>and still no PC port

so why say anything? just to be assholes?

>>712837536 (OP)
If PCbeggars weren't so immoral it wouldn't be a problem, but sadly you're mostly hacking trash so no port

>>712838108
to have news websites drum up interest

>>712837536 (OP)
Just 10 million? No wonder the series is dead.

>>712838192
The reason no port is micro transactions

>>712838718
the sales would make up for it

>>712838718
>t.retard

Works on my switch (pc)

>>712837536 (OP)
Nice, maybe in other 54 years they could reach the total sales of Mario Kart 8

>>712837536 (OP)
maybe once they see that Stellar Blade is selling 3x faster on PC than on cucksoles they'll finally make a port

>>712838718
What about every other game on PC with microtransactions in it?

>Crash 4 sold over 5 million
How come /v/ keeps telling me these games flopped? Also, I'm shocked by these numbers considering Crash was mostly a PS1 series and didn't have much going on for about 20 years.

>And yet still no PC release
I don't get it. Do they not want money?

>>712839804
5M was a flop when you expect 15

>>712839804
>Brings up C4 out of nowhere
Obsessed tranny

>>712838718
No. They easily could make player data and mtx server sided so you wouldnt be able to use cheat engine or anything like that unless you would go with custom unlocker. There was PC port in development by Virtuos and Beenox but it got greenlit just before pandemic hit which skyrocketed porting costs so Activision pulled the plug on port back then.

>>712839208
>the sales would make up for it
Kart racing games are not popular on PC.

>>712839880
Why is that art so ugly?

>>712840167
>they couldn't be bothered to spend $20,000 on a port that would've brought a million sales at least
absolute fucking retardation from the corp

>>712840190
neither are platformers, historically, but games like Celeste and other faggot shit manages to be an exception

>>712840190
that's what the harvest moon developers were saying before stardew valley came out

>>712837536 (OP)
Not even a 60fps update for current consoles. CTR could dethrone Mario Kart if it ran at proper framerate. Only hope we have now is the fan made PC port if we want 60fps and even then it's not guaranteed.

>>712837536 (OP)
If they're not going to bother with a PC port, they should at least give it the next gen refresh so it's not locked at 30fps with 2 minute load times.

>>712837536 (OP)
>>712838606
Rookie numbers. When it makes CoD numbers then *maybe* a half-assed pc port could be considered.
Should have bought CTR GOY! Crash Team Rumble that is. Haha get it? we gave it the same initials so the legacy of your shitty little kart racing game is forever bound to our shameless live service cash grab lmao.

>>712840190
they always say that to every genre that dont use m+kb as default and they are proven wrong most of the time.

>CTR:NF will be turning 6 years old in 4 days

>still no pc port
actijew please just this once

>not a fotm indie game
>not a 2d pixel game about depression or transitioning
>not a game that'll bring glory to the CCP
>not a game for eastern europeans to bot so they can launder more money through steam marketplace
yeah, no fucking shit they're not spending time porting it to PC

>>712840321
It was a lot more and due to chink virus everyone in industry panicked then because almost no one was adjusted to full remote. It was also time when Warzone was booming and Beenox itself was transitioning to full support only studio so Activision decided to kill the port.

>>712838108
Crash is essentially a dead franchise again, and by shouting they hit 10 million sales they are trying to generate hype for publishers

>>712840934

>>712840821
>2019 was 6 years ago

>>712840987
Crash is owned by MS nigga they dont need third party publishers lol

>>712841765
>proceeded to murder Banjo and Conker in record time after acquiring Rare
>haven't even acknowledged Crash and Spyro once since buying Activision
The company where scrimblos go to die...

>>712838718
that makes no fucking sense at all, please try to justify your reasoning here

DEAD GAME
DEAD FRANCHISE

>>712839804
There are certain individuals on /v/ with an agenda.

>>712838718
yeah makes total sense

where's mr. krabs

>>712837536 (OP)
It's too late for just a PC port. What they must do now is get Beenox to work on an enhanced version like MK8 Deluxe was, but for PC and current platforms and with new content. Or a straight up sequel with all the previous features.

>>712842319
>Beenox
keep dreaming dude

>>712839804
They expected more sales but didn’t get it. Because they went woke and by the laws of the universe, went broke. Seethe about it lefty.

