Ninja Theory, "Moving from Xbox to PS3 to multi was betrayal in some people's minds"

In an interview with PSM3, Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades answered to some critics opposition to a Devil May Cry reboot

[NYC_Gamer]

No it wasn't since Ninja Theory weren't owned by Sony

[solar]

only extremists care about exclusives. real gamers embrace games that everyone can enjoy. because that is what gaming is all about.

[dragon82]

Everyone can enjoy exclusives. All they have to do is buy the other consoles.

[MysticStrummer]

I find the downplaying of exclusives this generation really bizarre. Exclusives define a platform. They always have and they always will. Either buy the system that has more of the exclusives you want to play on it, or buy every system so you can play them all. Regardless, anyone can play whatever they want. Gaming is about having fun, by the way.

[wenaldy]

The word of extrimist is too much, smartass..

[Boody-Bandit]

No Ninja Theory what was a betrayal was your relentless bitching and complaining about Sony and Heavenly Sword. How did Enslaved do again? Exactly.

Stop, you're not relevant and at the rate you're going, never will be. Don't you need to actually make a really good game before you start making headlines? Personally I would hope so. Enslaved was meh at best and the ending was horrid. Get back to us when you have a project worth talking about.

[RememberThe357]

I have to disagree there (even though I clicked agree :| ). Gaming isn't about being inclusive, it's about being entertained and/or challenged. I get the sentiment, but there's more to gaming than "no exclusives!".

As for Ninja Theory, I think that people resented the fat that they wanted a sequel to HS and NT basically gave everyone the finger because they thought HS sold too low. Then they went on and made a game that was worse and sold worse validating peoples hate. I, personally, don't really care. I want a new HS and I really don't want them making DMC, but outside of that I couldn't give two sh*ts about them.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Real gamers buy games regardless of systems, troll.

Exclusives allows devs to flesh out and devote more resources into their work translating into a better experience. If you can't see that, then you can go on and not enjoy all the exclusives out there.

[SilentNegotiator]

It was a moronic move on their own part. Instead of making a sequel to Heavenly Sword or some sort of spiritual successor and getting lots of sales, they played the blame game against the playstation 3, made a mediocre game, and got mediocre sales.

SELF-betrayal.

lol

"only extremists care [only] about exclusives"
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Fixed.

[guitarded77]

The reason PS3 gamers hated them wasn't because they went to develop multiplats, it was because of all the s#1t they talked about the PS3 and how it was PS3 owners faults that Heavenly Sword didn't sell the numbers they wanted. Then after talking s#!t, they released Enslaved which was mediocre at best and now they have their heart set on ruining the Devil May Cry franchise. Ninja Theory is one of the most overrated developers ever.

[NukaCola]

What's really for Ninja Theory:

They bashed Playstation and it's fans. They said Enslaved would blow Uncharted away in story, gameplay and visuals. They used the Unreal Engine which is not very friendly to inexperienced devs and the PS3 itself, so the game had much more tearing on PS3 and overall looked worse than Heavenly Sword...AND IN THE END the game sold the most on PS3 over 360. Talk about gamers being bigger than idiot jerk wad developers. Ninja Theory really messed up on so many levels.

[lover2012]

"only extremists care about exclusives. real gamers embrace games that everyone can enjoy. because that is what gaming is all about. "

it really piss me off when some people say that

exclusives are what push the system to it limit
and define that system

why would i buy ps3 or xbox then ??
if every game on every system then i would just stick to pc gaming and never own consoles
since pc already have the best looking games ever
and i would never experience sony's 1st party studios
and never see the best looking "consoles" games like uncharted3/godofwar3/kz3 etc.
and i will never see the ps3 push to it's limit

BTW MS is making a mistake by not having almost any 1st party studio beside turn10/343 for next gen consoles
almost every other so called "xbox exclusive" already on pc
that's the reason I'm sticking to PC/ps4 next gen

let me ask you this
when next gen come out what console are you going to buy and why ???
answer me on this question

[Rageanitus]

if it were not for blu-ray and the ps3 exclusives I would have not gotten a ps3 and just stuck with pc gaming....

hell although xbox has hardly any exclusives i bought it just for gears... given the condition that i paid CHEAP for my xbox

[Saladfax]

It's rather funny because what ultimateidol is actually implying is that a single, unified architecture for game development would be the best thing for devs and gamers. After all, creators would be able to focus on one system, and all consumers would have access to these wonderful games.

