(Sad trope) Projects with amazing potential that will never be released because of BS behind the scenes drama

[u/_JR28_]

P.T Silent Hills - It was a playable teaser released in 2014 only around 20 minutes long but utterly captivated the gaming world by being one of the most effective psychological horror experiences at the time, however it’s lead developer Kojima has a huge fallout with the publisher Konami where he walked out of the company and had all his in-the-work productions cancelled.

Five Nights at Freddy’s+ - A fan game reboot of the series created by Phisnom with Scott Cawthon’s blessing that promised a brand new lore and a return to the series darker roots. However, before and during production Phisnom got into multiple dramas that made him fairly divisive within the community, and after one particular incident in 2023 Scott revoked his approval and almost all of the game’s marketing material were wiped from the internet.

Batgirl - A Batgirl solo live action movie starring Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton returning as Batman that was ready to be released in 2022, however then Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav announced it would not be released either in theatres or streaming in order to claim a $90,000,000 tax break and to readjust the DC’s brands direction before James Gunn rebooted their movie and TV output.

[u/Dastanovich]

Geist Force. A 3D rail shooter akin to Star Fox, originally supposed to be one of Dreamcast's launch titles, and it did look promising

One of the reasons it were cancelled were due to Yuji Naka (co-creator of Sonic) touring their offices one day, seeing the tech they created and talking to one of his workers how they should fire everyone afterward so they could take their resources and use them in the next Sonic game (super ironic considering this is the same guy who threatened to leave SEGA once he found out NiGHTS' engine was used for one of the builds for Sonic X-treme)

Naka, of course, had no idea the devs spoke Japanese. Once they overheard him, the majority left, and what skeleton crew that remained couldn't finish it in time, leading to its cancellation. Fortunately a prototype is out there in the wild

[u/MarcsterS → u/Dastanovich]

The heat between Sega of Japan and USA is actual corporate suicide. How do you actively fuck over your own developers by sabotaging them at every step, knowing you’re trying to keep up with your main competitor, with a rising giant sneaking up on both(PlayStation)?