Rumor: Microsoft resurrecting Silent Hills as an Xbox One exclusive
An anonymous industry source reports Microsoft is "hungry for exclusives" and Silent Hills could be next on the plate.
Rumors are circulating that Microsoft is in negotiations with Konami to revive Silent Hills. The game was officially canceled in April and the teaser, P.T., was pulled from the PlayStation Store shortly after.
The rumor comes from the YouTube channel, The Know, and reports that Microsoft is trying to finish the deal soon in order to announce Silent Hills at this year’s E3 as an Xbox One exclusive. The transaction is believed to be worth billions of dollars, leading us to think Microsoft could be purchasing the rights to the entire franchise. The game is said to have been 80 percent complete when it was canceled and could be released as early as spring 2016.
The news comes from an anonymous source who has given credible information in the past. The source was said to have leaked Microsoft's plans to release an Xbox One without Kinect long before Microsoft made it official.
If it is true, this is great news for the series and its fans. Silent Hills was slated to be the latest entry in the franchise and featured Norman Reedus as the story's protagonist and had direction from both Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro. The horrifying P.T. trailer is reason enough to be happy for a Silent Hills resurrection on any console.
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replyTad Huempfner posted a new article, Rumor: Microsoft resurrecting Silent Hills as an Xbox One exclusive
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True, but it's not like Silent Hill hasn't been on Xbox before. From the outstanding Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams (best version of SH2 at the time) to the truly disappointing Silent Hill Collection (which was wholly Konami's fault) it's graced Microsoft's consoles with its presence. If Konami is so eager to kill the golden goose on this one, I could think of far worse companies to pick up the franchise.
And as a bonus, maybe we'll finally get a playable version of SH3 on a Microsoft console.
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That would be pretty awesome if they can build off of what PT was supposed to become.
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Well, I don't see how you could reasonably argue that this wouldn't be a better outcome than the game not being made at all.
That said, some people would be upset. People complained about Bayonetta 2 being a Wii U exclusive even though the developer was very clear that without Nintendo there would have been no sequel at all. -
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Woah, I thought that was Daryl from The Walking Dead (the frontpage pic). Looks identical - http://i.imgur.com/Ap5XhkC.jpg
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same actor
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No, that's Murphy MacManus from Boondock Saints.
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Oh god yes please. More Silent Hill would be great.
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Would have loved to have seen this game made when it was still being headed by Kojima/Del Toro.
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I think that is the major miscalulation here. Kojima and Del Toro probably won't touch it now thanks to Konami's shenanigans. MS might have the right team to make something else, but the promise of Silent Hills is truly gone.
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If the game is actually already 80% complete, I wager anything Kojima and del Toro were doing is long-since done.
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Yeah, that's where this falls apart for me. GdT's comments about the game made it sound like something that was still pretty early. If it was nearly complete, I seriously doubt Konami would have just tossed it.
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That'd be amazing!
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