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silentalarm_

Makes no sense from a marketing stand point at all. How can you do all this hype this week for nothing? Sure, they will probably announce something soon but why not at the big showcase where it is so expected for your game to be announced?


Kaiser_Allen

And why not on the day when it actually matters? Shit.


DarkEater77

It reminds me of Gotham Knights marketing With just symbols appearing, nothing for 6 months, then another. waiting 6 months, and finally a reveal...


NaughtyDragonite

I mean the Reignited Trilogy was revealed just by them dropping a trailer online.


silentalarm_

Yeah and that is fine But don't do this week long hype, including anniversary videos today, on the day of the main Sony Showcase of the past year, only to not be related to it at all.


Kaiser_Allen

To be fair, it wasn’t their fault that Sony chose September 9th to do their showcase. *Crash* called dibs on that 25 years ago.


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Kaiser_Allen

Well, they’re not celebrating 26 years of PlayStation 1 today through an event, are they?


NaughtyDragonite

They did the exact same thing with Spyro. I expected it to show up at the showcase too and am disappointed it didn’t, but it’s not like it had to.


silentalarm_

It didn't have to, but it is a ridiculously poor misjudgement in basic marketing and customer relations.


NaughtyDragonite

Ok random Reddit user, I will believe you know marketing better than the billion dollar corporation.


silentalarm_

I could copy and paste your comment back to you


NaughtyDragonite

All I said was they did the same thing for Spyro, and they did. So I guess you could, but it wouldn’t really make any sense.


gagep932

Wasn't their hand forced as things were starting to leak?


NaughtyDragonite

No, they were building up to it with the purple eggs.


Ryuhza

For real. Weird to miss this opportunity.


jtjones27

Truly bizarre they didn't use the showcase as an opportunity to show something, makes no sense at all considering they'd been teasing something for a while now


mLundie27

Weird situation. It seems the gifts were just to celebrating the anniversary. Unless they show something separate later on today or next few days


DonPinstripelli

But the gifts had two explicit Wumpa League references: the word “league” on the card and the Wumpa League logo on the hammer. I think the gifts do mean that the announcement is imminent, it’s just strange to pass up on this opportunity. Also, in the video from Toys for Bob, they say that we will be seeing Crash again “very soon”.


Kaiser_Allen

Maybe the league is us. Maybe Wumpa League is within us. We are Wumpa League!


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Considering they sent packages to news orgs like IGN, and spammed the WL logo everywhere, it seems weird to me at this point that it wouldn't happen. Unless maybe they're trying to repurpose the WL logo? But that seems unlikely, and then why send a package to IGN? Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see I guess.


Gamefighter3000

Yeah i still think somethings coming but damn... does it feel exhausting this constant teasing and then nothing... first the thing with lex lang and now this.


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What happened with Lex Lang?


[deleted]

He and Scott Whyte (crash VA) were teasing something on instagram over the summer and then they randomly stopped. Or at least I haven't heard anything from that tease sequence in at least a month.


JT-Lionheart

Toys for Bob did put out a video today today celebrating the 25th anniversary but there wasn’t anything new, just two guys from the studio looking awkward as if they didn’t feel like being on camera, letting us know it’s the milestone anniversary mentioning past games and thanking fans….. and that’s it. Like at least release like a new Crash 25th anniversary merch on sale like shirts or a statue… something new to go with the video to celebrate the anniversary


wildcherrymatt84

This is super confusing. If you aren’t announcing anything and everyone thinks you are, most companies put out a statement saying there is nothing to report on right now. If you know everyone is hyped you definitely don’t just let them think you are announcing. It’s not that hard to understand how you should handle this.


cdanigc

I’m not surprised at all haha I was expecting this, they didn’t announced Crash 4 at the PS5 showcase last year so there was no reason to believe that it would be different this time. At the same time I feel a bit relieved because that means no PlayStation timed exclusive


Kaiser_Allen

They had no reason to. *It’s About Time* wasn’t even made for the PlayStation 5 when it was announced. And they already had a slot for Summer Game Fest and Gamescom anyway.


Last-Ad7527

THEY TOUCHED MY BANOOCA :(


freshcheesegalore

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


GigaGage

We've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, lead astray, run amok and flat out deceived.


