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@themcnoisy yikes. Was that on PC or Xbox?

I just want themes! GIVE ME THEMES

The autumn season animated background is nice, though.

Worth mentioning Street Fighter II: The World Warrior sold 6.3 million copies on the SNES... and remained Capcom's best-selling title on any platform for the next 20 years!

@Medic_alert I both love and hate this idea. Love it because it would be helpful to consumers. Hate it because the need for it exists at all

Others have said this, but an apt comparison is the Steam Deck vs. the Nintendo Switch. The Deck is much more powerful and capable, yet the Switch outsold it by nearly 150 million units. That's not competition; that's a niche product versus a mainstream one.

I think Steam Machine 2.0 looks like a great product, and I am sure Valve will sell a few million of them. But the vast, vast majority of PC gamers want to play on a PC, and console gamers already have great options. I will be shocked if Steam Machine hits even 5 percent of PS5 total sales lifetime.

"This could have been an email" energy tbh

My first thought at seeing that screenshot: "Winamp! It really whips the llama's ass."

I play through a few Castlevania games every October. Not a horror series per se, I guess, but it always fits the season perfectly. I was very sick for the first few weeks of the month this year, so I only had time for one, Harmony of Dissonance. I liked it a lot!

Readers of this website are not the ones for whom PlayStation is losing market share to TikTok.

Younger people, ages 25 and under, are not growing up with video games in the same way we did. For many of them, "video games" just means Fortnite or Roblox, and little else.

Microsoft is correct in its assessment that short-form video is an existential threat. Gen-Xers like me and Millennials are not going to be around forever. It's becoming very difficult to convince consumers of all ages and income levels that their spare time is best spent on $80 games instead of free, addictive videos of kids throwing water bottles while an AI-generated voice shouts "SIX SEVEN SKIBIDI TOILET" or whatever TikTok is all about these days.

If someone's financial situation is such that they can't afford to run PS5 games at "full power," they probably can't afford to own / use a PS5 at all, sadly.

@Rich33 I figured it was something like that. We're talking savings of less than a few dollars / euro / pounds / yen on a monthly bill, and that's assuming you play your PS5 a LOT.

Can AI build a complete, functioning video game on its own? Yes, almost certainly now, and definitely within just a few years if not now.

Can AI make a good game that will sell really well and earn critical acclaim? Doubtful.

Will I ever buy / play an AI-generated game? Not a chance.

I think, when you ask most hardcore gaming fans to name their favorite soundtracks, you get names like Zelda, Mega Man, Street Fighter, Castlevania, Super Mario, Final Fantasy, etc. Very few PlayStation-exclusive games or franchises come to mind. PlayStation-only music is kind of a tough sell for a concert experience, ya know?

Honestly the only PlayStation-owned game soundtrack I listen to regularly is Astro Bot.

@SeaDaVie (looks at my wall of games) I felt that.

My favorite announcement of State of Play, which says something about the type of gamer I am, I guess

Just give me a way to easily play Daytona USA and Daytona USA 2 on modern platforms and I'll be happy

With Silksong finally out, I think we have a new contender for the #1 clown makeup fan prediction game

Easily my most-wanted Microsoft port to PS5. Can't wait!

Nintendo lifer here - I was a teenager when the original "WELCOME TO THE NEXT LEVEL" campaign was on TV and I distinctly remember the "slow Super Mario World vs. Sonic the Hedgehog with BLAST PROCESSING" ads.

I think this is hilarious and great, and I wish more video game companies did stuff like this.

The Mario Kart team needs some real competition! I hope CrossWorlds is great and sells well on all platforms. Perhaps it will inspire Nintendo to make its legendary series even better.

The original Hades was one of my favorite Nintendo Switch experiences. The years-long delay to PS4/5 was baffling. Hopefully it will only be a few months this time. I'll be playing it on NS2 Day One for sure, but (potentially) great games like this deserve to be available to everyone as soon as possible.

Thank you for this. With all due respect to the developers and true Bubsy sickos out there (looking at you, Audi Sorlie), these games were never good and are not worth replaying today.

@get2sammyb Basically the Tekken equivalent of Mega Man in Street Fighter X Tekken: https://icrontic.com/uploads/features/2012/01/mega-man-box-art-guy.jpg
(I don't know how to post images in the comments!)

Only for watching Blu-ray Disc movies, which my girlfriend collects in much the same way I collect games on disc.

I can't imagine using my PS5 as the daily driver for streaming apps, though. Too slow to turn on, and the DualSense is not ideal for that purpose.

