God of War-utvecklaren spenderade en kvarts miljard kronor på att skapa en ny serie - som lades ner

Utvecklaren bakom God of War, Sony Santa Monica, lade tidigare ned 25 miljoner dollar på att skapa en ny spelserie som tyvärr lades ned efter några års utveckling. Lyckligtvis var det inte ett fall där spelet försvann på grund av interna problem hos studion, utan det verkar som att det var utvecklarna själva som beslutade att inte driva projektet vidare.

I podcasten My Perfect Console (via GamesRadar) berättar den tidigare Playstation-chefen Shuhei Yoshida historien om spelet och hur det till en början verkade lovande men senare fick problem. Yoshida säger:

"It had a really amazing concept, and really interesting gameplay ideas. Of course, Santa Monica Studio people are very, very capable of creating high-quality art. So we supported [them for] many years, but after $25 million, they came to me and said that we have to stop. I do not exactly remember the reason for it. The team was not able to find 'the game.' It was a great concept. Great idea. But the gameplay didn't really come to be."

Yoshida förklarade också att han själv ofta var tvungen att ställa in spel:

"I cancelled so many games.

No one knows most of the games, because we canceled early enough. We tried to try a new idea, do the prototype, and if it's good, continue. If it's not good, rework or stop. So early cancellation doesn't cost us much. However, if the game was kind of making progress, and very promising vision went on and on, after $25 million it was a really hard decision. But I think in that case, Santa Monica Studio by themselves, was like, 'probably we have to stop.'"

Vi får sällan veta vad som pågår bakom kulisserna annat än via läckor och LinkedIn-resuméer, men vi kan inte låta bli att fantisera om vad Sony Santa Monica hade planerat.