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They're unmitigated losers in the console marketplace and this is their strategy for survival now. At least Sega bowed out gracefully instead of acting like the competition wasn't legitimate in the first place.

Microsoft goons wouldn't be saying this stuff if the Xbone and especially Series X were competitive.

@themightyant 3D and motion controls weren't new when Nintendo ran with them, but they also weren't 'fads' because nobody else was doing stuff with them when Nintendo took them on. I think the idea isn't: 'Nintendo created these concepts wholesale,' but: 'Nintendo took existing concepts that others had forgotten/abandoned and made them popular/fads.'

@UltimateOtaku91 I actually really enjoyed HZD as well (one of the few PS4 titles I bothered to platinum), but the similarities between them, along with the close release dates, definitely started the narrative that the Horizon games release next to more popular open world games that overshadow them.

I'm not actually hopeful for either film, but I'd love them to be good. 👍

Same year as the Zelda movie. Would be the funniest thing if it ended up getting overshadowed again in an entirely different medium. 😂

I'll wait and see what the exclusive games, if any, are like, what the price point is, and what features emerge.

It's gonna need some really cool exclusive games to shift me away from the PC/Steam Deck combo that works so brilliantly.

As it stands, I skipped the PS5 gen pretty much entirely, and I'm prepared to do so with PS6 as well if Sony doesn't course correct in terms of first party game development.

That said, I go back to the early PS1 days with this brand, and would love them to wow me again.

PPV to watch people play a video game. 😂

I absolutely love how much better Bloober's games have become since SH2R. That classic Japanese horror game design mix of exploration, puzzles, and combat is just so much more satisfying than dull Western walking sims where you run and hide from enemies the entire game.

Anyway, Silent Hill 1 is possibly my favorite survival horror game of all time. The sense of atmosphere is unmatched. While I feel like it'll be more challenging to realize successfully in a big budget remake, the potential for improving on aspects of the original is also much greater than in SH2 where, let's be real, the technology was much more equal to the task of realizing the vision of the game.

MORE expensive with LESS hard drive space than back in 2020. This generation sucks lmao

Two months seems excessive. October would've honestly been perfect for a game like Demonschool.

Really glad I didn't pop for the OG release lol

I'll wait and see how Switch 2 performance compares to the game running on Deck, though, before deciding where to cop it.

Either way, glad this version is finally making its way overseas!

Good lord that Donald Pleasance impersonation is bad. 😂

Nice to hear that it'll have a sp mode, though.

Absolutely one of my favorite games of all time. It nails the tactical gameplay in a way so few other SRPGs do.

NG+ mode is also heavily rewarding.

Looking forward to Shantae. Don't care about the rest.

@nessisonett An 80+ hour experience that combined both games would've been awesome.

Instead they went the FFVII Remake direction and bloated the heck out of this.

I still really like the new combat and visuals, though, so thankfully the gameplay itself won't be such a slog.

@nessisonett oml 😭

Why does every JRPG need to be a million hours now?

Almost nothing happens in this game. It's just build up to the sequel.

@Northern_munkey I'm talking about publishers, love. These cards are apparently wildly expensive even compared to Switch 1 cards (and ESPECIALLY compared to bluray discs), making it where proper physicals eat into profit margins to a heavy degree. Everything on a key card would be a code in a box otherwise, and Nintendo is probably hoping the optics of these cards, which can be shared and resold, are less damaging.

LOL Nobody wants to pay for these expensive Switch 2 cards compared to bluray. Hopefully costs come down significantly soon, or, yeah, Switch 2 won't even have a physical media library outside of first-party releases.

@Haruki_NLI Pretty sure Hyrule Warriors is exclusive.

But yeah, the third party exclusive is pretty much dead at this point. Hell, at this point, apart from Nintendo first party releases, exclusives are dead altogether.

@Fizza The Edgerunners anime was a pretty big part of Cyberpunk's public sentiment turnaround as well.

inb4 Studio Trigger announced a Monster Hunter anime series

@Fizza Yup.

Hopefully the B-team is watching this unfold and the successor to Rise doesn't replicate Wilds' technical failings on Switch 2.

World + Rise did so much to boost the brand to megahit status, and now this is causing pretty severe brand damage and has killed their sales' momentum.

I have to imagine that Capcom will probably be making pretty huge changes to what tools they're designing their open world / sandbox games with going forward.

Yeah, performance optimizations on PC should probably be a priority.

No excuse for a release this big to release in the state it's in. They need to retire the use of RE Engine for open world / large sandboxy games. Dragon's Dogma 2 also has performance issues.

And this is in a year where games like Stellar Blade are showing just how optimized console-to-PC ports can really be.

Really happy about this. I've been wanting a new Shantae game for ages!

Glad I waited on Wilds. I'm guessing performance optimizations will be more of a priority going forward lol.

It'll probably be in a better state and have a way better endgame loop by the time the inevitable expansion/G-rank campaign drops.

Pretty incredible remaster that fixed all of my issues with the original release. Easily a top five Atlus game for me overall, and runs brilliantly on almost every platform.

Spent 100+ hours getting all the Steam achievements for this last year. Shame how it never got a proper sequel.

More than one analyst was expecting Switch 2 to have the biggest console launch of all time, and it seems to be meeting those expectations.

