• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Phil Spencer: '2017 won't be Halo FPS/Gears led'

CassidyIzABeast

CassidyIzABeast

Member
Acquiescence said:
Scalebound is perhaps the highest-profile video game cancellation of all time. That's huge news no matter what your opinion of the game is. In my personal case, I'm no fan of Platinum Games and I thought the game looked crap at its every showing for the most part. But even I can recognise how noteworthy it is for a game that was helmed by Hideki Kamiya, in development for at least three years and paraded at several conferences to be killed dead in its tracks. To me the whole situation is insane.
Click to expand...

KJK3JUV.gif


Not even the biggest cancellation for Microsoft this generation, let alone of all time. The implications of Fable Legends/Lionhead getting shut down was way bigger than Scalebound because Fable was a Xbox mainstay. That's like Guerrilla Amsterdam getting shut down.
 
C

Chris1

Member
Stinkles said:
Longer than WHO expected? HW2 releases this year, but we've made no mention of anything beyond that.
Click to expand...

Tagg9 said:
That seems... odd. Maybe Halo 6 is taking longer than expected and won't release this year?

I can't imagine Sea of Thieves or Crackdown 3 "leading" Microsoft's lineup.
Click to expand...


Why do people think Halo 6 is coming out this year?

It's a 3 year dev cycle and has been forever except halo3>4 which had odst/reach inbetween, we won't see it until next year at the earliest.. unless there's a spinoff of sorts.
 
N

New002

Member
Acquiescence said:
Scalebound is perhaps the highest-profile video game cancellation of all time. That's huge news no matter what your opinion of the game is. In my personal case, I'm no fan of Platinum Games and I thought the game looked crap at its every showing for the most part. But even I can recognise how noteworthy it is for a game that was helmed by Hideki Kamiya, in development for at least three years and paraded at several conferences to be killed dead in its tracks. To me the whole situation is insane.
Click to expand...

This Scalebound cancellation has people thinking all kinds of crazy things. Yeah, bolded is not the case. I don't think the general masses cared about Scalebound or even knew about it. As for the more hardcore gamer people, like those of us that take the time to post on forums like this, interest was lukewarm at best.

If this game had been as highly anticipated and well received as Horizon Zero Dawn for example it might not have been canceled IMO.
 
C

Calm Killer

In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Edit,

Nevermind. Already addressed.
 
F

ForkNetwork

Banned
Acquiescence said:
Scalebound is perhaps the highest-profile video game cancellation of all time. That's huge news no matter what your opinion of the game is. In my personal case, I'm no fan of Platinum Games and I thought the game looked crap at its every showing for the most part. But even I can recognise how noteworthy it is for a game that was helmed by Hideki Kamiya, in development for at least three years and paraded at several conferences to be killed dead in its tracks. To me the whole situation is insane.
Click to expand...

While Scalebound"s cancellation made me sad, come on, even Silent Hills had a higher profile cancellation
 
L

Leflus

Member
CassidyIzABeast said:
The implications of Fable Legends/Lionhead getting shut down was way bigger than Scalebound because Fable was a Xbox mainstay. That's like Guerrilla Amsterdam getting shut down.
Click to expand...
Agreed. Microsoft's handling of Lionhead and the Fable IP is one of their most baffling blunders this gen.

HeisenbergWW62 said:
Lol no one expected Halo 6 this year

Anyway I hope what they release is successful. Xbox needs new franchises
Click to expand...
I'd love to see MS really throw its weight behind Sea of Thieves.
 
H

HeisenbergWW62

Banned
Samurai G0SU said:
You didnt read this thread then, did you? people do expect halo 6 this year. or even a halo 3 anniversary scorpio exclusive turbo max edition
Click to expand...
I guess I didn't. People really thought they would be able to make another AAA Halo game in 2 years?
Leflus said:
I'd love to see MS really throw its weight behind Sea of Thieves.
Click to expand...
Yeah that's one that I really think could be big, especially with the Destiny crowd. I actually think it would be smart to release it in Q1 2018 away from Destiny 2 and the other big third party games
Theorry said:
All these Halo 6 questions. Is Halo relevant again? :D

But i expect a Halo 6 announcement tho. CGI trailer. Next year more and release.
Click to expand...
I think more than a CG trailer, gameplay demo like they revealed Gears 4. They're gonna want to show it running on Scorpio
 
T

Theorry

Member
All these Halo 6 questions. Is Halo relevant again? :D

But i expect a Halo 6 announcement tho. CGI trailer. Next year more and release.
 
