Jobye-Kyle Karmaker

I think the game is a perfect example of why going a cross-gen release is not necessarily the best. Feels like it ultimately hurt the game..

Those contrived loading sequences? Likely a by-product of having decided to ship on current-gen (they were originally doing next-gen only).

Whenever you see that in a game, it's always for memory reasons and unloading/loading levels. Willing to bet open world hub and missions...

didn't have the contrived loading before they decided to ship on current-gen. Must sting in hindsight given that they sold more on next-gen.

Begs the question if they would have fared better critically and sales-wise had they focused on next-gen and not constrained by current-gen.

@jobyek That's leaving a lot of money on the table. I don't think next-gen money alone would have paid for bloated development.

@Wadarass going cross-gen didn't help it either though =/, and affected the game in a lot of ways that ultimately hurt it critically.

@Wadarass ~500k sold so far, more than double the sales on next-gen consoles. http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Thief+%282014%29&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200 … (VGChartz I know, but hell.)