Oh, but no, no no... We could never lose our beloved plastic boxes. How could we argue which one was best, then? How can we feel vindicated that the choices of our shiny red tricycles was better than the other guy's?

Don't get me wrong, I love the exclusive games, but having the attitude of hording them is just kind of dumb. Maybe not go multi-plat for everything off the bat, but do some porting, spread out these really fun experiences so that not everyone has to shell out hundreds of dollars for hardware to support each giant corporation.

Honestly, pretty much any argument to the contrary is just childish trike-mongering.

[Ares84HU]

@solar

True gamers care about exclusives!!! Why?? Exclusives take truly advantage of a consoles power that most multiplatforms don't use. Look at Uncharted series on PS3 and Gears of War series on the 360 for example.

[Karum]

For me "real" gamers play games they enjoy and just get on with enjoying them.

I strongly disagree that only extremists care about exclusives. As someone that owns a gaming PC, a PS3, a PS Vita and an Xbox 360 and don't consider myself any kind of extremist I absolutely love exclusives.

I find that most of the time exclusives are superb games because the developer is only working on one piece of hardware and are just in general great games. There's loads of PS exclusives which I love and there are 360 exclusives I've got some serious, serious enjoyment out of also.

[BuffMordecai]

Sounds like someone is stuck with a 360.

[Consoldtobots]

"Ninja Theory is one of the most overrated developers ever."

I wouldn't go that far, some of the gameplay concepts they fleshed out in HS are things that will probably be the norm come next gen. (Repel the invading hordes with a catapult anyone?)

or how bout bullet time at the bridge when you have to nail the soldiers trying to kill your father with a well placed arrow each time?

I STILL go back to HS to play those sequences as they were truly epic and inspiring. Too bad NT didn't have any conviction behind their vision.

A man builds what his heart is inspired to. When he tries to build what he thinks others want, it ends being something nobody wants.

[Biggest]

And to be honest, they aren't rated very high. I enjoyed Heavenly Sword. Enslaved was okay, but a few steps back in comparison to Heavenly Sword. Most devs are expected to perform better with each release. I don't trust Ninja Theory in that way. At least this time they have a "known" entity to work on.

[Young_ART]

I care about exclusives and I am not an extremist.

The reason I love exclusives is because they are developed for a SPECIFIC CONSOLE. As in the developer can focus on that one consoles strengths and weaknesses, without having to sacrifice due to another consoles strengths and weaknesses.

IMO the only ones who DONT care about console exclusives, are ones who primarily game on consoles who don't have many.

but I won't name what system that is.

[Shadonic]

Exclusives basically turned the gaming industry into some weird 3 team version of football to me, I mean just think about a football conversation about your teams rivals (xbox PS3) and the players are the games. Really as a gamer i believe exclusives are just something to keep the consumers locked onto the console of their choice.

Also enslaved wasn't even that bad theirs more to game sales then just the game itself. Look at the countless other big titles that were coming out.

[aquamala]

But why do exclusives exist? It's because the devs got paid not to make the game on other consoles or they are first party, it's not like the team would pick a console that they like better to work on, it's all about $$$

[aquamala]

I dont even know what to say to people that think uncharted 3 and gears 3 are better games than arkham city, portal 2 and skyrim. There are far more high quality multi plats last year than exclusives in 2011, and 2012 looks to be the same with mass effect 3, bioshock infinite and gta5

[SilentNegotiator]

"I wouldn't go that far, some of the gameplay concepts they fleshed out in HS are things that will probably be the norm come next gen. (Repel the invading hordes with a catapult anyone?)"

Oh man, that part was awesome. I can't believe they went from one of the most defining experiences I have played this generation to one of the most mediocre I have played.

[undisputed]

I don't get this elitist attitude about exclusives all of a sudden. Back then, exclusives were the biggest reasons for owning a console.

[Kos-Mos]

Exclusive means games designed for "that" console.

[SkyGamer]

I like how everyone talks about sony having so many developers now. Ok that is NOW. Is it etched in stone and for the rest of time?! How narrow can one's vision be? So you really think that they will ALWAYS be able to fund these studios with medocre sales? What is the best selling game on ps3? That's right, Modern Warfare 3. How about the runner up? Black Ops. I think the only ps3 game to crack the top 10 is gt5. The same for MS. MW3 and Black ops top their records as well. Until that trend ends, having multiple studios is foolish and not very cost-effective.

