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The world is not ready for that many Pachinko machines.

1261d ago 4 agree1 disagreeView comment

I'll +1 gamerz comment below. Glad to see them simplifying this, the current system is a bit of a mess. The games have been great overall though, glad to see Hitman back on track and keep it coming.

1261d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

@Pissmaster Happy new year to you too. Should be a banger year for all of the big 3!

@ravens I stopped paying attention to downvotes a while back, it means nothing :P

1261d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Congrats to FROM, well deserved. I said it before and I'll say it again, ER is head and shoulders above everything else that was released this past year.

Also, there were people on here a few days ago trying to downplay the success of ER because "TLOU2 won more awards" - that statement didn't age well at all.

1261d ago 3 agree11 disagreeView comment

It's awards, not sales.

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It's irrelevant whether Sony bought a publisher or not. The majority of their studios are acquired. 14 of the 22 (technically 21 since XDev isn't a studio) were the result of acquisitions.

It doesn't really matter if you buy up one big company w/ 20 sub entities or 20 smaller ones, the end result is the same - you have 20 studios.

One might even draw the conclusion that acquisitions are normal in this industry - and that is why I am fine with ...

1261d ago 0 agree6 disagreeView comment

Maybe, but I still expect we'll see a proper mid-gen refresh with a real spec increase.

Nintendo aren't about to drop a Switch 2 while Switch is still outselling PS5 and XSX.

1261d ago 0 agree4 disagreeView comment

I've been able to buy a PS5 at MSRP at the click of a button for ~6 months now and have it in my house within 48 hours, or I can just walk into Walmart and buy one off the shelf.

That means it is readily available.

1261d ago 0 agree6 disagreeView comment

I'll wait and see, I'll be checking it out for sure. I'm a sucker for anything with Kojima on the box :P

1261d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

Back when it was initially announced to developers they stated 2 years - I'm pretty sure this was 'leaked' around the time as I recall it showing up on podcasts etc.

They've also told developers to expect other branded devices, but with the same performance / developers won't have to worry about supporting multiple read/write speeds.

So watch this space I guess - I expect we'll see something this year.

1261d ago 1 agree4 disagreeView comment

I've shown my PS5 on here multiple times, so that sounds like your problem not mine 🤷

And as I said, I can see the benefits of both. One is cheaper but more complicated, the other is hot-pluggable and less complicated, but more expensive.

So that's why I said do the middle ground. A plug n play M.2 adapter that lets you plug in any off the shelve drive & doesn't require you to open up the console.

1261d ago 4 agree8 disagreeView comment

That argument doesn’t really make sense though - most of Sony’s studios are acquisitions too, are you saying they cannot make a good game either?

Obviously the real reason they’re interested in Activision is COD (and the mobile stuff). That game is massive, and will give them a serious bump in revenue. Plus it’s not easy to make a FPS game that would dethrone COD - even Sony have said they don’t believe their studios could do that.

And let’s be honest - i...

1261d ago 2 agree48 disagreeView comment

That’s kind of the entire point of a comments section… to make comments.

No one is forcing you to read them though 😉

1261d ago 1 agree14 disagreeView comment

Wasn’t the original deal with Seagate limited to 2 years? If so we’ll probably start seeing non-Seagate ones soon.

The simplicity of the cards is nice, I’d like to see a middle ground - an adapter that lets you plug in an M.2.

1261d ago 6 agree44 disagreeView comment

“I want to do something more impactful than a pizza delivery”

This may not be the game for you my friend.

1261d ago 4 agree3 disagreeView comment

One can dream :p

At the very least give us a Super Mario Bros game… the WiiU one has surely stopped selling well now.

1261d ago 2 agree15 disagreeView comment

I kinda forget COD mobile exists and King is part of Activision tbh.

Not much of a mobile gamer, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever played a game on my cellphone.

It does print money though - mobile gaming is now bigger than “traditional” (PC + console) gaming. And monetizing every platform is a very smart way to become #1 in the longer term.

1261d ago 6 agree45 disagreeView comment

I think you’ll find I criticized both of them.

And anything put in a legal statement like that is essentially a question - MS lawyers need to address it.

1261d ago 3 agree50 disagreeView comment

It definitely surprised people in the demo and not in a good way.

I expect this to be one of those games where critics are heavily out of sync with gamers.

1261d ago 1 agree2 disagreeView comment

DS, Starfield, SM2, RE4 and Zelda for me.

Theres definitely some liberal application of “2023” here. I really doubt we’ll see Alan Wake 2 and Death Stranding 2 this year.

Hopefully we get some more updates on Max Payne remake too. But also doubt it’s a 2023 game.

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