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Btw, very few of these acquisitions still are operating today, sent to the call of duty mines or had staff cut and merged with other companies within their portfolio So much quality talent lost because of their ineptitude 🤦♂️
Just a reminder for those not aware of Bioware's history EA bought them from Elevation Partners (Bono's venture capital firm) So they were already screwed back then, EA closed Pandemic after Mercs 2 & Saboteur failed to perform Bioware lost much of its talent after DA:O & ME3 launched They were
Another aside, here is one of the main reasons Bioware floundered after ME3 The founders of the company were all gone at that point, with no leadership or guiding forces anymore, they had no leadership to step up & create the quality work they did in their 15 years www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...
Just a reminder for those not aware of Bioware's history EA bought them from Elevation Partners (Bono's venture capital firm) So they were already screwed back then, EA closed Pandemic after Mercs 2 & Saboteur failed to perform Bioware lost much of its talent after DA:O & ME3 launched They were
Just a reminder for those not aware of Bioware's history EA bought them from Elevation Partners (Bono's venture capital firm) So they were already screwed back then, EA closed Pandemic after Mercs 2 & Saboteur failed to perform Bioware lost much of its talent after DA:O & ME3 launched They were
Electronic Arts to lay off 400 staff, shut down BioWare www.gematsu.com/2026/10/elec...
Just a reminder for those not aware of Bioware's history EA bought them from Elevation Partners (Bono's venture capital firm) So they were already screwed back then, EA closed Pandemic after Mercs 2 & Saboteur failed to perform Bioware lost much of its talent after DA:O & ME3 launched They were
Electronic Arts to lay off 400 staff, shut down BioWare www.gematsu.com/2026/10/elec...
@superraregames.bsky.social Still waiting on the announcement for physical. 😉👍
Even though it's going to be MORE like a PC, it still ISN'T going to be a PC So it SHOULDN'T be priced like one either, if it can't do everything a PC does. Then next gen is going to be a train wreck, I don't know why MS & Sony are barreling down to ruin Nintendo is happy to sick back & watch
'the price of the [Xbox] Helix console has internally been projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless Microsoft decides to subsidize the cost' -Game Pass planning major overhaul (a la carte) -next-gen handheld by 2027 holidays, console 2028 holidays fortune.com/2026/10/20/t...
A former LRG release that CRG has taken and reissued (I assume sales were good) to retail I expect Embracer will have CRG stripmine everything they can to make a profit off of LRGs corpse as they continue to shift over signed games & push new product via the CRG label since LRG brand is toxic still
Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey and Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town coming to Switch 2 on March 4, 2027 www.gematsu.com/2026/10/shin...
One of M2's Aleste project finally seeing the finish line, hopefully they'll get Aleste Branch done after this gets out the door. Good times for shmup fans😉👍 www.gematsu.com/2026/10/senx...
So glad to see this one coming to console, I've been asking the dev and thankfully he thinks it's worth it (& also someone at M2 thought it was worthwhile as well) Great throwback game www.gematsu.com/2026/10/m2-a...
A classic shmup, glad to see M2's Shottriggers is still alive and well, looking forward to the physical release of this It's only been available through emu & the Astro City V for home play www.gematsu.com/2026/10/m2-a...
To emphasize my comment about Otaku = SS players Out of the Top 250 rated games (by JPN SS players) At least ~5 were Omake (bonus) discs, not other games, but supplemental material for popular RPGs (Grandia, Soul Hackers, Sakura Wars, etc.) That's crazy to see those included & not other games
system served the Otaku (hardcore) gamer demo in JPN Nintendo had DQ & FF, so if you wanted to play those you needed FC & SFC PS2 is mentioned as a contributor to DC JPN failure, but I think it's deeper than that & even w/SS support being pulled or DC, I still think it's more complex overall
For some reason, which I don't really comprehend, Sega has never really had a system that was popular in EVERY territory WW MK III - JPN/SA Genesis/MD - US/EU SS - JPN DC - US/EU If the system was popular in JPN, it wasn't in the west, visa versa every gen I feel it the prevailing idea was which
It really isn't until you go beyond the Top 50 that you get more diverse genres being represented (pinball, wrestling, etc) Even still RPG & VN are heavily skewed (with Fighting Games & Shmups representing too) SS was a real Otaku system
For some reason my reply isn't showing up in my feed if anyone was interested in my analysis on the genres JPN SS players were into Based off of this podcast discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNUP...
Shoutout to DCJY for the share, but a few comments Genre breakdown (Top 25) 1-10 Visual Novel 3 RPG 6(all RPGs listed came out POST-FF7) Dating Sim 1 - 11-25 RPG 6 (only 2 PRE-FF7) Visual Novel 2 Action RPG 2 Sim 2 Misc 1 Shmup 1 Fighting Game 2 I think looking at the Top 25 gives a stronger idea
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Nothing like a little FOMO to help BOOST sales, right🤦♂️ (I understand all of the legalities behind it, even still, it's ridiculous how they dangled that carrot in front of people, which is why sales are so high WW, it was the TOP selling game in JPN this week, btw) www.gematsu.com/2026/10/ace-...
And there IT is (on the front of the case) I seriously hope NO ONE thinks the game is going to be on the disc, yet ANOTHER MS release that has almost nothing on the disc and you have to D/L the ENTIRE game to the system...🤦♂️😔
Pre-Order: Forza Horizon 6 (PS5) $69.99 via Best Buy. #ad https://ow.ly/Qj3z50ZW5lk
But, but, but....digital is the FUTURE🤦♂️ I think I've been making plenty of posts showing how Sony, Capcom etc. have been manipulating the numbers to show a heavy skew towards digital I guess if they bury physical numbers against DLC & other microtransactions yeah those numbers will look very small
35% of Sony’s Wolverine launch sales were the disc version, data suggests. https://ow.ly/7VeG50ZVWce
I can 'almost' guarantee you that it will be a KEY disc I struggling to think of ONE MS published PS5 game that wasn't And at THAT file size, you can count on it being 1 disc, needing a download to finish install (I'd wager ~300MB on disc) You can't make this up...🤦♂️
billbil-kun: Forza Horizon 6 (PS5) releases on January 26, 2027 and will have a retail disc release dealabs.com/magazine/for...
I'm not sure how much 'better' these are going to look compared to an 'updated' version... It's only one gen old, instead of calling it definitive (with whatever DLC they put into the package) won't give it much of an improvement other than maybe FPS or some resolution increase (if we're lucky)🤷♂️
Mafia II: Definitive Edition & Mafia III: Definitive Edition are ESRB rated for PS5/Xbox Series
And I do appreciate them reprinting harder to get titles (like Astral Chain, which was selling for silly money on Ebay) But this is something that Nintendo could have done to meet aftermarket demand (anyone remember Devil's Third on Wii U & how they only did a limited print, then a 2nd print later)
Some interesting information in this post, I don't necessarily agree w/the you MUST pre-order comment (even though in some cases allocations of more niche stuff is harder to get, but larger named releases should be fine) I was noticing for NSW1 many games from larger pubs bsky.app/profile/vgp-...