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A look at Wonderbook’s early prototypes

After MKO and Microsoft's "The Little King" was cancelled, SCE London and MKO teamed up, leading to several Wonderbook prototypes.

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Derekvinyard134121d ago

these talented people should not have been wasting there time with this commercial failure, very smart devs should make another game i hope they get the chance

WeAreLegion4121d ago

I absolutely love Wonderbook. Book of Spells is a great experience. I highly recommend it to any Harry Potter fan. ^_^

Failure or not, it's fun. Isn't that why video games exist?

jujubee884121d ago

N4G will not get any better for you.

Leave. Now!!!

FOR GODS SAKE! SAVE YOUR INNOCENCE AND RATIONAL THINKING FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY!!

WeAreLegion4121d ago

I've been on N4G since 2005, when it was literally news4gamers.com.

I'm very sad that I haven't left yet. :/

I was LeonSKennedy4Life back then.

jujubee884121d ago

Me too. But, N4G wont let me see pending subs w/out an account.

Hicken4121d ago

Translation: I don't care if it's good; it's gotta sell well, or it's a waste.

Typical response of this generation's gamers.

Derekvinyard134121d ago

if you knew anything about this generation of gaming, you would know that its to risky to have your game sell bad. i never said the game was bad, i said that the game didn't have a big enough audience and it didn't do good on the charts. we have seen to many good devs close up shop cause of ONE game not selling good. Thats all because of this generation, people like you hicken, who cant think further into what someone says. have to have someone spell things out for you, child...... "I don't care if it's good; it's gotta sell well, or it's a waste." maybe thats what you think, but nothing is a waste. A waste would be these talented guys closing down because of bad sales. The worst thing in life is wasted talent. Get it now?

abzdine4121d ago (Edited 4121d ago )

and people like you who haven't tried it should at least know what they're talking about before they open it big.

This game is amazing, refreshing and came at the right moment in an industry which is saturated with same types of games. Thank you London Studio for this!

I'm looking forward to more games using the tech, it's day one purchase cause i absolutely love the idea.

Derekvinyard134121d ago

once again, never mentioned anything about the game being good or bad. when sales do bad, the dev struggles and it sucks that these talented devs have to go through that

abzdine4121d ago

@Derekvinyard13:

that's where you get it wrong! not because it's a commercial failure that they shouldn't give it a try. And as a gamer shouldn't you just worry about the games? Or do you share some kind of % from each game sold? You like the principe, you buy it! it's as simple as this.

Companies like SONY take risks and i think they deserve thmbs up and a minimum support. Wonderbook is amazing and doesn't cost much. Each real gamer should own it.

GribbleGrunger4121d ago

The problem is that this industry has catered to an ever narrowing demographic which is why games like COD do ridiculously well. If you want this industry to grow then you'd better hope that other companies take as many risks as Sony.

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r214121d ago

I gotta say, these concepts are pretty nifty :) Did any of it make it to the actual release?

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5 E3 Announcements That Turned Out to Be Total Dumpster Fires

These reveals and showcases may go down as one of the worst in E3 history.

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gamerpop2142d ago

The poor old Vita. Still travels with me to this day...

BiggerBoss2141d ago

The Vita was such a tragedy.

It was such a powerful handheld, but consumers just didn't latch onto it.

Yi-Long2141d ago (Edited 2141d ago )

Great screen, great specs, but ridiculously overpriced memory cards quickly made it a non-starter for many. Even when I had one, I wouldn't buy games for the simple reason my 8/16 GB card was full, and it would have cost too much money to buy a new one, and I didn't want to remove the games which were on it.

Bought a 64GB card in Hong Kong last year orso, where it was actually affordable, but back in Holland a simple 32GB card would have cost me at least as much as I paid for the 64GB card in HK.

SierraGuy2140d ago (Edited 2140d ago )

Way better than Switch. Ahead of it's time if you ask me and probably collectible one day.

yellowgerbil2141d ago

The best lineup ever. Most were cancelled or not released and those that have are mediocre

BiggerBoss2141d ago

Lmao, best lineup in Xbox history.

Gotta love it.

DialgaMarine2141d ago (Edited 2141d ago )

I thought they were going to list PS3 because of the tags lol

Also, if you’re going to include Wonder Book, might as well throw Kinect in as well. Sesame Street, anyone? lol

PhantomS422141d ago

Don't you dare talk smack about Skittles the tiger! Agreed though a lot of those demos were hilarious and painful to watch.

The 10th Rider2141d ago

To be fair though, from a sales perspective Kinect was a huge success. It also had a fair number of games that weere a critical success.

DialgaMarine2141d ago

True, but its far better known for its blunders, such as being the thing Rare was forced to make crappy games for, and one of the most embarrassingly bad Star Wars game in recebt memory. It also kindof fell the map pretty quickly, and played a huge role in botching Xbone’s launch.

Segata2141d ago

Wii U, Wii Motion Sensor, Wonderbook, Kinect,Vita 3G AT&T, Wii Music, PS3 Price, US Saturn Launch "Saturnday" ,Game Boy Advance Micro. Are some of mine. I can't remember if Matrix Online was announced at E3 but SEGA was hyping it up as something SEGA fans were asking for and making it sound like a massive deal. Then never heard about it again.

Imalwaysright2141d ago (Edited 2141d ago )

The Sega Saturn has got to be the worse. "Hey the console is on the shelves right now... surprise!! Oh and it costs $400" and right after Sega's conference comes Sony and says that the PS1, a console that unlike the Saturn was designed to offer fully realized 3D worlds for the players to immerse themselves in, costs $300. That day marked the beggining of the end for Sega's hardware.

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PS Nation Podcast-Ep413-Ammo Camo

New Releases
3DRealms returns with ‘Bombshell’
Spring Fever 2015 on PSN
EA tries something new with ‘Premium’ for BF Hardline
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove on Kickstarter
What we’re playing and watching
Break music from Toejam and Earl
Review of Helldivers
Review of The Carol Burnett Show: Together Again
Emails
Comedian is Brian Posehn

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Wonderbook expands into dinosaurs investigating Harry Potter’s potions on Nov. 12

Remember Wonderbook? If perchance its previous Book of Spells reminded you that you’re young at heart, there’s three more Wonderbooks on the way, including another Harry Potter: Book of Potions. Alongside the recipe book, there will also be a Wonderbook version of the BBC Documentary Walking with Dinosaurs and a kids detective story called Diggs Nightcrawler which was announced sometime last year and then disappeared mysteriously into Europe.