Activision felt that single-player games were not generating enough revenue.
Crash Bandicoot 5it’s not happening right away. That’s according to a new report from historian Liam Robertson, who also worked on a lengthy video of over an hour on the YouTube channel “DidYouKnowGaming.”
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According to Robertson’s information, Crash Bandicoot 5 was well under development at Toys For Bob studios, known for being behind the saga Skylanders (2011) but above all being the last studios to have worked on the character of the bandicoot with the N. Sane Trilogy (2018), Crash Bandicoot 4 : It’s About Time (2020) and more recently Crash Team Rumble (2023).
After the release of the fourth installment, Toys For Bob reportedly dedicated a small group of employees to thinking about the sequel to the action-platformer franchise. The first idea considered was obviously a new single-player title, quickly named internally Crash Bandicoot 5. In the video, we even see various videos of theearly-developement as well as various concept arts where we see Crash fighting villains from previous episodes. We also learn that this game could have allowed us to play as the purple dragon Spyro alongside Crash.
The report states that Activision has decided to pull the plug on the fifth installment considering that sales of Crash Bandicoot 4 were unsatisfactory. At the same time, it was reported that Activision had rejected the idea of developing other single-player games, including a new Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.
Instead, Activision would have preferred to put all its marbles into multiplayer and live-service games, titles that are much more profitable in the long term, like the famous franchise Call of DutyThe move also comes as Activision was acquired by the giant Microsoft, a sale that was completed on October 13, 2023.
