MoogleWizard
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This means Nintendo isn't funding this, right? Good. More money to fund Bayonetta 3!
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Rumor: BG&E2: Odyssey is a Switch timed exclusive (12 months, then PS4/XB1/PC)
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Last_colossi
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Look, I'm all in on the Switch hype train and I'll definitely be picking one up on day one but, limiting the development of BGE2 to the specs and power of the Switch and then making it a 12 month exclusive...
Edit: Now I've thought about it more... As long as the game is still what Michel ancel and the team originally envisioned then I'm ok with this as Rayman Origins and Legends were both budget like titles and were still fantastic.
Edit: Now I've thought about it more... As long as the game is still what Michel ancel and the team originally envisioned then I'm ok with this as Rayman Origins and Legends were both budget like titles and were still fantastic.
Sammy Samusu
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Didn't Ueda say the same thing for The Last Guardian? Ki.
RPGCrazied
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Well, unless they have a Metroid game close to launch(yeah right), I have no interest in the Switch. I guess I'll just wait for the PS4 version.
SinCityAssassin
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It did not, but a variety in releases is what breathes life in a console library. Just like Bayonetta.
tiebreaker
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So.... BGE2 on PS5.
friskykillface
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Is Nintendo helping fund this? could easily be another Rayman, lol I remember that one and being hyped up but then bam, delayed until the week before GTA V lol
AquaWateria
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Its expected with Neogaf though.
Gamer @ Heart
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They gave away FREE download codes for the game on fucking $5 string cheese packages.
Sold poorly is an understatement. Price of Persia ate all its marketing in 2003.
BlackBuzzard
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Or the more likely scenario nobody will buy it after a year.
SinCityAssassin
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lol nvm didn't read properly
wild wild rice
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Sounds great! Can't wait to see more.
Yep it was, not really surprising, but they did say the scope of the game needed better hardware.
If I trust other GAFer the first game didn't sold well so it should not bother the few fans of the IP.
Ahhhhhh I get it now. "The Switch is a weak console so I'm mad it's being developed with the Switch in mind rather than my PS4." I can understand that sentiment a bit I guess, but c'mon guys. We haven't even seen the game yet.
Mushroomer25
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Didn't that XBONE version of Tomb Raider do fine, though? Sold a million copies, and it wasn't like the PS4 version suddenly shot up the sales charts. Microsoft paid for it to happen, so they could bolster their lineup for 2015. It seemed to do the job.
TImed exclusives are fine, since typically they're only going to happen with games that otherwise might not make it to shelves. Clearly nobody at Ubisoft was chomping at the bit to make BG&E 2 - be glad Nintendo would take it this far.
Nintendo has a thing for moneyhatting DOA games I guess
AquaWateria
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Look, I'm all in on the Switch hype train and I'll definitely be picking one up on day one but, limiting the development of BGE2 to the specs and power of the Switch and then making it a 12 month exclusive...
This is what I call a bullshit post lmao.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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We don't know the full picture; this could be a SFV-like scenario where Nintendo's contribution has allowed for it's continued development.
SinCityAssassin
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Looks like we're going for a Zombi-U situation in terms of release, except it won't somehow be a gimped version on non-NIntendo consoles.
Eolz
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That's really shitty to leak this kind of deals at this point in time. Both for the devs and Nintendo.
Milly Osworth
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Bayonetta meltdowns incoming.
Jonneh3003
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It's her job.
It was already leaked like a year ago actually.
JonnyDBrit
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If the info is actually true, then it might be that Ubi planned it to be digital in general, but what Nintendo wanted for the Switch launch period was a physical release that would be visible on shelving space - ie, to say that the Switch has games, to the average consumer. So Nintendo secured the exclusive period and a physical release, while Ubisoft will stick to its original plan once that period expires.
JimmyRustler
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Ubisoft and Nintendo really must have a special relationship. They keep releasing games even though they all bomb.
Petrae
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Of all the reasons to potentially buy a Switch for most consumers, a time-exclusive sequel to a 14 year-old game that had limited sales success isn't going to be one of them.
Worse for Ubisoft, by the time the year is up and the other consoles get their versions, most formerly-interested parties will likely not bother.
Worse for Ubisoft, by the time the year is up and the other consoles get their versions, most formerly-interested parties will likely not bother.
Look, I'm all in on the Switch hype train and I'll definitely be picking one up on day one but, limiting the development of BGE2 to the specs and power of the Switch and then making it a 12 month exclusive...
A BG&E2 made for the specs of full power PS4/XB1 might not even be greenlit, considering today's Ubisoft.
Father_Brain
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oh no, all those people who would have bought Switch for a sequel to a game that bombed thirteen years ago
In any case, not her job to worry about that.
Something I find funny about folks being upset with the game being developed with the Switch in mind is that I really haven't played anything on my PS4 that couldn't have been done on a last gen console.
I don't mean in terms of visuals or frame rate mind you, just new gameplay systems and concepts enabled by enhanced hardware. I just haven't seen that this generation. Why would BGE2 be the game that changes that?
Not that Ubisoft would risk a full sized PS4 scale BGE2 in the first.
I don't mean in terms of visuals or frame rate mind you, just new gameplay systems and concepts enabled by enhanced hardware. I just haven't seen that this generation. Why would BGE2 be the game that changes that?
Not that Ubisoft would risk a full sized PS4 scale BGE2 in the first.
Laura updated the blog post to include the recent string of Ubisoft info, so I guess the OP is in the clear.
Tricky I Shadow
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Yeah, no. Not even close.
She has an Ubisoft source, who obviously doesn't give a fuck either. Two way street at this point tbh.
Kenzodielocke
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If it needs that money to be made that's perfectly fine. Bayonetta meltdowns were silly. If this is just payment to keep it off of other platforms, that's shitty, but business.
Mushroomer25
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Why? Assuming the leak is legitimate, they've got a trailer ready to run in nine days. If this was a deal in the earliest possible stages of negotiation, a leak would potentially compromise it. But this is already a done deal, just waiting for the announcement.
If you want to avoid breaking news about the games industry, perhaps don't frequent a message board about the games industry.
AquaWateria
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People are already complaining about the graphics without even seeing the damn game.
Seriously guys you should be fucking grateful that a game that would otherwise not happen is coming out.
But naw instead y'all complain its not on your favorite system......
Seriously guys you should be fucking grateful that a game that would otherwise not happen is coming out.
But naw instead y'all complain its not on your favorite system......
Digital only on PS4XB1 implies that it's low budget actually. Sounds like Nintendo is taking a 20 dollar PSN game and propping it up as a AAA launch window title
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