>>712842319
Beenox is fully in CoD mines for years anon they dont even do PC ports solo anymore but help with them lol.

>>712840694
>CTR could dethrone Mario Kart
nah

>>712842717
How much did you cry about Kingdom Come Deliverance 2?

>>712837536 (OP)
>10 million
I really doubt it.

>>712838718
Steam has lots of those games. That's no reason, they simply don't want to.

>>712839208
>PC vegans being this cucked
I knew it was bad but goddamn...

>>712842176
yeah, the people desperately trying to get people to buy that terrible game lmao

>>712839880
>Do they not want money?
Do you think the core of PC audience buys games?!

>>712840694
>CTR could dethrone Mario Kart if it ran at proper framerate
No. Original CTR was a worthy competition but now we have great Mario kart games and Sonic ASRTransformed.

Ami!

>>712843275
so what, you think normal people prefer to pirate?
normal people prefer the least complex way even if it costs money

>>712842176
Not taking in any sides in your personal vendetta but I’ve yet to see any evidence at all that CB4 sold 5 million copies.

>>712837536 (OP)
who cares, we have people working on a port of the PSX version to PC with custom tracks and self-hosting
>>712838192
it sounds like you care more about games not reaching PC than playing them. your existence must be sad

>>712838264
>drum up interest
for what?

>>712843530
>so what, you think normal people prefer to pirate?
If they don't pirate they go for the usual PC games with easy access like assfaggots or dota.

>normal people prefer the least complex way even if it costs money
Therefore consoles.

>>712840167
>server-sided saves
shove a rake up your ass

>>712843305
Isabella.

>>712839804
when's Crash 5 happening?

>>712843842
no they fucking don't, most normal people buy games. You're a minority. Not saying this as some total own against pirates, I am telling you that you are seriously overestimating the intelligence of the vast majority of the world's population if you think people would rather pirate than buy things unless they're from dirt poor countries

This latest sale is crazy good. P4G is only 10$ and FF3 is 12$. Need to buy this shit payday

>>712844080
When's CTR NF 2?

>>712839880
No they don't remember they tried forcing PC players to use the blizzard launcher for Crash 4?

i dont believe it sold that much

>>712844518
that's the reason I didn't buy it at launch and I'm glad I didn't

>>712844081
>o they fucking don't
The playercount doesn't lie, anon; the well known pc free games concentrates the majority of the playerbase of the platform.

>I am telling you that you are seriously overestimating the intelligence of the vast majority of the world's population if you think people would rather pirate than buy things unless they're from dirt poor countries
And you overestimate greatly the average consumer if you think they're going to pay for a game when they can play for free. No, I'm not talking about piracy.

microsoft only uses crash for ai sloppa now

>>712839804
there's 2-3 giga autists that got so mad over Tawna that they've become the crash barneyfags and shitpost every crash thread about it

Why do PC farts pretend they buy games

>>712845078
what fucking player count you moron
literally every game that has a pc version has more players on pc

>>712844081
>people would rather pirate than buy things unless they're from dirt poor countries
This nigger think people pirate modern games because poor only and denies the fact modern gaming is barely worth the pirate?!

>>712845553
>what fucking player count you moron
The tip of the iceberg are steamcharts. Then you have all the ones that games like Forktnight has and so on.

>literally every game that has a pc version has more players on pc
What's Bloodborne player count on PC?

>>712845690
>>literally every game that has a pc version has more players on pc
>What's game-that-is-not-on-PC player count on PC?

https://x.com/CrashBandicoot/status/1934657226846724255

You could let them know you want a PC port instead of wishing to the stars

>>712837536 (OP)
Because people play games on console. Incels only sit in front of the computer and complain about graphics cards, the latest "woke" game, bitch on youtube, bitch in the forums, bitch on steam, bitch on 4chin, bitch on twitter, bitch on trannydiscord, bitch on vent and so on. There is no reason to cater to the pc crowd. Sitting in the living room and playing on the console is still the king of having fun for a while. Sitting hunched over and talking on discord while pretending you're a soldier in ARMA is not going to sell because only losers and bottoms play those games.

>>712845939
A-Amoogus?!

>>712845939
>>712846520
AMOG

Crash 4 was good

>>712845373
the game was shit, woke tawna was just the biggest tell

it's a great game.

