- Most of Hitman 2016 & Hitman 2 developers are from Absolution. Only a handful of developers from Silent Assassin and Contracts are left and none worked on Codename 47
- Absolution had a long development time (7 years) and was worked on when linear games were popular. After negative feedback they spent the last two years crunching to try and make the game more Hitman-like
- Reviews were overall good for Absolution but sales didn't meet expectations. What was a success was Contracts mode which had 50k daily players a year after launch. This is what inspired Hitman 2016's model
- Hitman 2016 was seen as the beginning of a new platform and was seen as 'Assassin Netflix' internally. The goal was to constantly update the game with new content by developing larger sandbox levels
- The goal of the episodic model was to bring a low barrier entry to get players in the door and then hope that the game good enough to get them to pay more. But instead people just overall were confused or sceptical. 80% of Episode 1 players paid the full $60. This was the opposite of what they had intended. The player base was nowhere near as high as anticipated
- There were also a large number of people who would rather wait until it was all done. But games also dropped in price quickly so those people were also happy to wait for a sale. The full release of Hitman 2016 was also a sales disappointment.
- Square-Enix had to sell off IO Interactive. Luckily the CEO was a fan of the series and developer and wanted to make sure they had a good home. Because Hitman and Freedom Fighters was made before Square-Enix's buyout IOI kept those franchises. Square-Enix still own Mini Ninjas and Kane and Lynch
- IO Interactive bought out their own independence. Unfortunately 40% of staff had to be laid off. Most of them moved onto Unity and Massive. Overall the company praised Square-Enix's support over the process. The event is called Sqexit in IOI
- Hitman 2 was only around 25% completed at this point. So a lot of that game had to be scaled back feature wise. Vermont and NZ was also scaled down to more medium levels with more systemic systems in place to make up for it. They also started making Hitman 2016 levels free to play which shot up the player base. They worked on extra content which generated more cashflow to finish Hitman 2 and keep the studio alive long enough to strike a deal with WB Games
- Luckily because World of Assassination was developed as games as service in mind they could work on levels quicker than usual for a sequel. They could also retroactively put in any engine improvements for original levels too. This gave them an advantage most developers would not have.
- Hitman 2 was developed in 1 year and 9 months by a team half the size of their Hitman 2016 team
- Hitman is going to be a trilogy and the 'World of Assassination' will have every single location from Paris to the final level of Hitman 3. IOI are also working on a new IP and they have opened up a new studio
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Got one of those DMCA violation e-mails from Comcast
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I thought the rule with emulation is that if you own a legally purchased physical copy of the game, you’re not breaking the law.
Granted they don’t know that I own Metroid Prime legally purchased both physically and digitally, but if it comes to that what’s the rule? |
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I didn't know people get emails for downloading ROMs
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Doe posted...
I didn't know people get emails for downloading ROMs I don’t have a VPN (learned what that is today) so I guess Comcast can track it. Seems like this was just a warning though, and they’d terminate my service if I kept doing it. |
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EffectAndCause posted...
I thought the rule with emulation is that if you own a legally purchased physical copy of the game, you’re not breaking the law. you aren't allowed to download something illegal even if it's legal if you own the game or system. that's why i ditched comcast a long time ago.
The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of **** - Mike Tyson
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Is it one of those pop up they put telling everybody you DL illegally?
Best damn game about Ninja http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/ninjagolf/ninjagolf-flashgame.php
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This seems new. They don't send DMCAs unless you're uploading or torrenting. It's not Comcast who requests it, it's the company who owns it that says they caught you downloading. That's not possible with direct downloads.
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EffectAndCause posted...
I thought the rule with emulation is that if you own a legally purchased physical copy of the game, you’re not breaking the law. No. Downloading Roms is always illegal. |
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TheoryzC posted...
Torrent? Yeah this time it was. I guess I won’t do that anymore. |
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get a vpn and stop worrying
-Only dead fish swim with the current
http://error1355.com/ce/spudger.html |
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HypnoCoosh posted...
Don't do illegal s***. Didn’t know I was, I usually always buy games, music and movies legally. I’ve bought this one twice. Sorry big daddy Comcast, i’ll be a good boy. |
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lmfao like Comcast ever does anything. Just scare tactics, man.
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I just wanted better graphics, better controls, convenience and more durable hardware. :’(
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EffectAndCause posted...
Side question, how the f*** does CoolROM.com still exist? somewhere were the law doesnt care or there is no extradition probalby
-Only dead fish swim with the current
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EffectAndCause posted...
I thought the rule with emulation is that if you own a legally purchased physical copy of the game, you’re not breaking the law. That's always been a myth. The law has never been about your possession of the data. It's about your right to copy it (copyright). When you buy a game you purchase the license to use it in the exact form you bought it in. You're not automatically permitted to upload it your PC or anything, regardless of the fact that it's a product you bought. Because the data is considered under a different set of laws than the physical product you bought (which you can otherwise do whatever you want with). |
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EffectAndCause posted...
I thought the rule with emulation is that if you own a legally purchased physical copy of the game, you’re not breaking the law. This has never been the case
I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics.
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I've been using torrents for years on Xfinity and have gotten nothing [no VPN]. I'm talking music, Blu-ray movies, full seasons of TV series, etc.
What client are you using? It's usually the sharing that gets you popped, not so much the downloading. Turn down your Upload speed and max clients allowed per upload. Also, kill the transaction the moment your download finishes. |
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I mean if they told me that I'd just cancel the service.
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