IGN, who only recently bashed the Sonic franchise have released a new preview video that talks highly of Sonic mania. What is going on here?!
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes the next Xbox console might be already dead due to Microsoft embracing Game Pass at $30.
You know the world is f’d up when Michael Pachter has given up cheerleading Xbox.
Wouldn't it be the case of Pachter finally agreeing with parts of us rather than we agreeing with him?
I remember vividly that back in the day when GP was introduced and shaped further, many of us were saying that it's a great service on one hand. But were also already skeptical, too, as to how Microsoft would be able to keep the service running financially in the future.
Or/and how it would affect studios and game development in general.
As of March 2026, I think we have the answers some of us anticipated back then, when it was still Pachter who had forecasted «100 million subscribers».
Likely the next Xbox will have a premium price tag so they have some profit margin on the low numbers they sell. We all know that the bulk of revenue will come from 3rd party sales on other devices and perhaps some from game pass.
For nearly two decades, GOG has built its identity around DRM-free releases and classic games that actually work on modern PCs. With initiatives like the GOG Preservation Program and One-Click Mods, the platform is going far beyond simply selling old titles — it’s actively maintaining them, fixing them, and making sure they don’t quietly disappear as technology moves on.
BlizzCon has revealed a new Community event to get fans excited for the upcoming event.
One persons opinion on Sonic does not mean IGN hates sonic, but nice try.
Articles from both ends of the spectrum creates more clicks.
That's why we get PS4 sux one day, then Xbox sux the next, from the same author
IGN is garbage.
And they want us to take gaming journalism seriously.........
Well, Sonic's reputation IS/WAS in the dumps. The first few Sonic games were amazing, and obviously Sonic and Sega Racing were very good, but apart from that, sadly, most Sonic games have been very disappointing (plain bad, actually), and that's not just the games, but the direction they took Sonic himself (the character, design-wise, personality-wise) was also crapped on by Sega, plus they kept adding terrible new characters to the roster, who weren't even needed in the first place.
The new 2D Sonic game looks very promising, so hopefully at least we see THAT game doing the old Sonic a bit of justice, but I can understand why IGN or anyone else would claim Sonic has been crap for way too long now. Sega really doesn't seem to understand what made us love Sonic in the first place, and they've taken him in every direction since, except just straight to the 2D beginnings, which is what the fans always said they wanted.
Hopefully now, Sega finally gets it. Although the 3D announced game looks terrible again,so all my hope is solely on the 2D Sonic game, as well as hoping they'll announce a new Sonic & Sega Racing game...