You know it's a rough Xbox day when Obscure is only using his alts lol.
Yep N4G is definitely a bubble where people are actually aware of the trends in the gaming industry as a whole, but the the average gamer doesn't actually talk about or think about any of the things we do unless they watch a streamer who tells them they should hate a specific game for a specific reason.
This was really driven home to me when PSN had that outage a few months ago on a Friday (US) and the PlayStation subreddit was overwhelmed by people just lamenting not b...
But you all keep playing the same ones over and over. I'm not saying you all shouldn't have your F2P live service BRs. I'm just saying other multiplayer games that are known for other game modes shouldn't chase that trend. It's the same thing in other areas of life. If a bunch of pizza restaurants open up in my town and get popular, that doesn't mean I want my favorite burger place to start making pizzas. I want them to focus on the thing they are best are, rather than...
@KyRo
Splitgate 2 has a Battle Royale, and it's free to play, yet all the 10s of millions who play them daily are ignoring it. So I guess the paywall isn't the issue.
Tell me more about how successful Battlefield's last attempt at a Battle Royale was.
"unannounced Battle Royale mode"
Why? Splitgate 2 should have been a lesson to devs not to dilute your game with a fad mode no one wants. No one playing BRs is going to switch to Battlefield to play one, and the old BF fans that actually want to play the game just want the real modes (mainly Conquest and Rush).
Ah the "stacks at my best buy" argument. It never fails to crop up in situations like this.
Yep, they should be a model to follow for any team with a shaky reputation.
"for years Sony fans have been saying they needed a Halo killer"
Lol are you posting this comment through a portal from the year 2008? The "halo killer" narrative died a long time ago.
@BeHunted
Interesting-I didn't know that. Well that changes the math over there. I wish it were free here lol (not because I want to scalp consoles but I do sell used items on eBay occasionally).
Based on where eBay auction prices are ending, some of these scalpers are probably only making $40 dollars or so per sale, after shipping costs and eBay fees are factored in. It's not a loss, which is what I'd like to see, and at volume they may scratch out a decent profit, but it's a far cry from the first year of the PS5 when scalpers could net $150-200 profit per unit.
I don't think there's any situation where Switch to Switch 2 ends up being a Wii to Wii U drop off. A DS to 3DS type ratio feels like a more likely worst case scenario, just because there are certainly going to be some casual Switch owners who see no reason to upgrade.
When you consider how much more consistent Sony's first party releases were in the PS4 era, it's actually pretty impressive that PS5 is only 3 million behind where PS4 was at the same point.
Remember that time Albert Penello was peddling the idea that Series S was going to outperform PS5?
https://wccftech.com/penell...
That aged well.
He probably should have said popular. "Good" is subjective, viewership numbers are not. TLOU's season 2 numbers were pretty good, except for the real time viewership of the finale.
Lol the funny thing is he's comparing sales numbers from Spider-Man 2018 for 3+ years (22 Million) with sales from Spider-Man 2 of about 8 months (11 Million). And you can't even try to apply the obsolete principle that "games sell almost all their copies in the first few months" to tentpole games like Spider-Man 2 that keep charting years after release.
The funnier thing is that he keeps ignoring Marvel Rivals.
Lol I've heard for years that "gamers are tired of copy paste live service games" and that "people are completely burned out on the Marvel IP." Then Marvel Rivals came out and both narratives went down in flames.
@Muigi
So you're a throwback fan who wants them to go down the same road that led to 2042? Unusual, but taste is subjective I guess lol.
If by "tablet babies" you mean kids/teenagers, they are not the ones complaining about this. Trying to appeal to them is the reason EA is doing this. It's the old fans of the series who are mad.
But of course, you knew all that.
At least if there's a campaign, people can just ignore it, rather than complaining that it isn't there.