>>712848762
>>712848763
duality of a crash fan

The more years go by the less of a chance this series has of being revived again.

>>712838192
How do you hack in a kart racer?

>>712840780
Funny thing is a kart racer could actually benefit from m+kb. Turning never requires pushing a analog stick moderately and a mouse controlled camera would be really useful for checking your surrounds and aiming your shots.

>>712837536 (OP)
Never Ever

>>712839880
yes I'm sure every PCNig would PURCHASE a copy

>>712850141
this is retarded, you're acting as if no multiplayer game has ever done well on pc.

>>712850256
>you're acting as if no multiplayer game has ever done well on pc
f2p games. How are the paid ones faring?

>>712850471
Pretty fucking well, dumbass

>>712839751
this whole thread is alien logic.

>>712850641
>Pretty fucking well
https://steamcharts.com/app/1384160
https://steamcharts.com/app/1790600
https://steamcharts.com/app/678950
https://steamcharts.com/app/1276760
https://steamcharts.com/app/1971870

I don´t think so tbqh

>>712851113
how about these then
literally not a single one of these were free
https://steamcharts.com/app/553850
https://steamcharts.com/app/381210
https://steamcharts.com/app/2252570
https://steamcharts.com/app/1938090
https://steamcharts.com/app/1086940
https://steamcharts.com/app/271590
https://steamcharts.com/app/252490

>>712837536 (OP)
PCheaters always lose

>>712838718
You say that when CoD exists

>>712851509
>60k avg
It's ok. It needs 120k daily to be "well", which is hardly achievable due the bloated platform and playerbase predating each other.

>CoD at 50k
Is CoD finally dying?

>>712851956
ok so show me those games numbers on console then

>>712852304
>wanting numbers of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Those 50 million units sold should be the hint of the playerbase of that game. Even a quarter of that would be on par if not above the most played game on Steam which is around 2 million players iirc

>>712852653
>quoting a game that isn't sold on both pc and nintendo
no you fucking disingenuous retard, show me the numbers for the games I quoted

>>712837536 (OP)
PC vegans are irrelevant

>>712839804
>Crash 4 sold over 5 million
Why does this keep getting spammed like it's the truth when it was randomly offhandedly said by one random TfB employee on his LinkedIn and he wasn't even a senior/any leading position
Activision never gave any official announcement of such a claim and it was never mentioned in any financial report

>>712852813
>show me the numbers for the games I quoted
That's why I brought MK8D; multiplats are equally low on console.

>>712853130
Yeah, my fucking point exactly. Nitrofueled is a multiplat, if you're going to compare its sales to other games you should compare it to other multiplats.

>>712853280
>Nitrofueled is a multiplat, if you're going to compare its sales to other games you should compare it to other multiplats.
And those numbers are bound to be low; for being multiplat, on PC where it has to compete against more popular multiplayer games that are easier to access. That's why maybe a port doesn't make sense to activision, on pc the best scenario is ending like Rust at best.

Now compare that versus an actually popular game in its genre like MK8D and it's glaring the multiplayer won't be healthy and will die in the usual timespan.

I love the art design and visuals of Nitro Fueled, looks so good.

sucks its never coming to pc

I miss this game...

>>712853552
Ok you fucking retard I'm just going to ignore you because you keep bringing up mario kart despite it clearly not being relevant in any fucking way.

>>712854584
>you keep bringing up a kart racer despite it clearly not beig relevant in any fucking way to a kart racing game thread

>>712853087
If you can confidently say that it bombed without any proof of sales numbers, then I can say that it sold based on a developer's word and a financial report stating that it contributed to profits.

>>712854870
It is not fucking relevant to the fucking argument you're making. You're comparing a moderately popular franchise multiplat game to the flagship title first party only game that was never sold on any other consoles or on PC and you're saying that game somehow proves video games don't sell on PC. That's a retarded argument and it makes no sense.

Why didn't CTR:NF come to PC?

>>712855021
Nta but if Crash 4 sold millions Activision would have announced it. The only time companies stay quiet about this shit is when something was a colossal fuckup. This is common sense and standard across all industries.

