Hi-Fi Rush Should've Been Huge

[@Isaacs-Comics]

For what we got, I'm glad this game exists. I only hope the people who made this go on to make other awesome games.

[@decibelmax]

Yeah, it's a shame the studio is gone, but those talented developers are still out there, and hopefully will get the chance to make another great game some day.

[@RatchetClankFan112]

Who’s here after they announce Tango Gameworks & Hi-Fi Rush we’re saved by publisher Krafton

[@slycooper759]

Lol me

[@asfero830]

Я

[@LinkMaster-d5b]

Me

[@TheWaverunners]

THIS VIDEO MIGHT BE OUTDATED AND THAT'S GREAT!

[@Rincewindl]

hi fi rush won a bafta.

[@garygearboy1358]

Facts it’s stupid they shut it down instead of a shitty studio

[@decibelmax]

And well deserved!

[@DLxxx]

WEEKS before the shutdown.. Absolutely baffling. It also got a Game Awards trophy (along with countless other awards and nominations). This IP should've been allowed to blossom into something truly huge in pop culture media. You just _know_ a sequel would've been amazing. 💔

[@Blastertronus]

Guess who’s back? Back agian! Tango’s back! Tell a friend!

[@gregusgg7758]

Sorry?

[@EMan-xj5cz]

I think the reason why it never got big/why the studio was shut down is absolutely because of the lack of advertising

[@olivermackiewicz9763]

I think it's possible that part of that is its not a super mainstream genre so it may have seemed like a risk to go all in. or the studio was on its last legs and couldn't afford to

[@BornFlunky]

Not sure if that's the case. Tango staff themselves said the game was a massive hit and a commercial success. Quite impressive for a game that launched the day after it was announced. Keep in mind, Microsoft shut down three other studios at the same time. This was almost certainly a company-wide "bottom line" thing, and Tango was seen as an "acceptable" casualty, despite cranking out a fair few successes, including their most recent one.

[@LinkMaster-d5b]

Umm, wasn’t the game released the day it was announced

[@EMan-xj5cz]

@@LinkMaster-d5b I didn’t know that

[@hehehefunnyname9613]

Its almost like the game would've sold better if it wasn't immediately put on game pass

[@decibelmax]

Yeah, that definitely didn't help.

[@lynx4082]

Honestly mate you could have stopped at "Why is there a motorcycle robot" because fuck that enemy in particular

[@Soncikuro]

"Stop running away you bycicle shit!" Is the general vibe of that enemy.

[@decibelmax]

Yeah... putting an enemy that's friggin' engineered to break your rhythm in a rhythm game makes me grind my teeth.

[@Wild_Dice]

​@@Soncikuro THIS

[@patrokwanzana4075]

I played this game blindly when it came out. And it was an experience. I love it so much. The design of everything it's simply perfect.

[@aggresiveiceberglettuce8848]

AND ITS KRAFTON WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

[@L0werP0w3r]

and just like that, we're back.

[@HonestPhil]

i like your vibes dude. nice video and yeah lets hope something good comes off hifi rush now that the studio got bought.

[@decibelmax]

Thanks! And yeah, I'm pretty hopeful for the future with that news.

[@gsilva220]

From the day it came out, I knew it was gonna be a _game of the year_ in at least one category. The game is amazing, but it wasn't a lot of people's cup of tea. Hell, it wasn't even _my_ cup of tea, but i loved the game regardless.

[@chilliicecream5456]

Everyone, we’ve won

[@asfero830]

Всё так

[@korsi54]

hey guys have you heard...

[@rosenrot234]

OH WE ARE SO BACK

[@seq3128]

I've been a fan of Hi-Fi Rush from the moment it came out. I believed that it will show game corporations that you still can make a good story-oriented game and it will be a success. But the ge Howewer the game unfortunately didn't sell as well as we might think... I feel like that's fault of the non-existent promotion budget. This game deserved better, it deserved greatness nad Tango Game Works deserved the best. Corporations only care about the profit and that's the sad truth we're left with... "From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck. But, truth is... the game was rigged from the start."

[@DLxxx]

I don't get how anyone can talk about sales when Hi-Fi was released as an Xbox exclusive and put on Game Pass DAY ONE. People were ranting about that last year when rumors started to circulate about the game "not selling well" (which led to the infamous Aaron Greenburg tweet).

[@Velociraptorhunter]

fell the pain

[@kylegraham3192]

It could’ve made big could’ve got a second game too

[@calvinsharlow1440]

Tango all right Microsoft we made you an s tear game Microsoft all right get the shotgun

[@imraanakollo-arenz1449]

I'm so glad this video aged like milk

[@Safcraft69]

Guys Im not in the know rn so can some one tell me what happened to tango games

[@DLxxx]

Tango (along with several other studios) were shutdown back in June as a result of Microsoft/Xbox looking to save money. The reason they were trying to save money was because Xbox recently spent several billions of dollars acquiring Activision (Blizzard + King), and they began recieving pressure from higher ups at Microsoft to start recouping that cost. Closing down smaller game studios, and firing over a 1000 people at the beginning of the year, is pert of their plan to do that.

[@Safcraft69]

@@DLxxx bro wtf

[@Sagi.Baten.Kaitos]

Update: Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP was recently purchased by the South Korean company Krafton, who hired back about half of the original development staff (including John Johanas, the game's director)

[@dantanskymonsterhunter]

As an Xer. Our parents all sold out.

[@le563]

Seriously, give it a switch release, it's made for that kind of console

[@Roolord27]

Not sure if this is 100% true as I haven’t bothered to check but tango probably went under due to the garbage fire that was redfall, still a shame they shut down though, hifi rush was and always will be peak Xbox for me. For clarification the mix of redfall absolutely bombing and hifi rushes alright reception probably made them look like an easy thing to shut down, which is sad

[@Spider_MBI]

Tango had no involvement with Redfall whatsoever. That was Arkane Austin who made Redfall.

[@DLxxx]

No, that was Arkane Austin. Tango had absolutely nothing to do with Redfall. Hi-Fi Rush was Tango’s most well recieved game in their studios history.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

No, that’s not it. So the story goes, Microsoft were literally just looking to slash some studios from Bethesda to simplify their lineup, and it really didn’t matter who. It was just whoever was at the bottom of the totem pole, and Tango Gameworks was particularly vulnerable since they were in the process of pitching Hi-Fi Rush 2

[@czarsquid855]

I think you overestimate the market for this. Rhythm games appeal to a niche group of people. Marketing wasn't going to save it. For example: Balatro - one of the best card roguelikes had similar abysmal marketing. And it exploded because it appeals to a large audience. And just to add insult to injury, Hi-Fi Rush had much more coverage than Balatro did.

[@decibelmax]

Maybe, but even niche games can thrive, given the right attention. I never would have thought a game like Baldur's Gate 3 would have sold as well as it did, but it absolutely crushed it in sales.

[@DionPanday]

This

[@DLxxx]

But it wasn't just a rhythm game. It was a hybrid single player action game with polish, a unique art direction, and refreshing twist on the genre (though I guess action is also a bit niche?) Yeah, the idea of a rhythm action game can sound intimidating at face value, but Hi-Fi had some of the best accessibility options of any game to come out in 2023 (to the point that was nominated for multiple awards for exactly that). Everyone who talked about this game made it pretty clear how easy it was to pick up.

[@DionPanday]

@@DLxxx what’s the point of a rythm game if you don’t need to be on the rythm ?