It's more of a port than a remaster but I know. That's where we played it. If they made a new version of the game or a reboot or a sequel, I'd be very happy.
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It's more of a port than a remaster but I know. That's where we played it. If they made a new version of the game or a reboot or a sequel, I'd be very happy.
Pardon me! I should have looked it up, but I guess I assumed all the talk about their water tech made me think it was their own engine. UE4 makes things even easier then!
If MS is looking into VR for Scarlett, I think that would be a smart investment as Star Child looks great and it seems they could be going in that direction with more of their games. They would have a VR focused studio right away.
C'mon now. Ryan McCaffrey is a journalist just a bit of integrity under his belt, someone I respect. Colt is only informative when he wants to be, and when it relates to the right company. There's stuff I could post on here to back up what I mean (and this stuff is well documented), but it would be going way off topic and probably end badly for the discussion so I'll just say this. Is cool in my books to like the guy and his commentary, but he had no insider sources, and is almost as bad in his behaviour as The_Crapgamer. Acting as though people who have problems with his behaviour or have been on the receiving end, are being "hostile" is weirdly defensive.
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Rand and beastfire Tim dog from bgst are the only youtubers I really trust with information even before rand was on the podcast with jez he knew somethings dealer is starting to be in the know but it's going to take time before I take his word like the other two I mentioned
Timdog? Isn't he a known fool like Misterxmedia?
I feel like I've just gone back to the dark months of 2013 console reveals.
I feel like I've just gone back to the dark months of 2013 console reveals.
I mentioned Ryan because he does a lot speculation in his videos. You can tell he has no idea what is going to happen sometimes. I wasn't discrediting him as a journalist. I also follow him.
Back on topic....
I think its safe to say that Playful is probably the most likely studio to be acquired next (assuming they're willing).
Just watched a small tour/informational video about their studio this morning, found it very interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZY69R-K3w
I think its safe to say that Playful is probably the most likely studio to be acquired next (assuming they're willing).
Just watched a small tour/informational video about their studio this morning, found it very interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZY69R-K3w
Sure they are talented but what about that video makes you think that?
I might get some heat for saying that, but I don't know why MS should acquire Playful. Their Lucky's Tale series is very average.
I understand them wanting smaller studios for a more continious stream of games on Game Pass, but still quality must be a priority imo. And I just didn't see any of that while playing their game.
Am I missing something, like a prior good game ?
I understand them wanting smaller studios for a more continious stream of games on Game Pass, but still quality must be a priority imo. And I just didn't see any of that while playing their game.
Am I missing something, like a prior good game ?
I think it's easy to see that they're closely working with Microsoft in terms of augmented reality. All I think it shows is that Playful and Microsoft have a close relationship. I actually think the biggest takeaway from this video is the fact that Playful is moving into a building that's 45,000 square feet big.
The video doesn't necessarily push the idea of them being acquired, just gives everyone here a bit more insight on what kind of studio we're looking at here (with obviously some adjustments with new staff and team leads supposedly moving over there recently).
Otherwise:
First off the studio is in Texas (a location that Klobrille hinted at)
Studio is run by former Ensemble Studios people (connection to MS right there)
Additional rumors circulating in this thread in regards to changes of staff and projects
Not to mention how defensive many individuals at Microsoft were over super Lucky's Tale last year (although that makes sense since its an MS product, I've never seen them defend a game as much as SLT was).
50,000 sq. ft., which is interesting because that's almost three times as big as PG's new studio is (17,000 sq. ft. and can hold over 200 developers).
Ok so you think maybe Microsoft has a contract for Playful to expand employees to a certain amount by a time and they need a new office that's big enough for that capacity similar to Obsidian or?
That was not a remake of the same game, it was a different transposition of the same story, but it's not like Crash, Halo 2 or shadow of the colussus, some parts of the old are missing, others are new.
It's like comparing the lotr version of 1978 and the 2001/3 one, same story but different products
Oh. This is some interesting info.. they could be to MS what old Rare was to Nintendo. Make kid friendly games and revive MS old franchises (platformers) and also make some new ones along the way.
Sure and the mods are much better than the old place but the issue with the users come down to knowing they won't get banned.
If you know you're gonna get sniped for talking shit you wouldn't do it and they'd either be politer or just leave threads alone, instead they don't and Xbox threads are just a wasteland of crap and this is by far the best place to talk about because the idiots don't really come in.
I'm sure there's other issues on the board but if you let the inmate runs the asylum it's going to be chaos. You don't have to run the place like North Korea either.
