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    Discussion Microsoft Gaming laid off over 2,500 workers this year, CEO gets a $79 million bonus

    CEO KPIs change so often that they're never losing, really makes you think.
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    News Pearl Abyss aims to launch Crimson Desert in 2025 , confirms 50-80 hrs single-player campaign

    Unfortunate, especially with how many wacky things we've been shown to be able to do. I might just wait to buy the game and play with a friend down the line. Silver lining means we'll be playing the game with a bunch of patches that address the usual issues almost all releases have. Although...
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    Multiplatform Dragon Age The Veilguard Final Trailer Released

    Critique of the trailer is... Probably should've included a few scenes that aren't at night/dark/rainy environment for some variety. I will always laugh at the difference in tone between the first trailer(companion reveals) and all subsequent material. Game confirmed has no shadows. But...
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    Analysis Circana September 2024: PS5 #1 (-45%) NSW #2 (-23%) XBS #L (-54%) / EA FC25 #1, Astro Bot#2, Madden 25 #3

    The game actually got its first discount in September. Steam: https://steamdb.info/app/553850/ PlayStation: https://psprices.com/region-us/game/6527881/helldiverstm-2
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    Rumor Ubisoft has disbanded the team behind Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. Game did not reach expectations and sequel was refused.

    Ubisoft's reputation is so in the gutter that only its biggest games can push through general apathy from the general gaming community. That's a really hard hole to get out. And yeah, it's a great game.
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    Playstation Lies of P and Stellar Blade developer details PlayStation 5 Pro enhancements

    Agree with the general sentiment here, not only one of the best soulslike, but it runs like a dream as well and is the type of game that will scale to infinity on future hardware(PC/PS6) for late customers. This is a studio that used UE4 really well. Probably lose a lot image quality in motion...
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    News Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio, just 2 years after opening, with big hires like Joseph Staten - via Stephen Totilo

    I'm sure the employees don't mind because Netflix probably paid them like other FAANG companies. I would not be surprised that their 2 year salary was better equal to like 4~ years at their old job. It was always going to end this way, Netflix cancels so many shows after 1 season. I don't...
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    News UK Sales: Week 42, 2024 (Oct 13 to 19)

    Great opening for Jamboree, Amazon tracking in JP is also showcasing the same type of opening growth compared to previous Switch titles in the series. I'm seeing good WoM for the title compared to previous ones, this game is looking like it'll sell well. For those wondering why Silent Hill 2 is...
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    News Chris Dring: Silent Hill 2 platform splits in Europe are 78% on PS5 and 22% on PC. Sold better than Alan Wake 2 & Calisto Protocol.

    It's a bit more PS centric than RE4R's opening by about 10% IIRC, which makes sense considering it's Capcom vs Konami. The split is not too surprising, these long time Japanese Survival Horror franchises have always been a PS affair.
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    Discussion Pearl Abyss: We were offered an exclusive contract for Crimson Desert by Sony but refused

    It also probably means a cut of the sales on top of the usual platform fees. Pearl Abyss is large enough to self-publish, it makes sense why they rejected the deal. Nobody willingly reduces revenue per copies unless they feel confident that the publishing agreement will net them more total...
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    News Installbase: France Hardware Sales Estimation

    France, at this point in time, is the second Japan. From some of the numbers weekly numbers we've got for France/Spain it has done better than P3R and other recent titles. Atlus games just don't sell that much in Europe, but it has done the best out of recent releases. Probably has to do with...
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    News [IGN] Dragon's Dogma 2 NPCs Were Thinking Too Hard

    The issue with NPC AI is that we've seen quite a lot of examples where heavy AI routines are barely noticed by the vast majority of players. Is it actually a worthwhile trade for a city to tank performance for like 5% of players to actually notice and potentially make use of NPCs in a small...
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    News Firebreak - 3 player co-op experience coming 2025 from Remedy

    This is their first MP title, I don't think it's safe to assume that they know what they're doing in that department, regardless of game quality.
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    Discussion Why do single player gamers like high stakes stories but...

    All entertainment mediums are like this. Music? 99.9% of the most popular and most successful music songs/artists, especially in the west, keep the same old 4/4 time signature. Books? Most highest selling books/franchises aim for a younger audience and/or are old classics that are featured in...
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    Discussion Why do single player gamers like high stakes stories but...

    Lots of casuals don't like friction and that doesn't just apply to good controls or UI. If you want your big budget SP game to sell a quadrillion copies to please shareholders, it's generally a net positive to have a difficulty floor that's fairly low. It's really that simple. This is why Normal...
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    News Firebreak - 3 player co-op experience coming 2025 from Remedy

    Co-op gaming is on the rise for sure, probably most noticeable on Steam with all the indie games and the PC shooter variety but I'm sure it's a trend for all platforms. COVID had devs across wanting some of that socializing and this is the result.
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    Xbox BioWare trusts its players and therefore Dragon Age: The Veilguard will not use Denuvo

    Denuvo is probably doing the best it has ever had, no games have been cracked for 2024: 2023 was pretty light as well. Empress being MIA has really slowed things down.
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    News It Takes Two has sold over 20 million copies

    EA/Hazelight is so happy with the current sales trajectory of the game that they've even decided to walked back some of the discounts and focus on higher profit. You don't see that everyday. Usually a publisher does it once to test the waters and instantly goes back to previous lowest historical...
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    News It Takes Two has sold over 20 million copies

    Asia/China has been supporting the game massively in the last 2 years. Sales aren't slowing down at all for this game.
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    News It Takes Two has sold over 20 million copies

    Nope. We'll probably see it at the next TGAs though. This is the tweet with the 16M milestone back in March: Clearly a tease referring to a new game announcement.
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