Before being shut down by Xbox, Tango was working on "anniversary content" for The Evil Within and had a 6 months old build of Hi-Fi Rush 2

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What about Tango's other projects? Why did Krafton feel these games – Ghostwire: Tokyo, The Evil Within – help to justify the studio's acquisition?

We primarily focused on Hi-Fi Rush. It was more of a strategic decision. It would've been great to get all the IPs but the team was working on Hi-Fi Rush 2 and the others were working on anniversary content for The Evil Within. Knowing Microsoft's direction with the IP sale, we didn't want to push too far with this acquisition, so we primarily had Hi-Fi Rush under discussion because it would complicate the process and elongate the entire negotiation process.
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"We don't want to just replicate successful games": Behind Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks

South Korean publisher Krafton became the unlikely saviour of Japanese developer Tango Gameworks in August, following M…
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I cant believe they got shut down. Its cheaper in Japan, and they were consistently getting games out in 2-3 years, so even if they didnt sell incredibly they definitely more than broke even, would give gamepass content and also keep some players in the ecosystem happy.

Hellblade 2 took like 8 years for a 5 hr game that barely anyone played or liked, creating very little revenue. They should have been on the block more than Tango. Probably alot of other xbox studios easily as well.

Alas all this because they bought Activision
 
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I cant believe they got shut down. Its cheaper in Japan, and they were consistently getting games out in 2-3 years, so even if they didnt sell incredibly they definitely more than broke even, would give gamepass content and also keep some players in the ecosystem happy.

Hellblade 2 took like 8 years for a 5 hr game that barely anyone played or liked, creating very little revenue. They should have been on the block more than Tango. Probably alot of other xbox studios easily as well.

Alas all this because they bought Activision
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They almost certainly didn't break even. The game had terrible sales numbers and didn't move the need for GP in any way. Its a good game but lets not pretend that people go bonkers for anime-styled rhythm games.
 
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That definitely sucks. Microsoft should have shut down Ninja Theory instead of Tango Gameworks but at least Tango Gameworks and the Hi Fi Rush is still alive and im getting a sequel so im happy for that.
 
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peter42O said:
That definitely sucks. Microsoft should have shut down Ninja Theory instead of Tango Gameworks but at least Tango Gameworks and the Hi Fi Rush is still alive and im getting a sequel so im happy for that.
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Krafton bought them with the hi-fi rushIP in August for an undisclosed amount they have a 'strategic partnership' with the company that decided to shut them down but then sold them instead when they got an offer so it's likely the HI-FI rush sequel will have another gamepass release & sell like shit
 
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Krafton bought them with the hi-fi rushIP in August for an undisclosed amount they have a 'strategic partnership' with the company that decided to shut them down but then sold them instead when they got an offer so it's likely the HI-FI rush sequel will have another gamepass release & sell like shit
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All I care about is that a sequel is being made. Game Pass day one or not, I will still be playing it. As for sales, 95% of games released sell like shit everywhere and it's not only about sales. You think Astro Bot is selling 20m? Sony will be lucky if it ever hits 5m. It's not about the sales. It's about the fans for that particular IP and game which in turn leads to some of those people looking into what else you have that may interest them.
 
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I'm looking around and this news is not blowing up. Barely any violence and rage compared to a Concord or Bungie thread or even the news feed yesterday 🤔
 
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All I care about is that a sequel is being made. Game Pass day one or not, I will still be playing it. As for sales, 95% of games released sell like shit everywhere and it's not only about sales. You think Astro Bot is selling 20m? Sony will be lucky if it ever hits 5m. It's not about the sales. It's about the fans for that particular IP and game which in turn leads to some of those people looking into what else you have that may interest them.
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Except it is about sales when the studio gets shut down because of poor sales.... Which is exactly what happend with tango
 
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That definitely sucks. Microsoft should have shut down Ninja Theory instead of Tango Gameworks but at least Tango Gameworks and the Hi Fi Rush is still alive and im getting a sequel so im happy for that.
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Tango got axed in Bethesda-specific cuts, hence NT being entirely unaffected.
 
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They almost certainly didn't break even. The game had terrible sales numbers and didn't move the need for GP in any way. Its a good game but lets not pretend that people go bonkers for anime-styled rhythm games.
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And Hellblade moved the needle and sold. Had like 3K on steam and no one bought or subscribed for that. Close them now by same logic and worse results
 
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