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BiggNife · Aug 28, 2015

Searched, found nothing, lock if old.

http://shoryuken.com/2015/08/28/mortal-kombat-x-for-playstation-3-xbox-360-has-been-canceled/

After months of development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has come to the regrettable conclusion that we cannot release Mortal Kombat X for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Please know our teams worked diligently to meet the quality standards set by the current-gen versions of the game, the publishers announcement states. We were not able to get [these] versions to the quality expected of a Mortal Kombat game and are very sorry for not being able to deliver the products as originally planned.

Considering the constant delays (and the fact it was High Voltage, who also screwed up the PC version), I assumed something was up. I guess they decided the market for the game on past consoles was just too small.

Gleethor · Aug 28, 2015

Wasn't this supposed to release really soon?

JayEH · Aug 28, 2015

It was bound to happen.

Kriken · Aug 28, 2015

Gee, with only a few more weeks left in Summer and nothing from Warner Brothers, who'd've thunk it?

Edit: I thought it was slated for sometime this Summer, must've missed the December thing

Shizuka · Aug 28, 2015

Late last-gen ports wouldn't sell anyway.

Zombie James · Aug 28, 2015

Never should have been announced as cross-gen to begin with.

DrKelpo · Aug 28, 2015

Stone Ocean · Aug 28, 2015

Quelle surprise

Gleethor said:
Wasn't this supposed to release really soon?

No it was stated for fall with December placeholder dates IIRC

Aka it was never coming out

vg260 · Aug 28, 2015

I think everyone saw this coming a mile away.

delSai · Aug 28, 2015

I am not surprised to hear that.

BiggNife · Aug 28, 2015

Gleethor said:
Wasn't this supposed to release really soon?

IIRC, first it was supposed to release with current gen in April, then June, then a nebulous "summer" date, and now this.

Dr. Buni · Aug 28, 2015

That is unfortunate.

Card Boy · Aug 28, 2015

Good riddance i don't want the online population split across another 2 extra platforms.

Emperor Bohe · Aug 28, 2015

Borman get ur hands on this shieeeet

AAK · Aug 28, 2015

Woah...

WB is really making a certain name for themselves as a publisher.

KDash31987 · Aug 28, 2015

A friend of mine is going to be pretty disappointed. He's been waiting for the Xbox 360 version for ages...

I myself got the Xbox One version on release day, but this sucks for people like my friend who don't plan to get the newer consoles any time soon.

Ralemont · Aug 28, 2015

bettering than suckering people into buying broken last-gen versions.

AAK said:
Woah...

WB is really making a certain name for themselves as a publisher.

I actually see this as a quality move on their part.

Darrenf · Aug 28, 2015

Not surprised. When it didn't release in June I suspected that they cancelled it.

Numb · Aug 28, 2015

No surprise they would after this long.
Just think of all the patches they would have to have added.

HueyFreeman · Aug 28, 2015

Warner (and any publisher who engages in bullshit like this) should still be called to task for this though. I moved to the current gen at launch in 2013, but some people will be using cross gen announcements like MK to base their decisions, while in the meantime, Warner gets to dip their toes into the current gen market and see whether or not they "need" to make a last gen version to be financially viable - and if not, simply cancel a previously announced game.

Really hard to believe you coudn't get a reasonable version of MKX running on PS360 - the game is just not that impressive visually.

shinobi602 · Aug 28, 2015

Get ready for the pitchforks Warner Bros.

Kalor · Aug 28, 2015

I had forgotten they were doing 360/PS3 versions. I have to wonder how much it would of sold if it did come out as I doubt it would of done great.

The Last One · Aug 28, 2015

Well, this sucks. My friend was waiting for the 360 version.

Korigama · Aug 28, 2015

Hm, hadn't been following this, so I wasn't aware of the delays. Given High Voltage's track record, this was probably for the best.

BiggNife · Aug 28, 2015

Kalor said:
I had forgotten they were doing 360/PS3 versions. I have to wonder how much it would of sold if it did come out as I doubt it would of done great.

IIRC, the 360/PS3 versions of Battlfield Hardline came out day and date with current gen and the communities were like a sixth the size of the PS4/Xbone communities. I think publishers underestimated how quickly a lot of gamers would jump to current gen.

Stone Ocean · Aug 28, 2015

HueyFreeman said:
Warner (and any publisher who engages in bullshit like this) should still be called to task for this though. I moved to the current gen at launch in 2013, but some people will be using cross gen announcements like MK to base their decisions, while in the meantime, Warner gets to dip their toes into the current gen market and see whether or not they "need" to make a last gen version to be financially viable - and if not, simply cancel a previously announced game.