>>712855907
most likely answer is that Activision just didn't see this game as a large investment being a spin-off title, and they didn't want to pay the video game studio to keep working on the title for a long time when they could move on and hypothetically make more money from a new mainline game (crash 4)

>>712856187
>common sense
But not proof. You're just speculating.

>>712845168
Great soundtrack, though.

>>712856924
It's okay bro activision isn't going to have sex with you.

>>712856583
Oh and the huge backlash to the game adding MTX also probably further just told Activision that this game wouldn't be profitable as a live service game in the long run either

>>712840287
Yours is too for different reasons.

>>712849447
I don't know about that. Can any franchise truly die that has been pushed as hard as Crash? It's probably just in stasis until the next revival attempt, unless Microsoft just really has no caring at all about the franchises it owns (and it might not).

>>712842196
>30% cut
Why would Sony share money with Steam?
Anon is right, it's bad business to sell it on PC.

>>712855470
I'm comparing it to a very popular of its genre as measure to see the potential playerbase cap, since NF isn't nearly as popular the cap will be far from it. Then you brought some multiplat games' numbers and using those as healthy numbers shed light of the actual margin for a potential release. Which is low.

So yeah; it's relevant. NF wouldn't have a healthy online due not being popular as a kart racer, and numbers could be worse due being predates by all the other multiplayer games already avaiable on PC.

>>712854440
Map votes are cancer. Everyone wants to only play the normalfag favorite because they only pull their copy off the shelf once a year and you just happen to always be there when they do. Online games were better when there's some degree of randomness.

>>712845471
Why do you pretend they don't?

>>712858512
For starters there has to be PC games to be sold. At best they have licenses for datair on Steam.

>>712859413
>moving the goal post
lmao faggot

>>712837536 (OP)
>CTR just hit 10 million sale
And yet the franchise is still dead.

https://x.com/CrashBandicoot/status/1934657226846724255

Seriously, how do we resurrect the Crash Bandicoot franchise?

>>712859609
>moving the goalpost
Meanwhile you try to convince yourself of having ownership when in reality you only are paying a service.

>>712840427
This is legit how I got a PlayStation instead of a Dreamcast.

>>712859747
So how does this justify CTR not getting a PC version?

>>712858213
Images that aged poorly

>>712859876
Anon wasn't talking about CTR.

>>712859790
>Missed the best console of all
Shame for you, DC was peak.

>>712859650
> Seriously, how do we resurrect the Crash Bandicoot franchise?
To start off design the characters like left instead of right. The moment anyone strays from that Animaniacs inspired aesthetic is a surefire sign its not going to be good.

Realistically it never got a PC port because the game has zero systems in place to protect against people cheating the micro transactions away.

>>712857045
This is the big one. Activision saw they couldn't jew players when they sprung that in-game store on us last minute to an angry audience, so it just didn't become a priority to port it. I miss when "games sold" was the priority and not GAAS.

10 million units in six years ain't much compared to the competition. Aside from Sonic laughing, its important to have a long back catalogue of games available of sale as such things can sell perpetually.

Also, releasing a new game almost every year helps.

Just play it on Ryujinx with the 60FPS mod`

>>712837536 (OP)
Who is buying this shit?

>>712856924
Don't need a document signed in blood to see Crash 5 getting cancelled = Crash 4 had low sales. That's ignoring how they cut the price for the Switch and PC releases.

>>712859650
>>712860001
Hire male developers not from California

>>712857367
Fart. That is the reply you get. Fart.

>>712861120
We need a new game dev central somewhere far, far away from the coast.

>>712860001
Based and this. Crash's lifeblood is the Looney Tunes aesthetics and humor, none of the new art directors seem to understand that. There's plenty of fucking games that look like fucking sonic and rayman legends and with that cutesy artstyle and maybe you think zoomers will like Crash more if it also looks like that, but fact of the matter is that looking and feeling like Looney Tunes is what made Crash feel unique as a game franchise

>>712861312
>this lack of argument
ok.

Reminder: Even REEEtardit has turned on alt-tawna.

>>712861682
fart

>>712861967
>her ass is sexualized now instead of her boobs
I need proof of this. I never played 4. Maybe I should if her ass is really that good

>>712861967
Go back

>>712837536 (OP)
Eh, we get sanic and miku soon

>>712862336
You know, with the timing of this, I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is pushing to get Crash Bandicoot added into Sonic Crossworlds. Maybe as an exclusive. Wouldn't be the first time. Banjo and Kazooie were xbox exclusive in Sonic & Sega all-stars.