Anyway have ms bought anyone else yet
Funny you should mention the Bethesda thing.... Check the channel out in a lil bit! lol
Thanks for watching and I will continue to try and entertain lol
Oof, didn't know the CEO was previously as Ensemble when it was closed down, still would love to see them become a part of 1st party, think they could add a lot to Xbox's lineup with family friendly platforming/VR experiences.
Well there is one person with a Playstation hoodie. :P
I dont know. That vid is from January. And getting a new building is probably planned way before that also. Dont think MS has anything to do with that.
No its back again for abit now. They are expanding it. For future DLC releases.
It Microsoft is contracting them out for another game, it's possible Playful is requesting for help from Microsoft for that, but they'd probably just rather have straight pay.
I forgot about Mister "Secret Sauce" Xmedia. Before I came here I use to check that site out all the time (mostly because GAF was the most anti-MS that I just wanted some positive speculation and "news")
Still waiting on the hidden second-processor in my OG Xbox to kick in...
Lol. This comment is hilarious cos a few months ago certain users would make memes about this and laugh it off as a joke. Talking about Xbox folding up and never getting the proper funding they need and how Xbox doesn't have the cash needed to go about getting new developers. Now we are seeing same people worried about the possibilities of MS picking up their favourite devs next.
Haha holy shit. Dude was legit bananas.
Still, there were people on gaf/era speculating about PS4 pro secret sauce.
I did a quick Google search and came across this article detailing their new building: https://starlocalmedia.com/mckinney...cle_4f5bd0c4-56b2-11e7-9042-bfb9d6c56469.html
Well, normally I would say yes, but the article above was dated in June of 2017, months before Phil Spencer received his promotion at Microsoft. But I could possibly see Microsoft and Phil Spencer having all this information that the studio is expanding into a new building and see the potential for growth. Back in 2015, Playful received 25 million dollars from private investors to invest in virtual reality.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...for-virtual-reality-and-beyond-300164299.html
Okay, this is good stuff. Where did you get this Playful info?
Edit: You just answered this directly above me.
Yeesh, 53,000?
I'm really interested in seeing who's going to have the biggest size studios. Let's start the studio measuring contests (yes, I know it's how you use it, not about the size)!
I wonder how big 343's studio is seeing as how they have the most staff.
They helped out on development of Star Child for Playstation VR, which has since been released.
Oh. That's good then. MS seems to be their major partner. I hope they join the team.
I'll have to see if I can find anything about Rare's size. Only thing I can find is that it cost $8,000,000 to build and they own 60 acres of lands. As for PG, they should have bought all of Albion.
That's 343's and it's 24,000 square feet.
Playful isn't helping out, they are the developer. It also hasn't released yet.
343 moved out of there a while ago, they are now on the MS campus.I'll have to see if I can find anything about Rare's size. Only thing I can find is that it cost $8,000,000 to build and they own 60 acres of lands. As for PG, they should have bought all of Albion.
That's 343's and it's 24,000 square feet.
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Colt's pretty fair in his videos and are pretty damn good, the others you know what you are getting when you listen which is they are more biased towards xbox and that is their right to cater to for fans, just like pro Sony youtubers
I would say it makes a lot of sense to acquire them, or someone like them. If Microsoft sees Gamepass as the future, then they need to take the Netflix approach of trying to have something for all audiences. Playful definitely fills a niche for them.
I would say their biggest niches right now are platformers / family friendly titles, and Japanese centric titles. I won't say they're strong in all other areas, but they've at least got them checked off.
Important note for everybody. Star Child is being developed for Playstation VR, BUT its being published through GameTrust (Gamestop publishing).
No idea if there are plans for Star Child being released on other platforms as of yet, but it does seem that the IP is owned by Playful?
Game Site: https://www.starchildthegame.com/
No idea if there are plans for Star Child being released on other platforms as of yet, but it does seem that the IP is owned by Playful?
Game Site: https://www.starchildthegame.com/
Ah ok.
Question to everyone, with the new 85 minute demo of it, how interested would you be in having Star Citizen to come to the next gen system?
Do you think it could be ported to next gen consoles?
Just for a frame of reference, typically 175 sq. feet of office space is reserved for each employee. This number can obviously be lower given that many tech companies go for an "open office" workspace. If we were to use the above number, Playful's new office could comfortably hold up to ~300 employees.
Interesting. They did say they wanted to dabble more into mobile and VR so I can see a bigger Playful. I honestly think Playful would be a great get for Microsoft.
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