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I’m so happy for Tango. I personally hope their next game isn’t released on Xbox. They don’t deserve it.

malvarez1 wrote:

I’m so happy for Tango. I personally hope their next game isn’t released on Xbox. They don’t deserve it.

I mean even if Microsoft did screw over the studio and staff. That move would essentially be screwing over people who only have an Xbox or are preferable to the system.

I think turnabout is fair play. People were quick to jump ship on the Wii U because of its shaky prospects (and they were right to do so). The writing is on the wall for Microsoft and the Xbox; if studios don't want to release their games on Xbox, Microsoft can find the reason by looking in a mirror.

I mean even if Microsoft did screw over the studio and staff. That move would essentially be screwing over people who only have an Xbox or are preferable to the system.

High School of the Dead and Taimanin is a powerful collab.

BadNewsBlues wrote:

I mean even if Microsoft did screw over the studio and staff. That move would essentially be screwing over people who only have an Xbox or are preferable to the system.

It would also be silly to limit your audience and sales given High Fi Rush didn't make back what it needed originally according to Jeff Grubb. Leaving potential sales on the table simply out of spite seems like a fool's move for a precarious game. I doubt they'd actually do that though. Hopefully fans can turn up this time around.

While Tango wanted to “inherit the entire development team” who made Hi-Fi Rush, half of their 100 employees had already found new jobs. So for those of you who were wondering if there was some vague business situation that would allow them to revive the entire team back, that never existed.

As a result, Genki also found new job listings at Tango’s website. They may be meant to take the roles of the 50 staffers who left. But, once again, we have to acknowledge we lack some information here, and we don’t know if Krafton intends for Tango to continue to operate independently, or if they will be integrated to their Japanese subsidiary. Or for that matter, if Tango will be effectively Krafton’s Japanese subsidiary.

I think turnabout is fair play. People were quick to jump ship on the Wii U because of its shaky prospects (and they were right to do so). The writing is on the wall for Microsoft and the Xbox; if studios don't want to release their games on Xbox, Microsoft can find the reason by looking in a mirror.

I If Microsoft can make a new console that's worth a damn, sure, port everything onto it... but also, would people really want a game on Xbox when they can just get it off of Steam? If the game is already selling well-enough everywhere else, Microsoft can sit and stew.

The matter is nowhere near ripe, though--we can worry about that if and when a new Hi-Fi Rush actually gets made, and even then it all depends on whether or not Microsoft even has a console at that point.

I think things can get to a point where the potential sales won't make up for any kind of effort put into porting something to a floundering console. Again, the Wii U got passed over for a lot of games once the writing was on the wall. If Microsoft can make a new console that's worth a damn, sure, port everything onto it... but also, would people really want a game on Xbox when they can just get it off of Steam? If the game is already selling well-enough everywhere else, Microsoft can sit and stew.

The matter is nowhere near ripe, though--we can worry about that if and when a new Hi-Fi Rush actually gets made, and even then it all depends on whether or not Microsoft even has a console at that point.

I think turnabout is fair play. People were quick to jump ship on the Wii U because of its shaky prospects (and they were right to do so). The writing is on the wall for Microsoft and the Xbox; if studios don't want to release their games on Xbox, Microsoft can find the reason by looking in a mirror.