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yvanjean on 09 January 2017
celador said:
yvanjean said:

If the game was crap and wasn't going to review well, It would of done nothing to boost the X1 lineup. THe game wasn't going to be good better to cancel it then to release a broken or bad game that everyone will complain about and tranish Microsoft studios reputation. 

My most anticipadeted game is still State of Decay 2, studios like undead labs that's were Microsfot need to spend more money. 

 

 

I was talking about the idea of the game being what MS needed, a Japanese RPG from a popular, talented studio. I mean, that's all we can talk about before a game is released, it's potential. I also didn't say it shouldn't of been cancelled. You can cancel a game if it is beyond saving, but it still shows mismanagement, from MS, Platinum or both

As for tarnishing Microsoft Studios reputation, I don't think they have much of a reputation to ruin at this point.

http://www.metacritic.com/company/platinumgames?page=0

Platinum game have always been up and down with the offering... Scalebound wasn't going to be a masterpiece like Bayonetta series. 

Scalebound was supposed to be this generation Blue dragon or Lost odyssey, but it wasn't meant to be. 

I think the lost of Scalebound can be easily replace by funding a indie developers and giving them funding to polish their game. 

If you look at the following link Microsoft Studios has done pretty well for itself. Forza, Gears and Halo series are the reason to own Microsoft consoles.

http://www.metacritic.com/company/microsoft-game-studios?filter-options=games&num_items=100&sort_options=metascore

 

 



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Aerys on 09 January 2017

Well thats it, Xbox One is dead ( more than it already was ), thé worst console of thé génération and thé worst Xbox

 

Thank you very much Microsoft



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 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

Chris Hu on 09 January 2017
Azuren said:
Chris Hu said:

Bioshock is a contiuation of the System Shock series and Irational Games actually co developed System Shock 2 with Looking Glass Studios.  L.A. Noire was completely original.

Even so, I feel it was more original in thought and execution.

I'm guessing you never played System Shock 1 or 2 because pretty much all the people that did pointed out how unoriginal Bioshock is.



tinfamous12 on 09 January 2017
Chris Hu said:
tinfamous12 said:

Bioshock is one of the most original ideas I have seen in the AAA space.

But it isn't since its just a contination of the System Shock series.  Its just that most people that played any of the Bioshock games never played System Shock 1 or 2 and therefore don't know how similar it is to those games.

Extremely different art direction between the two series. They look nothing alike?

OT: Can anyone confirm if MS owns the IP?



Azuren on 09 January 2017
Chris Hu said:
Azuren said:

Even so, I feel it was more original in thought and execution.

I'm guessing you never played System Shock 1 or 2 because pretty much all the people that did pointed out how unoriginal Bioshock is.

Never played them.



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Mr_No on 09 January 2017

Well shit. That certainly sucks. It did seem to have some promise.



CosmicSex on 09 January 2017
tinfamous12 said:
CosmicSex said:
Third parties have struggled with Microsoft this gen. A huge difference from last gen. This is inevitable though as they only have about 1/2 the base of the competition so entering in a deal with them means you lose 66% of your potential market share right off the top. So QB, Tomb Raider, the mostly well praised Sunset overdrive, Titanfall crashed and burned (although this is mostly EA's fault but Microsoft chose Battlefield bundle over Titanfall), Recore, Ryse, They have a lot of work to do.

SO, Titanfall, TR, and (to a lesser extent) Ryse all did well and met MS expectations last I heard.

Rumor is that Titanfall  will NOT get a sequel due to poor sales.  Tomb Raider bounced back on PC and to a lesser extent on the PS4 and it worked out okay but initial sales were ass.  They were really bad. Tomb Raider is safe though as far as a franchise.  There will not be another Ryse.  sales were not that good and it nearly broke Crytek (story goes they had to rush it for launch and wond up in the whole from the title).  Also, I wasn't refering to Microsoft's expectations.  I was talking about IP that was damaged in a deal with Microsoft. 



Chris Hu on 09 January 2017
tinfamous12 said:
Chris Hu said:

But it isn't since its just a contination of the System Shock series.  Its just that most people that played any of the Bioshock games never played System Shock 1 or 2 and therefore don't know how similar it is to those games.

Extremely different art direction between the two series. They look nothing alike?

OT: Can anyone confirm if MS owns the IP?

Well System Shock 2 was released in 1999 and Bioshock was released in 2007 no games that are released 7 years appart look very similar to each other even it they are in the exact same series.  But pretty much anybody that actually played System Shock 1 or 2 and any of the Bioshock games says that they are very similar.  Again L.A. Noire is a much more original game then the Bioshock series not to mention the technology used in making the game was very original and ahead of its time.



Snoopy on 09 January 2017
CosmicSex said:
tinfamous12 said:

SO, Titanfall, TR, and (to a lesser extent) Ryse all did well and met MS expectations last I heard.

Rumor is that Titanfall  will NOT get a sequel due to poor sales.  Tomb Raider bounced back on PC and to a lesser extent on the PS4 and it worked out okay but initial sales were ass.  They were really bad. Tomb Raider is safe though as far as a franchise.  There will not be another Ryse.  sales were not that good and it nearly broke Crytek (story goes they had to rush it for launch and wond up in the whole from the title).  Also, I wasn't refering to Microsoft's expectations.  I was talking about IP that was damaged in a deal with Microsoft. 

I thought ROTR sold better on Xbox one than PS4.  Anways this sucks, I would rather have a legit "Fable 4" game. Don't know why Microsoft didn't make a Fable 4 at all. They litterally have all the assets from Fable 3. Just update the graphics on a new engine and create a new levels/dungeons. It would've been less risky and would've sold well in my opinion. 



jason1637 on 09 January 2017
betacon said:
jason1637 said:

Phantom Dust remake is still in development also and crackdown is still coming.

Phantom Dust isn't in active development, not cancelled outright but i doubt we will ever see it, as for crackdown well scalebound was still coming i wouldn't be betting my house on it.

We heard like a week or 2 ago that cravkdown will launch before scorpio comes out from MS.