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The Platinum Problem – A Tough Juggling Act

A look at the Scalebound delay and what it means for Platinum games.

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never4get3787d ago

and they dropped 2016 release date. M$ gave up 2016? Unreal Engine 4 failed the game?

Multiplatguy3787d ago

I'd say it's more likely that since Recore was getting delayed into the second half, they wanted to push Scalebound back to avoid titles being missed out on. More time did wonders for Quantum Break, this is good news.

2016 is full of games and there are more to come this E3.

never4get3787d ago

2016 is full of games...probably not for Xbox One. It's Like PS4 got BloodBorne in 2015. "PS4 got no games" in 2014, 2015, maybe.

2016, PS4 got Games, definitely not the time for M$ delayed a game. Phil Spencer should order and sent Epic Games special forces to Platinum Games and get the game done in 2016. Without Scalebound, PS4 won 2016, easy.

Multiplatguy3787d ago

Sorry, I wouldn't have replied to you if I knew you were a fanboy.

never4get3787d ago

M$ got Cloud? NX got Crossfire Tech? One point of Gaming is Entertainment. You would know, you're Multiplatguy. XD

The_BlackHeart__3787d ago

But Nier Automata from Platinum games will indeed get released on PS4 this year. Could it be that Platinum Games' heart is somewhere else?

xasz3786d ago

You realize they have seperate teams workings on these games, don't you?

elarcadia3787d ago

What it means is that the game was delayed because Platinum decided they needed more time to finish it. It is not like this hasn't happened a bajillion times before. I mean, the Witcher 3 got delayed twice, and so has Uncharted 4. It is always a bummer to wait, but I would rather wait and play a great, completed amazing game (hopefully) then have Platinum release a partially finished mess.

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jon_snow3787d ago (Edited 3787d ago )

Thank God Nier Automata is still 2016 releasing and also PG said in twitter that most of their resource is put on Nier along with SE support they game is shaping up nicely and is gonna release 2016.

PG has so many games in their hand delay of few was expcted.

ScaReCrow903787d ago

They way I see it. This is the perfect time to announce delays. Beginning if the year not 3 months before release or any Shit like that.

I firmly believe we will hear about more delays with other games but if this is the only Xbox game delay then I'm fine with it.

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Hideki Kamiya wants to revive Scalebound: 'Let's do it, Phil'

Hideki Kamiya is still interested in developing Scalebound, after the PlatinumGames and Microsoft action game was cancelled back in 2017.

ZwVw444d ago

He's been begging for the past three years. That ship has long sailed. Besides, Phil's a fake. When's the last time he delivered on a game the fans asked for? Still waiting on him to greenlight KI4.

InUrFoxHole443d ago

@8bit
Yeah I mentioned that below. Although in comparison concord was a bigger failure.

MetroidFREAK21444d ago

I mean I'm all for it... I'd buy it for PS5 since Xbox is doing these multiplatform releases now

MetroidFREAK21443d ago

Well, I vastly prefer physical versions of games, and I can't do that with my Series S... sooooooo assume what you will

Lexreborn2444d ago

Scalebound was my reasoning for buying and Xbox one. Legit my biggest let down last gen

raWfodog443d ago

Same here. That was going to be the game I'd buy a Xbox One for back in the day. It'd be good if they did revive it and improve on what they had at the time.

Chocoburger443d ago

Seems odd to be asking for it now that he left Platinum Games. He'll be busy with Okami 2 for a number of years, does he expect to develop the game at Clovers studio now? Would they be picking up where they left off, or starting over again? Any of the previous team members, or just him?

I doubt Phil would fund it again, but if so, then that would be good news, also fund a new Banjo as well as Conker games while you're at it. I miss Conker!

Michiel1989443d ago

doesn't seem odd at all, he'd want work and that game even though it suffered some bad press with the cancellation and stuff is still something that people want to see (i think)

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Cancelled Games That Still Upsetti My Spaghetti

As a wise man once said: what be will, be will, and sometimes games just get canceled, whether it’s due to publisher meddling, a lack of funds or the creative vision simply not panning out.

