Thank fucking christ @ Mario Maker. I love Nintendo, but when comes to online services and functionality, they make some absolutely fucking baffling decisions.


On another note, Watchdogs: Legion looks great. And holy shit, props for giving a presentation that was almost all gameplay. The reason I'm so sold on this and Doom Eternal is because we got actual gameplay from the presentation instead of some movie trailer that says nothing about the actual game.

Wow, Ghostwire: Tokyo! Wish I knew what the fuc the game is!

Now I feel bad for mocking the game made by that adorable Japanese woman.

Barely mocking.

One of the more underrated things I've seen from E3 so far is Watch Dogs 3. It looked amazing. The rest of Ubisoft, not so much.

If the entire first episode of FF7 ends up being Midgar then it has to be more than the 2 episodes people keep thinking it is. No way they can make a whole game out of Midgar and then only manage a single game out of the rest of the entire world? Nahhhhh.

If it's going to be 2 episodes then the first one has to go to the death of Aeris. That is the only logical stopping point.

* Arcade 1Up revealed the mystery new cabinet from them will be classic Star Wars arcade games from the Atari era. The cabinet includes Star Wars, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and has a price tag of $500.
https://www.destructoid.com/classic-...t-557246.phtml

* Xbox boxx Phil Spencer recently teased that Microsoft is currently working on plans regarding a potential purchase of a Japanese studio and From Software as one of the studios being considered.
https://www.destructoid.com/phil-spe...o-557209.phtml

* According to CD Project Red, Keanu Reeves inclusion in Cyberpunk 2077 was not just for marketing reasons and instead his character plays a major role in the game's story.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3.../1100-6467728/

Figured it would be the classic Atari Star Wars arcade, but I was still hoping it might be that awesome arcade game released in early 00’s

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That'll get some Xboxes sold IF Microsoft is targeting From Software.

I don't see Souls being a huge console mover on it's own. When you consider that all "Xbox exclusives" all release on PC, it will translate to even fewer people buying the console for the game specifically. I don't even understand the point of having an Xbox at this point considering that, tbh.

Because the UI and network is better and all my boys are on it.

They would need to buy a major publisher or a bunch of studios if the idea is to really boost their brand and sales in the region.

Just having a studio of the level of From Software won't be anywhere close to enough.

Would be like their Xbox and Xbox 360 days where they had several notable Japanese games but couldn't maintain the output needed for consistent sales and brand growth in that market.

Xbox can fuck right off going after From.

Sales of the xbone show the pc market ate into xbine sales huge so the anecdotal testimony is moot

It's not moot if you're asking why somebody wants an Xbox. Unless I'm supposed to prefer what sells well?

You werent being asked :lol:

I do think next gen will be microsofts strongest console. Itll still be the 3rd best selling (like all other microsoft consoles) but they will have some good exclusives next gen so i think people will own both consoles next unlike this gen where most either passed completely on xbox or got the 3 exclusives on pc

Really promising time for gamers all around

The only thing I keep seeing is stuff about Tifa's tits and their apparent reduction.

Tracer War 2.0.

They've been making a lot great moves in terms of picking up studios. From an objective standpoint, PS4 is the better console to me, simply because it has a lot more games I'm interested in. A good UI is nice and all, but it's the games that matter most.

That said, it can't be understated how important it is for me, and likely a lot of people to play on the console my friends are on. Despite all of PS4's great games, all of my most memorable moments from the current gen, come from playing with friends. Intense, nail biting tekken matches with Kalyx, fucking around in GTA while talking about doing coke off miss eleizabeth's back with Heisenberg, etc, etc. Those are the moments I remember most.
God of War is a masterpiece but I never laughed so hard that I blacked out for several seconds while playing it.

Corss play should be industry standard going forward. You have it with PC and Xbone now basiclly 100% and that trend is going up. Stadia, Xbox, PC, PlayStation and even switch will all be playing with one another next gen

The setup for the actual cabinet looks cool, but the games dont excite me much. And i have a bad feeling there will be issues with the controls on that cabinet.

