Platinum Games Appeals to Xbox to Help It Make Scalebound: 'Phil! Let’s Do It Together!'
Platinum Games wants to return to Scalebound, the dragon-filled Xbox exclusive it cancelled in 2017 – and has appealed to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer to begin those discussions.
Speaking to IGN Japan, Platinum president Atsushi Inaba explained that Scalebound creator Hideki Kamiya, “has been talking about wanting to work on Scalebound again for a while.”
Kamiya himself added: “I’d like to appeal to Phil Spencer directly! Let’s do it, Phil!”
Kamiya has not been shy about expressing his regret over the game's cancellation, and the develoepr has said before that that it would love to return to the game with Microsoft's permisssion.
However, Inaba made clear that this isn't an idle wish, and they'd like to reopen talks with Micriosoft about the idea:
“Often in an interview you might hear a developer politely saying, ‘Yes, if we had the opportunity we’d love to work on that again’, but we don’t mean it that way. Both Kamiya and I are serious – we really would love to work on Scalebound again. I’d like to discuss it with Microsoft properly.”
Kamiya went further: "Development had progressed a fair way, and it seems pointless for Microsoft to just hold on to that and not do anything with it.”
Kamiya then switched to English to say, “Phil! Phil! Let’s do it together!"
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