One thing that's really helped is that Nintendo appears to have been stockpiling units for launch for awhile, as, despite the record breaking launch, it's been a remarkably easy console to procure.

Hope Sony is taking notes for the PS6 launch.

Never heard of it. Their advertising game might need some work.

Not surprised it underperformed on PC if they took an EGS bribe, though. Fully deserved, too. 🙄

I need to play more. I got about 20ish hours in and it was... okay? Very pretty, but also pretty bog standard open world aside from the presentation.

tbh I think it would have been better as a more linear game. I don't feel like exploration added a whole lot to it.

It's not bad, but put up against The Witcher 3, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and, heck, even Horizon Zero Dawn, it falls short.

It won't matter eventually, because we'll likely get to the point where there's no obvious 'tell' if something is AI generated or not.

Mass market products will probably be primarily AI generated at some point, whereas an 'artisinal' market of more expensive games made without AI tool assistance will proliferate among enthusiasts.

It's a good sign we're not getting spittake-worthy casting like in the Mario movie, but I guess that's the value of this being live-action. I like that they're casting smaller actors and not people you know are getting the job for their names alone.

Bonus points if it's based more on open world Zelda: you see her for all of five minutes, and the rest of the film is Link climbing up vertical surfaces like Spider-Man while grunting loudly and falling half the time because of how often it rains in Hyrule.

"You buy the game and you get the whole thing. There's no online component, there's no live service, because everything we do is in service of telling the story and transporting the player."

Buying a thing and getting what you buy. What a concept! 😂

But yeah, this is why almost every game I buy is single player and fully complete at launch.

Very cool. Love talented, passionate fans being able to meet professional creatives like this.

Intergalactic looked interesting, from the little we've seen. Way better than yet another depressing zombie game. People gotta chill on the hate just because there's a bald lady in it.

Don't keep up with modern pop and don't watch White Lotus, so yeah, had no idea who this was either. 😂

I remember Nintendo telling Platinum to make the Bayonetta Wii U outfits sexier. 😂 So much potential with a port like this.

And it should run fine. 40fps with good image quality is achievable on my Steam Deck.

I mean, why not? Sony doesn't see Nintendo as competition, right? Might as well tap into that playerbase and make more money.

@nomither6 They're not actual hentai games. They just have "hentai" in the title. Generally they're quick asset flips with poor AI art of anime women in bikinis as your 'reward' for playing them.

@naruball Hulst is still saying in business meetings that Sony is going to push live service games, so that's certainly not stopping them, now is it?

Time to sink another billion dollars and almost a decade of dev time into another set of live service projects now. Surely one of them will become the next Fortnite!

People really are unleashing their inner gooners with this one. Literal CG porn videos on the main screen of the game lol

Everything I've played so far has actually looked way better on the 4K. TotK looks nuts docked now. And I'm excited to play MP4 at 4K/60.

That said, I mean, obviously third party AAA stuff is going to look better on PS5/Pro, since it's more powerful and geared toward the 4K TV experience exclusively. Even as good as Cyberpunk looks and runs, it obviously looks and runs better on PS5. So yeah, Switch 2 isn't going to really threaten the power console market, which is aiming way higher in terms of specs and primarily oriented around providing a home to the most ambitious third-party software.

New Zeldas/Marios/etc. are gonna look incredible on this system, though, and it still has that hybrid functionality people love.

Silent Hill f is the only one of these games on my radar. It's a biggun, though!

Didn't one of these literally just release? lol

I swear to god, the efficiency of Nihon Falcom and Gust would make chinese sweatshops blush in shame.

Haven't they ported nearly everything this gen aside from Astro Bot and Demon's Souls? And the gaps with major releases seem to be diminishing as well.

Nice. The original is still my favorite Silent Hill game, and the sense of dread in unmatched in the rest of the series, so I'm excited it's getting another pass. Hopefully Bloober nails this one, too.

Pretty Good overall, although I feel like it was missing a new announcement with real oomph. But compared to the standard SoP? It was excellent. Glad they're leaning into showing off Japanese games again.

Nice. Yeah, the camera being the way it is makes it feel a bit claustrophobic at times. One of my few complaints with this otherwise delightful adventure.

Fantasy Life i 100%. Such a fantastic sequel

Yeah, I think PC will be taking the bulk of the sales here. It runs really well on there and has attracted a lot of attention on Steam. I've played almost nothing else on my Deck, aside from a brief dalliance with the Stellar Blade demo.

@Fiendish-Beaver Expedition 33 attracted 145k peak on Steam even though it's on PC Game Pass as well. I'm sure Game Pass cuts into numbers on PC somewhat, but really successful PC releases tend to be successful on Steam as well.

This DOOM entry simply has not been as well-received as previous entries.

@RainbowGazelle Ah. Those are legit gripes IMO.

That said, some... questionable release strategies aren't really reason enough for me to avoid buying some of the best modern JRPGs on the market.

But to each his own, of course!

@Jey887 Looks at four versions of Persona 3 I bought over the years.

Honestly, maybe I am part of the problem. 🤣

Push Square staff should pool their money and buy this for the the guy who wrote that "Ignore the Haters" preview for Concord on here. ❤️

Unfortunately most of those game are VERY missable for me. 🙄