Well, so far things seem to be going well for Switch 2. Initial sales appear to be strong, press is largely positive and now at least one analyst says that it’s working well as a 3rd party platform. How true is this and what does “doing well” mean in this context? Read on we’ll discuss.
Category: Commentary
Out Fishing Might Be the Next Big “Fishing Horror” Game
If I hadn’t played Dredge a couple of years ago, fishing and horror wouldn’t exactly strike me as a natural combination, much less one the works. Even so, it worked fantastically in that game. Dredge was pretty simple gameplay-wise, yet it managed to create real feelings of fear and even panic whenever I found myself…
Persona 4 Revival Officially Revealed At Last
You gotta hand it to these marketing teams sometimes. Not in the sense that the Persona 4 Revival team did anything overly special with its reveal, but rather that they were just so doggedly determined to hold the official announcement until Xbox’s Summer Games Show showcase. I mean, not only was just about everyone predicting…
Activision Adds Ads to Black Ops 6, Warzone Loadout Menus
For a long time now, many have justified in-game cash shops with the phrase “it’s just cosmetic.” It’s a sentiment that makes sense on the surface, but I think it becomes harder to justify as games become more and more bent towards pushing those cash shop items. At what point is it too much? For…
Marathon is Everything Wrong with AAA Gaming
With just about everyone out there weighing in on the Marathon situation, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to write anything about it myself. After all, what is there to add at this point? It’s a terrible situation that was entirely avoidable, and is likely to lose Sony an insane amount of money and…
Hideo Kojima Reveals 60 Percent of Playtesters Didn’t Like Death Stranding
One of the great things about games is how subjective they are. One player’s transcendent experience is another’s absolute pile of garbage. This kind of divide is true for most games to one degree or another, but it’s especially prevalent when it comes to the more artsy and auteur titles out there. A prime example…
Fans Petition Square Enix to Release Kingdom-Hearts: Missing Link
As you may or may not already know, Square enix recently announced the cancellation of Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link, which was going to be some sort of mobile game meant to bridge Kingdom Hearts 3 and the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 4. Square Enix’s stated reason for cancelling the game was its putting greater focus on the…
The Destiny Lawsuit Puts GaaS in an Interesting Position
Over the weekend, I learned that Bungie is currently dealing with a lawsuit having to do with some of the story elements of Destiny 2. The Plaintiff alleges that Bungie stole his stories off of his wordpress site and used them for the Red War and Curse of Osiris plotlines that were featured in Destiny…
Gameplay Leaks For MindsEye
Now that GTA VI has been officially delayed for yet another year, eyes are turning to what many hope will be the next best thing. That thing, apparently, being MindsEye, a very GTA-esque game being developed by a studio called “Build A Rocket Boy.” It’s supposedly due out next month on the 11th and some…
What is the Lesson of the Oblivion Remaster?
Despite being shadow-dropped, the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is enjoying tremendous success, supposedly selling over 2 million copies and topping 4 million players in its first week. Naturally, many are seeking to hold it up as some sort of lesson for the AAA gaming business, but what exactly that lesson is seems to depend…
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