuu96 said:
Oh thank you =P No Shenmue Exclusivity announcement for PS4 xD He said he would make it if the opportunity arises though and want's to make one....Gl if Sega still own it =/ would love another but Sega are being so annoying (Although didn't they loose it or something a few weeks ago? hoping some company funds it for him)....Ms...Loll they need to japanese games especially once like Shenmue

Is Shenmue any good?



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Spade on 19 March 2014
shikamaru317 said:
I wish that Microsoft would have hired those laid off Thief developers and used them to staff up Black Tusk enough to revive their postponed Stealth Game. Eidos Montreal specializes in Stealth, those developers would have made a nice addition to Black Tusk.

I thought that wasn't a game though? Just a concept art, I'm confused.



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Spade on 19 March 2014

@Jay...
Jigglypuff reference NEEDS to be in EVERY poll xD



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Jaywood2010 on 19 March 2014
shikamaru317 said:
I wish that Microsoft would have hired those laid off Thief developers and used them to staff up Black Tusk enough to revive their postponed Stealth Game. Eidos Montreal specializes in Stealth, those developers would have made a nice addition to Black Tusk.


From the sounds of it theyve been on a hiring spree lately.  Even if theyre focused on Gears atm, they will eventually get back to that game, whether it be from a 2nd team or after they finish gears.  Who knows, it may have even went to another studio




       

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Jaywood2010 on 19 March 2014
shikamaru317 said:
So, what are everyone's thoughts on the Assassin's Creed leak today? Are you happy with the apparent French Revolution setting? Do you like the design of the main character? Are you happy that it's apparently next-gen and PC only? Are you ok with the fact that Ubisoft apparently plans to release two separate Assassin's Creed games this year?


I havent even played ACIV yet.  I like the franchise but it isnt something that i get thrilled about either.  II and Brotherhood were great but i didnt care for the rest.




       

Jaywood2010 on 19 March 2014

The worst company in america reminded me of something. You guys should really watch the movie BlackFish. One of the best things ive seen in a while. It is on netflix digital right now and it is a fantastic movie 83 on metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/movie/blackfish.







       

Spade on 19 March 2014

Meh, played Assassins Creed 3 on Wii U and thought it was boring as hell. Never touched one since. I only liked Liberations on Vita, which was received in mediocre reception.

Only played 2 total and watched 3 of them.



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Jaywood2010 on 19 March 2014
Ryuu96 said:
JayWood2010 said:

I've watched some stuff about Blackfish I think and similar stuff, all I will say is that I don't like Seaworld =P


If you get the chance def watch the whole movie.  I was shocked at some of the stuff in it.  

As for EA and MSFT i agree. 




       

NobleTeam360 on 19 March 2014

Huh, I didn't know that Fable Legends was going to be using Unreal Engine 4.