SCEE Stops Production of The Getaway and 8 Days
In an unfortunate announcement made this morning by SCEE…
It was announced that SCEE is “stopping production” of The Getaway, and 8 Days.
Here is an excerpt form the official statement…
“It has been agreed that production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due to the redistribution of resources and budget.”
“This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.”
Strange as I really thought that Sony was ramping up its first party titles, and since 8 Days was so far into development it seems like this was just a waste of time and money.
June 4, 2008 at 1:46 pm
man I was really looking forward to these two titles, seeing as GTA4 didnt do it for me, and 8 days just looked mind blowing. to bad though.
June 4, 2008 at 1:56 pm
sev can you confirm it with your friends? i still cant believe it
June 4, 2008 at 2:04 pm
mhmmh, if they stop production, they can resume it after right ?…. right?
June 4, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I will check into it more.
June 4, 2008 at 2:07 pm
GI just changed their paragraph from cancelled to stop, i hope thats the case.
June 4, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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June 4, 2008 at 2:04 pm
mhmmh, if they stop production, they can resume it after right ?…. right?”
yea, this is more of a money issue, they just cant cancel it, they know people have been waiting for these 2 games.
June 4, 2008 at 2:52 pm
not only is it that they have people waiting, but also they have already spent money on both of these, they cant just let it go.
June 4, 2008 at 3:08 pm
They have stopped it therefore they most likely will continue with the projects in the future. Right now, they want to focus on maximizing the potential of other games further in production. We don’t want any delays on those titles.
June 4, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Looks like they used assets from GT5 for this game? Just from the screenshot. Or do you think they re-created this part of London for this pic? Or am I way off?
June 4, 2008 at 3:36 pm
They aren’t losing money really - they all probably LEARNED from developing those games up to this point. They can take that knowledge (and parts of the code, assets from the game, etc.) to other projects to get them out the door faster. I’m not too worried about it.
When they finish other games and get them out the door, they will get MORE resources to go back and work on completing these games. I think it’s cyclical.
June 4, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Never really heard anything about 8 Days. Sad there wont be a new Getaway.
June 4, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Sony will work on both titles after they Complet LBP, Home; BuZZ and many other Titles…Thats for Sure
June 5, 2008 at 12:08 am
sev was up man hiphopgamer here the getaway and 8 days i mean they better not cancel those games for real i will go to sony and start demanding answers lol lol for real i was really looking foward to those games man but anyway sev take care and i’ll holla at you lata man listen i have some cool things to discuss with you so as soon as you can please hit me up aight 1
June 5, 2008 at 12:46 am
whats up bro, yeah I’ll hit you up on the PSN later, or you can hit me up on AIM.
I think you got my AIM account…
I gotta get skype so we can talk.
October 15, 2008 at 10:23 pm
My heart almost stopped when I heard these news, I know some unrelease info on both games (which is pretty difficult to find), but I have the URL for the petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/g3taway3/petition.html
December 29, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I have that game its so innojing my 2 brothers playing everyday with that game:S:S i hope that the game ben stopped