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[Gudji]

 

[Evil Calvin]

This is why the industry is fucked. A AAA new IP costs too much and doesn't recoup costs, then publishers want to rely on 'safe bet' sequels and remakes/ remasters.

Also, how about make it multiplatform?

 

[Punished Miku]

This is why the industry is fucked. A AAA new IP costs too much and doesn't recoup costs, then publishers want to rely on 'safe bet' sequels and remakes/ remasters.

Also, how about make it multiplatform?

And this was playing it as safe as it gets. Western writers, Marvel style dialogue, open world action RPG. The only thing safer than this is Avengers.

... fuck.

 

[Aranea]

Oof. Perhaps it's time for Square Enix to stick to create stuff people enjoyed and made the company huge in the first place.

 

[Kacho]

Who was the target audience for this game?

 

[Icymanipulator]

People hating, but I’m glad they took a shot at something new.

 

[Aaron Olive]

If I was Sony, I would want my money back. They probably bought the exclusivity after seeing the original footage and were straight up scammed by SE at the end.

What they paid for:

What they got:

A 4K PS3 game.

 

[SSfox]

Budget doesn't make quality, you need to have passionate people working on it and that has a real vision first and foremost.

 

[Bilu]

"At least it's a released game, by GAF"

 

[lukilladog]

 

[CortexVortex]

Not surprised.
Shame that it didn’t work out for them. We need more new IPs instead of just countless sequels.

 

[GenericUser]

Awesome news

 

[feynoob]

I'm amazed of how much of a butthurt bitch you are about this game that most people already forgot about.

Why are defending this game?

 

[shiru]

A shitty resetera game flopped. This is good for the industry and should be celebrated.

 

[norm9]

Wouldn't have ever had time to play it, but glad Squeenix tried a new IP instead of FF Origins Lightning Returns part 2. Perhaps one day they'll strike gold again and they'll have another Chrono Trigger or Secret of Evermore on their hands, but they won't ever get there without trying.

 

[GymWolf]

Uh?

 

[poodaddy]

Wouldn't have ever had time to play it, but glad Squeenix tried a new IP instead of FF Origins Lightning Returns part 2. Perhaps one day they'll strike gold again and they'll have another Chrono Trigger or Secret of Evermore on their hands, but they won't ever get there without trying.

I can see this mindset. That being said, if they were gonna take the "nothing ventured nothing gained" approach, they really should have made it less of an obvious example of "games made by committee".

 

[DenchDeckard]

And what was the marketing budget?

Probs another 100 million...it was everywhere....

What a shame....No one wants games to be bad. Especially a game which was a showpiece for the PS5.

 

[TVexperto]

Yeah, i would have been way more interested jn this game if it wasn’t so severely dowgraded. This is watchdogs 1/ aliens colonial marines levels of bad.

I remember the watch dogs shitstorm back then..wonder why there wasnt one about forspoken for the huge downgrade

 

[Hugare]

They could have funded a decent FF game with this money

Or a new Deus EX while they had the IP

Squuare, ffs

 

[DenchDeckard]

I'm amazed of how much of a butthurt bitch you are about this game that most people already forgot about.

For the life of me, I can not understand how you consistently get away with insulting people like this....I've seen far too many posts like this from you.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Loved the trailer and marketing I gotta play it. I think gamers know games take millions to make.

 

[Umbasaborne]

I remember the watch dogs shitstorm back then..wonder why there wasnt one about forspoken for the huge downgrade

We’ve been conditoned to expect that very few, if any games will look as good as they look in trailers and presentations. Lying and downgrades are just apart of this industry

 

[Kacho]

And what was the marketing budget?

Probs another 100 million...it was everywhere....

What a shame....No one wants games to be bad. Especially a game which was a showpiece for the PS5.

lol... there's no way way the marketing budget was 100 million. They just put out some YouTube trailers and a demo. I'm sure there was an ad on a bus somewhere but that ain't gonna add up to 100 million dollars.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[DenchDeckard]

lol... there's no way way the marketing budget was 100 million. They just put out some YouTube trailers and a demo. I'm sure there was an ad on a bus somewhere but that ain't gonna add up to 100 million dollars.

it was all over twitch and youtube for like two weeks straight maybe more. I thought this had a huge times square advert but maybe im tripping...

