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Nate148
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so Sony wants to kill bluray because it don't make money we still have movies on dvd. As for the esa they have a point image a pedo using a Minecraft privet sever to find victims the head line would wright it's self SKG was doomed because they failed to understand that what they wanted made no sense.
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Blanchimont
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About old franchises, I really would like if Growlancer(Atlus) was brought back. I played the II & III compilation(Growlancer Generations, Working Designs) when it came on PS2, never got around IV or V(didn't find a way to get ahold of them) but the story was really enticing and the art was absolutely gorgeous(courtesy of a certain Satoshi Urushihara).
Unfortunately the last time a title of that series was released was back in 2011 even back in Japan (II, III, V, and V made it to NA, first three on PS2 and IV on PSP). And seeing it was all PS-exclusive I'm not seeing much hope... 
Edit; Changed V to IV, thanks b-dragon Last edited by Blanchimont on Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:27 am; edited 2 times in total |
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DRWii
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Fun fact: when Vita launched, Sony actually did price the digital versions of first-party titles for slightly less (I think around $7?) than physical versions. They stopped doing that real quick.
It was ported to Switch in 2019, with all the DLC characters included. That's the version I own, so no Trinity for me. Last edited by DRWii on Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:24 am; edited 1 time in total |
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b-dragon
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Wayfarer of Time (IV), I played on the PSP (well, I downloaded it on Vita). For my money, its the best of the series. Heritage of War (V) was a PS3 digital download...and the worst of the series that I played. I'm also hoping Shadow Hearts makes a comeback. There was a spiritual successor (Penny Blood,) that did a successful double kickstarter a while back with the Wild Arms successor, but while the latter got picked up by a publisher, Penny Blood remains in limbo. I'd also love Valkyrie Profile to come back, but after Elysium mucked the bed that seems unlikely. |
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thievingdude
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I remember when Nintendo released empty boxes of Gold and Silver that just had download codes in them for when they were released on the 3DS. Even if physical dies, companies will still sell you the nostalgia and fake feeling of owning boxes to put on your shelf. As someone who mostly plays PC games on Steam I can't really complain too much though since I've been digital only for a long time...
"This feels like it will lose SNK money" And I'm glad for that, lol. All the things I want from the game industry are definitely not profitable so when companies do stuff like adding DLC to 30 year old games purely for dedicated fans that's great and aimed right at me. Use some of that modern game money the newer stuff brings in do it. SNK fans seem especially dedicated and niche. I know Sakurai is one and he's probably enjoying that. Shining Force was great and I hate what Shining has become much like Ys abandoned the old style in favor of party combat. I'd love to see older games and art styles return but I don't know how viable it is. Probably not. Oh well... |
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AiddonValentine
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-Sony: Y'know, the past two weeks have basically been all platform holders unloading shotguns into their faces and each other's faces while Nintendo just looks on confusedly going "Uh, you don't HAVE to do that, y'know." This is what happens when a lot of people making games are concentrated in coastal urban areas with regular access to broadband and have no clue what their experience with gaming is like. It's once again hollowing out the middle in the long term for the temporary high of a few whales.
Notably, Josh Fairhurst (formerly of Limited Run) noted that Sony apparently repurposing its disc manufacturing into Optical Microlenses can't be a coincidence as optical microlenses are critical for AI data centers, meaning we can add Sony burning down physical media to the damage AI has caused. Have fun when that bubble pops, not-so-nice-people. -Blazblue:I still maintain Blazblue is the grandfather of a lot of modern fighting game design from its Drive system to its visual novel story mode delving into the characters. Also hugely responsible for Patrick Seitz and Cristina Valenzuela's careers (still mad they didn't dub CentralFiction because of ArcSys' financial troubles in the 2010s). As for Trinity herself, I wonder what her Drive is going to be considering Platinum's was a madcap "see what comes next!" system and Trinity is also about generating matter (hence her moniker the Platinum Alchemist). -Tokon: Oh, Deadpool, always providing complete mayhem no matter what form he takes. Also gotta give kudos for putting Polygon Man in the "Random Bullshit, Go!" move and the Deadpool Corps as a move. -Virtua Fighter: Probably Lei-Fei as he has some of his moves, and Lei is definitely someone who'd descend into murder. -Old franchises: I'll throw Star Tropics into here as sci-fi in the tropics needs more attention |
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Beatdigga
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The article pointed out that the Stadia didn’t work for a reason. Everyone’s in their little bubble in California where 5G internet and local servers are the norm, and pays no mind to the fact that despite a lot of investment, internet infrastructure cannot support what they want. So more people get priced out of games, and for what? To save a few cents on discs?
