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Microsoft said no to PlayStation 4 exclusive Rime

"Part of job is living with mistakes," says Microsoft exec Phil Spencer.

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Microsoft at one stage turned down a chance to own the title that would end up becoming intriguing PlayStation 4 exclusive Rime, leaked documents have revealed.

VG Leaks published the documents, which showed that Tequila Works asked Microsoft for $3 million to develop an Xbox Live Arcade version of what was then called Echoes of Siren. The title would also come to Windows 8 and Windows Phone, and was described as "Gauntlet meets Minecraft meets Jason and the Argonauts" in its pitch document.

Microsoft studios exec Phil Spencer answered a question on Twitter about why Microsoft declined the option to fund the game. "Part of job is living with mistakes," said Spencer.

"Passed on Guitar Hero...I can list many misses regretfully. I try to focus on what we did ship."

"We'll miss some, nature of the beast," he added, "it's why I don't hate when games ship elsewhere. Cool to see team's idea turn into great game."

Rime is still in development for PlayStation 4. It does not yet have a release date, but captured the imagination of many when it was unveiled at Gamescom 2013.

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This definately looks like a game Sony would release as an Exclusive. Thats why I love the Playstation. They take good risks with a certain genre of games that end up being amazing.

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Like for example one of my favorite games, Valkyria Chronicles.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> VC is probably in my top 5 games ever. I like Sony because they actually do interesting stuff. I look at my 360 games and compared to my Ps3 games and they're so boring by comparison it's dire.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> You have very good tastes sir.. VC is amazing..And that is also why I love sony,they take chances on games like Rime..Is it going to sell millions? doubtful,but it will sell well.I personally can't wait for this game to come out

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this is my only gripe with MS they barely support their own platform with games.they have 5 or so franchises so 3rd party has to do the rest of the work of filling xbox's library. that doesn't exactly make me feel confident in xbox

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<< LINK REMOVED >> How many Great franchises does Sony have exclusive to now?


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The last of us , uncharted , God of war, infamous, war hawk , Demon's Soul's,Team Ico Games, little big planet,Jak and Daxter ,Sly Cooper and Ratchet and Clank.

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dnmt ,The-Neon-Seal

I forgot Killzone also

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<< LINK REMOVED >> You forgot Valkyria chronicals.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> And don't forget other third party stuff like Tales of and Persona. Awesome games.

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@adub424 @Celsius765 hmm about 11 so there were more but I dunno if some of these games wikipedia listed count as franchises. I kinda see the games first party as games that show what a console can do the best because they program for it the best and MS is barely doing that. Like for example Elder Scroll may have it's bugs but it's still better than Fable

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Imagine the games if Microsoft did not bring out Kinect, would maybe have a decent Fable 4?

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I understand why a game like Project Spark looks new and interesting, but this looks like Wind Waker had a baby with elevator music. Why is everyone so interested in this game is in on a retro Steam sale for $4.99. Brothers a Tale of two sons looked better had a great story and had a game mechanic to drive its sales. What is this game even about?

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typical microsoft nothing new here

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How does this come as a surprise?


Sony funds offbeat and experimental games all the time. While Microsoft isn't interested unless it's a brown and gray broshooter with microtransactions.

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Microscam would love RIME if it's was in 720p and had giant robots in the game.

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Biggest mistake of Microscam is KINCET. Duh

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Biggest mistake of evil_snuggles is SPLEENIG. Duh

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Microsoft wouldn't know a great game if u hit them in the head with its disc.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> yet there are better games on Xbox One than on Ps4

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >>Infamous is coming out next month and I think will be the best next gen game by far (don't get me wrong,titanfall beta was awesome but killing grunts and specters made me sad :( )

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Titanfall is on PC too so if anything I'll play it there anyway (heck I don't even own consoles).

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<< LINK REMOVED >> what better games? Ryse is garbage, Dear Rising 3 is a worse,brown version of Dead Rising 2 (which is multiplatform) and Forza 5 si Forza 4 with less content and useless to people that don't go crazy over racing games.


Anything great on X1 or PS4 is multiplatform (except Resogun which is on PS4). For now.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> What ?? more fps & shooter games. I'm bored to dead already sir seriously. -_-

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Snuggles, he's butthurt that the PS4 is dominating the Xbox One. Thats all this is.

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Wow! yet there are better games on Xbox One than on Ps4. Bu bu but The PS4 is out selling the xBone 3 to 1 in Europe and 2 to 1 in the USA. meanwhile Be sold in the USA. So much for having the best exclusive don't sale consoles

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<< LINK REMOVED >> yea its outselling so what? are there games for it? no. way to change the subject.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> It's not like they presented this game to microsoft as we see it now.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> perhaps but u can say the same about how it looked when they presented it to Sony. Sony keeps an open mind, Microsoft just wants shooters, garbage action and Forza.

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Rime looks amazing it looks like Zelda Wind Waker And Shadow of the Colossus had a baby. RIME was the best new exclusive debuted at gamecon Hand's down.

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It's sad that they must write the metacritic score of their games on the documents to be approved...

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hes right....ms has had plenty of successes with what they have greenlit though i think they pigeonholed themselves as the dudebro console

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Thats actually a really good statement and you pretty much nailed it.

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Phil was like, where are the guns and giant robots? Wher...where are the explosions, you know the Michael Bay? Get this artsy trash out of here!

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living with mistakes like xbox one lolol

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<< LINK REMOVED >> The biggest mistake of all. How could they eff up so badly?

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They're Microsoft :(

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Cool art style. Hope it's good.

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Phil's Job Title reads, ' Executive of Mistakes'

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No to intelligent and entertaining content, YES to Kinect!

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the reality is, microsoft turned down this game because it wasn't a SHOOTER and didn't appeal to 18 year old cod fanatics. microsoft hasn't got a clue what gaming is all about and is too afraid to experiment or take risks with its library. halo, gears, titanfall, do i sense a pattern here? good riddance, a game like rime would look out of place on a microsoft console. those looking for games with substance know that sony is where it's at.

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Nice, I'll buy this when it comes out, by then I should own my PS4.


Like they said, everyone makes mistakes and you have to live with them. This is one of those indie games you can already tell will be a favourite of many.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> it definitely looks ico inspired which can only be a good thing.

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