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Lionhead Cancels 'BC' Development
Anonymous Coward writes "Worthplaying is reporting in with the rather sad news that Lionhead has stopped further development of B.C. , its highly anticipated Xbox title. Not giving any specific reason as to why, Lionhead's Peter Molyneux said he hopes to "revive the project at a later date." This news is especially odd since a few days ago Lionhead announced to have secured millions of pounds on venture capital."
Is it odd that they'd stop development for a while after getting venture capital? I would imagine that the VC is for something specific, and they have to focus their attention on where the money wants them to.
There is nothing so good that someone, somewhere, will not hate it.
Coming off the whole apology thing, it makes sense that they'd stop development on something they'd touted as so revolutionary and promised so many features for, many of which probably got pulled over the course of development. Sounds like he had another Fable over-hype on his hands, and wanted to save face.
Fable sold more copies in the first week than other Xbox games have sold in the first week.
And of course it would. It's the first Xbox-exclusive game that has debuted with nearly that much hype, and people have been desperately searching for a second game that justifies owning an Xbox. They thought Fable would provide that justification. Heck, even I was expecting it would be worth buying an Xbox for.
In the long run, however, I don't think Fable is going to end up selling remotely as well as Halo, or other solid Xbox games that promised less but delivered more.
As that first successful week elapsed, you could hear the screams of anguish and moans of disappointment echoing 'round the world. The mediocrity of Fable finished what the cataclysmic crapulence of Black & White had begin: it shattered Lionhead's reputation irrevocably -- and cemented Molyneux's reputation as a man eager to profit from cotton-candy clouds of hype, spun around the promise of amazing features.
When the promises of Black & White turned to vapor on store shelves, people recoiled and rebuked -- but then they forgave and forgot. I think this time, people will remember. I think Fable brought an end to our tolerance for Molyneux's nonsense.