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Classic Video Games / Re: Old video game ads.
« on: January 27, 2024, 10:12:24 pm »
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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your plans when everything goes digital only?
« on: January 27, 2024, 05:17:39 am »Trying to check out this site but the filters are just not working for me at all.I do want to address the issue of many modern physical games, particularly on the PS5 and Series X/S, being little more than beefed up CD keys. I say this because the discs are definitely more than CD keys, however without downloading the rest of the game which 90% of them require, the game will either not work at all or be in an unplayable state. I've seen this with various PS4 games as well, although it is less egregious than on consoles from the current gen. What this essentially means is the longevity of collecting for the PS5, Series X/S, and even PS4 and XBONE is severely in question.
I was reminded of the site DoesItPlay?, which I'm sure you'll find interesting. The site is vastly far away from making any noteworthy dent in the grand scheme of things, but it should provide a general overview of how many games actually are fully playable without an internet connection.
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Modern Video Games / Re: Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation
« on: January 25, 2024, 07:59:23 am »Yeah I was wondering whether or not this would continue. It doesn't require internet so I guess it would. I feel like they might just disable it anyway.Online play itself on 3DS and Wii U dies April 4th. RIP Mario Kart 7 and New Leaf online play. Original Splatoon as well.
In the end, at least the 3DS will still maintain its best feature, being StreetPass. Maybe someday when nostalgia strikes, people will carry them around again.
I wish I had the chance to use PS Vita's near but that shutdown pretty quickly.
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Modern Video Games / Re: Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation
« on: January 23, 2024, 11:01:04 pm »
Online play itself on 3DS and Wii U dies April 4th. RIP Mario Kart 7 and New Leaf online play. Original Splatoon as well.
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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: January 22, 2024, 05:40:55 am »
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
This leaked. It's releasing sometime on Netflix. Enjoyed it more than I expected to. Love the look of it. Laughed. The pug chase scene was pretty entertaining. I like the Sea Pals stuff too. Johnny Knoxville gave a nice voice acting performance. Weird this isn't for Paramount+.
This leaked. It's releasing sometime on Netflix. Enjoyed it more than I expected to. Love the look of it. Laughed. The pug chase scene was pretty entertaining. I like the Sea Pals stuff too. Johnny Knoxville gave a nice voice acting performance. Weird this isn't for Paramount+.
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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your plans when everything goes digital only?
« on: January 22, 2024, 02:34:24 am »
That Ubisoft quote about being comfortable about not owning games is not as harsh with the full context.
The full interview: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-ubisoft-and-getting-gamers-comfortable-with-not-owning-their-games
Quote is literally from the same interview. The interviewer then asks him "what is it going to take for subscription to step up and become a more significant proportion of the industry?" So he gave a full reasonable answer to which one sentence was plastered everywhere. He's even sympathetic in the rest of the quote relating it to the ownership of DVDs.
So clearly, in the full context, he's not saying it needs to happen he's answering the question of what it would take for it to happen.
Separately, there's also this interview quote from October 2023 from Ubisoft's SVP of Business Development, Chris Early:
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/wy4gKUmOdRRoO5Uvlr8CA
Ubisoft does not deserve most of the hate they get. If you hate Ubisoft for making online focused games, the same franchises over and over, microtransactions, whatever then why not support Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown? First non-mobile Prince of Persia game in 14 years, many 9/10 reviews, $50 launch price, free demo across all platforms.. if this is the direction people want from Ubisoft it's out now ready to be bought and owned physically or digitally.
The full interview: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-ubisoft-and-getting-gamers-comfortable-with-not-owning-their-games
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"The point is not to force users to go down one route or another," he explains. "We offer purchase, we offer subscription, and it's the gamer's preference that is important here. We are seeing some people who buy choosing to subscribe now, but it all works."
Quote is literally from the same interview. The interviewer then asks him "what is it going to take for subscription to step up and become a more significant proportion of the industry?" So he gave a full reasonable answer to which one sentence was plastered everywhere. He's even sympathetic in the rest of the quote relating it to the ownership of DVDs.
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"One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation that's been a bit slower to happen [in games]. As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don't lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That's not been deleted. You don't lose what you've built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.
"I still have two boxes of DVDs. I definitely understand the gamers perspective with that. But as people embrace that model, they will see that these games will exist, the service will continue, and you'll be able to access them when you feel like. That's reassuring.
So clearly, in the full context, he's not saying it needs to happen he's answering the question of what it would take for it to happen.
Separately, there's also this interview quote from October 2023 from Ubisoft's SVP of Business Development, Chris Early:
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/wy4gKUmOdRRoO5Uvlr8CA
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There’s a collector edition market. There’s the aspect of gifting physical items and allowing access for people to be able to easily purchase a game in a store and gift them to their friends or family. Some people will always want to own a physical disc. I just don’t think it’s going away. Do I think physical sales might get lower over time? Sure, but will it ever completely go away? I don’t think so.
