“To be successful, games need to be on every platform.” “The most successful games are multiplatform” => They are also the ones that tend to be cross-generational. If you’ve been playing the games that supposedly “everyone plays” while they “ignore exclusives” and believe “exclusives don’t matter”, then a persistent cross-generational state of affairs in aContinue reading “Welcome to the Suck: Console Players Meet the PC Market Reality”
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How Project Helix Could Wind Up Being a Very Anti-Consumer Convergence Device
If the console function is just for BC, then Xbox is asking you to pay a premium for the reward of buying a digital replacement for the Xbox Series X you already own, and then charging you an addl tax b/c they say you also need a PC to go along with it, b/c theyContinue reading “How Project Helix Could Wind Up Being a Very Anti-Consumer Convergence Device”
Nintendo (& the rest of the gaming Industry) Continue to Prove that Gaming is Anything but “Mid” This Gen
We’re 71% of the way through 2025. And while I am glad that my main gaming accomplishment is that I completed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and have embarked on two other runs (one on PC via my Steam copy and another on the PS5 Pro), I am still in wonderment at how overwhelmed I amContinue reading “Nintendo (& the rest of the gaming Industry) Continue to Prove that Gaming is Anything but “Mid” This Gen”
Mafia The Old Country and Lost Soul Aside: Quiet Entries in the UK Charts
We won’t see NPD sales data until the 8th of October. Fortunately, between the last update of 27 August and before October, we can take a look at UK and Japan sales data to get some indicators of how some titles are faring on the market. NintendoLife just published the most recent UK weekly salesContinue reading “Mafia The Old Country and Lost Soul Aside: Quiet Entries in the UK Charts”
Before Warzone, There was Hexen (and Heretic)
Earlier today, NintendoLife ran an article indicating that two of the classic shooters of the late 90s was back. Unannounced. No fanfare. No bravado. Just a simple, stripped down posting to the Nintendo eShop. A shadowdrop. Heretic and Hexen were two of the seminal shooters that helped cement the FPS shooter as an institution inContinue reading “Before Warzone, There was Hexen (and Heretic)”
Friend Codes and Baby Steps: Nintendo’s Slow March Toward a Real Online Strategy
My Gaming Diary, Gamedate 78864.2 Nintendo’s live service strategy should not be confused with its more foundational need to get its provisioning of network services right. They have been making incremental, baby-step strides in this area for years, while they are admittedly still woefully incomplete. Yesterday, The Verge ran an opinion piece about how “AnimalContinue reading “Friend Codes and Baby Steps: Nintendo’s Slow March Toward a Real Online Strategy”
2025’s Genre-Busting Gaming Lineup: A Once-in-a-Decade Start?
This has been a bonga year for game releases. I know, I know – that phrase gets thrown around a lot. But 2025 really is something different. The year got off to a great start, hit a crescendo in April, and continues to maintain a strong cadence heading into the summer. And what makes thisContinue reading “2025’s Genre-Busting Gaming Lineup: A Once-in-a-Decade Start?”
We All Might Have to Start Choosing Single Gaming Platforms Again
Xbox raised prices today. On literally everything. I think PlayStation did too. And the PC space has been getting hella ‘spensive for a long time now. I’ve been talking recently about what I am going to do about these rising prices, if anything. I’ve also been talking about the impact that playing Clair Obcur: ExpeditionContinue reading “We All Might Have to Start Choosing Single Gaming Platforms Again”
“Anticipation and Uncertainty: The Countdown to the Nintendo Switch 2 Launch”
The excitement for a new console. There isn’t much anything quite like it. I’ve only nabbed a few precious machines on actual launch day in my almost 50+ years of gaming. I stood in line for the Nintendo Wii and walked away with one in my proud hands on launch day. It was at aContinue reading ““Anticipation and Uncertainty: The Countdown to the Nintendo Switch 2 Launch””
Rounding Off Infinity 