MS learned from sony last gen and flocked to movie studios and third party devs. Look at what happened... They are doing well this gen. Take a look at sony nextgen. They might be using a more developer friendly system, learning from MS this gen. It is good to learn from your mistakes.

[pedo_across-the-road]

Yes but Sony did save them from bankrupcy

[Darrius Cole]

You mean Ninja Theory was almost bankrupt??? I can't imagine why.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

LOL I'm dying. xD

[andrewsqual]

Let Ninja Theory think what they want but if you actually liked Enslaved, prepare to be pissed off. If history repeats itself, then on the run up to release of Devil May Unreal, Ninja Theory are going to keep releasing dev diaries explaining why Enslaved was so shit but this game will be awesome and then it will flop. That's what happened with Enslaved when they kept bashing Heavenly Sword up to Enslaved's release( which they still don't realise was an awesome game for 2007). Complete and utter morons.

[erathaol]

If I remember correctly, before Enslaved was released they did a fair bit of betrayal themselves. They said something like, "PS3 has such small audience at launch that being exclusive hurt sales for Heavenly Sword. We stepped up to be Multiplatform so that we can reach a wider audience with Enslaved."

The irony in that statement must have hit them like a bag of hammers, since Heavenly Sword sold better than Enslaved.

[Darrius Cole]

It must be said, that their rationale for complaining about the sales never made sense. They were complaining about losing money on Heavenly Sword because they were exclusive. However, at that time Heavenly Sword had sold 1.5 million copies. The gaming community responded to Ninja Theory's complaints with a collective shout of, "HOW DO YOU LOSE MONEY ON 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD?"

Ninja Theory never answered that; they just kept on complaining.

P.S.

Everybody is probably upset with you now because you insist on making Dante's hair black. Which actually is kind of disrespectful. It doesn't affect anything material; it is just that it is so blatantly a case of Ninja Theory sticking their finger the DMC fans' eyes simply because Ninja Theory has the power to do it.

[dcbronco]

1.5 million doesn't always mean profit. This generation made it even harder to make a profit with those numbers. And developing exclusively on a new console, with new architecture and a small develop was a mistake. But NT believed(and many others) the PS3 would catch the 360 in months like Sony said.

But having a long develop period. Many issues, little financing and little help from Sony in any way also hurt.

Plus 1.5 sold in the first few months is not 1.5 sold over the course of a couple of years. Over the course of a couple of years means a lot of heavily discounted copies. And if VGCharts is the source for those numbers, remember that they also count copies bundled for free with a console. 1.5 is way off.

[Baka-akaB]

little help ? Sony cambridge had to help them finish the game .

They had great promotion from Sony for once , and even had a buzz worthy and jaw dropping advertising in eps of Heroes , the most popular tv serie of the time

And the rest is BS too ... they sold the very first months at least 500K copies of a game that met mostly mixed reviews and feelings , in a not so popular genre wich boasted MDC and god of war as the ultimate best sellers , at "only" 2-3 millions each usually .

They had a just ok game selling great at launch for lack of better titles , in a rather niche subgenre ... WTF did they wanted and expected ?

They didnt even do half that with Enslaved and yet pretended everything was fine for a while .

"Plus 1.5 sold in the first few months is not 1.5 sold over the course of a couple of years"

The game did almost 800k in its first year in fall 2007 , and was at 1,4 million at the beginning of 2008 . Better games than this had far worse drops and progression

[dcbronco]

Baka-akaB so you believe they are just complaining to be complaining. You have to be a huge fanboy to believe that. They said they didn't make money. If what you say is true then why didn't they. And wasn't the game heavily discounted early on?

And any game that sells 2 or 3 million is a very popular game. It's more likely that a game will sell around a million. More likely less.

And the game was at almost 1.4 at the end of '08. Not the beginning. And it was being bundled, which news VGchartz counts even though it is a give away. Look at Kinect Adventures. It has 16 million in sales. But is bundled with Kinect. That's not a true sale.

Heavenly Sword lost money. Get over it. There are millions in cost like overhead and taxes that too many gamers ignore. 1.5 million copies of a game that was discounted, had a long development cycle and was exclusive to console with a small install base and gets bundled is not a recipe for making money.

