"There was a bunch of technology that Cloudgine developed for Crackdown. How that gets used, I don’t know. Ultimately that’s Microsoft’s decision. But that depends on cost – there are many factors on that. I was really just there to show the potential for the cloud, and then Microsoft would keep working on that depending on how they wanted to surface that.” -David Jones
Now as Jez Corden of Windows central has pointed out on podcasts, Terry Myerson had the bulk of the Hardware and devices budget when he was with the company and Crackdown 3 was announced and pushed, and he out ranked Spencer. Myerson spent it on Surface and it paid off. Surface has made MSFT money and has a name in the tablet and light book market (although fvckin expensive as hell imo!). Since Myerson was let go, Spencer was promoted and answers only to Nadella and has been given funding for the X and studio acquisitions.
But when it comes to Crackdown 3, Cloudgine was bought by Epic while MS was using them for dev of the MP. Don't know where that leaves Crackdown 3. I was so psyched for its MP, SP I didn't care. Crazy, hectic mayhem and the voice over of the agency guy was enough to make me laugh while drunk-playing the campaign. MP was what I was invested in it for. My hope has diminished over time.
I don't know who has the Hype thread for Crackdown 3 reserved, but I am near 100% when I call a 6/10 X1 game and make the hype thread LMAO. Its a given at this point imo. A shame that the only point to it, the MP, now seems lost as well.
https://wccftech.com/crackdown-3-last-delay-multi-too-big/
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