Ubisoft does not deserve most of the hate they get. If you hate Ubisoft for making online focused games, the same franchises over and over, microtransactions, whatever then why not support Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown? First non-mobile Prince of Persia game in 14 years, many 9/10 reviews, $50 launch price, free demo across all platforms.. if this is the direction people want from Ubisoft it's out now ready to be bought and owned physically or digitally.
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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your plans when everything goes digital only?
« on: January 21, 2024, 11:39:48 pm »
I wonder if digital prices being dirt cheap would continue or if that being the only option the prices may not drop as much.
I still prefer physical somewhat but I'm not buying nearly as many games as I used to. When you can often find digital games complete with all their DLC for under $10 its hard to justify picking the physical version over it. I'd rather have all the content than buy the physical version. Physical "complete" editions are rarer now than they were early in the PS4 gen.
For your point about Nintendo, I gotta disagree completely. That doesn't sound like Nintendo at all. Their games actually sell, they aren't going to put them on a subscription service anytime soon. Nintendo's also notoriously terrible when it comes to online infrastructure. Nintendo wouldn't want their games on another platform. They make a bunch of money on Switch's hardware sales success where Xbox and PlayStation's margins are slimmer with hardware alone. Xbox series X|S are sold at a loss costing them as much as $200 per sale. PS5 doesn't sell at a loss but they don't profit as much from hardware as Nintendo does.
I still prefer physical somewhat but I'm not buying nearly as many games as I used to. When you can often find digital games complete with all their DLC for under $10 its hard to justify picking the physical version over it. I'd rather have all the content than buy the physical version. Physical "complete" editions are rarer now than they were early in the PS4 gen.
For your point about Nintendo, I gotta disagree completely. That doesn't sound like Nintendo at all. Their games actually sell, they aren't going to put them on a subscription service anytime soon. Nintendo's also notoriously terrible when it comes to online infrastructure. Nintendo wouldn't want their games on another platform. They make a bunch of money on Switch's hardware sales success where Xbox and PlayStation's margins are slimmer with hardware alone. Xbox series X|S are sold at a loss costing them as much as $200 per sale. PS5 doesn't sell at a loss but they don't profit as much from hardware as Nintendo does.
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Modern Video Games / Re: Like a Dragon: The Game Without a Disc
« on: January 21, 2024, 12:27:19 am »
With Hellblade, whatever is going on with the Starfield physical release at Walmart, last years rumors of Walmart no longer stocking Xbox physical games, the leaked Series X redesign without the disc drive, I'm thinking Xbox as a publisher is done with physical releases.
I could see Indiana Jones getting one though and that perhaps being the last one.
I could see Indiana Jones getting one though and that perhaps being the last one.
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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: December 29, 2023, 10:45:55 am »Everything is stacked against this one. Everyone knows it's the last DCEU movie so there's no sequel after this, Jason Momoa is already being recasted as Lobo. There's no urgency for anyone to see it that follows DC movies like how people follow the MCU.The new Aquaman ended up being my second favorite movie I saw in theaters this year! Not sure why people are so down on it because it's quite good.
I'm expecting to be fine with the new Aquaman, the first one got a lot of crap too (Though it did gangbusters in the theater compared to this one lol), but it was probably like my top 3 favorite of the DCEU films next to Blue Beetle and The Suicide Squad lol If it's just a goofy, fun, colorful adventure sorta thing again, I'll be great with that.
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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: December 28, 2023, 05:58:48 am »
The new Aquaman ended up being my second favorite movie I saw in theaters this year! Not sure why people are so down on it because it's quite good.
Migration probably after Trolls for me in terms of favorite theater watches.
Not much to look forward to first half of the new year unfortunately. I'll possibly watch Madame Web, IF, Garfield, and Kung Fu Panda 4 if given free tickets. Possibly Ballerina if I watch and enjoy the John Wick movies before release. IF being the one I want to see most because of how good Free Guy was but even then it's not that highly anticipated.
Deadpool 3, Kraven and Saw XI second half of the year maybe Borderlands, Venom 3?, Sonic 3? Saw XI probably the most anticipated of this bunch given how enjoyable X was then probably Deadpool 3 and Kraven.
South Park movie is getting an anniversary re-release but I don't think I'd pay to see that.
For some reason the list I was looking at didn't include Joker: Folie à Deux. That seems like it could be annoying being a musical but hopefully by the time it releases it'll seem better.
Fixed also seems decent but also sounds like an animated version of Strays.
Migration probably after Trolls for me in terms of favorite theater watches.
