you also have Capcom to blame no matter how much you used to love the company.

Well Tameen did say "I don't care if it sells a thousand units or two million." Even went so far to called the fanbase a "demographic that doesn’t exist."

Well the fanbase showed Capcom and him with their wallets and the game sold/shipped under 1.5million copies.

Don't get wrong the game was good but it was how the developers(specifically Tameen) handled this.

Imho DMC:DMC never really felt like a reboot. At best it felt like some story in a alternate universe. Did the series really needed a reboot? There was still a lot left to be told.

As a long time DmC fan I was upset about the change of the character but I still enjoyed the game and think it was a good game with very interesting art design.

there were better ways they could have handled this, but it felt like they forced it on us. There's also the trash talking you simply can't take back once is out to the public.

i thought the game was pretty good..

was it really that bad?

maybe they shouldnt have called it Devil may cry and thing may have turned out differently ...

or was it just shit to u guys regardless

DMC 4 was half a game, because Capcom cut a ton of content that was supposed to be in it. That's why it doesn't feel very fleshed out.

I kept an open mind, and enjoyed most of DmC.
But the truth is that was not what people wanted.

I disliked DMC4, despite the awesome gameplay mechanics, I was very disappointed with the game in general; specially with Dante's character. It was bland, generic, and plain out cheesy. Reboot Dante was better approached, IMO.

I just hope good stuff comes out of this, Capcom should just fucking call Platinum Games already, although I doubt Kamiya would jump at the offer right away...

I'm not sure what you think was clunky in DMC 4. The combat was some of the best in the series, especialyl Dante's style.

The backtracking and story content, is where Capcom cut a lot of content from.

"DMC4 was clunky compared to the reboot."

This is a joke, right? Except for the cut amount of cut content, Devil May Cry 4 was a great game and it was leaps and bounds ahead of the overly simplified combat of DmC.

Holding gaming back? what makes you say that?

First of all the original Dante was no "Emo" he was way too happy and jovial, also simply wearing Gothic attire does not make one an "Emo" Secondly the new DmC brought nothing "new" to the series except for a very linear platforming mechanic so that's hardly a reason for the franchise to go on as is.

In the end the fans spoke with their wallets, most people didn't like the new direction NT was taking and that's that. But hey, if you enjoyed the reboot then fair enough but clearly you're in the minority otherwise the game wouldn't have flopped so bad.

So your saying a downgrade, with a terrible character,with a company that insults the fans,a company that insults the original creators,a company that insults tge character of dante,and a company that just insults everything about the franchise in general deserve to be forgiven, and again your tge only fool still arguing about tge hair newsflash the main problem wasnt the hair dude, your the real fool holding gaming back.

As for the hair,no matter what when you reboot,or remake something,the character should still show that they look like the character they are based on,new Lara croft still looks like Lara croft,every incarnation of the prince of persia looks like a Persian adventurer,rick Taylor,freddy kruger,link etc...besides you know that had the same drastic character design happened to kratos,Mario,or master chief people would flip,cause lets not forget link got a cel shaded design and people cried about it,same thing for the prince of persia be got a cel shaded design and people cried about it and those characters werent completly different,it was the sole fact that they were cel shaded(which is a stupid reason not to play a game).

DMC:DMC was a flop regardless how well receive it was. Capcom themselves admitted this. They said it failed to capture Eastern gamers attention. Well sure it was on Japan's top chart but the sales were less than half of that of DMC4.

Capcom also said delayed response to the expanding digital contents market"; "insufficient coordination between the marketing and the game development divisions in overseas markets"; and a "decline in quality due to excessive outsourcing."

NT is a independent game company, which I am pretty sure staff numbers are small especially after their parent company Argonaut Game defunct. My guess for the only reason they haven't closed yet is because they might have some money left over from deals they made with Sony(Heavenly Sword), Namco(Enslaved) and Capcom(DMC:DMC).

If Sony had owned them we most likely would've seen HS2. If Namco had own them we would've seen them shutdown because Enslaved only manage to ~460,000 copies. Capcom probably would had combined them with another one of their studios or just shut them down like Namco probably would've done.

Why would DMC:DMC be considered a flop while Dragon Dogma isn't? Dragon Dogma manage to sell 1million copies only after one month of its release. DMC:DMC just finally manage to sell 1million copies almost three months of its release. I am pretty sure the budget DD was lower given that it was a new IP. While DMC:DMC budget was higher given that it was a game from a known series.

MUSE
Massive Unmitigated Suspension for Employees.

Lets get this straight. When they say its to asisst creators, they mean assist executive managment. Tell me this, if companies stop paying real people to do real work, who is going to be able to buy anyone else's AI generated products in the first place?

I really hope one of them is a long awaited sequel of heavenly sword or enslaved. Both are good games that deserve a 2nd chance... or at least a reboot.

They make quality games, but they're usually hit or miss. Either they are average, or they are awesome. However, besides heavenly sword and DMC, they aren't big sellers either. Ms is as big of a corporation as it gets. If ninja theory isn't making them money, they will shut them down. Simple as that.

Studio survival no matter who is reliant on MS's quarterly reports, if MS is looking to save money then studios like Ninja Theory are gone as we've seen with Tango and others. MS has their IP's, the devs mean nothing to them but a handy tool to balance the books with layoffs.

One thing to point out was that all the recently closed studios were under Bethesda. Before being purchased by MS, Bethesda had a slew of poor or under performing titles (Evil Within 2, Prey (2017), Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Young Blood, and initially Fallout 76 ). I don’t think, Ghost Wire Tokyo, Deathloop, Redfall and sadly even High-Fi: Rush performed well after the buyout.

the article talks about that to i recommend checking it out when you get a chance.

The problem with this game probably not selling will be because of Gamepass. Every comment i see from xbox players are "dude, no need to buy this amazing game, just get it on gamepass"

Will it sell well based on word of mouth? Will they release it on ps5? Will ps players buy this game vs free on gamepass? Time will tell.

Never say never. Tango Gameswork were just as talented as Ninja Theory & they were shut down.

To be honest for Microsoft (not Microsoft gaming) it's all about making for the 70 billion purchase of AKB. No matter how good the games are. If they don't generate sales or new gamepass subs the studios can be shutted down.

Yes, they make decent games, but do they sell? Unfortunately, no. Heavenly sword sold 1.5 million, even when the ps3 had a much lower install base than the 360. However, it's not a ninja theory ip. Enslaved sold poorly. DMC, sold well, but that's also not a ninja theory ip. Hellblade was a hit, but in my opinion, barely. Hellblade 2, unfortunately, might be a flop. There's no bigger corporation than Ms, they are as corporate as they come. If ninja theory isn't making them money, they will get shut down and their ips giving to another studio.

Tango was working on a new game.

Xbox - Green light
MS - Red light

Unfortunately, their games aren't big sellers. Will MS shut them down if hellblade 2 sells below expectations?

"Like I said before, buying Ninja Theory was one of the smartest moves by Microsoft. Games looks incredible."

Indeed.

Just a few hours to go

I can´t wait!

I just don't understand why all the down votes

if you choose left, turn to page 39, if you proceed forward, turn to page 43, to turn right, page 209, you finished the book early,

no but seriously this looks like Microsofts first hit, or should I say, first game of standout quality.

If it's anything like the first game, you will spend a lot of timing walking and solving puzzles, with some fights thrown in.

After the midnight? I see...

Day one as expected for another game that you said you had zero interest.

I'm surprised you're interested