I know, I know. You just want to play great games. But there is a business side to gaming.

[OmegaSlayer]

The problem with Ninja Theory is that they don't have the humbleness to understand what they do wrong and that they have serious limits as developers.
And they keep blaming others for their faults.
One time it's Sony, the other the customers, once Yo'Mama.
They're never wrong.

They have been asked to work on a game where gameplay is what matters and they still keep talking about the story.

They even call out Jaffe...you may love him or not but the guy is a guru of gameplay/fun.

This Tameem is a serious stubborn idiot.

[WetN00dle69]

The only people affected are the fcking fanboys!
You guys need to grow the fck up!

[morkendo23]

Ninja Theory, "Moving from Xbox to PS3 to multi was betrayal in some people's minds"

yes,....how about when FINAL FANTASY 13 moved to 360 was that betrayal in ps3 gamer mind??? YES!!!!
what go's around comes back in full circle both console.

[NeoBasch]

Not just that, but I believe their first game was published by Microsoft. I love the company. I think they're great and love that they focus on character development and storytelling. I wish more studios would take the same focus. My only complaint is the overuse of the Unreal Engine.

I understand that you can change the texturing to look nothing like Gears and Rainbow, but the way the games perform look very similar. You can almost tell when someone is using the Unreal Engine. As great as Mass Effect 3 looks and plays (minus the loading), it still fells like it was built with the Unreal Engine. I'd much rather studios build their own engines, once each generation, and then just modify it throughout. That way, a game that looks different feels different as well.

[Aaroncls7]

I've played a couple of their games and I wasn't too impressed.

Enslaved was ok; great character animations and attractive storyline; but the gameplay was quite dull and boring. I bought this game at release after the impressive demo :(

Heavenly Sword I did not like at all; the gameplay action felt out of control, and the story felt generic as %#$*.

Point is, these guys haven't done much in my book; I do think there is plenty of room for improvement but as of right now this developer gets kinda overshadowed by other established developers.

They do have a shot with DmC, I'd say they could get it right if they are smart enough and have learned from their shortcomings.

I wish they do.

[GraveLord]

Good article. The site is improving!

My favorite quote "We have no loyalty to bits of plastic and circuitry."

[PS-Analog]

Thanx Grave. It was always our intention to improve. Still working hard on it now and will continue to improve.

[gamingdroid]

I actually like that quote very much!

However, they should add ", but we do have loyalty to the Benjamins!"

@PS-Analog

I respectfully want to let you know, your site needs a face lift.

[RememberThe357]

Haha Benjamins they never seem to get. Isn't Heavenly Sword still their highest selling game?

[jetlian]

they made more money off enslaved than HS. Did sell more no. However ES is their ip unlike HS which is sonys ip

[LORD-PHOENIX]

personally bitching about heavenly sword sales (whioh are over 3 million) and just dissing the great game in general and sony gamers is the reason people didnt buy enslaved or take you seriously anymore

dont bite the hand that feeds you

[morganfell]

And they were cut completely away from anything to do with the Heavenly Sword animated movie. As was stated below, don't bit the hand that feeds you.

[Darrius Cole]

What Heavenly Sword animated movie? I never heard of any such thing. You got a link?

[gamingdroid]

... except, they weren't really fed. In their eyes, they felt robbed it seems.

[jacksonmichael]

That's... not the issue we have with DmC at all... I'm... Um... What...? Why would he think that?

[Pozzle]

- 'When asked about the animosity the studio was receiving he replied, "We've pushed a strong philosophy in the past that stories matter. That can be irksome to a lot of people."'

Surprise, surprise. Yet another subtle jab at the previous games. Sure the DMC games don't have the best stories in the world, but ffs I wish this guy would stop acting like he is "saving" the series with his OMG!BRILLIANT!IDEAS. No Tameem, fans aren't mad at you because you're making the DMC reboot more story-driven. >_>

- 'It's also that we started off as an Xbox developer, moved over to PS3 exclusively, then moved back to multiplatform development. That, to some people's minds, is a horrendous betrayal. But, for an independent developer like us, our interest is in making games and trying to reach as many people as possible. We have no loyalty to bits of plastic and circuitry.'

No Tameem, fans aren't mad at you because you're making the DMC reboot multiplatform. >_>

[SoapShoes]

But, for an independent developer like us, our interest is in making games and trying to reach as many people as possible. We have no loyalty to bits of plastic and circuitry.'

