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[ign.com] Concord May Have Sold as Little as 25K Copies! 10K on PC, 15K on PS5. ign.com aspro
[gamereactor.eu] Square Making Progress on FF14 on Nintendo We're having conversations, making progress..." gamereactor.eu news aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] PREVIEW: Civ 7 "...a thoroughly intriguing evolution of the series." thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] PREVIEW: Sonic v Knuckles Generations "It’s an interesting approach to a remaster, with the Sonic Generations buff-up feeling traditional and safe" thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] REVIEW: Concord 8/10 "Fun, quickfire game modes and solid multiplayer shooting..." thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] Interview: Civ 7 Creative Director Discusses the change that is jarring Civ fans. thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] WTF It's official - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom take place outside the series' established timeline eurogamer.net news aspro
[timeextension.com] Never Store Your Retro Game Collection In A Shed "I found most of my collection of CDs ended up with disc rot" timeextension.com Ravenprose
[playstation.com] CONCORD to be taken offline Sept 6. Refunds will be issued. Then they'll figure out how to get people to play the game. playstation.com news robio
[pushsquare.com] Jennifer Hale Says AI Is Coming for All of Us Voice acting luminary weighs in on SAG-AFTRA strikes pushsquare.com news Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Risk of Rain developer joins game development at Valve They made those same calculations on how much employees there must earn. eurogamer.net news SupremeAC
[gamesindustry.biz] Hideaki Itsuno leaves Capcom After 30 years. He directed Dragons Dogma 2... gamesindustry.biz news aspro
[gamesindustry.biz] Rocksteady reportedly lays off staff Following Suicide Squad woes gamesindustry.biz news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamer turns 25 eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] "I've made some of the worst game choice decisions," Spencer "passed" on Guitar Hero and Destiny. eurogamer.net news aspro
[nintendolife.com] Zelda '80s Cartoon Series Gets DVD Re-Release "Excuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!" nintendolife.com Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Eurogamers 100 best games you can play now as in, that you can still legally buy new for current consoles. Neat concept. eurogamer.net impressions SupremeAC
[videogameschronicle.com] Wukong IS coming to Xbox Publisher says delays are not due to XB "limitations" videogameschronicle.com news aspro
[ign.com] Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 22 minutes of game play "An RPG that's very much in the BioWare tradition of character-driven adventure" ign.com impressions media aspro
[eurogamer.net] Randy Pitchford Compares Gearbox to the Beatles Ergo, then Gearbox is more popular than Jesus? - aspro eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] REVIEW: Ace Attorney Investigations Collection 3/5 "Flaw and Order" eurogamer.net impressions aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] MS Publishing Old Activision Transformers Games? There’s something Cybertronian on the way. thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[playstation.com] Celebrating 30 years of PlayStation playstation.com Ravenprose
[pcgamer.com] Star Wars Outlaws director is 'disappointed with the Metacritic' "We're never going to stop improving it," pcgamer.com Ravenprose
The Minecraft Movie teaser trailer is out Borderlands has competition for the worst videogame movie Jack Black has been in. youtu.be media robio
[eurogamer.net] Where Will Games Be in 2049? Several devs contributed to this feature. Worth reading. eurogamer.net editorial aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] Why do Sony keep making obviously bad decisions? "gone too big and tried to go too quickly" thesixthaxis.com editorial aspro
[ign.com] Hogwarts 2 a "big priority" for WB The sequel is due in a couple of years. ign.com news aspro
Sony CFO: We Don't Have Enough Original IP Look at your back catalog you idiot - aspro vgchartz.com news aspro
Review IGN: Astrobot 9/10 "It’s a joyful ride while it lasts" hardwarezone.com.sg impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] REVIEW: Astrobot "Astro Bot is virtually flawless and a joyous celebration of gaming" eurogamer.net impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] PS5 Pro Accidently Confirmed by Sony d'OH! eurogamer.net news aspro
[thesixthaxis.com] REVIEW: Warhammer 40K Spacemarine 2 9/10 "Bombastic, brutal and brilliant fun from start to finish" thesixthaxis.com impressions aspro
[pcgamer.com] The Sims 4 is officially 10 years old as of this week. It currently has 12 expansion packs, 16 game packs, 20 stuff packs and 31 kits. pcgamer.com Ravenprose
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:04:22
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The Concord sales are mind bogglingly bad. I've also seen a couple stories about how players are having trouble playing the game since there aren't enough people online for groups.

I'm hard-pressed to think of the last time a big budget came like this bombed so hard.
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:06:30
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I wouldn't be shocked if Mario kart is launch title. If I'm not mistaken it was the top selling game on the Switch, Wii U, and Wii if you don't count Wii sports. Then again, I remember reading something back in 2018 or so and Mario kart Wii was still selling like 40,000 copies a year.

Are you thinking they will move on to 9? I guess it is time.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 03:48:39

I’m expecting Mario Kart 9 and new 3D Mario game will be launch games.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:24:53
robio said:
The Concord sales are mind bogglingly bad. I've also seen a couple stories about how players are having trouble playing the game since there aren't enough people online for groups.


