EA kills Dead Space after a turn to co-op action schlock guest-starring microtransactions fails to result in bazillions of sales
Years later, some former devs announce a spiritual successor. After initial fan hype gets dinged by ongoing negative press for the in-development Callisto Protocol, EA suddenly announces a Dead Space 1 remake, deflating Callisto Protocol’s hype even more- who needs a spiritual successor when the original is back?
Callisto Protocol finally comes out. It runs like shit on PC, the story sucks and people hate the gameplay. It fails to sell enough to justify a sequel
The Dead Space remake comes out and by all accounts is a success. The disappointment of Callisto Protocol is quickly forgotten and people are excited for the future- DS2 remake next?
EA decides the remake didn’t sell enough and the devs are shuffled off to make more Battlefield or whatever
A year or two ago it seemed like we were in the middle of a huge survival horror resurgence but I’m not sure if any bigger franchise outside of Resident Evil has actually seen any kind of tangible success. The Alone in the Dark remake crashed and burned this year and took down its developer with it. I’m interested to see how the Silent Hill 2 remake does
Alone in the Dark remake did fine, they just didn’t hit arbitrary sales numbers the publisher wanted so they were liquidated
I never played the original, but I really liked the remake. WTF… I mean I really shouldn’t be surprised with how fucked the gaming industry is, but I was really looking forward to seeing the entire series be remade in a way that made sense rather than some shitty FPS with microtransactions.
Also there still might be some hope for survival horror. I started Still Wakes the Deep, which has been good so far. Then again I think there was some trouble with its studio and there were devs that were laid off so… maybe not