Funny because they reached more people as a PS3 exclusive. Now they are monkey backing on someone else's game.

[dragonyght]

haha tru heavenly sword single platform exclusive did reach x3 more ppl than they ever did with Enslaved. that just disprove they own statement. its really sad the miss the boat with heavenly sword 2

[gamingdroid]

***Surprise, surprise. Yet another subtle jab at the previous games.***

Why is that a jab?

It seems to me you are saying, we can't say anything bad about the previous games. Acknowledging problems is the first step towards fixing them.

[Pozzle]

Tameem has made no secret about his dislike of the original DMC games (and Dante's original design). He even said a couple of weeks back that he believes his team is "saving" the series. I can't recall a single interview where he's said something positive or complimentary about the original games or the team who made them. :(

He might not have intentionally meant it as a jab here, but considering his past comments about the original DMC games, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what he was implying. He could have just said something like "We have decided to make the reboot more story-driven" instead of "fans are mad at us because we think story matters". >_>

[Saladfax]

I'm never going to say that I'm particularly fond of the design choices for the new DmC game, but...

Let's be bloody honest here. The series really isn't that great. Yes, 1 and 3 are good games, but that means they've done the game right about half the time.

I wouldn't say its at all unusual for a new dev to feel confident about improving upon a series which has had numerous ups and downs.

[Baka-akaB]

actually nope , the serie is that great , with only few clear cut rival in it's own hardcore genre , such as ninja gaiden (and now too with bayonetta) .

Other games of the genre choose the Gow route wich is hardly the same flavor but good in its own right .

And then you got now the so called story oriented NT , wich could coexist fine on their own without crap on the rest

Being honest dmc2 is still a pretty good game , with great sales, just dissapointing compared to the rest and the mindblowing first game . Some of us are even looking forward to redo it in the hd collection , despite some initial mixed feelings

Most people only had two issues with DMC4 wich was a pretty good game : the character of Nero , and the amount of backtracking .

Otherwise it was pretty much the formula from dmc3 that most enjoyed . And it did sell the best so far .

Meanwhile continuing the honesty trend , NT hasnt produced a single game even as good , gameplay wise , as DMC2 , the worst of the serie

[MysticStrummer]

'When asked about the animosity the studio was receiving he replied, "We've pushed a strong philosophy in the past that stories matter. That can be irksome to a lot of people."'

He can't possibly really believe this.

[unknownhero1123]

he does. He's what I like to call a self-important douchebag. trust me, I lived with one my entire life.

[Sevir]

A powerful franchise! Honestly... Tameem is just rude, the producer on Heavenly sword and former studio head, was soo much better at handling things. She left when Tameem was named head of studio when the relationship broke with Sony, -_- since then this guy has just been trying to compare flawed Enslaved to Uncharted while dissing and insulting Heavenly Sword and Sony, Which was written as a trilogy and was even in development. Ironically all this bitching about HS they sold more on one platform than they ever did with a multiplatform game which also got more advertising and publicity than HS!

The fact that they got lucky by some unfortunate turn of management decision on capcom's behalf they scored a powerful franchise to work on. Cocky bastard now thinks he owns the Damn Franchise! -_-

[ziggurcat]

"No Tameem, fans aren't mad at you because you're making the DMC reboot multiplatform."

right - they're mad over the look and colour of a game character's hair without having played or seen any gameplay footage.

*rolls eyes*

[Emmettcelticfan]

The thing that annoys me about ninja theory is that it's always someone else's fault never their own.

[kreate]

Like all those comments they made about sony for heavenly sword?

[Furesis]

what comments? :D i never heard this please enlighten me

[DeadIIIRed]

I don't understand the animosity towards the studio for either going multiplatform or being involved in the DMC reboot. It makes business sense for them to go multiplat and Capcom are the ones looking for a fresh take on DMC.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Read the above comments on the animosity. They blamed Sony, the 3 million people who bought their game, and others for what they deemed as failure. Which was pretty far from the truth.

It's not because they went multi, it's because of their arrogance and misplaced ego.

[DeadIIIRed]

My original comment was in regards to the animosity towards Ninja Theory due to going multiplat and/or being involved in the DMC reboot. I didn't take into account any bad blood from the past, only what was in the article.

I tried doing some quick research a la Google, but I could not find the interview of Ninja Theory blaming anyone but Namco for Enslaved's marketing failure.

