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January 16, 2011 2:56 PM Subscribe
Penny-Arcade Filter: What's up with Episode 3 of Precipice? I seem to have missed some sort of news post or journal entry where they announced what was going on with Precipice. I really enjoyed playing the first two chapters. Are the next two just going to by Jerry writing them in word form?
Best answer: The video game version, at least, is canned:
"Right now my focus is on trying to create an episodic story-based version of the remaining games. It's going to be like a book that comes out," Holkins explained...
There were recent-ish rumors from the devs that if people buy a million (or some large number) copies of Precipice 2, that they'd develop 3, but the PA guys shot it down, saying they had no idea what the dev was talking about.
posted by griphus at 3:08 PM on January 16, 2011
"Right now my focus is on trying to create an episodic story-based version of the remaining games. It's going to be like a book that comes out," Holkins explained...
There were recent-ish rumors from the devs that if people buy a million (or some large number) copies of Precipice 2, that they'd develop 3, but the PA guys shot it down, saying they had no idea what the dev was talking about.
posted by griphus at 3:08 PM on January 16, 2011
Best answer: Hothead recently released the games on the Mac app store, and tweeted to say that if it reached 100,000 sales, they'd make Episode 3. Mike at Penny Arcade tweeted back to say that wasn't true, and Hothead then recanted. They said they were just overexcited.
In an interview since, the head of the company has said that it's mainly a business decision. The first two didn't sell well enough to justify the third. And for Jerry and Mike's part, they've said they underestimated the amount of work involved, and that it was exhausting and arduous and they'd prefer to move on to other projects.
posted by Gonnas at 3:39 PM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
In an interview since, the head of the company has said that it's mainly a business decision. The first two didn't sell well enough to justify the third. And for Jerry and Mike's part, they've said they underestimated the amount of work involved, and that it was exhausting and arduous and they'd prefer to move on to other projects.
posted by Gonnas at 3:39 PM on January 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I asked Tycho at SDCC, and the answer was "There will be no more that I know of. I am gutted."
That's Tycho for you. ;)
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 4:25 PM on January 16, 2011
That's Tycho for you. ;)
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 4:25 PM on January 16, 2011
The rumors I'd heard (either on gaming blogs or podcasts) pinned it on the PA guys not realizing the sheer amount of work that went into designing a game, and not enjoying the slog.
That, and disappointing sales.
posted by graventy at 9:23 PM on January 16, 2011
That, and disappointing sales.
posted by graventy at 9:23 PM on January 16, 2011
Best answer: The last article I read backs up what graventy is saying:
Hothead sheds more light on the death of Penny Arcade Adventures
posted by Jinkeez at 10:07 PM on January 16, 2011
Hothead sheds more light on the death of Penny Arcade Adventures
posted by Jinkeez at 10:07 PM on January 16, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks. I am sad about the answer, but happy to know what's up.
posted by edbles at 5:23 PM on January 17, 2011
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posted by selfnoise at 3:08 PM on January 16, 2011