>>712860945
>Don't need a document signed in blood
But you do need one to say that it sold even moderately well? Double standards.

>>712861967
>several complaints about girlboss (but with pre-2016 language)
>only one mention of anti-woke fatigue
>people who actually played the game talking about the gameplay
Wow, did someone invent a time machine and show gamers the games of the future?
>>712862205
It is
Just look up an "all boxes" video for her levels
As a furry I didn't like it because
>game for children
>her entire character design is anti-sexy
>women are currently fixated with believing butt > boob, this wasn't made for me, a man
The mod that replaces her hair with something normal genuinely makes me like her 10x more.

>>712862581
Crash in the same game as Sonic would be pretty kino.

>>712862726
Video game publishers hide sales when they are bad. That's usually been the case. You know what else they do when sales are bad? Fire people and close down studios.

FYI "redundancy" is corpo speak for "You are a shitty employee/studio so we'll just give your work to one of the good employees/sudios".

>>712863005
https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/1gid8et/why_does_everyone_hate_on_the_tawna_from_crash_4/

>>712863005
>Wow, did someone invent a time machine and show gamers the games of the future?
Even biggest golem sometimes breaks down and finally acknowledges its pattern recognition and at very least will starts to question things. Girlboss fatigue is at all time high since thats what entire western entertainment industry been pushing for last decade. Same with other tropes like le stoic amazing black man with killmonger cut or ultra very smart black woman lol. Nowadays shitting out another girlboss trash is equivalent of releasing another corny Steven Seagal or Van Damme action flick mid 2000s.

>>712863338
>woke: sex objects are bad, remove them
>also woke: why aren't you treating the replacement like a sex object???
Why do queers think millions of years of evolution, followed by 10 years of politics, makes unsexy things sexy?

>>712863253
>That's usually been the case.
See >>712856924

Also, not sure what exactly Prototype 2 and Radical have to do with Crash 4.

>>712862581
Wtf even is Crossworlds:
>Sonic and co. but-
>Aang
>Spongebob
>TMNT
Crossover stuff is cool but it feels like someone just picked things and threw them at a dart board. Whats next Goku? Godzilla?

>>712862581
Wtf even is Crossworlds:
>Sonic and co.
>Aang
>Spongebob
>TMNT
Crossover stuff is cool but it feels like someone just picked things and threw them at a dart board. Whats next Goku? Godzilla? At this point it wouldnt surprise me if Crash got thrown in the mix.

>>712839804
Could always be that most of those sales came multiple years down the line at absolute bargain bin prices.

>>712864102
>but it feels like someone just picked things and threw them at a dart board
It makes more sense when you understand that Viacom owns Paramount and also owns Nickelodeon.

>>712852653
>wanting numbers of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Who the fuck said that?

>>712869349
Should be everyone. Would you settle with less than 20k?

>>712843305
sex

Why do people still pretend to care about this dead IP?

>>712870304
TAWNA BIG FUTACOCK!

>>712857265
>Sony
Microsoft owns the IP since they bought Activison.

>>712857141
For me, an IP is truly dead when no one talks about it (fan or dev wise) or there little to no art of it. Take Tai Fu here, one game, came out a year before the PS2 was set to come stateside, fan art is years apart, and the dev studio that made it got a name change (DreamWorks Interactive to EA Los Angeles and finally Danger Close Games) and said studio got shut down back in 2013.

>>712875638
It's also a little different with one-off games. Lots of things get made one time, enter the market and just end. But when a game has several sequels and a legacy, it's a lot harder to permanently bury it because, as you said, people talk about it.

>>712858213
>those one or two anon that VEHEMIANTLY denied Yaya getting into the game
>listing so many reasons why while the game was live
>December 2019 descends...
>silence
Lmao.

>>712875638
The Crash fandom isnt dead just heavily demoralized. So much bullshit within the same century from Universal Interactive being bought by Vivendi and then merging with Activision, to Titans, endless recasts, remakes and hiatus. We might not have a Sonic 06 level failure with the franchise but its not that far off. Neither Activision and especially Microsoft or Toys for Bob really understand how to guide this IP.