[Saladfax]

Since about 2/3rds of the articles on N4G are singular dev quotations taken wildly out of context, I sincerely doubt this so-called whining attitude from Ninja Theory has any real basis.

I won't deny the possibility, but it doesn't change the fact that it's all a bunch of bullshit sensationalism to rile up the masses.

[Baka-akaB]

except many of the stuff they did say about dmc , dante , sony , hs , enslaved are well documented enough .

The whole out of context quote wildcard doesnt work in their favor . Be it out or within context they were very whiny , douchy and arrogant on multiple occasions on all the mentioned games and issues .

Since you wanna pretend otherwise , do the job yourself , and try posting all of the quotes WITH their context and see if they still look good . I'm confident you wont find it so , if you try the exercise

[Baka-akaB]

you dont understand it because it's made up by NT and its fanatics . There are people angry about their attitude and comments over HS ... but it got little to do with DmC .

They keep scrapping the barrel for more excuse and posing themselves as misunderstood victims .

And it's perfect ... obviously if DmC fails to meet sales expectations , it will of course be because of some smearing campaign from PS3 fanatics ( with dmc4 the only ps3 dmc so far released on pc and 360 too ...) , nothing to do with concerns and complaints over what they did and are doing with the Devil may cry franchise /s -_-

[Ghost250]

i never cared that ninja theory went multiplat. in any case they got more sales developing exclusively then they multi-plat sooooo it actually a loss for them. my problem is the filth they are making called DmC.

[Rolento]

I thought the betrayal was them actually crapping all over fans of Heavenly Sword and crying about sales when the game came out early in the PS3's lifespan and then made Enslaved which ended up sucking and selling much less than Heavenly Sword even though Enslaved was multiplat when both consoles had established a fanbase. I still want a Heavenly Sword 2. Enslaved doesn't need a sequel.

[younglj01]

He may be blaming everyone else but I bet his employees are blaming him for missing out on an chance on making Heavenly Sword 2.How do it feel too have your Sony exclusive sell more then your multiplatform?

If this reboot bombs also who will you blame then?

[UltimateIdiot911]

Capcom for making them do a different Dante. Fans for not "understanding" why their Dante is better than the original "Dante".

[thebudgetgamer]

While I think it makes a better product just focusing on one piece of hardware, I will never trash a company for expanding its fanbase.

[baldulf]

The only betrayal is that they kept making games, regardless of the platform.

[SuperBeast811]

Insomniac your up next!! LOL betray Sony and you will FALL

[Ilovetheps5]

You do know that Insomniac is making a multiplatform game right?

[torchic]

that's what he was saying :/

I think SuperBeast was just saying in general, that if any studio betrays Sony, they fall.

[ziggurcat]

but it'll be a multiplat game that looks/performs brilliantly on PS3, given their history with the PS3 so far.

and from what i've seen, it's looking great.

[Game3s]

Abit extreme fan.

[Allowen]

This "betrayal "seems worst since the quality of their games had to be lowered because the Xbox360 standards.

If they said that their next game was going to be PS3/PC only then the PS3 fans would not be mad at all.
The same can be told about the Xbox360 and PC. No 360`s fan will complain that an "exclusive "is also on the PC. Expecially when the graphics are "the same ".

[AusRogo]

Played Enslaved the other day. Man that game COULD have been better. Was disappointed. Good idea but execution sucked. Especially the controls. Not the worst game, but not as good as I thought it might be. Ending was, by far, the shittiest ending I have EVER seen.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Irony is this company is apparently known for their story telling. LOL

[ninjahunter]

Sheezus christ, Gamers are dumbasses. Their a developer, not your butt buddy, they can do whatever they want, they have no more connection to you than a prostitute, but you dont hear people complaining when they see other people.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

If anything I'd argue a developer is a gamer's bitch. We don't have to buy their games if their PR is BS, the game sucks in anyway, or we don't even like one of the people working on a game.

[SuperK]

^^So true.....

[TVippy]

He's right about the pieces of plastic. I start to respect him.

[Ingram]

Tired of developers who just talk the talk.

There's enough divas, show us what you got and stop blaming consumers, it's been years now.

