
2014 was total dog chod. I’ve been alive since 1988, I’ve been gaming since about 1992 and I’ve never experienced a worse year for games than the one we just had. Admittedly, it may have started off quite strongly with the release of indie gems such as the ridiculous ‘Jazzpunk’ and the time-gobbling card-battler that is ‘Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.’ But in the great lands of AAA, no hero was born. Sure, there were some decent offerings. ‘Titanfall’ was good sport for a while and ‘Smash Bros Wii-U’ may have rescued Nintendo’s pride at the 11th hour, whilst Telltale Games continued on with their various adventure seasons. But they were mere consolations in a very boring year for gamers and I think I may know why.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of February 9, 2026 to February 15, 2026.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 58,171 units on PlayStation 5, 19,845 units on PlayStation 4, and 15,988 units on Switch 2 for an opening week total of 94,004 retail copies sold.
The Boeing 737 by PMDG is the perfect aircraft for a relatively short hop over the Alps in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 from Italy to Poland.

The Epic Games Store has two more free titles waiting for your library.
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I will always preorder games that I know I will love. Halo, Gears of War, Uncharted, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda games, Metal Gear Solid ,etc. Don't tell me what to do!!
Why do people even pre-order games? More than half of games released lately is usually incomplete BS.
I have no problem "reserving" digital downloads that i get to predownload when i know iam going to purchase the game on day 1......this article is stupid. So what you are asking for is for game companies to hesitate even more to bring out original IPs due to the fact there is no initial support for the game and they will need to rely on a gamers word? If thats the case my god gaming is doomed
Sadly I'm at fault. After not pre-ordering at all last-gen, I've pre-ordered twice this gen. Once for Destiny (big ouch) and now once for FF-Type0.
I was blinded by the beta opportunity for Destiny and picked it up, but boy do I wish I had waited and paid <40 for it instead of the full 60.
FF-Type0 enticed through its FFXV demo and Type0 is a relatively known entity since it's already been released (we kind of already know what we're getting into much more than Destiny)
Thankfully, there are no other titles lined up with 'worthwhile' pre-order bonuses so far for me...