Anyway to get all the microtransaction stuff for free on switch?
I know when the game first came out there was a way but figured it must be more streamlined by now.

>>712859650
>BOO-YAH! This one calls for a victory lap

Am I crazy or are they teasing a port or re-release?

>>712876108
and we got Yaya in the game, one of the best gaming moments of my life. Man I miss those days

>>712837536 (OP)
>>712838108
They're gonna release the px port in september when Sonic racing is supposed to drop.

>>712837536 (OP)
If we aren't getting a PC port the last activision could fucking do is fix the servers. I love the game, but I am tired of lobbies dispersing before the game loads to race and people just drop out during the race as well. It's been a problem for years. I thought it was just a switch dilemma but it also happens on XB1.

>>712837536 (OP)
>20 million for NSane
>10 million for CTR

yet crash bandicoot still gets the short end of the stick

>>712857847
Criminal she came so late and got so little.

>>712837536 (OP)
Sonic gets multiple movies, multiple games, etc all for 2-3 million sales

what a fucking joke

>>712837536 (OP)
Can you guys imagine if Sony didn't drop the ball with this franchise and actually did the smart thing and bought it off of Universal as well as the Spyro franchise? Sony could have had two solid franchises to fall back on for all these years. Crash would be far more than just nostalgia bait. I could easily see double these sales in an alternate universe where the franchise wasn't deemed shit for all these years and only came back to life due to nostalgia.

>>712878908
Frontiers sold over seven million units.

>>712879256
was the data updated?

>>712879521
>"best selling 3d game since Heroes"
Heroes sold seven million units back in the day.

>>712879048
This sounds like wishful thinking. You know what else Sony owns? Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper. What are the states of these franchises? Soulless crap or inactivity, they are more dead on a fandom level than Crash or Spyro is. Sure they were less popular but nothing was stopping Sony from trying to have them compete with or even retain their own niche in the gaming market.

>>712879621
According to the internet, Heroes sold 3.41 million, but maybe you have other data to show.

>>712880116
My data is Lizuka saying so in an interview a decade ago.

>>712878908
Sonic is continuously outsold by any crash game outside of sonic 1 (which is still outsold by Nsane)

the difference in treatment is because sega is broke and doesn't have anything else

>>712879048
Sony clearly didn't give up on mascots, platforms, or the younger audience, as evident by their investment in Ratchet & Clank and Astrobot winning GOTY, so I don't understand what the fuck their problem is

>>712837536 (OP)
Soooo... Sequel when?

>>712880179
oh sure he did

The fuck with the loading times? I don't know how they fucked it up, but it takes ages to load the next race

>>712880231
yeah I guess you could call Astrobot's GOTY an investment considering Sony paid out the ass for it, if only they had spent that money on making more good games instead

>>712837536 (OP)
>>712838192
>calling PCfags beggars while consolefags are still begging for a 60FPS patch

its funny because this wouldn't be an issue if there was a PC port in the first place

I just want 60 fps bros…

>>712837536 (OP)
CTR is still the best cart racer ever made. But i haven't played the new Mario kart to see if that changed. (doubt it)
We'll see if the new Sonic one shaped up to challenge it, but I'd doubt that one too.

>>712837536 (OP)
Soon

>>712839804
Crash 4 DID flop though. Devs literally said that Crash 5 got cancelled in early production because 4 didn't sell enough for Activision. 5 mil is a flop when the company is expecting 10 or 15 mil.

>>712881153
toys for bob are dogshit

I'm still sort of baffled that the success of Crash and Spyro's HD remakes didn't spur their revivals further, was it just Crash 4 not doing as well as hoped that sank the ship?

>>712839804
The games were profitable, but not to Jewtivision's expectations. They were expecting cawadooty numbers.

>>712837536 (OP)
>>712838192
>>712838718
>>712840190
>>712840882
>>712842319
>>712855907
>>712860945
>>712878623
DAY 2189
GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 2189

The boost and reserve mechanic is such a fucking god send and makes the game feel so great to play. Air braking however is a bit too tryhardish for me.

>10 million sold
>multiplayer completely dead
Huh?

>>712883356
I don't want to renew my PS subscription so I just play Time Trials.

