In a live demo of Iron Brigade(A Game About Love) on this week's Giant Bomb's Thursday Night Throwdown (1:54:00), Brad Muir of Double Fine let slip that they'd totally be on board for Psychonauts 2 if a big sack of money was dropped on an unspecified table.

When asked in a chat question about game pitches that got shot down, Brad declined to comment on the issue. However, he had this to say:

"If somebody wants to have all the money and come talk to us and be like, 'Hey, why don't you make Psychonauts 2?' and they drop a bag of money on a table...DUDE WE'RE DOING IT."

Microsoft doesn't comment on rumors and speculation.

Unlike the IOS project and PC Iron Brigade "denials," the Psychonauts 2 one was the only one that seemed like they hadn't secured it yet. Sounded more like solicitation than trying not to announce a thing that existed.
 
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psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

No, no this isn't the case at all. Psychonauts is a very well regarded game. Critically acclaimed, in fact. At this point, now that Double Fine has secured a sizable number of dedicated fans, I think Psychonauts would do pretty well.

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

I think its more then 50 people but i agree, that it is a big risk seeing as how psychonauts sold. And I would want a full Psychhonauts game not a downloadable game.

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

Pre-Brutal Legend I think Psychonauts 2 may have a had a pretty good chance. Unfortunately I think a lot curious fence-sitters and people wondering "So what's the big deal about these guys?" were turned off when they tried to answer this question with Brutal Legend and wouldn't bother taking a chance with Psychonauts now. Maybe some of this has been quashed by the quality of their downloadable releases but I'm not convinced it would do all that well either.

(To be clear, I really enjoyed Brutal Legend but I'll be the first to admit it's a tough game to try and defend)

I totally asked that question ^^.

You could always start a Kickstarter or some other fundraising project if you wanted to gauge how much interest there would be in the project.

I have a rich Grandpa but he would never want to invest in a video game, he just likes to buy Jaguars on Ebay and stick them in storage in a cold garage. also guns.

@MariachiMacabre said:

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

No, no this isn't the case at all. Psychonauts is a very well regarded game. Critically acclaimed, in fact. At this point, now that Double Fine has secured a sizable number of dedicated fans, I think Psychonauts would do pretty well.

critically acclaimed has nothing to do with profitable. there are plenty of critically acclaimed games in the bargain bins, and plenty of critically panned games that make retarded amounts of money.

Luckily now the folks at Double Fine could do a XBLA installment/prelude to Psychonauts2 to get more people interested in it then put out a full game with the higher demand.

As long as they don't be retarded like the publishers of Enslaved and Rayman it would likely sell quite well.

(by the above I mean, don't release your poorly marketed game amongst Call of Duty, Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, FIFA and so on)

@MariachiMacabre said:

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

No, no this isn't the case at all. Psychonauts is a very well regarded game. Critically acclaimed, in fact. At this point, now that Double Fine has secured a sizable number of dedicated fans, I think Psychonauts would do pretty well.

critically acclaimed has nothing to do with profitable. there are plenty of critically acclaimed games in the bargain bins, and plenty of critically panned games that make retarded amounts of money.

I have a feeling that a new Psychonaughts game would do poorly. While I loved the first game and would love to see a sequel, I think the Internet acclaim just won't translate over to financial success.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@phrali said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

No, no this isn't the case at all. Psychonauts is a very well regarded game. Critically acclaimed, in fact. At this point, now that Double Fine has secured a sizable number of dedicated fans, I think Psychonauts would do pretty well.

critically acclaimed has nothing to do with profitable. there are plenty of critically acclaimed games in the bargain bins, and plenty of critically panned games that make retarded amounts of money.

Psychonauts didn't flop actually, it just wasn't a huge money spinner. It also has a really strong market now, we live in a post Braid world where lots of esoteric titles are being made. The whole besmirching of this game because Brutal Legend blah blah seems mindless to me. Brutal Legend was really their first big game in a long time and its development cycle was arrested a couple of times as it passed from Activison to seeming oblivion and then on to EA.. Double Fine make lots of different types of games and they've really found their footing now, so I'm pretty sure not only could they make a fine Psychonauts sequel but they could also create many SP narrative based games into the future. They probably won't because they make more money from shorter development cycles but to say that Tim and the guys can't make a good SP game like Psychonauts is beyond silly.

Braid was a downloadable 2D platformer with sprites and no voice acting. Big difference in development costs and distribution from something like Psychonauts.