Not much to look forward to first half of the new year unfortunately. I'll possibly watch Madame Web, IF, Garfield, and Kung Fu Panda 4 if given free tickets. Possibly Ballerina if I watch and enjoy the John Wick movies before release. IF being the one I want to see most because of how good Free Guy was but even then it's not that highly anticipated.
Deadpool 3, Kraven and Saw XI second half of the year maybe Borderlands, Venom 3?, Sonic 3? Saw XI probably the most anticipated of this bunch given how enjoyable X was then probably Deadpool 3 and Kraven.
South Park movie is getting an anniversary re-release but I don't think I'd pay to see that.
For some reason the list I was looking at didn't include Joker: Folie à Deux. That seems like it could be annoying being a musical but hopefully by the time it releases it'll seem better.
Fixed also seems decent but also sounds like an animated version of Strays.
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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: December 23, 2023, 09:17:39 am »
Movies I saw in theaters this year in order of how much I enjoyed them:
Mutant Mayhem (twice in theaters, once on National Cinema Day)
Trolls Band Together (for free via Xfinity Rewards)
Saw X
Strays
No Hard Feelings
Sound of Freedom (for free via Angel)
Leo (for free via Netflix)
The Shift (for free via Angel)
Journey to Bethlehem (for free via Fandango)
Still planning to see Migration (for free via Xfinity Rewards) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom before the end of the year. I imagine I'd place those around 4th and 5th but we'll see.
Mutant Mayhem (twice in theaters, once on National Cinema Day)
Trolls Band Together (for free via Xfinity Rewards)
Saw X
Strays
No Hard Feelings
Sound of Freedom (for free via Angel)
Leo (for free via Netflix)
The Shift (for free via Angel)
Journey to Bethlehem (for free via Fandango)
Still planning to see Migration (for free via Xfinity Rewards) and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom before the end of the year. I imagine I'd place those around 4th and 5th but we'll see.
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General / Re: Amiibos - your experience
« on: December 19, 2023, 02:58:43 am »
Avoided them. Never had any including the Super Mario cereal.
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Modern Video Games / Re: The Game Awards 2023
« on: December 07, 2023, 11:19:20 pm »
I'll add my full thoughts later my favorite was already seeing the Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio games they previously announced. Overall a great show and lots of announcements I didn't expect.
Usual June looked alright.
Thrasher, new game from Thumper dev, not as interesting as Thumper.
God of War DLC not leaking is kinda wild.
Exodus with Matthew McConaughey gameplay looked okay but story seems boring.
Kemuri art style looks nice. Hope the game turns out well.
SEGA easily stole the show with whatever their announcement turns out to be. Five separate games or a new SEGA metaverse I don't know. I previously read that Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio would be free to play games but we'll see what happens.
Visions of Mana looks like a nice attempt at bringing the Mana series closer to Dragon Quest/Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy tier for Square.
Jurassic Park Survival looked super impressive.
Black Myth: Wukong continues to impress.
Lost Records seems decent.
I'll be playing Rocket Racing tomorrow.
Xbox getting their own Marvel exclusive with Blade.
Last Sentinel from former GTA dev didn't really interest me without gameplay shown but I would like to see gameplay of it in the future.
Warhammer Space Marine 2 still looks fun.
Light No Fire from No Man's Sky dev seems empty but nice looking.
Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League had a new trailer in there somewhere. I don't get the hate for it. Looks really fun.
Exoborne looked fun.
Usual June looked alright.
Thrasher, new game from Thumper dev, not as interesting as Thumper.
God of War DLC not leaking is kinda wild.
Exodus with Matthew McConaughey gameplay looked okay but story seems boring.
Kemuri art style looks nice. Hope the game turns out well.
SEGA easily stole the show with whatever their announcement turns out to be. Five separate games or a new SEGA metaverse I don't know. I previously read that Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio would be free to play games but we'll see what happens.
Visions of Mana looks like a nice attempt at bringing the Mana series closer to Dragon Quest/Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy tier for Square.
Jurassic Park Survival looked super impressive.
Black Myth: Wukong continues to impress.
Lost Records seems decent.
I'll be playing Rocket Racing tomorrow.
Xbox getting their own Marvel exclusive with Blade.
Last Sentinel from former GTA dev didn't really interest me without gameplay shown but I would like to see gameplay of it in the future.
Warhammer Space Marine 2 still looks fun.
Light No Fire from No Man's Sky dev seems empty but nice looking.
Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League had a new trailer in there somewhere. I don't get the hate for it. Looks really fun.
Exoborne looked fun.
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General / Re: December 2023 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New
« on: December 06, 2023, 06:27:53 pm »
Just picked up a factory sealed PS4 copy of Scarlet Nexus from GameStop using only the monthly $5 Pro credit and nothing out of pocket. I typically used the Pro credit on PlayStation Store cards but they ended the ability to use it towards digital currency this month sadly.