During a WWE 2K20 event recently, GameSpot spoke to Lynell Jinks, creative director of Visual Concepts about the future ahead for the 2K series, which includes the work done on WWE 2K20. "I think freeing is the first feeling that you get," Jinks explained to GameSpot. "When you realize that now that all the ideas that you had and wanted to pursue are now at your fingertips, that's the first feeling you have."
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Danish from eXputer: "The Witcher's upcoming sequel needs to overhaul the series' combat system if it wants to make a big splash among gamers."
after what we see ( 2015 - 2024 ) in dark souls 3, blood borne , sekiro , dragon's dogma 2 , rise of the Ronin combat they should really careful and bring very good combat in Witcher 4 this time
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Sir...pack ur shxt...youre fired
Well this is awkward lol
I would never be pround of the work done, releasing a game in this state to our fanbase... Somebody had to step up and tell 2k... look, we should delay or skip this year, we need time. The release of 2k20 hurts the franchise more than anything.
"When you realize that now that all the ideas that you had and wanted to pursue are now at your fingertips, that's the first feeling you have."
Loooool
I don't envy these developers. Picking up someone else's scraps then having those dead lines & picking up the heat for releasing an unfinished game against their ideals.
I'd blame the people who insist on the ridiculous deadlines and the annual cycle. If you're going to release something annually, you're going to have invest more in the team to keep up & same it an increment worth customers investing in to.