It’ll probably be portable though. It’s competing more with the Steam Deck etc. than a PS5.

Kotick says PlayStation’s CoD revenue is 2x higher than Xbox CoD revenue; says PlayStation being successful has lead to CoD’s success too

This is why the paid exclusivity deals from Sony seem really anti-consumer, even if they are only temporary exclusivity (most sales happen at launch).

If you already have the most market share, and by quite a large margin (the Switch is bit of a different market), then it’s a lot easier for you to buy exclusivity deals because a developer will be losing a lot less sales by being exclusive to PlayStation than by being exclusive to Xbox.

Of course, these exclusivity deals then further grow PlayStation’s higher market share in a positive feedback loop and this ultimately leads to less competition and worse outcomes for consumers.

Wow, I’ve never played the Payday games, I thought it was just a wave shooter.

But this looks really cool!

It seems crazy, like Insomniac Games cost Sony $229M, so MSFT could have bought or built like 300 AAA studios for the price of ATVI.

I just really don’t see how it is worth it.

I’m surprised The Caves of Steel is so early as it seemed really futuristic compared to most of The Complete Robot, but I read it a long time ago so maybe I’m not remembering correctly.

This is probably organised crime, like a digital version of a protection racket, demanding money or the DDOS will continue.

Hopefully, they find the people responsible.

Haha, America moment. How are the management allowed to do this anyway?

That’s earlier than I was expecting.

I wish we had decent Arena Shooters like UT99. Splitgate was close.

I think it’ll be close as TOTK is a really, really strong contender. In any other year Starfield would get it for sure. But TOTK is pretty incredible.

It’s probably going to be the game of the year, maybe beaten by TOTK. Certainly it’ll be one of the best selling games of all time.

This is such a neckbeard take.

Yeah, I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

Wow, the Merchant Princes sounds really interesting. I saw Charles Stross once in Edinburgh when I used to live there. I still haven’t read any of his books though.

The Return of the Obra Dinn is one of my favourite games. It’s an indie game but quite well known so I’m not sure if it counts as a hidden gem.

I really liked The Case of the Golden Idol too, and its DLC.

You can see I like detective games haha…

Hahaha, GTA San Andreas had that right? You could get super fat and then you had to go to the gym, you could even have a heart attack if you did nothing, that was pretty hilarious.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance has the stuff where if your clothes are dirty or ragged people will comment on it and treat you differently, and that’s like an AA studio, so hopefully they can manage it.

I just hope it keeps the morality system of the original games and the freedom you had (like you could just go and rob and murder people etc.) that really made the original Fable stand out over other RPGs at the time as few franchises gave you such freedom (The Elder Scrolls, Deus Ex etc.)

The Return of the Obra Dinn is by far the best detective game I have ever played.