>>712864102
The company that makes the Sonic movies also owns those IPs

>>712882621
Its multiple factors. One is the most obvious: Activision wanted more money. They wanted N. Sane trilogy numbers for CTR:NF, Spyro and 4. Another is finding devs who would be competent enough to handle either Crash or Spyro. The list must have been short because they handed it to Toys for Bob, especially when the two companies who made the better remakes, including the Tony Hawk remake were disbanded. Whatever Crash 4 made wasn’t the 20+ million sales they expected so it got shitcanned. Microsoft buying them out is another big one, they don't give a shit about cartoon mascots period.

>>712838192
>immoral
>towards activison.

>PCbeggars
PC users are the devs who make the games, emulators, decomps, ports mods. PC users are the only ones who actually make things.
Console niggers are the ones who do nothing but beg for games that were made on PC.

>>712880231
>so I don't understand what the fuck their problem is
What makes it weird is how much they pushed Crash in the PS1 generation. I get they didn't own it and maybe Universal would have wanted a lot of money or wouldn't have been interested in selling it at the time but they did end up selling to Activision is the thing. Sony at the very least could have kept buying timed exclusive? They have no problem doing that shit now. Its still absurd to me to think Crash isn't a Sony franchise when it very well should have been. It would be akin to Sega never owning Sonic despite how pushed it was during Genesis.

>>712884349
Universal refused to sell and still owns it

>>712884349
Universal Interactive is the culprit behind alot of headaches related to Crash and Spyro. They famously put the ND staff in uncomfortable working conditions to meet yearly deadlines for games. They didnt or treat voice-actors well which is guys like Clancy Brown quit. They became what we know now as modern Activision Blizzard.

>>712884349
I don't think Crash and Spyro were ever sold. They were owned by Universal and was passed down to Vivendi then Activision then Microsoft as the fish got gobbled up by the bigger fish.

>>712883660
>they don't give a shit about cartoon mascots period
This, they got Banjo and Blinx sitting in the corner, and I saw so many Crash fans saying "OH, MICROSOFT IS TOTALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH CRASH" and not a fucking blip since. Hell, the most recent time the Xbox brand even talked about Crash WAS the tweet of NF making that 10mil sale, before that was just them saying NF was on Gamepass... last year.

a bit too late for a port anyway, I'm locked in for Crossworlds.

>>712883253

>>712837536 (OP)
based

>>712884713
>>712884385
Ah alright wasn't aware. I assumed it was sold to Activision at some point

>>712887535
universal merged wtih vivendi, vivendi merged with activsion years later

>>712887535
It was never sold in a conventional sense, its like buying a house and the owner moved halfway across the country and didnt care about taking some of their furniture and appliances with them and so now they belong to you. Crash and Spyro were the antique china cabinet and dining table left behind only now the new owner doesnt care if visitors scratch it up or get water on them causing the wood to warp.

>>712839804
1) This thread is about CTRNF, not Crash 4
2) When Activision saw how well Nitro and N. Sane did they pulled a Square Enix and set an impossible sales target for Crash 4. It sold 5 million when they wanted more than double that, so they did what companies like Activision always do and shelved the franchise.
3) Crash 4 also had the unfortunate burden of an online multiplayer GaaS component being slapped onto it. That dumb moba thing that came out years later was originally supposed to ship with the game, I have no doubt that it would have been alive for slightly longer if it was available at launch than it wound up being in reality. More importantly, it's one of the main contributors as to why Activision thought the game would do better than "only" 5 million.

>>712864102
They got Nickelodeon characters because Sonic's movies are made by Paramount, and both of those companies are owned by Viacom. Guess what Viacom is buying next?

>>712883356
It's on Game Pass now, which also means a 20% discount if you want to buy the digital version

id buy it on pc for 39.99

>>712887790
>When Activision saw how well Nitro and N. Sane did they pulled a Square Enix and set an impossible sales target for Crash 4.
No the issue is the game was shit.

>>712887790
the rumble shit is retarded
awful game
i think that's the main reason actually, they wanted to turn crash into live service shit

>>712888189
>i think that's the main reason actually, they wanted to turn crash into live service shit
Rumble is quite literally just recycled "multiplayer" crap for Crash 4 there was no real long term goals for it.

>>712888189
They want Crash to make COD numbers and chase trends instead of finding its niche and sticking with it. It would be like Sonic suddenly turned into some Last of Us inspired cinematic dreck because thats whats “in”.

