It's hard to believe that after getting a big investment from Tencent, PlatinumGames still needed to resort to Kickstarter to fund a project.
Mecha Party brings the VR MOBA to Europe and Asia on PSVR 2 and Steam, while the Quest 3 version targets a summer release.
Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick has denied closing Rollerdrome developer Roll7 or Kerbal Space Program 2 studio Intercept Games.
That's hilarious because he did and said the same thing with 2K Marin who developed Bioshock 2
They've been closed since 2013 but not officially acknowledged
He just doesn't want the backlash so pretends there's no issue.
Another leaker has claimed that a PSP/PS Vita style PlayStation handheld is in the works, and it'll supposedly support PS4 games.
If you had every PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP and PSV game then sure but I mean if it's just the PS4 why not just get a Steam Deck?
I still play my vita. The oled screen was too good for it's time. I obviously had to home brew it but playing my old snes/ps1 games on it is so good.
How many people will buy this at launch? As a Vita owner, I'd definitely hold back after how Sony's support for that turned out.
Also, PSP played near PS2 quality games, PS Vita played near PS3 quality games, shouldn't the next Playstation handheld be aiming for near PS5 quality?
It's a tangible interest gauge. We would've likely never seen this game elsewhere. This campaign is essentially saying "look we don't know if there's enough interest in the game to justify the project. So let us know if it is worth it by preordering it". And i would rather have that than letting this game die on the Wii U.
Platinum Games is trying to move towards self-publishing despite not having the finances to do so. Unfortunately for Platnium Games, despite their name, the games produced by the studio have never been huge sellers.
“The creators of the wildly popular Bayonetta series”
Wildly popular? The series hasn’t even not to my knowledge sold more than 5 million units.
I hate what they pulled with that campaign. It's clear that they already made the Switch port, as there is no way that 50k and 2 months would be enough to make it. That amount of money would likely not even be enough to cover Nintendo cartridges license fees, let alone develop a game.
It's just a pre-order page. And a way for them to make a quick buck.
It really is a risky proposition, the success:failure ratio with crowdfunding ain't great, but tbf, maybe it isn't with venture capitalism either. Crowd funding does seem more transparent at least.