Dural

Dural

Member
Coulomb_Barrier said:
Minecraft as a franchise is instantly recognizable but the characters in it are not as iconic as Mario. With the game you create your own characters and worlds so it's harder to apply to other genres.

Secondly, even if these spin-offs worked, putting them only on Xbox or GFW would kill a huge amount of potential customers. You'd have to keep them completely multiplat and accessible for kids.
Click to expand...

Making it exclusive is the point of owning the IP, it would get people to buy your console.

I have no idea who the characters are in the game, however, my son knows all of them and I'd guess most kids that play it also do. I'm not sure if most on here realize how huge this game is with the younger generation, my son and all his friends are obsessed with this game. I talk to coworkers that have kids of similar age and they say the same thing. I just can't understand not taking advantage of that.
 
B

BigPapi

Member
Why do people expect mainline Halo under 3 years when it never happens

Halo 1: 11/15/2001

Halo 2: 11/9/2004

Halo 3: 9/25/2007

Halo 4: 11/06/2012

Halo 5: 10/27/20015

Halo 6: Logical Expectation 2018
 
B

Bsigg12

Member
Dural said:
Making it exclusive is the point of owning the IP, it would get people to buy your console.

I have no idea who the characters are in the game, however, my son knows all of them and I'd guess most kids that play it also do. I'm not sure if most on here realize how huge this game is with the younger generation, my son and all his friends are obsessed with this game. I talk to coworkers that have kids of similar age and they say the same thing. I just can't understand not taking advantage of that.
Click to expand...

Minecraft is viewed as a service by Microsoft. That's why they continue to get it on everything possible and drive the microtransactions with the console versions.
 
T

Theorry

Member
Zvonimir Boban said:
There were rumblings of their next project around last E3 but I can't remember if that was based on info from a reliable insider or some random pulling things out of their arse.
Click to expand...

I dont know doesnt make sense really. I mean its a indie studio with people all over the world. Ori took arround 4 years also to make. And after the success of Ori. MS would probably love to got further with it.
 
Z

Zvonimir Boban

Banned
Dural said:
Making it exclusive is the point of owning the IP, it would get people to buy your console.
Click to expand...

The point of owning the IP is to make money and they'll make more money by selling it on every system under the sun than by restricting it to xbone/W10.

They could add a few extra bells and whistles on Xbone/W10 but making it an exclusive would be a huge mistake. Get it into as many hands as possible and you have a bigger market for minecraft toys/movies/spin-off games etc. plus they can rake in the cash from cosmetics/dlc/microtransactions
 
nekkid

nekkid

It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Theorry said:
All these Halo 6 questions. Is Halo relevant again? :D

But i expect a Halo 6 announcement tho. CGI trailer. Next year more and release.
Click to expand...

CGI or Scorpio?

Nobody will be able to tell ;-)
 
Y

yuraya

Member
People can say what they want but Scalebound was a very big cancellation. 4 years of development down the drain. The game was shown at several E3's and demoed several times on stage. Stuff like that just doesn't happen in this day n age. I can't think of any other cancelled game to compare in this regard. Kamiya has a really great resume and history too.

Silent Hills was a big deal but it was just a concept and teaser. They even stated the final game may not look like the demo. It wasn't 4 years of development and it all made sense once people found out Kojima departed Konami. Scalebound will be a head scratcher for a while I think. Especially when you consider the cancellation happened less than a year b4 MS releases their most powerful console ever.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

IGN: Phil Spencer Has Now Been Head of Xbox for 10 Years; We Look Back at His First Decade
Opinion Analysis 2 3
130
9K
ZehDon replied
Phil Spencer Dodges Question On Controversial Bobby Kotick Comments
Spoilers
13
2K
feynoob replied
In defense of Phil Spencer - he is not the problem with Xbox
Opinion Business Cringe 2 3 4 5
231
19K
rkofan87 replied
Phil Spencer interview - Says that their intent is for all Xbox games, including Call of Duty, to be available on Xbox Game Pass Day One
2 3
102
8K
Kenneth Haight replied
Major Xbox influencers and Ambassadors pulling support over multiplatform rumours
Drama Community 6 7 8 9 10
475
34K
Little Chicken replied
Top Bottom