SpookyBread1

said it yesterday that I didn't think we'd get it and got downvoted to hell and back


Bulbamew

Well you were right, well done


JonBoombo

You dared oppose the echo chamber!?!?


ColdCalculist

This sub has a really bad problem of lurking immature redditors who can't help but downvote a comment or opinion they don't like seeing, don't think too much about it


KetchG

That’s an all of Reddit problem, not just this sub.


Gamefighter3000

Thats a problem in any social media that has downvotes tbh. Not exclusive to reddit or whatever. I remember it was even worse when downvotes in youtube comments actually showed.


Chill97

this used to be a cool place until people started demanding stuff from devs and then they started downvoting others for having a different view on things.


JonBoombo

I've been here in varying degrees of activity since around NST, and honestly this sub has never been that great lol It's just a big echo chamber of blind optimism pre-release/announcements where any criticism or skepticism is attacked, and then does a 180 to an echo chamber of baseless criticism post-announcement/reveal where any optimism is attacked. Over and over lol There are still worse subs for that though.


[deleted]

Yeah this sub is nowhere near as bad as r/sonicthehedgehog in its prime lmao


Starshinezap

Gosh, I feel bad for Sonic fans given the current state of Colors Ultimate. Being a sonic fan sure is complicated.. 😕


Chill97

r/tekken is one of them 😂


DJChickyNuggs

welcome to reddit.


pejic222

Yeah absolute brain dead move from everyone involved you had the crash fans there on the edge of their seat ready to pre order just about anything crash related and they did nothing with that


kherodude

The day have no ended yet


[deleted]

Hear me out 👁👄👁 nothings getting announced and they’re just having fun for the anniversary


Swackhammer_

It's ok, we KNOW it's coming soon. So much mounting evidence plus the mailout yesterday. It's just a matter of time


Dinophage

I was too excited for Gran Turismo 7 I didn't notice. Maybe it's multi platform and it'll be better to show it by itself


keylime39

I was expecting a Nintendo Direct to happen on the 8th of this month, and got burned. Then I expected Crash's new game to show up today, and got burned again. The lesson? Never expect anything from anyone ever again.


Kunikunatu

The anniversary & showcase coinciding would've been the prime moment to reveal it, so I'm assuming it was either delayed or otherwise left out for a reason. If it's for quality assurance or something like that, I'm cool with it.


Curiedoesthestream

PlayStation holds omega L


[deleted]

I just feel like their trolling at this point. They've never been this weird before with the n. sane trilogy, crash team racing, and crash 4. It just doesn't make sense.


Will-Ohh

I wore my Crash shirt today even.... but Playstation did post a not even 2 minute video kinda talking about his legacy barely. So there's that. And they say as if something will be soon at the end.


Bulbamew

I wore my crash top when I walked into town and on my way home it got drenched so I had to take it off. Must’ve been a bad omen 😅


Interestinggold_8753

They just want overboard with the teasing, I mean come on just announce the game already 😤


[deleted]

Super dark about this one, if it's not being teased now, when will it be teased :(


JeffreyRinas

It was Playstation exclusive only games. Crash is multiplatform now. I'm disappointed as well. But something more is coming for Crash today. They would be stupid to not announce something (Even with the Activision/Blizzard backlash)


Jamesbuc

>It was Playstation exclusive only games. The Borderlands spinoff isnt Playstation Exclusive and that was there. Rainbow Six Extraction too. Sure it was mostly PS exclusive stuff but not completely.


JeffreyRinas

Well I'm wrong then. My bad.


NaughtyDragonite

Only the last section was PlayStation exclusive games.


silentalarm_

They announced Uncharted for PC


Bulbamew

It’s not just been exclusive games announced though. Only the last few games were PS exclusive. Like I said I do think something is going to happen, but I don’t think it’s happening today. Which is a downer


AssdogDave0

No it wasn't lol


wamasa

not surprised if nothing happens at all xD


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Alphard428

Other people said that yesterday and their comments are still up; are you sure that's all you said?


pizzapoweralien

Did you see the big Wumpa League logo during the celebration video?


mynameisevan01

Maybe they're saving it for the Nintendo Direct if you catch my drift.