They charged too much for Crash 4 and that N. Verted mode with filters was entirely pointless. Insane sales expectations definitely did not help, but that's AAA studios for you.

they don't even port the crash games to ps5 or pc
literally free money they refuse to

Free them, Activision.

>>712889163
Imagine the nude mods.

Goomy!

>>712890796
I just wanna their original concept art with their intended breast sizes and faces. Does a man have to sell his left kidney to Activision to get a glimpse?

>>712839804
Cause the "5 million" sales number is a lie.

Cope all you want, Crash 4 was "The Last Jedi" of the Crash franchise.

>>712891876
Kys doomposter

>>712891876
>all this time people have been quoting some disgruntled TFB employee's post on Linkedin

>>712888561
yeah it should been like 40$ instead but even then 5 million really isn't that bad sales wise. they're good numbers, they're just not call of duty numbers so they don't bother with it

>>712891917
It ain't "doomposting". The first step on recovery is admitting there is a problem. If you keep telling Activision that there wasn't a problem with Crash 4, they will believe the franchise was "nothing but nostalgia with no legit merits on its own" and never greenlight another game.

Just like Banjo-Kazooie.

>>712837536 (OP)
Fucking niggers, release it on PC you motherfuckers!

>>712891996
In comparison, Nintendo shows its sales filings in their investor reports. Their meter is, "If it doesn't do a million units, it doesn't show up".

>>712892359
Emio flopped.

>>712892263
Lets ignore Rumbles existence and lump it in with the shitty mobile games released between Mind over Mutant to N. Sane. Its been 5 years since an actual Crash game. Now Mind over Mutant came out in 2008 and the 5 year leap from there would be 2013. Exactly 3 years later the N. Sane trilogy was announced to be released in 2017. We are well past that halfway point between the release of MOM to the release of N. Sane and have heard radio silence. More importantly, theres nothing really left to remake or inspire hope the brand can come back. Unless they wanna remake TWOC, Twinsanity and Bash.

>>712837536 (OP)
>no mario kart
>settle for crash
I feel bad for people on these platforms.

How well does the Switch version run?

>>712893002
CTR shits on MK64

Remember when Toys for Bob kept teasing some sort of Spyro reveal and nothing came of it?

>>712892523
>It wasn't the Last Jedi that doomed Star Wars, it was the Rise of Skywalker that destroyed things

Like I said, the first step to recovery is admitting there is a problem. FYI, Rumble was also Crash 4 given it was originally the multiplayer component, repackaged after 4's low sales.

https://x.com/crashbandicoot/status/1333455751495335961

"Wumpa League" lol.

>>712837536 (OP)
With no bundles.

>>712893073
Nah, it isn't even more popular which is what crash fans used to cling to, it's "we have mario kart at home"

>>712893008
Well enough. 30fps with decent but downgraded visuals from PS4/Xbox but way better visuals than N Sane on Switch. I put 200 hours into it back when the Grand Prix were coming out. It's also the only way to emulate/play on PC currently (and only way to play with 60fps using a patch). Load times suck ass though. I'm talking like 30 - 45 seconds of waiting before and after a race. You get used to it.

>>712893008
Well enough on the switch 2. Switch 1 was a blurry mess with long load times.

>>712837536 (OP)
I love Coco.

>>712891876
>Cope all you want, Crash 4 was "The Last Jedi" of the Crash franchise.
so an absolutely massive hit at 1.3 billion box office?

>>712839804
>How come /v/ keeps telling me these games flopped?
it's 1(uno) retarded /pol/schizo
>Also, I'm shocked by these numbers considering Crash was mostly a PS1 series and didn't have much going on for about 20 years.
it ran through the ps2 too and had very memorable games there, the ps2 being the biggest console to ever console btw.
>>712839880
give me the mean green

>>712895397

>So far in denial that 4schizo is defending the Last Jedi

I hate nu/v/

>>712896220
>THE crash schizo calling others schizos
what a time to be alive

>>712837536 (OP)
>6 years
make it stop, make the passage of time stop

>>712896286
same desu senpai

>>712893002
>>no mario kart
cough cough

>>712843825
for the website

>>712896535
>instructions unclear
>initiating passage of time acceleration