CoD fans: "Everything Activision does makes these games worse and worse every year, they're so terrible"

Also CoD fans: buying tens of millions of copies of the same game with a different title, year after year

I recognize him from his role in the Apple TV series Murderbot. It's great (and he's great in it)

"Air Combat 22! Remember that one? Airrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Combat!"
-Alternate Univese Kaz Hirai at E3 2006, probably

Ace Combat 7 is one of my favorite games of the last generation. If you don't already have it, don't miss this sale! It's a bargain at twice the price!

The game includes Usada Pekora. She counts as an Asian actress, doesn't she? Peko.

Today I learned CTR is 30fps on PlayStation. I have it on my Nintendo Switch, and I was disappointed by the 30fps but figured it was a Switch thing. It's baffling to me that even PS4 can't run it at 60fps.

Great news. The DualSense is my favorite controller, ever - and I'm primarily a Nintendo guy. I just wish it had better battery life.

It's up to $3,000 USD as I write this. At least something good came out of the game's failure! (For those unaware, Goodwill provides jobs, training, and other assistance for people with disabilities, returning from incarceration, and other challenges.)

Imagine that! A trilogy would mean at least a good 12 total hours of gameplay across the series.

Does the PS4 version not have the same aspect ratio issues as the Nintendo Switch release? Nintendo Life's reviewer griped that the 16:9 option just zoomed in the original 4:3 and cut off the top and bottom of the viewing area, and they ended up playing it in 4:3.

They did everything they possibly could to annoy and alienate their target audience. Eff 'em.

Surely they can throw in some Horse Armor as a bonus for anyone who buys the complete set.

Weirdly enough, I played TW3 for the first time on Nintendo Switch. I didn't have a PS4 at the time. I loved it, in spite of the muddy visuals on that platform.

It was the first game I downloaded when I finally bought a PS5, and I immediately played through the entire campaign in about two weeks. It was even better the second time around.

Absolutely one of the greatest and best games of all time. I can't wait to see what's coming in TW4!

I played this for the first time in 2025, which is fitting since the game takes place in 2025, a time of economic upheval and a crazy person in the White House. Imagine that! Anyway, as much as I want to love this game, it's pretty repetitive and even a little boring at times. It finally lost me when I failed on the boss fight at the end of a mission... and I had to start the entire mission over from the very beginning. No checkpoints? I don't want to waste my time. Bleah

I remember when you could rent consoles from home video stores when I was a kid. I don't recall seeing the Neo Geo AES as a rental, but I've read SNK originally intended it as a rental-only product. They eventually made it available for purchase due to high demand.

I feel bad for the developers. I hope they are all discreetly saving as much of their work as possible, because they are all going to be "downsized" about a week after this game either comes out and flops or gets canceled without ever seeing the light of day.

I believe Nintendo owns the Picross name, but any company can make games like that series, which are based on an pen-and-paper game called a nonogram.

@LogicStrikesAgain rumored to be helpful

@Lanmanna I was half-joking there, but serious answers:

Gradius = I always thought it was "GRAH-dee-us", but the Nintendo Direct announcer today pronounced it "GRAY-dee-us."

Darius = Most people say "DARE-ee-us" but game history researcher and author Jeremy Parrish says it's supposed to be "dah-RYE-us" as per the original Japanese. The name comes from a historic Persian Empire ruler so idk

Gaiden = I think it's supposed to be "GUY-den" but I have heard many say it as "GAY-den."

Of course most British people's pronunciation of "Mario" and "Yoshi" sounds wrong to me too. lol

OK, now do Gradius, Darius, and Ninja Gaiden

I really feel for Australian gamers. You already have to pay more for everything because of imports, taxes, etc. and your government is probably the most heavy-handed in the English-speaking world when it comes to media censorship.

Vtuber fans may recognize one of the voices as hololive's Usada Pekora, who of course appears in the video as the bunny girl

If I understand this correctly, Epic wants to launch its own competing app store on iOS and Android systems, which Apple / Google ostensibly would be required to allow in order to avoid anti-monopoly laws, and Epic is betting it can lure publishers away from the major stores by offering a better deal.

Epic Game Store hasn't done much to challenge Steam's supremacy on PC as far as I know. It might be a different story on mobile, but consumer habits die hard.

Just looked at this developer's GitHub page. If they really are a high school student, what tremendous talent at such a young age! They have a bright future in whatever they pursue.

I voted for GTA6, but I have zero belief it will release next year.

I thought Jo Wyatt was great as Ciri in The Witcher 3. I'm disappointed she won't return, but I'm happy to give Ciara Berkeley a chance. I'm still very much looking forward to W4!

It's not as if it matters all that much. You'll see posts on websites like this one stating "CoD fans outraged / disappointed / fuming / etc." for any particular reason, followed a few days or week later by "Latest CoD breaks more sales records." There's a reason Activision essentially forced all of its remaining studios into CoD support.