Next Gen Consoles: You'll want to hear where I think things are heading with XBox and Playstation!
With the rumors around the Switch 2, I decided to check in on the other consoles and do some speculation on where things are headed for the successors to the XBox One X|S and the Playstation 5. What I discovered leads me to make some interesting predictions you'll really want to hear.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/the-ps6-and-xbox-series-x-successor-will-launch-in-2028-according-to-microsoft
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/project-q-release-date-price-and-everything-we-know-about-sonys-new-playstation-handheld/1100-6514623/
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-next-gen-console-confirmed-business-update
https://www.androidauthority.com/nintendo-switch-2-leaks-specs-launch-timeline-backwards-compatibility-3441297/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles
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New Switch 2 Leaks: One Leak Might Change The Game For Nintendo Forever!
With the latest leaks surrounding the Nintendo Switch 2, we got some really juicy information that may well change the game for Nintendo and consoles at large. Does Nintendo have what it takes to pull off another massive success?
https://www.androidauthority.com/nintendo-switch-2-leaks-specs-launch-timeline-backwards-compatibility-3441297/
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Bethesda On The Decline? I didn't believe it till I ran the numbers! [Analysis]
Back with another publisher analysis. This time Bethesda is at the plate, and I'm digging waaaay back. It would appear that as a publisher, Fallout 4 was their shining moment, but the data reveals a lot more than just that.
SteamDB Query: https://steamdb.info/publisher/Bethesda+Softworks/?min_reviews=1&min_release=1970-01-01&displayOnly=Game&sort=release_asc
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Sony Caves To The Gamers: No More PSN Accounts For Helldivers 2 On PC!
Sony finally listens to reason and removes the upcoming requirement to link a PSN account to your Steam profile to play Helldivers 2. While the war is far from won, this is an overwhelming victory.
https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929https://store.steampowered.com/app/553850/HELLDIVERS_2/#app_reviews_hashhttps://steamdb.info/app/553850/charts/#3mhttps://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1787573511931764770
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Embracer Groups Splits Up! Three New Entities To Take Over Gaming?
Embracer Group announced it's intentions to split into three publicly traded companies. One for AAA, one for Indie/AA, and one for Tabletop Gaming. What does this mean for the giant IP holder? Is this a sign of good or bad times to come?
https://embracer.com/releases/embracer-group-announces-its-intention-to-transform-into-three-standalone-publicly-listed-entities-at-nasdaq-stockholm/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embracer_Group
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Stellar Blade Censored! Is Sony Behind This?
A recent patch to Stellar Blade has changed a lot in the game. While at first it appeared to only change some graffiti placement that people complained was offensive, it was soon discovered that outfits have been made less revealing, and gore mechanics have been diminished as well. What else has been changed that we haven't noticed yet? Who is behind this, and what can we do about it?
https://nichegamer.com/stellar-blade-censorship-acknowledged-by-shift-up/
https://twitter.com/Hamsterpilled_/status/1783846005252735142
https://twitter.com/Giggavega/status/1783848664856674561
https://twitter.com/auronburner/status/1783849732311244934
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Ubisoft On The Decline? The Data Reveals Some Disturbing Trends [Analysis]
After digging into the data, some interesting trends are showing from the past 7 years of Ubisoft games. I'd like to dig into this more, but I figured Ubisoft would be a great starting point, and it reveals the state of the AAA industry and where things are headed.
SteamDB Query: https://steamdb.info/publisher/Ubisoft/?min_reviews=1&min_release=2017-01-01&max_release=2024-04-21&sort=release_ascFor Honor (SteamDB): https://steamdb.info/app/304390/charts/For Honor (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/304390/FOR_HONOR/
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Are Gamers Getting Older? Some Disturbing Trends Could Spell Disaster For PC And Console!
Some interesting trends in gaming seem to point to a rapidly shrinking market in PC and Console, combined with the fact that the average age of gamers is going up.
I delve into some studies that show this trend and discuss what this could mean for the future of PC and Console Gaming. Are we all doomed to be stuck playing casual mobile games for the rest of time? Maybe not, but it's not too far off from one possible outcome.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/age-of-gamers-ESA-2004-2011_fig1_258225561
https://www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players/
https://explodingtopics.com/blog/number-of-gamers
https://techpenny.com/gaming-console-demographics/
https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1277729/physical-or-digital-core-gamers-in-the-us
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Will We Ever See Good Games Again? It's Up To Us! [Find Fun Games, Vote With Your Dollar]
With all the terrible games released over the past few years, it got me thinking about how we can get back on course in gaming. Here's some evidence voting with your dollar works, as well as some things you can do right now to find the good games, play them, and support their creators.
