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OneKartVita said:
Chazore said:

No idea, Age of Empries III was their first proper 3D AoE game and back then I thought it was a really good attempt, years later they just got axed.

Edit: wait, thewy last made Halo Wars, which might have been the death knell for them as they were known for PC RTS games and Halo Wars was strictly360 only and didn't really sell gangbusters, even back then me and friends referred to that game as "babbys first RTS" despite it being ok and fun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_Studios

Do you think it would have been better if they released it on PC and 360?

Would have probably sold better on the platform that sells more RTS games than any other... But they would have needed to bring some complexity to the gameplay, otherwise it would have been shunned by PC gamers.
With that said... Halo Wars must have sold enough to warrant a sequel, they *could* have just done a Halo 3 overhaul this year instead.




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Was Lionhead so good studio because Spencer sold them out and say they can't make a open world RPG game. As for the developers, gaming industy is big and they find job soon from small indies studios to a big
Xbone sales is bad, big line up in history cant make a restart, so they must choose who first pary studio deserve to keep up with M$
Sony also has close many studios like Big big, Ziper..its happen
Most shocking was the delay for recore that was looking briliant game and make ms has nothig for months



 

 

ABTR said:
Xbone sales is bad, big line up in history cant make a restart, so they must choose who first pary studio deserve to keep up with M$
Sony also has close many studios like Big big, Ziper..its happen
Most shocking was the delay for recore that was looking briliant game and make ms has nothig for months

Good thing Sony didn't listen to you and beefed up there 1st party to make a comeback only to become the dominant force the following generation.



Hopefully MS just folds the people working there into other developers...but I'm not hopeful with the way things have been going over there...



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Mr Puggsly said:

I predict we will see a new Fable, potentially Fable 4 on X1.

Really? You think they would can Lionhead and THEN start work on Fable 4 soon after?

I doubt we see another true Fable for a long, long time.



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Normchacho said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I predict we will see a new Fable, potentially Fable 4 on X1.

Really? You think they would can Lionhead and THEN start work on Fable 4 soon after?

I doubt we see another true Fable for a long, long time.

I think in the hands of a different studio we can see a Fable 4 sooner than Lionhead could deliver.

In fact, I think Fable Legends could be the foundation for Fable 4. There are a lot of things I like about Fable Legends but its not a very good game as is.



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Mr Puggsly said:
Normchacho said:

Really? You think they would can Lionhead and THEN start work on Fable 4 soon after?

I doubt we see another true Fable for a long, long time.

I think in the hands of a different studio we can see a Fable 4 sooner than Lionhead could deliver.

In fact, I think Fable Legends could be the foundation for Fable 4. There are a lot of things I like about Fable Legends but its not a very good game as is.

Maybe...but I don't know who would make it, or if Fable 4 really even fits in with MS current trends, but it's within the realm of possibility.

Also, yeah, I had heard that Legends played really badly.



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Normchacho said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I think in the hands of a different studio we can see a Fable 4 sooner than Lionhead could deliver.

In fact, I think Fable Legends could be the foundation for Fable 4. There are a lot of things I like about Fable Legends but its not a very good game as is.

Maybe...but I don't know who would make it, or if Fable 4 really even fits in with MS current trends, but it's within the realm of possibility.

Also, yeah, I had heard that Legends played really badly.

Get a few key people at Lionhead, send them to Rare, get a 3rd party involved if necessary.

Fable Legends isn't terrible for a free online game. But not good for the IP in my opinoin.



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Mr Puggsly said:
Aerys said:
So i was right, there will never be a Fable 4 on X1.

Xbox on this generation is so far from xbox quality

You sound like a guy that doesn't play a lot of X1 games.

I predict we will see a new Fable, potentially Fable 4 on X1.

Yup, just like there was another Age of Empires after they killed off Ensemble... Oh, wait!

Well, there was Age of Empires 2 HD, I guess that counts... =P



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Protendo said:
ABTR said:
Xbone sales is bad, big line up in history cant make a restart, so they must choose who first pary studio deserve to keep up with M$
Sony also has close many studios like Big big, Ziper..its happen
Most shocking was the delay for recore that was looking briliant game and make ms has nothig for months

Good thing Sony didn't listen to you and beefed up there 1st party to make a comeback only to become the dominant force the following generation.

I don't understand why you say that my reference to sony is ''its happen to everyone'' gaming studios is not for ever they have to face changes every time

Sony lose money back then and they close studios has not offer profit to them  some developers go  to other first pary studio Sony owns and so some leave to do somenthing else  so big win to everyone

Same with xbox here they can't have studios has nothing to offer. They lose from xbox and make changes for not lose everithing

And yes Sony with those changes that some people fell upset is now on dominate position 

Mayde M$ now know that not make a console with only Halo Gears and Forza not even with big time exclusives and need more and good first party sudios like Sony. So let say whatever is doing is good for xbox future