I was hoping for The Simpsons arcade cabinet. Or maybe NBA Jam/NFL Blitz.

But Arcade1up did give us TMNT and Marvel cabinet, so i cant complain.

Would they even be able to do NBA Jam and NFL Blitz? The licensing would probably be a nightmare due to all those retired players.

I coulod have sworn there was a rerelease of NBA JAM somewhat recently

looked it up though and there was not

I think they made a new game with current nba o players.

You might be thinking of the NBA Playgrounds series from Saber Interactive.

They made two of them soo far but the first one had some performance issues, at least on the Switch.

mandela effect

According to SNK's CEO, the company recently rejected an exclusivity offer from Epic Games for the PC version of their upcoming Samurai Showdown game. Also revealed Epic's tactic for snagging games as Epic Games Store exclusive is them guaranteeing a certain amount of sales and making up the difference if the real sales are lower.

SNK rejected the offer due to the game already having strong pre-order numbers and didn't want to hurt their sales goal had they taken the deal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kuroki director said, some PC download platform wanted an exclusive release on the condition of a pre-order of hundreds of thousands, but SNK CEO rejected because he thought Samurai Shodown will be for sale million copies.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Samuraishodown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Samuraishodown</a> <a href="https://t.co/ux0y7kHLn7">https://t.co/ux0y7kHLn7</a></p>&mdash; Gatoray (@gatoray_kof) <a href="https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1139027757122277376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Would explain why some companies who took Epic's deal don't reveal sales numbers from Epic's store since real sales are lower than the guaranteed number or don't want to expose what the guaranteed number is. Then you have others who blatantly pass off the guarantee as launch sales or get pissed when people call them out for the deception used for sales numbers.

Good for them. Fuck epic and their garbage store.

That is objectively a pretty good deal, tho. I'm guessing the sales subsidy is based on the reality of the bad press they get and the fact that Steam is easily the primary source for PC purchases. Drama aside, Epic's store is demonstrably offering a better take than Steam. This is far more nuanced when taking in every side of the equation.

In interest of fairness; yes, Epic needs to buff up the Epic store. If anything but to defang that common argument against them. Also they need to cut these deals well before a game has announced its platforms. They have to know a game suddenly being exclusive to a platform/launcher is bad taste.

I do wonder that when they do beef up the Epic Store yo rival Steam, will gamers get over it or will they shift goalposts.

They've made a few kickstarters exclusive, which is a huge fuck you to those who helped fund it.

I agree. As I said that's a bad look.

That isnt on epic, thats on the people who went back on their word to give steam codes.

According to reports, the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft Story Mode Season 1 & 2 got a huge price hike recently for both games episodes ahead of its delisting next week.

The official reason wasn't due to greed but more so of an issue caused from pulling the game from sale on the Xbox 360 and not wanting any new sales made since technically its not supposed to be on sale anymore.

https://www.destructoid.com/minecraf...e-557896.phtml

They deserve the brunt of the blame, but Epic knows it will fuck people over when they offer companies all this money. It’s still pretty shitty on their part, imo.

I think a counterpart to steam is healthy for the industry, but not a counterpart that doesn’t give a fuck about their consumers. Forcing players to use their barely competent store, because why not? Why spend time and resources to make a fully functional storefront at launch when players have to go there anyway to get the games they want?

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night getting really good reviews.

Good.

Fuck Pachinko machines.

Epic hasn't forced anyone to sign a thing.

If Steam simply matched their offer devs wouldn't need to make that decision. Think from their perspective. Are you gonna take a lesser paying job because people like that business better?

Can Steam even match it? If they can, then why haven't they done so for any of these titles.

Anyway, my main issue is them spending all this time and energy picking up exclusives instead of making a store that isn't dog shit.

To retain more revenue would be my first guess for why they won't match that deal.