Steam Demos: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=10
SBI Detected: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44858017-Sweet-Baby-Inc-detected/
Hogwarts: https://steamdb.info/app/990080/charts/#all
Forspoken: https://steamdb.info/app/1680880/charts/#all
Mortal Kombat 1: https://steamdb.info/app/1971870/charts/#all
Street Fighter 6: https://steamdb.info/app/1364780/charts/#all
Helldivers 2: https://steamdb.info/app/553850/charts/#3m
Redfall: https://steamdb.info/app/1294810/charts/#all
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Classic Marathon Is Back! The Original Gem Is Coming To Steam! (With Upgrades)
The original Marathon will finally be available on Steam. While PC gamers have been able to play it for years using the AlephOne project, we'll now have it on Steam, and it sounds like there will be some serious improvements under the hood, including widescreen HUD support and other quality of life upgrades.
https://nichegamer.com/bungie-shooter-marathon-finally-coming-to-pc/
https://alephone.lhowon.org/
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No Sexy Characters For You: Microsoft Urges Devs To Avoid "Exaggerated Body Proportions"
Microsoft is back at it, telling devs how to make their games. In a new effort titled "Product Inclusion Action" they created a bullet list of things to consider when making games, like avoiding unnecessary gender/gender barriers, making clothing and armor fit your female character's tasks, and making sure male characters show a full range of emotions.
https://nichegamer.com/microsoft-cautions-developers-to-avoid-curvy-female-characters/
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Steam Sale! - Highlights For The Koei Tecmo Easter Sale (Best Deals On The Best Games)
Details for the Koei Tecmo Easter sale items (Ending 4/8/2024). Links to the full sale, and items I covered below:
Sale: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/KOEITECMO/sale/easter24
Ninja Gaiden: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1580780/NINJA_GAIDEN_Master_Collection_NINJA_GAIDEN/
Attack On Titan 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/601050/Attack_on_Titan_2__AOT2/
Berserk: https://store.steampowered.com/app/502280/BERSERK_and_the_Band_of_the_Hawk/
Nobunaga's Ambition: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336980/NOBUNAGAS_AMBITION_Awakening/
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Steam Sale! - Highlights For 3/29-3/31 2024 (Best Deals On The Best Games)
Details for this weekend's steam sale items. Links to the full sale, and items I covered below:
Sale: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?specials=1Ghostbusters: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2383990/Ghostbusters_Spirits_Unleashed_Ecto_Edition/Dying Light: https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light/Dead Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/383150/Dead_Island_Definitive_Edition/Destroy All Humans: https://store.steampowered.com/app/803330/Destroy_All_Humans/Ghostrunner 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2144740/Ghostrunner_2/Station To Station: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2272400/Station_to_Station/Hellish Quart: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000360/Hellish_Quart/Turmoil: https://store.steampowered.com/app/361280/Turmoil/Hell Let Loose: https://store.steampowered.com/app/686810/Hell_Let_Loose/
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Last Epoch: By The Numbers (Reviews/Player Counts) [Analysis]
Getting into reviews and player counts for Last Epoch. This ARPG gem is getting very favorable reviews, and people are playing the heck out of it. Great game from an up and coming studio!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/Last_Epoch/
SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/899770/charts/
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WB Games Dumbest Move Ever: Combat "Volatility" By Moving To Live Service/Mobile/Free-To-Play Games
As part of a reaction to the poor sales of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, Warner Brothers Discusses moving to live service, free to play, and mobile titles.
The idea is that instead of making good standalone games, they can cash in on the live service / microtransaction model to make more money over a long period of time.
All this is going to do is rob them of the few truly fun games they may have in the queue (like Hogwarts Legacy) and give us more live service shovelware that nobody is looking for.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warner-bros-discusses-volatile-aaa-console-games-will-lean-into-free-to-play-and-mobile/1100-6521597/
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GDC 2024 Has Fallen To Wokeness (Politics In Games Is Ruining Them!)
Looks like GDC is lost. I delve into some of the panels from people injecting their ideology into their games, and show just how bad it is.
GDC used to be about making games, and although that's still there, a substantial part of the conference is talking about politics, ideology, and trying to inject it into your games.
