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    Multiplatform Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Hands-On Previews

    I feel that with the really bad first impression of the game, there's a lot of people who are waiting for reviews. That's going to make or break the game, so to speak. As in, how high the commercial floor/ceiling for the game can be.
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    News Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered leaked by retailer

    Pretty sure Bend Studios' newest project only got greenlit like back in 2022(?), so you're not going to see jack shit for a long time. It's a State of Play, you're not going to see the next big titles from SIE there. Because PS3 is not backward compatible, it's simple as that really. Lot of...
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    News Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered leaked by retailer

    It really seems like PS studios, back in 2021-2022, saw the margins go down and the fact that many big franchises had either just released a new game or were still some time away(2024+) and greenlit a few remaster projects that would probably take around a 1 1/2 years~ to make with a small team...
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    Multiplatform GI: Star Wars Outlaws has sold around 800,000 copies

    No, underperforming is coming short. That number is not underperforming, it's called a nuclear bomba. A lot of lost money, especially with the fact Ubisoft had to pay % amount for each copy sold to Disney and the upfront licensing. I'm sure Disney paid for a portion of the development of the...
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    Nintendo Nintendo is suing Palworld (Update: Palworld will fight back)

    Yeah, this being about patent infringement makes this super exciting all of a sudden. Like, what are they cooking over there?
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    Nintendo Nintendo is suing Palworld (Update: Palworld will fight back)

    I know you're mostly memeing, but for a lawsuit of this magnitude, it takes months to build a case. They were on top of that shit from Day 2.
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    Nintendo Nintendo is suing Palworld (Update: Palworld will fight back)

    Not quite billionaires actually, but yes, they've got hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank. They can still lose the case depending on what Nintendo found.
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    Nintendo Nintendo is suing Palworld (Update: Palworld will fight back)

    Depends what they found really. PocketPair has made enough money from the game that they can afford a pretty good legal team, so I suspect that Nintendo probably thinks they've got a good argument. It is also possible that because PocketPair is Japanese, it's easier to sue and win for patent...
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    Discussion Another PC port that'll flop? Final Fantasy 16 debuts on Steam with 1470 player count

    In my experience, as a watcher of Steam, JRPGs do about 10-25% of the launch sales even for Day 1 titles. There's a few exceptions of course, like Granblue Fantasy Relink(but that's because 50% of reviews come from China.) Looking at SteamDB estimates, and thinking of a "realistic" number for...
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    Discussion DF Richard Leadbetter: PS5 Pro vs PC value comparisons are less important than a potentially bleak future for console pricing

    Not surprised by this take by Richard, I remember that when it first dropped, he pointed out that any consoles past a certain price point(I forgot what it was) saw strong diminishing returns on sales volume. Heck, even with the PS5, we're seeing that many people that buy consoles are quite price...
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    Playstation Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth did not meet sale expectations says Square Enix

    I mean, if you're seeing downward sales and are not happy with that as a publisher there's only two options. You need to put forth products that more people want, or have to reach a bigger audience(releasing elsewhere). Both recent FFs had good(XVI) to awesome(FF7P2) review scores and yet it's...
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    Playstation Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth did not meet sale expectations says Square Enix

    They did not release in the same Fiscal Year, so none at all. Each game has its own budget and revenue generation expectation.
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    Playstation Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth did not meet sale expectations says Square Enix

    I mean, not really? Marvel's Avengers actually lost money to SE and not just "underperformed." GotG probably made a profit, but a very marginal one, especially with that Marvel cut. You dont' spend like 150M+ to make just a little bit of money. NEO was another flop. Just Cause 4 was/is a mess...
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    Discussion Freedom Wars Remastered - Coming to PS5, PS4, Switch, PC in 2025

    Sony probably doesn't want to deal with the cartridges for the Switch version and all that jazz. Bandai Namco already got their publishing arm worldwide(and a very strong presence in Japan specifically) and they've got a great working relationship with Nintendo. Edit: Bandai Namco also has a...
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    Discussion Helldivers 2 - New update available with tons of requested buffs for most weapons, nerfs for annoying enemies and fixes

    Very. It shows what I've(and many others) been saying that lingering technical issues and bad balance policies have most likely lead to a steeper drop for the game regardless of the lack of big content drop. Obviously for the game to have stayed at a high number of users, it needed both. But...
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    Discussion Helldivers 2 - New update available with tons of requested buffs for most weapons, nerfs for annoying enemies and fixes

    Nobody plays that game at this point, it's almost all bots. There's a reason the game is a stable CCU through the day.
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    Discussion Another PC port that'll flop? Final Fantasy 16 debuts on Steam with 1470 player count

    The issue with Square Enix is that they have no set strategy when it comes to PC among individual projects. Timetables are fluid, quality is highly variable in negative way, etc... Hard to develop a new audience for your franchises on a new platform if they don't know when you stuff is coming...
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    PC Dragon Age: The Veilguard Presales Disappoint, Game Fails to Enter Steam Top 100

    It's not about buying the report or not. The game comes out October 31st, for most triple A releases, it's not very often that a game will be within the Top 100 at this point in time. The game is coming out in 6 weeks. This is the same type of articles as "X lost 90% of Steam CCUs in Y time"...
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    Alan Wake 2 reportedly runs at 840p60 FPs/1260p30FPS on the PS5 Pro (TLOUSPTII 1440p, Ratchet 1800p)

    Completely within the realm of possibility, 30 FPS ---> 60 FPS is quite the jump. Anyhow, this is a telephone game at this point, just wait for the actual podcast. Internal resolution tells you nothing, you have to see the actual Image Quality in action here. I also want to stress that a lot...
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    News The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive has resigned

    No fucking idea, it's probably an idea from the suits at Annapurna Pictures, and/or Megan Ellison. Which means it's probably a stupid idea like so many of them coming from non-endemics to Gaming. There's a reason everyone from there resigned once negotiations broke down. That's not something...
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