Saying that it has a strong market is quite a stretch. scratch that, it's completely not true. otherwise someone would already have made a sequel then trilogy then quadrilogy or whatever. A strong market is something like COD, where every iteration makes a profit, and where if activision decided to stop making COD games, publishers would be lined up around the block to buy the rights to the franchise.

The question is not whether or not they CAN make a good sequel or a good SP game, they question is whether they will lose money or make money doing it.

@Sooty said:

As long as they don't be retarded like the publishers of Enslaved and Rayman it would likely sell quite well.

(by the above I mean, don't release your poorly marketed game amongst Call of Duty, Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, FIFA and so on)

Exactly. I bet as a summer release it could do extremely well.

I enjoyed Psychonauts, but those claiming that the game was absolutely amazing are wearing rose tinted glasses that deflects the glaringly average platforming the game had. Also, the meat circus was a fucking travesty.

the original psychonauts is one of my favourite games of all time. I don't know that it needs a sequel, though.

                   

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

Pre-Brutal Legend I think Psychonauts 2 may have a had a pretty good chance. Unfortunately I think a lot curious fence-sitters and people wondering "So what's the big deal about these guys?" were turned off when they tried to answer this question with Brutal Legend and wouldn't bother taking a chance with Psychonauts now. Maybe some of this has been quashed by the quality of their downloadable releases but I'm not convinced it would do all that well either.

(To be clear, I really enjoyed Brutal Legend but I'll be the first to admit it's a tough game to try and defend)

                   

               

@SeriouslyNow said:

@phrali said:

@MariachiMacabre said:

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

No, no this isn't the case at all. Psychonauts is a very well regarded game. Critically acclaimed, in fact. At this point, now that Double Fine has secured a sizable number of dedicated fans, I think Psychonauts would do pretty well.

critically acclaimed has nothing to do with profitable. there are plenty of critically acclaimed games in the bargain bins, and plenty of critically panned games that make retarded amounts of money.

Psychonauts didn't flop actually, it just wasn't a huge money spinner. It also has a really strong market now, we live in a post Braid world where lots of esoteric titles are being made. The whole besmirching of this game because Brutal Legend blah blah seems mindless to me. Brutal Legend was really their first big game in a long time and its development cycle was arrested a couple of times as it passed from Activison to seeming oblivion and then on to EA.. Double Fine make lots of different types of games and they've really found their footing now, so I'm pretty sure not only could they make a fine Psychonauts sequel but they could also create many SP narrative based games into the future. They probably won't because they make more money from shorter development cycles but to say that Tim and the guys can't make a good SP game like Psychonauts is beyond silly.

Braid was a downloadable 2D platformer with sprites and no voice acting. Big difference in development costs and distribution from something like Psychonauts.

Saying that it has a strong market is quite a stretch. scratch that, it's completely not true. otherwise someone would already have made a sequel then trilogy then quadrilogy or whatever. A strong market is something like COD, where every iteration makes a profit, and where if activision decided to stop making COD games, publishers would be lined up around the block to buy the rights to the franchise.

The question is not whether or not they CAN make a good sequel or a good SP game, they question is whether they will lose money or make money doing it.

@Andorski said:

I enjoyed Psychonauts, but those claiming that the game was absolutely amazing are wearing rose tinted glasses that deflects the glaringly average platforming the game had. Also, the meat circus was a fucking travesty.

The game was a 3d platformer it was fairly liner, but it was fun, it was funny, and it was one of the absolutely amazing things i have, perhaps not played, but experienced, in my gaming life.

@Dagbiker said:

@phrali said:

psychonauts is one of those games that like 50 people like but they won't shut up about it so it seems like there's this huge demand for it.

psychonauts 2 would sell 50 copies and lose buttloads of money.

I think its more then 50 people but i agree, that it is a big risk seeing as how psychonauts sold. And I would want a full Psychhonauts game not a downloadable game.

I feel like Psychonaut's popularity now would make the sequel sell very well. It's hard to explain but think of it like The Original Star Trek series to The Next Generation.

If Psychonauts 2 was to be made, do you think it'd be true to the original game in humor, level design and story narration?

Maybe we need more of those philanthropists who donated to get the PC versions of Stacking possible? Who was that dude again?

Ah, found him. Steven Dengler.

@AssInAss said:

Maybe we need more of those philanthropists who donated to get the PC versions of Stacking possible? Who was that dude again?

Ah, found him. Steven Dengler.

Big Up to Dengler!