Lady Lilith Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 http://segabits.com/blog/2014/01/30/xboxs-fable-was-originally-to-release-on-sega-dreamcast/ Examiner.com shared an interesting bit of news today regarding the early development of Xbox’s Fable. According to Fable Anniversary Lead Designer Tim Timmins, the game was originally intended for the SEGA Dreamcast. In a recent interview with Examiner, Timmins revealed that he learned this during recent discussions with Prima Games, who were handing Fable‘s strategy guide at the time the game originally released. ”Did you know that Fable was originally going to be a Dreamcast game, before the Xbox came along?” Timmins told Examiner, “There was also supposed to be a boss fight with a boss that was about 50 feet tall that mirrored your every move.” These sorts of stories shouldn’t be new to SEGA fans, as several SEGA developed games in the early Xbox era were initially planned to be Dreamcast titles, including ToeJam and Earl 3 and Jet Set Radio Future. Still, it’s interesting to hear that one of Microsoft’s big titles could have appeared on the Dreamcast had the past gone in a different direction. Whoa, whoa, whoa...this is new to me. Man, if this actually happened, maybe it'd have given the Dreamcast the boost it needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 That's pretty interesting. I had no idea. I'm glad it made it out on the Xbox though, I really enjoyed the first Fable. It probably wouldn't have helped the Dreamcast though. Fable primarily appeals to western gamers, and most of Dreamcast sales were from the US already(about half). The reason the DC went under, was actually because Japanese sales were so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demigod Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 That is interesting, I wonder if it wouldve played the same though, I know the XBOX is an entire beast compared to the DC but still. Another thing though, was Fable just a thought then or was it already being developed when the DC went belly up, if so, i so want to see some early development footage. that would make me all giddy lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 That'd be pretty cool to see it on the Dreamcast. The only Fable I really enjoyed was the original and it'd be interesting to see where the series would be today if it started on the Dreamcast. Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzero4812 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) i wouldnt put it past microsoft that they never really intended to release Fable on DC, but only told sega that to allow them develop it so that they can eventually release it for xbox. Edited January 31, 2014 by xzero4812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVader66 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Had SEGA continue on the console market, we would have had SEGA Neptune and SEGA Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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