Screaming into the void:
https://twitter.com/Mangalawyer/status/1770689024228757757
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Steam Sale! - Highlights For March 22-24 2024 (Best Deals On The Best Games)
Details for this weekend's steam sale items. Links to the full sale, and items I covered below:
Sale: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?specials=1
Star Wars Jedi: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33658/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Bundle/
Command & Conquer: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/
Mass Effect: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328670/Mass_Effect_Legendary_Edition/
Chrono Trigger: https://store.steampowered.com/app/613830/CHRONO_TRIGGER/
Slime Rancher: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/
Dirt Rally: https://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/
Contra: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2235020/Contra_Operation_Galuga/
TMNT: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/34222/TMNT_Shredders_Revenge__DLC_Bundle/
Need For Speed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1262560/Need_for_Speed_Most_Wanted/
Final Fantasy: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1462040/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_INTERGRADE/
Lightyear Frontier: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677110/Lightyear_Frontier/
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GamerGate Continues: The A44 Saga (How SBI Killed Flintlock: The Seige Of Dawn)
Here's my take on the A44 Saga and what all happened when Kabrutus tried to get a straight answer out of them concerning their involvement with Sweet Baby Inc.
In short, rumors abound, but it sounds like the project went woke, and is now going broke.
https://twitter.com/kabrutusrambo/status/1770589523199627342
https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1770824726807552188
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GeForce RTX 50: Rumors And Leaks For The Newest Generation Of NVidia Cards
Some rumors and leaks are coming out about NVidias latest generation of cards, the RTX 50 series. While the rumors about with some substantial tech upgrades, will it be enough of a performance upgrade to attract buyers to upgrade?
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-blackwell-gpus-tsmc-3nm-displayport-2-1
SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/2229850/charts/#all
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Red Alert 2 / Yuri's Revenge : By The Numbers (Reviews/Player Counts) [Analysis]
Getting into reviews and player counts for RA2 and Yuri's Revenge. While I don't see a ton of sales or reviews for this game, it does appear to be very well received. Not surprise considering it was a staple of gaming back in the day.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229850/Command__Conquer_Red_Alert_2_and_Yuris_Revenge/#app_reviews_hashSteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/2229850/charts/#all
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Who Won GamerGate? The SweetBaby Saga Can Tell Us A Lot About The State Of Gaming (DEI Is Dying)
Wanted to take a minute to go over the current state of GamerGate and the whole SweetBaby Inc / GamerGate 2 drama. If you dig into the details, you can see that anything SBI touches turned to ash, and the old tactics from the GamerGate era are not working like they used to.
SBI Detected:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44858017-Sweet-Baby-Inc-detected/?appid=1934570
Successes
https://steamdb.info/app/990080/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1313140/charts/#all
Failures:
https://steamdb.info/app/2316580/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/794540/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1599780/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1934570/charts/
https://steamdb.info/app/1956040/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1545560/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1534840/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/1823210/charts/
https://steamdb.info/app/1310330/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/2702430/charts/
https://steamdb.info/app/1421290/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/757310/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/2208920/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/623280/charts/#3y
https://steamdb.info/app/1496790/charts/#all
https://steamdb.info/app/315210/charts/#all
Grummz:
https://twitter.com/THB_STX/status/1766140988257337518/
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Steam Spring Sale! - 15 Games For Under 5 Bucks! [Classics You Don't Wanna Miss]
The Spring Sale is in full swing! Tons of great deals, but not many people talking about the really great buys at the lower pricing, so I figured I'd list 15 of my favorites on sale for under $5. You can see everything on sale using the link below:
On Sale for Under $5:https://store.steampowered.com/search/?maxprice=5&supportedlang=english&specials=1&ndl=1Games In My List:https://store.steampowered.com/app/234140/Mad_Max/https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/233/Left_4_Dead_Bundle/https://store.steampowered.com/app/394510/HELLDIVERS_Dive_Harder_Edition/https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35501442https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/The_Forest/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172380/STAR_WARS_Jedi_Fallen_Order/https://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/Undertale/https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34827950https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/deepsilver/list/35605https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/https://store.steampowered.com/app/900883/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Game_of_the_Year_Edition_Deluxe/https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/WBGames/list/43346https://store.steampowered.com/app/274170/Hotline_Miami_2_Wrong_Number/https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/
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Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection: Failure To Launch [Aspyr Losing Hard]
Big fail for Aspyr with Battelfront Classic Collection. Server issues, bugs, crashes, and clunky/nonresponsive UI. I hope they can fix these issues, but just in case, here's the steam refund policy linked below!
https://steamdb.info/app/2446550/charts/
https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds
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Dragonball Fighter Z On Sale!
Dragonball Fighter Z is significantly discounted on the Steam Store for the midweek madness sale. Doesn't seem like Bandai Namco had planned on this, but they're definitely doing right by DBZ fans and gamers by giving such a substantial discount. Rest In Peace Akira Toriyama
https://store.steampowered.com/app/678950/DRAGON_BALL_FighterZhttps://steamdb.info/app/678950/charts/
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