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AEGRO on 13 May 2016
Teeqoz said:
AEGRO said:

And very, VERY hyped.

No, it wasn't.

Yes, it was.



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Teeqoz on 13 May 2016
AEGRO said:
Teeqoz said:

No, it wasn't.

Yes, it was.

If you think Project Spark was "very hyped" then you are out of touch with the general gaming community. There wasn't much hype for it.



Trunkin on 13 May 2016

I'm not surprised. I thought it looked great when it was firt announced, but it released to hardly any fanfare. I actually had to go out of my way to even find out anything about the game shortly after it launched, which is unheard of for any newly released AAA game.



Turkish on 13 May 2016

Can we still download it? Seems like MS is shutting their entire gaming business except for the couple big franchises.



Normchacho on 13 May 2016

To anyone who owns, or has played this game, this should be no surprise.

It just isn't good. Even worse, it never was able to build an online community.



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Spade on 13 May 2016
AEGRO said:
Teeqoz said:

No, it wasn't.

Yes, it was.

Such bull shit and you know it. 

Project Spark hyped give me a fcuking break. 



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poklane on 13 May 2016

So, what happens to Team Dakota? Do they shut down and just kick out all the developers, do they as a team keep developing games or do the remaining employees go to other Microsoft teams (if possible) like some already did in the past with Team Dakota shutting down?

Turkish said:
Can we still download it? Seems like MS is shutting their entire gaming business except for the couple big franchises.

Can't download it anymore. And yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if by 2020 no studios but Turn 10 Studios (Forza), 343 Industries (Halo), The Coalition (Gears of War) and Mojang (Minecraft) are owned by Microsoft with the rest being developed by 2nd party developers. Maybe Rare will still be around if Sea of Thieves does well.



AEGRO on 13 May 2016
Turkish said:
Can we still download it? Seems like MS is shutting their entire gaming business except for the couple big franchises.

Thats always been the case. 

No risks whatsoever from their own studios. If a third party exclusive is a hit, they buy the rights of the game, dump the studio and create one based around that specific game.

When a game is not a HUGE hit, you can kiss bye bye that franchise.



jason1637 on 13 May 2016
Teeqoz said:
AEGRO said:

And very, VERY hyped.

No, it wasn't.

It wasnt very hyped but it had lots of hype. 



Mr Puggsly on 13 May 2016
AEGRO said:
Signalstar said:
Game was horrible and bland.

And very, VERY hyped.

What happens in bizarro isn't relevant in our universe. I think people confuse interest with hype.

Anyhow, Project Spark was actually pretty cool. But I guess Roblox is similar and appears to be more robust in features.

Bottom line, both Sony and MS have clearly lost interest in online focused gaming. Sony sold SOE, MS cancelled Fable Legends. The bubble has popped inspite of some exceptions.



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