No doubt about that. But a pretty but dumb game is still dumb and won't have you coming back to see the shiny shine and cloudy cloud.
Not an act, I have never been in the industry. I also do not recall this being the norm until sony started shutting down studios left and right 3 or so years ago.
Games get cancelled plenty, but studio redundancies are always going to be a cause of concern and people will make a big deal cause it isn't business as usual when a studio is hit with playoffs(not contract expirations) midway projects.
Good point Lukas, though Litt is also right about it being a double edged sword.
Personally i'd prefer the more sustainable way of staying afloat vs cutting costs to make ends meet. Soon enough there will be no buildings left to sell, devs left to cut.
Actually, that SSM game was on track to be shown at E3, Stig Asmussen had been working on it for FOUR YEARS before t was canned so I don't see why you believe GG's IP would be safe other than the fact that this is GG Cambridge and not GG.
Links or it did not happen: http://m.technobuffalo.com/...
Like I said in the previous article, this is in no way normal, this "happens all the time" tagline/excuse/spin/damage control is not the case.
You don't just layoff 50 people mid project and call it normal or getting in new blood.
That's 2 games cancelled due to layoffs now, not one, try keep up.
Edit: maybe you should practice comprehension, I doubt NightmareFluffy came to his conclusion about momentum based on just this solitary incident.
Obviously he is taking everything that has happened in the last month or so into consideration. SSM firings, SSM project canning, ND writer and director Amy Henning departure, Jack Tretton departure, SSM creative director Stig Amussen departure, GG Camb...
You mean like ps fans who become pc takers whenever Titanfall is mentioned in a positive light?
What's this about canned projects? The initial news article did not mention canned projects.
Just what is going on at PS land? One would think that more consoles sold, more job security.
what gives?
Playstation Move.
*Drops mic, ducks tomatoe flung at him, walks off the stage with self satisfied smirk*
Really? Because there were people with 10 year tenures who were laid off at SSM and people still said it is normal.
Were they working on a 10 year project and it was time to go?
You people need to learn to differentiate between laid off and end of contract.
You are trying too hard to make it seem like this is okay. 20 bucks says the tea guy is still there.
edit: how many times do I have to say it Mike?! I said coffee!! Jeez I really hope you are fired next...or me, get me out my misery!
What? No don't worry everybody, people get laid off every 20 minutes in the games industry so this is totally normal. The financial situation will not affect playstation whatsoever! /s
Welcome to reality folks. this is very sad news and should not be trivialised by making ridiculous statements like "this happens all the time".
And 7's
The salt about Titanfall in here is hilarious. Apparently most of the media is bankrolled by MS but somehow Last of Us is the most awarded game ever by the very same media! Funny that.
So mostly 7's and 8's like KZ:SF. Also like KZ, pretty but meh gameplay.
So not the best game its genre?
Note how he said we and not they...think he is refering to n4g when he mentions the carpet thing.
Sony may be candid with past mistakes (not always though, ps move, psp go, vita) but n4g almost never admits or acknowledges them as mistakes.
I know right, if only they had said that only a third of gamers finished games and not all gamers do not finish games ...oh wait that's exactly what they said so why don't you chill the flip down and count yourself as part of the third?!
You mean my ps3/x360? Because I don't own any other console. I'm not about to buy a ps4 and Xbox one has not released in my country just yet, which I still wouldn't buy because it is probably going to be too expensive.
The Xbox version of this 5 out of 10 game is missing a couple of rocks, yeah that really really sucks!
I'd rather play TF than Knack if that's what you're alluding to.