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BadNewsBlues
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How many people still buy DVDs instead of using Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, or VOD services?
Nintendo itself can’t make their games cheaper not when games like Fire Emblem Three Houses being as old as it is still won’t drop down to anything lower than 30 dollars but hey you can get it on sale for 41.99
I like to think that with a scant few of the PSP’s back catalog being available on PS5 and your data being transferrable there going to hopefully consider figuring out a way to make more of those and the Vita’s library available.
People like the characters that were introduced during the Playmore era aside K9999 and Angel. Also if we’re pining for old obscure titles to make a comeback Can we finally get the Detective Saburō Jingūji games without the unnecessary localizing? Last edited by BadNewsBlues on Fri Jul 03, 2026 4:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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wolf10
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Modern gaming news seems to be an avalanche of hotly anticipated titles in the next few months followed by the inevitable complete and total collapse of the entire industry by years' end. What a time to be a gamer.
I'd still like to see Advance Guardian Heroes make it to virtual console just so that people can see it and experience just how excited Treasure got about the GBA having shoulder buttons. I still wonder what Treasure is up to these days, precisely because they haven't officially shut down. As final games go, Gaist Crusher GOD is fun, if a bit overtuned for the target audience. I'm not sure the Yo-kai Watch market was entirely ready for Treasure's typically tyrannical tuning. If Monster Hunter had a hard mode, it would still be easier than Gaist Crusher's story mode. My current retro game collecting kick has had me grabbing up old releases from otherwise well-known studios whenever I find them languishing unappreciated on a back shelf. It was only an accidental footnote in the article, but I actually found a copy of Aludra a few months back, and Aludra 2, and that was also the first time I had even heard of either of them. From the same bygone era, I've also tracked down copies of Sting's Evolution games for the Dreamcast and GameCube. And Jupiter Corp (of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and The World Ends With You fame) got tapped by Disney Japan in the wake of CoM's success to create an original IP for the DS, resulting in... Spectrobes, which completely failed to stand the test of time but still makes for an interesting museum piece, especially alongside the trading cards that worked about the same way as the Wave Command Cards from Mega Man Star Force. There are a lot of obscure old games out there that not a lot of people have played, let alone heard of, that never had the impact to spawn a legion of indie imitators (how many more fan-project successors to Chrono Trigger do we really need?), that nonetheless took more risks and have more originality in them than a lot of the overly-streamlined stuff that gets put out today, by both the big companies and the indies. I feel like a lot of publishers are sitting on properties that could be crazy successful in the modern indie market in spite of being made 20 or more years ago. Give us a Star Hearts re-release, Bandai! |
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invalidname
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More like Sega seems content with letting Valkyria Chronicles gather dust, right next to Sakura Wars. The last VC game was Valkyria Chronicles 4, eight years ago. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Unless a 5th game moves beyond the Gallia-Imperial Alliance conflict or the 2nd European War and actually has an entire supporting cast that’s likable which Riley & Raz were not. I’d rather they not bother. Oh and make the platinum trophy/100% less Byzantine and tedious to get |
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varmintx
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For a game I either never heard of or don't remember, kind of odd that I see 2 stories that bring up Azure Dreams in the past 3 days.
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Tamer Sakura
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Nintendo already pulled their own gun's trigger back in June 2025 and their body is already on the floor. Nintendo was the first major company to ask $10 more than the standard $70 rate with Mario Kart World. Sure, Rockstars doing it now with GTA but Nintendo was ahead of the curve and everyone else is just now catching up. Also the whole $100 virtual boy headset, game keycards, and other gripes people have had with them for awhile now
Never played the GBC version but the PS version was great. Town building, dating sim, monster collecting, mystery dungeon. Shame no one else has really done all that again since it. |
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Raebo101
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Man, I love video games. It's one of my favorite hobbies, and I wouldn't trade then for anything. I say LET THE INDUSTRY COLLAPSE. The industry as it is right now is not sustainable. Sony and Microsoft have destroyed whatever good will they had left. Nintendo is doing better, but games are $80 now because of them. AI has made gaming worse, not better (among a myriad of other things). This industry needs a reset. But I feel like that can't happen until the AI bubble bursts, and who knows when that'll be. |
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Zimmer
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Didn't Shining in the Darkness release before Shining Force?
If there's any good about Sony killing discs, it's made me think I really should dive more into all the older games I still need to get around to. |
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