The Punished Backlog's Sam Martinelli writes: "I love The Witcher 3, but don’t like Dragon Age: Inquisition. I can’t get into most JRPGs, but I kind of like Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda fan, but I’ve never loved the original. The Super Nintendo is my favorite console ever, yet I don’t think I’ll ever finish Super Mario RPG or Super Metroid. ... Why am I like this?"
Alexander Morton, the Scottish actor probably best known for starring in British comedy drama Monarch of the Glen - but known to me for being the hilariously foul-mouthed dwarf Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3 - has died aged 81.
New Chrono Trigger Form-ism figures of Crono and Marle have been showcased at a Square Enix pop-up store, with pre-orders expected soon.
The latest revenue report from CD Projekt Group shows Xbox only made up 10% of sales for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 in 2025.
3x less sales than Playstation.
3x less consoles sold than Playstation.
Per captita, it averages out that the same number of users are buying CDP games regardless of platform, no?
The exact same or possibly more because a series S, initial investment and effort to Port to Xbox consoles for a third of the return.
Simply not worth it
A third is a pretty big number to be honest. Like would you rather make 15 million or 20 million? That's the difference that a third makes.
Hey it’s ok. They are really impressed with XBOx’s new CEO so exclusivity is on the way. 😂
Ok but I mean be logical ... modern PC, Switch, PS4 PS5 then you have XBOX, of all of those XBOX is probably only 10 percent... I mean, what do you expect? 10 percent increase in sales is still nothing to sneeze at, remember - this is CD projekt red and they sell a lot of software. 10 percent of their sales is probably what most studios DREAM of selling .... just playing devils advocate..... its easy to say LOL haha XBOX.... but.. I mean we know what it is at this point. I havent bought on since my xbox one X and before that I only used other peoples xboxes since the OG XBOX and stick with PC and Playstation and switch OLED, but .. I mean.... theres nothing WRONG with an xbox considering its just not the best - but they work fine. make no mistake.
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Interesting read. I used to love platformers but now I hardly play any. I'm not partial to any particular genre, I just like what I call quality games. But that doesn't mean every quality title I enjoy will have a bloated budget. Games like Gone Home, Firewatch, Dear Ester, Edith Finch, Hyperlight Drifter, Remothered, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Adrift, Soma, Amnesia etc all vary in how the look and play but they all have a quality that pleases me and I enjoy them.
I also love games that do have considerable productions like GOW, Witcher 3, HZD, Spider-Man, TLOU, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, Detroit, Days Gone, Nier, Persona 5, Shadow of the Colossus, Last Guardian and so on and so forth.
I especially enjoy games with well crafted narratives, that have interesting characters. That's my bread and butter now. At 38 I need s little more than I used to so I'm very happy companies like Sony put so much resources towards games like that. It's why I'm such a fan of theirs.
I too love Wild Hunt. I've sank about 170 hours in it and still haven't completed Blood and Wine but I will. I played Dragon Age Inquisition for maybe 30 in comparison.
I like everything from Hob to God of War and everything between. I just like escaping and having a good time.
I think everyone has that "exception to the rule" when it comes to games, or opinions that feel somewhat hypocritical but are absolutely genuine.
As for my own personal example, I'll start by saying that I LOVE JRPGs. Some of my absolute favourite games of all time fall into this genre. That said, there are 3 very highly regarded JRPGs that I just didn't care for, and spent around 15 hours on each, only to give up on them. And those JRPGs are: Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy and Final Fantasy XII. Weird, I know, since I feel like I *should* love those games, but each of them bored me rather quickly.
This guy has pretty much the same taste in games as me. Great read. Now I understand myself better.
Because....everyone has their own likes and dislikes...???
We tend to create our tastes during adolescence and youth. This is translated into all aspects of life, such as food, music, movies, books, games, etc.
Spotify even showed in an article that our musical taste develops rapidly from 14 to 25 years, then more slowly until age 35 and stagnates. I imagine this applies to any entertainment.
https://insights.spotify.co...