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-Foxtrot494d ago

Eight Days for me

Really would have enjoyed a buddy cop game with a Lethal Weapon like tone.

helicoptergirl494d ago

The only one that really bothered me was when Sony wouldn't fund Days Gone 2. That announcement made me literally feel nauseous. I felt sick in the guts. That's the first time Sony had done something that actually physically hurt me lol. I'm still bummed that there won't be a Days Gone 2.

lucasnooker444d ago

I would have loved the getaway 3! The original is still one of my favourite PS2 titles

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Canceled Video Games That Still Hurt The Most

The cancellation of Rainbow Six Patriots, Alice Asylum, and Scalebound, among others, have hit players and fans like a truck over time.

Chocoburger669d ago

Advent Rising was planned to be a trilogy, and we never got parts 2 and 3.

Also wish THPS 10 was never canceled back in 2008. They were releasing the games at too fast a pace and just needed to slow it down instead of abandon the series entirely to make endless Guitar Hero games.

Stupid Activision executives.

RaidenBlack667d ago

My biggest "disappointment" for me, will always be Kojima's original MGS Rising from E3 2010.
The reveal trailer will always top my Gaming Expo highlights list, followed by MGS5 Ground Zeroes reveal at PAX 2013 and God of War reveal at E3 2016.
It looked soo good and cool. My heart sank when the whole Platinum's Revengeance thing got announced.
My 2nd disappointment is another Kojima, the Silent Hills.
3rd is tie b/w Rainbow 6: Patriots and the original Ghost Recon Future Soldier 2010 version.
4th is Unreal Tournament 4/2014
5th is Half Life Return to Ravenholm
(Dis)Honorable mentions: Delta Force Angel Falls, Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, Fallout Van Buren, Capcom's Deep Down, Original Duke Nukem Forever 2001 version, Prey 2, Command & Conquer: Generals 2, Timesplitters 4, Alice: Asylum, Mercenaries 3, KOTOR3, Star Wars 1313, StarCraft: Ghost, Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun, Whore of the Orient, Fable Legends, Star Wars Project Ragtag and maybe Agent?
Half Life 2 Episode 3 should top my list, but I still believe it'll happen. You know what might break the gaming internet and steal some of GTA 6's thunder? If Valve just posts '3' in any of their social account.

Chocoburger667d ago

I love Rising Revengeance, but I would have loved to see MGS: Rising, where we got to see Raiden's body destroyed at Area 51, and play some portions of MGS 4 from Raiden's perspective.

Good pick.

rlow1667d ago

Did you see play Advent Rising? If so, what did you think of it?

Chocoburger667d ago

Yes I played it long ago. Its kind of like Mass Effect, years before Mass Effect. You have to make choices which permanently affects the story.

Near the end of the game you have a bunch of super power abilities, I remember a shockwave stomp attack which wrecked enemies.

It was rushed out unpolished, so it had a lot of framerate issues, but I did end up having fun with it. Been over 15 years since I played it, so my memory is fuzzy, but I do remember I was looking forward to a sequel which never came.

XiNatsuDragnel669d ago

We need scalebound, Alice asylum, rainbow 6 patriots, battlefront 3, and half life episode 3 plz 🙏 if not official devs, fans make those games a reality do what cd project red dev said I have to look up the article but if something can't happen themselves then it's up to the fans to make it ourselves.

Relientk77668d ago

I played Alice: Madness Returns a couple years ago and it blew me away. What an amazing game and it still holds up. When EA said no to Alice Asylum I was so mad. EA also said something like "Alice is an important IP to us" Yeah, right an important IP that you do nothing with. License it out so we can get that 3rd game from American McGee.

INMATEofARKHAM667d ago

Interesting and pretty solid list but I would day it's Star Wars 1313 that hurts the most in terms of Star War games.

DaReapa667d ago

Honorable mentions go to Eight Days, Agent, and Whore of the Orient to name a few.

Deeeeznuuuts667d ago

All of them! But none more than Agent for me, how good a rockstar espionage game could have been! 😭
The getaway too!

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