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Skipping A Generation: What We Missed This Console Cycle

Sometimes genetic traits skip a generation. The same goes for video games. These are the games that decided to sit this generation out, but we'd like to see make a return for the PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox.

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beakeroo14038d ago

Story is retarded from the get go.

If Ape Escape skipped a generation then what is this https://store.sonyentertain... (For those who can't access AU PS Store, its the Ape Escape move from 2011)

Root4038d ago

Yeah I wouldn't really class that as a Ape Escape game...well I mean not the Ape Escape we wanted anyway.

Donnieboi4038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

Lol that party game trash version of Ape Escape is just as much a legitimate sequel in the cannon series, as Mario Party is to a REAL Super Mario bros game, or calling Pokemon Snap a legit sequel to the Pokemon Jrpg type games.

That "Ape Escape" game u point out was not a real A.E. game, and it sucked at that. It was an on-rails party game. And it sucked.

Game Informer magazine > some random dude on n4g who probably never even played the game.

beakeroo14037d ago

So the game named Ape Escape that features all of the characters isn't actually Ape Escape? OK, got it.

Blastoise4038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

I want a new Viewtiful Joe game.

MikEyG4038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

OFF TOPIC

I once played viewtiful joe while tripping on mushrooms, CRAZY stuff.

Rusty5154038d ago

If were counting only home consoles...kingdom hearts comes to mind...

DEATHxTHExKIDx4038d ago

I was thinking the very same. But the Handheld titles kept me going.

Root4038d ago

We missed an actual Final Fantasy game and an actual Resident Evil game this gen

Those things which came out don't even deserve to be called FF or RE.

dungeonboss4038d ago

Haha, I 100% agree with RE, 75% agree with FF, at least we got a lot of pretty cut scenes!

Hicken4038d ago

Speak for yourself; while it may not be the best- VII doesn't have that honor, either, in my eyes- XIII is still a solid title.

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Megaton Musashi World Cup: Preview and First Round Results

Game Rant participates in the Megaton Musashi World Cup, checking out the game a little bit beforehand and winning the first round match.

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Microsoft’s Surface and Xbox hardware revenues take a big hit in Q3

Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.

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darthv7218h ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle5h ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic18812h ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

dveio2h ago

MS: "Xbox services and content without AB up 1%, with AB up 62%. Hardware down 31%. In total a loss of 350 mill."

darthv72: "Seems about right."

MS: "Excuse m ..."

darthv72: "I don't hardly play on my consoles directly."

MS:

Cacabunga4h ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

shinoff21833h ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga2h ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

purple1017h ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos7h ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

XBManiac6h ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1015h ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic3h ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

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