[Rageanitus]

It is only betrayal to some ppl's minds... those minds are FANBOYS....

how many games that were once on the ps2 only went onto the multiplatform bandwagon? MANY but I didn't care..... why because sony has helped bring on new ips to their system to make it "unique"

[StoneAgeWarfare]

Ninja theory ..... My reaction

[wildcat]

PS3 fans are the ones who supported Heavenly Sword, bought it, and defended what was being criticized as a God of War clone and a 4-hour game. Still, we respected what the developer attempted to do with the story, making it cinematic and engaging, and we fell in love with the two sisters, Nariko and Kai.

What fans really wanted was a Heavenly Sword 2, with slightly improved gameplay, graphics, etc... A sequel that continued the story which we invested in and loved. It would have sold greatly. Instead, the developer turned their backs on the people giving praise to their game, and heeding only the critics, left the Heavenly Sword IP pretty much to die in limbo. And for what? Enslaved was not nearly as cool as Heavenly Sword (Nariko was a character to be reckoned with) and their DMC reboot is going off the deep end.

[gypsygib]

I would have much preferred Heavenly Sword 2 to Enslaved...probably would have sold more too.

[Godmars290]

Might have been, if they had actually done something. As it was they're one PS3-ony title was more about hype than substance.

[brew]

I think what happened was Phil Harrison wasn't exactly keen on green-lighting Heavenly Sword 2 initially ... and Taheem got upset about it. What happened was a falling out with Sony and the move to multiplatform development and what transpired was a lot of b!tching and complaining about Sony , the PS3 , and its userbase. It seemed like you could find an article on N4G about them crying on a monthly basis for good stretch there. That's why some of the hardcore playstation fans were upset with them back then.They wanted them to move on and STFU.

Not sure why they would want to p!ss so much of their core fanbase off that played Heavenly Sword and championed it , but it seems they had an axe to grind with Sony and tried to appeal to hardcore 360 guys who would enjoy them slamming the PS3.

They should've have taken Insomniac's approach on the transition to multiplatform gaming , but they came off as douchebags instead.

I personally went ahead and played Enslaved despite their antics. It was pretty good. I might play even play this DmC reboot too .... but for the love of god , think before you speak!

[Bakkies]

Great story Ninja Theory, now ruin the DMC franchise and go bankrupt, thank you.

[Bounkass]

It's not betrayal, it's called money greed!

[HaVoK308]

Betrayal? Only in the mind of the delusional. The weak-minded self-entitled morons who plague the internet comment sections.

[PopRocks359]

Congrats in becoming one of them.

[zero_cool]

They could at least work on heavenly sword 2 because when something is in high demand then it's only logical to supply on demand!

Cheers Gamers & Happy Gaming!

[Demarco156]

no not in my mind, but not make sequel of a game that sold 1,5 million... is just stupid

[zero_cool]

Certain games find their own audience & don't need to cater to everybody in order to be successful.

Examples:Yakuza series,Demon's souls,Dark souls, Monster hunter series Ect..

P.So i strongly disagree with your logic!

Cheers Gamers & Happy Gaming!

[BrianC6234]

I don't know about other people but I don't buy that many games right now and Enslaved just didn't seem worth buying. It seemed too easy and short. Maybe they should have made it a downloadable game for $10 to $15. Adding DLC made it an even bigger problem. Why wasn't that part of the regular game? I think Enslaved showed what you shouldn't do. I guess they want to use a different excuse for poor sales.

[KMCROC54]

We have no loyalty to bits of plastic and circuitry."

The only thing i can remember liking from the article.

[Katana Yamato]

You guys do realize that NT had a story made for HS but in the end its not up to them whether they wanted to work on Heavenly Sword or not. I'm sure they did especially since they had a story ready for HS 2, why wouldn't they want to continue a series they created and make money. Sony is the publisher and what they say goes, and they didn't think that HS sold good enough or was a good investment at the time. Because so far we haven't heard a peep from them concerning HS 2.

And alot of people were clamoring more for GOW 3 then for HS anyway. Now all of a sudden people want HS 2 because now NT are working on DmC and worked on Enslaved? Where were you when GOW 3 released? Or Uncharted released? Or any other first party Sony game? Why didn't anyone complain to Sony about not announcing a HS 2 as well?

Its like when Hideki Kamiya wanted to make DMC 2. Sure that's fine he wanted to make it, but again, in the end its not up to him its up to the IP Holder/Publisher which is Capcom.

So if anyone wants a HS 2 then complain to Sony about it.