Interesting thread, mainly for the continued Nintendo + Microsoft rumors.
- Robertson can't talk about Scalebound in specifics because of legal issues. *Clarified here
- The decision to cancel Scalebound was a mutual one between PlatinumGames and Microsoft.
- One of the biggest reasons it was cancelled was the tech could not run the vision for the game. Bringing it back on even weaker hardware seems a strange decision.
- Scalebound was a very personal project for the team. Picking it up when many folk who worked on it have left (and apparently more are planning on leaving) seems against PG's studio culture.
- No reason for Microsoft to sell Scalebound as it would do damage to Microsoft. Showing that they were incapable of making the project happen but NIntendo could.
- Robertson heard Nintendo and Microsoft are working on big things together.
- Doesn't think PlatinumGames has the money to buy Scalebound.