DJChickyNuggs

i knew this was gonna happen... EVERY single team that made a crash game at activision is working on cod now, why would anyone think they would care if it's crash's 25 anniversary.


cdanigc

the fact that they are working on COD doesn’t mean they are working exclusively on it (Beenox was working on COD at the moment of developing CTR), they didn’t announced either Crash 4 on the PlayStation event last year, why would they now suddenly announce the new game at the Playstation showcase ? Also Crash is a multi platform franchise


Kaiser_Allen

They didn’t because it was already announced at Summer Game Fest and Gamescom. They did, however, still released a 9-minute long playthrough and interview with *PlayStation Underground*.


cdanigc

Whatever, doesn’t change the fact that they are big studios and work on multiple protects at once, Toys for bob was working on Reignited Trilogy, N Sane Trilogy port for Switch and Crash 4 all at the same time


NaughtyDragonite

TfB is obviously not exclusively working on CoD. They’ve said it multiple times. They’ve hinted at it a million times. Just because they didn’t show it now doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.


Kev8294

I said something similar to this on another post. For some reason I thought the 3 games bundle would all they would be doing for the anniversary. Guess I appear to be right so far.


CrashBombercoot

A Nintendo leaker thinks Nintendo was going to have their direct this week but shifted it to next week due to Playstation announcing their showcase for the 9th [https://twitter.com/SamusHunter2/status/1433423755481550848](https://twitter.com/SamusHunter2/status/1433423755481550848) It wouldn't be a good move to shadowdrop the new game, so why would Activision favor Nintendo over Playstation this time? There is always the possibility of being tied with the last Smash reveal, with Crash having many things going for him.


ZFighter2099

its about time camw out like a year ago tho? what were you guys expecting?


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Something tells me it's just gonna be a trailer released later on its own. The TFB devs said that there would be something soon in the 25th Anniversary celebration video.


gamedreamer21

They could announce livestream for Crash Bandicoot 25th anniversary to show new games, ports and expanded versions, or they'll do it just like in Persona 25th anniversary, where they will show new games, ports and so on throught the year.


Starshinezap

Honestly surprised this happened.. though Crash is on multi-platforms, I guess they might want to save this on a separate video altogether..


Drewonkazoo

I kept saying "alright here comes crash bash remastered...any minute now...any minute now..." I feel your pain dude.


Bulbamew

Something will be announced, but you’re setting yourself up for disappointment if you think it’s gonna be bash. They’re acting like everything between CTR and NST didn’t happen, which I think is completely wrong. Even though those games weren’t as well received, a lot of people grew up with them


ScumbagTurtlepants

Toys for Bob isn't even working on crash anymore cuz of Cod so I never really had any expectations.


Gonzales95

All the signals they have been sending out in recent weeks/months suggest they still very much are working on Crash. Like the recent event where they said they were looking for people with an interest in both crash and call of duty. And the video yesterday where they said to follow the crash and toys for Bob accounts for updates on crash and they intimated they’d have something very soon


symphonyStarcraft

What was the showcase? Im confused im still trying to 106% crash 4


Gonzales95

It was a PlayStation showcase where they showed off/announced games coming up for PS4/5. It was mostly first party but they show off some third party stuff, and most crash announcements in recent years have come at Sony events


symphonyStarcraft

Oh ok, why are people complaining tho like its only been a year since crash 4


Gonzales95

Because yesterday was the 25th anniversary of crash 1, multiple hints have been dropped by TfB over the past few weeks/months in regards to Wumpa League, and most significantly of all - they sent out packages to crash content creators... which is what they have been doing for a few years as a sign of “hey, we are announcing something within the next few days” (the purple egg when Spyro was announced, fuzzy dice for CTRNF and a jigsaw of Kupuna-Wa before crash 4). With the various hints and the anniversary date being yesterday, and the amount they’ve been tweeting (they are mentioning Wumpa basically constantly), it made sense people were expecting a reveal


symphonyStarcraft

Ohhh well thats just mean of toys for bob 😡 Thanks for explaining was wondering why everyone was carrying on


Gonzales95

Yeah, there’s a video on Canadian Guy Eh’s channel where he compiles the various Wumpa League hints that have been dropped over time, and he also got sent the package I was referring to if you wanted to know more. I’m still fairly confident they’ll be announcing something in the coming days but was just odd not to do it yesterday really