Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on May 30, 2015 22:43:24 GMT -6
www.bleedingcool.com/2015/05/30/insane-report-says-microsoft-are-buying-silent-hills-to-save-it/
Insane Report Says Microsoft Are Buying Silent Hills To Save It
Look, I’m going to start this story by saying that I don’t believe any of it. But, it’s being picked up by a lot of outlets and it’s a fun bit of speculation, so let’s roll with it for now.
RoosterTeeth are claiming to have received reports from a source that Microsoft are going to save Silent Hills after the huge Hideo Kojima and Konami split. This would make the game an Xbox One exclusive. They say the corporation has bought the IP for “billions” and that the game was 80% done when it was cancelled meaning we could see it by March 2016.
They also claim that P.T. was only pulled from the PlayStation store as a show of good faith Microsoft.
Look, if this story was just that Microsoft are stepping in to save the game, I could believe that at a stretch. But factor in the claim that the game was 80% done, which there is no conceivable way it could be, and the fact that you could probably buy all of Konami for “billions” right now… It just doesn’t hold water.
Seriously though. Microsoft, Save Silent Hills.
Update:
As I guessed too, it turns out this isn’t true. The Xbox boss came out and denied this. Take a read about it over here:
www.bleedingcool.com/2015/05/30/xbox-boss-denies-that-silent-hills-is-coming-to-xbox-one/
Xbox Boss Denies That Silent Hills Is Coming To Xbox One
It was so obvious that these rumours were untrue, that it almost seems disingenuous to say, “I told you so”.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to Twitter to address allegations that surface today claiming that Microsoft had bought Silent Hills outright to revive the cancelled game. He said quite candidly:
@goreds42093 @xbox Sorry, this isn’t true. Not sure where the rumor started but I don’t want to mislead anyone.
— Phil Spencer (@xboxp3) May 30, 2015
The details of the story were so outlandish that this shouldnt shouldn’t surprise anyone. The idea of Microsoft helping the game come back to life wasn’t so insane though, but alas.
…unless this little news story gets a few phone calls going between Microsoft and Konami. Who knows? It’s not like it would be the first time untrue news stories helped birth something later down the line.
Insane Report Says Microsoft Are Buying Silent Hills To Save It
Look, I’m going to start this story by saying that I don’t believe any of it. But, it’s being picked up by a lot of outlets and it’s a fun bit of speculation, so let’s roll with it for now.
RoosterTeeth are claiming to have received reports from a source that Microsoft are going to save Silent Hills after the huge Hideo Kojima and Konami split. This would make the game an Xbox One exclusive. They say the corporation has bought the IP for “billions” and that the game was 80% done when it was cancelled meaning we could see it by March 2016.
They also claim that P.T. was only pulled from the PlayStation store as a show of good faith Microsoft.
Look, if this story was just that Microsoft are stepping in to save the game, I could believe that at a stretch. But factor in the claim that the game was 80% done, which there is no conceivable way it could be, and the fact that you could probably buy all of Konami for “billions” right now… It just doesn’t hold water.
Seriously though. Microsoft, Save Silent Hills.
Update:
As I guessed too, it turns out this isn’t true. The Xbox boss came out and denied this. Take a read about it over here:
www.bleedingcool.com/2015/05/30/xbox-boss-denies-that-silent-hills-is-coming-to-xbox-one/
Xbox Boss Denies That Silent Hills Is Coming To Xbox One
It was so obvious that these rumours were untrue, that it almost seems disingenuous to say, “I told you so”.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to Twitter to address allegations that surface today claiming that Microsoft had bought Silent Hills outright to revive the cancelled game. He said quite candidly:
@goreds42093 @xbox Sorry, this isn’t true. Not sure where the rumor started but I don’t want to mislead anyone.
— Phil Spencer (@xboxp3) May 30, 2015
The details of the story were so outlandish that this shouldnt shouldn’t surprise anyone. The idea of Microsoft helping the game come back to life wasn’t so insane though, but alas.
…unless this little news story gets a few phone calls going between Microsoft and Konami. Who knows? It’s not like it would be the first time untrue news stories helped birth something later down the line.