Really hard to believe you coudn't get a reasonable version of MKX running on PS360 - the game is just not that impressive visually.

Considering the same guys that were porting it to last gen had a hard time making it run on PC of all platforms, I don't find it hard to believe at all

onepiecefan · Aug 28, 2015

No surprises here.

ambecomebabby · Aug 28, 2015

AAK said:
Woah...

WB is really making a certain name for themselves as a publisher.

Naw, I see this more as a good thing. WB decided not to release something that would've been subpar at best. Complete non-working at worst. So chalk up one positive on WB's huge list of negatives

TomcatTheLion · Aug 28, 2015

Completely forgot that PS3/360 versions were even planned.

Manu · Aug 28, 2015

Shocking.

thehillissilent · Aug 28, 2015

Korigama said:
Hm, hadn't been following this, so I wasn't aware of the delays. Given High Voltage's track record, this was probably for the best.

Yup. It is for the best

Kenzodielocke · Aug 28, 2015

Yeah, I think WB won't publish any last gen games from now on that are not aimed at kids.

Ridley327 · Aug 28, 2015

Finally, they remembered who they hired to do these ports and saved everyone the embarrassment.

Arkeband · Aug 28, 2015

The Last One said:
Well, this sucks. My friend was waiting for the 360 version.

See! One victim already!

MDSLKTR · Aug 28, 2015

Ralemont said:
I actually see this as a quality move on their part.

Absolutely, just look at shadow of mordor on old-gen

Justinh · Aug 28, 2015

Given it's High Voltage making it, I doubt many tears will be shed...

Bold One · Aug 28, 2015

surely you mean Kancelled

Syntsui · Aug 28, 2015

Good, another High Voltage product would stain MK reputation bad.

VariantX · Aug 28, 2015

ambecomebabby said:
Naw, I see this more as a good thing. WB decided not to release something that would've been subpar at best. Complete non-working at worst. So chalk up one positive on WB's huge list of negatives

Could have been perfectly fine if high voltage weren't the ones porting it though. The visuals could have still been on par with those in MK9 and that would have been acceptable for those platforms

sixteen-bit · Aug 28, 2015

Shocking news

vg260 · Aug 28, 2015

HueyFreeman said:
Warner (and any publisher who engages in bullshit like this) should still be called to task for this though. I moved to the current gen at launch in 2013, but some people will be using cross gen announcements like MK to base their decisions, while in the meantime, Warner gets to dip their toes into the current gen market and see whether or not they "need" to make a last gen version to be financially viable - and if not, simply cancel a previously announced game.

Really hard to believe you coudn't get a reasonable version of MKX running on PS360 - the game is just not that impressive visually.

As bad as they've been, I can't fault them at all here at this point. This seems like the best call for a product that would not have been up to par because they focused their efforts on current gen versions first without compromise. Also, it's a very nice looking game running (mostly) at 60 fps. It's a big step up from MK9 visually.

Cleve · Aug 28, 2015

Oh boy, let me contain all of my surprise.

Acquiescence · Aug 28, 2015

It's time to let go of last gen anyway. Honestly, by this stage... who cares?

Ralemont · Aug 28, 2015

MDSLKTR said:
Absolutely, just look at shadow of mordor on old-gen

or dragon age: inquisition. worse, da: i last gen was sold for $60 just like new gen.

chronic_archaic · Aug 28, 2015

Sorta knew this was gonna happen.

fargofallout · Aug 28, 2015

Bold One said:
surely you mean Kancelled

Dammit, I came here to say this. Also, I can't believe this wasn't the first reply.

Garlador · Aug 28, 2015

If they were still under Midway, they would have released it, bugs and all, and then ignored it.

I actually am impressed they made the decision to cancel those versions.

StrongBlackVine · Aug 28, 2015

This a good move. No one has been hurt. If you are last gen you would still be on last gen regardless.

sleepykyo · Aug 28, 2015

AAK said:
Woah...

WB is really making a certain name for themselves as a publisher.

I see this as a plus actually. Like Bethesda and Sega never showed any restraint in releasing games.

Green Yoshi · Aug 28, 2015

Justinh said:
Given it's High Voltage making it, I doubt many tears will be shed...

Indeed. I'm still playing on 360 (my notebook is too slow for games), but I don't need bad ports.

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