Nope...found it

forspoken times square - Search Videos

www.bing.com

 

[Schmendrick]

100 million....for that garbage heap?
How? Where did the money go to? The tech is mid-last gen standard, there are no expensive celebritiy faces or anything....how do you burn 100 million on something like this?

 

[suspicious mind]

I hope spencer says no whenever they come asking for some gamepass money.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I don't care on what people are spending their hard earned money on, but Square were dumb af with pricing this at €80 yikes.

 

[Kvally]

When will people learn, don't believe all the rumors! I mean, how many times has Sony bought Square Enix in the past 2 decades now? 10 times?

 

[Kacho]

it was all over twitch and youtube for like two weeks straight maybe more. I thought this had a huge times square advert but maybe im tripping...

Nope...found it

forspoken times square - Search Videos

www.bing.com

Damn, I’m so out of the loop on this stuff. They really did go all out.

 

[unlurkified]

If I was Sony, I would want my money back. They probably bought the exclusivity after seeing the original footage and were straight up scammed by SE at the end.

What they paid for:

What they got:

At 100M, it’s baffling how it ended up getting downgraded so hard. So hard to get excited for new games now when this happens a lot.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Damn, I’m so out of the loop on this stuff. They really did go all out.

The worst part is, how amazing does that look! Bet it was bonkers in the flesh! gutted the game didnt deliver.

 

[ClosBSAS]

lol just bought it two days ago and today is 33% off fml...either way, game reviewers are being too harsh on this one. dialogue ya, shits so woke its whack, but the game itself, great gameplay, great graphics,

 

[Wunray]

And they couldn't find the money to make another dues ex?

 

[Punished Miku]

And they couldn't find the money to make another dues ex?

It bombed hard. The sequel was like $10 in 2 months. Avengers also bombed. Guardians also bombed.

 

[Umbasaborne]

At 100M, it’s baffling how it ended up getting downgraded so hard. So hard to get excited for new games now when this happens a lot.

I think they overestimated how powerful the ps5 would end up being for the game they wanted to make. I know something similar happened with watchdogs, where ubisoft sort of over estimated the power of the next gen consoles. I know that sounds silly to say when you look at something like horizon forbidden west, but you are moving through the world much slower in that game, and the effects aren't quite as bonkers as forspoken can be in combat

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

I still don't know who the game was for? Specifically, who was the intended target audience? I haven't figured it out.

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

In other news, Tabata is working on some NFT bullshit. He'd be my prime suspect.

As a fairly aggressive Tabata and XV hater I felt SO vindicated by that news + Forspoken being received badly.

 

[TheKratos]

Ridiculous, who greenlit this. What a waste of money.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Where did all the money go? GOW, HFW, or Callisto Protocol have very high production values and that shows. Forspoken looks like a turd.

Goes to show you that my estimate of 200M dev cost or more is probably accurate for GoW

SlimySnake

 

[Tomi]

hahahahahah, this is hilarious

 

[SmokedMeat]

You’d think all that money could at least buy some nice looking magic attacks.

 

[Beechos]

Wonder which one is the bigger failure avengers or this?

 

[HoodWinked]

don't they have all those bullshit diversity and equity grants and tax incentives and additional funding to the arts for cultural outreach. I'm sure they laundered a bunch of funds from programs like that.

probably on paper $100 million budget but with the breaks and incentives they probably made money then they also get to deduct paper losses and at worst break even.

 

[Elder Legend]

You sound mad lol

If by mad you mean happy, then yes lol.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Who was the target audience for this game?

 

[Kvally]

And they couldn't find the money to make another dues ex?

Huh. I had no idea they made that game. I liked it.

 

[Big Baller]

Never go full woke

 

[M1987]

100m for it to look like that