I'm hard-pressed to think of the last time a big budget came like this bombed so hard.

It seems (I have not played) an okay game, but without the players it's not going anywhere. If they want to recoup anything they'll have to make it free for play in a hurry. Or just admit that the service game idea the last CEO was driving is no longer important to them and re-use the assets for soemthing else.  It's a trainwreck alright.

But so was No Man's Sky, Cyber Punk and FF14, and all those turned around.

FF14 got an absolute flogging when it came out.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:47:09
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I’m expecting Mario Kart 9 and new 3D Mario game will be launch games.

Mario Kart is currently in a similar position as Smash Bros.  The last game was the ultimate game in the franchise to end all games.  It'll be a very tough act to follow up on.  I hope that whatever they came up with doesn't alter the formula too much.  I'm still no big fan of the change from 8 to 12 racers per race.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:47:27
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It seems (I have not played) an okay game, but without the players it's not going anywhere. If they want to recoup anything they'll have to make it free for play in a hurry. Or just admit that the service game idea the last CEO was driving is no longer important to them and re-use the assets for soemthing else.  It's a trainwreck alright.

But so was No Man's Sky, Cyber Punk and FF14, and all those turned around.

FF14 got an absolute flogging when it came out.

Or Fortnite for that matter.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:38:20
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aspro said:

It seems (I have not played) an okay game, but without the players it's not going anywhere. If they want to recoup anything they'll have to make it free for play in a hurry. Or just admit that the service game idea the last CEO was driving is no longer important to them and re-use the assets for soemthing else.  It's a trainwreck alright.

But so was No Man's Sky, Cyber Punk and FF14, and all those turned around.

FF14 got an absolute flogging when it came out.

Or Fortnite for that matter.

Very true.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:29:04

Looking for a cheap SNES style controller to work wireless on Switch. Any ideas?

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:40:01
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Looking for a cheap SNES style controller to work wireless on Switch. Any ideas?

8bitdo makes some really good quality SNES controllers. Amazon sells them. About $35-50USD depending on features.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:41:43
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But so was No Man's Sky, Cyber Punk and FF14, and all those turned around.

FF14 got an absolute flogging when it came out.



I think the big difference with those is that they all sold pretty well when they initially came out. With Concord, people took a look at it and just turned their nose at it. If someone figures out a way to save it, they're going to earn a piece of Sony forever.
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:48:46
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Astro Bot comes out this Friday. I thought it was more in the middle of the month. Cool

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:26:03
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Yeah, looking forward to picking up Astro Bot this Friday.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:29:59
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Concord just looks like such a lame rip off of Guardians of the Galaxy. If I want to play a hero shooter I’ll play Marvel Rivals. Now that’s a game that actually has characters that interest me.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:54:57
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gamingeek said:

Looking for a cheap SNES style controller to work wireless on Switch. Any ideas?

8bitdo makes some really good quality SNES controllers. Amazon sells them. About $35-50USD depending on features.

They cost more than I expected here.

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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 19:09:10
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Wow, that concord news is very drastic. I wonder if they'll relaunch it after some tinkering.
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:28:22
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Wow, that concord news is very drastic. I wonder if they'll relaunch it after some tinkering.


That's the impression that I get. I think the only way they see any success with it is making it free to play with microtransactions. So now they have to figure out how to implement those changes.
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:05:41
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SupremeAC said:
Wow, that concord news is very drastic. I wonder if they'll relaunch it after some tinkering.


That's the impression that I get. I think the only way they see any success with it is making it free to play with microtransactions. So now they have to figure out how to implement those changes.

Someone noticed in Concord's credits mentions PvE content (I'm getting so old I had to look what PvE stands for, lol) sounds like it was planned to have a single player and/or co-op gameplay too but launched without it.

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Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:07:49
robio said:
SupremeAC said:
Wow, that concord news is very drastic. I wonder if they'll relaunch it after some tinkering.



That's the impression that I get. I think the only way they see any success with it is making it free to play with microtransactions. So now they have to figure out how to implement those changes.

If you read the reviews there are a few ways for them to tweak this and make it work. Once it's free to play they'll get swamped with people just playing it to see what the commotion was about and hopefuly fo rthe poor developers who worked on this for years enough of them will stick to give them some job security for some years.

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Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:28:08

Here is Square Enix' TGS lineup:

  • Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC) – Playable, Stage, Theater
  • Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Switch, PC, iOS, Android) – Theater
  • FANTASIAN Neo Dimension (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, PC) – Playable, Stage, Theater
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, PC) – Playable, Stage, Theater
  • Final Fantasy XVI (PS5, PC) – Stage, Theater
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC) – Stage, Theater
  • PowerWash Simulation (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – Theater
  • Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC) – Playable, Stage, Theater
  • Visions of Mana (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, PC) – Theater

I've bolded all the games I care about.

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