Abash

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3295d ago Show

The mic was a ball the whole time, plot twist!

Seriously though, Phil Spencer dropped the ball with killing the Fable studio (Lionhead) and then killing Scalebound.

3295d ago 67 agree2 disagreeView comment

Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Sea of Thieves = Games you mess around with every now and then with buddies and not much else

Scalebound though was going to be about combat, action, and have large scale boss battles. The story was probably going to be weak but I'm sure it would have been more of a focus than the other Xbox games I mentioned. It was just going to be more of the full experience that gamers expect when they play a game.

So without Scaleb...

3295d ago 8 agree10 disagreeView comment

Silent Hills sounded awesome, but it was cancelled before it really became anything. Scalebound looked like it was nearing completion, it was shown off at either E3 and Gamescom each year since it was announced with new updates and features. Then just like that, MS says they have ceased development on the game.

It's a far bigger blow, many of us expected the game to be out in the next few months and went into 2017 hyped up for it

3295d ago 20 agree3 disagreeView comment

If this includes a pack in game like Splatoon then this will sell like wildfire at that price

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I am not spending hundreds of dollars to get prettier versions of Halo, Gears, and Forza. They better announce some big new IPs stat or I won't give a damn about the Xbox brand anymore and I'll definitely skip the Scorpio.

3296d ago 83 agree4 disagreeView comment

This isn't some small scale developer like Hello Games, this is Platinum we are talking about. They have proven they make great action games and Scalebound getting canceled is crushing. Do you think THEY wanted some wonky 4 player online co-op? I bet that was one of many MS's decisions for the game that made Platinum fall behind schedule, as the sources say, and the issues are result of both MS Studios and Platinum not working close enough.

3297d ago 27 agree6 disagreeView comment

No, please don't spin it like that. Platinum makes a lot of great action games, I am pinning this on MS for not working closely with Platinum to allow them to create the game they both wanted.

3297d ago 32 agree7 disagreeView comment

What the hell? This is crushing news. It was my most anticipated first party Xbox game this year. With Lionhead getting shutdown and now Scalebound getting cancelled, MS needs to get their f***ing act together

3297d ago 17 agree1 disagreeView comment

It's actually closer to $200, maybe the US price could be an odd one like $229

3298d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Yeah, I would have played it. Probably was a lot of fun

3298d ago 10 agree9 disagreeView comment

With the momentum the Xbox One saw July-October because of the Xbox One S, I expected them to say this was their biggest holiday sales period. No mention of that at all, just some statistics of how many matches were played in Gears 4 and how much all the Xbox One Forzas have sold together.

They must not have had the success during the holiday season they were hoping for

3300d ago 31 agree15 disagreeView comment

No sales numbers and no mention of having a record holiday sales period.... but look at how happy MS sounds, so they must be doing great! (....<_<)

3301d ago 2 agree3 disagreeView comment

California is only winning because Ahnold is playing

3301d ago 2 agree0 disagreeView comment

Is there ever a moment where the Xbox One isn't being sold at a sale price? I honestly don't know how the Xbox division does it

3303d ago 48 agree16 disagreeView comment

I still think Dreams is coming this year, they originally had a beta planned for 2016. If all goes well with the development it should be ready by the end of this year

3305d ago 10 agree1 disagreeView comment

"Earth is Ours No More" is a fantastic marketing slogan, definitely leaves an impression. The closer we get to Horizon the more my excitement grows, I can't wait to explore the world within the game!

3305d ago 23 agree0 disagreeView comment

People say that consoles are dead in Japan yet the PS4 went from 2 million to 4 million sales there in a years worth of time. It should be at 6-7 million by the end of next year, which is huge considering the absolute hold that mobile gaming has over the region.

3307d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

A console game selling more outside of Japan, where the console scene is significantly smaller... who would have thunk it? lol

3309d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

As a Gears fan, I'm really disappointed that Gears 4 isn't doing better. I thought the campaign was solid but I couldn't get into Horde mode this time around

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