Collector’s Editions are the holy grail of the gaming world and finding one can be a tough task even when publishers conspire against you with region exclusivity.
The article discusses a claim by an intellectual property (IP) expert that Nintendo likely does not hold patents strong enough to prevent the game developer Pocketpair from creating Palworld, a game that some believe resembles Pokémon. The expert suggests that Nintendo's legal challenges against Palworld could amount to nothing more than corporate bullying, as the patents Nintendo might be relying on are not robust enough to stand up to legal scrutiny. The situation could be seen as an example of a large corporation trying to exert undue influence over a smaller competitor.
Crazy how far they are willing to go over nothing rather than tell Game Freak to get their shit together and sort the quality of the mainline games out.
Personally I'd drop the two game bullshit, make a full on complete game, and take their time making the best game they can without relying on a silly battle gimmick they'll ditch after one game. Gimmicks out of battle is what they should be focusing on, beauty contests, berry making, secret bases, the underground, Seasons, events during day / night and post game content like travelling to a new location or something.
That's the thing, this is why we're now seeing more serious competitors in the genre. Game Freak has just been coasting by, doing the bare minimum in innovation for the last 20+ years. They need to get with the times. Hire more devs, give more dev time to foster creativity, etc. But now that they can't get away with that bare minimum they're trying to sue their competitors out of existence. It's disgusting.
been saying this since sun and moon.
gamefreak just isnt used to, still isnt used to, the console market. they did well on the handheld space but as a complete 3d developer z they fail miserable
the last two pkmn gens look like gamecube games. not to mention the bugs at launch.
but uve seen the ridiculous anount of copies sold at launch too.
Realistically though palworld Pokemon with guns featured so many themes and concepts that Nintendont
There's no way they would make a game where you could use realistic weapons or have pals slaving away.
They're not the same genre at all they just feature similar characters
I pretty much agree, two editions of the same game shouldn't even been a thing at this point. The foundations are solid, but the lack of content and having a lived in world really let the latest games down.
Two editions worked way back in the day as a gimmick hey your mate has different Pokemon in blue than you have in red so trade them but nowadays it's pointless we don't have any of those limitations system links not really a thing anymore and two editions feels exploitive nowadays like they are targeting kids to double dip
why would they do that when the fanbase is still willing to buy whatever low-effort and low-cost crap they are churning out? they are out to make as much money as possible with as little investment as possible and say what you want but GF is excellent at that front mainly because the fanbase allows them to. Nintendo is saying nothing because they are making money.
The article is actually Gamesradar's. MSN just used their page like a URL shortened link.
It's straight up bullying with mooney and using the government laws as a tool to do so. They should be fined.
The Outerhaven writes: Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven has a demo you can play. It seems to be the life of the first emperor in the bloodline.
Enjoyed Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection? It's time to welcome in The Wider World of Atari, with a huge new expansion to Atari 50.
Neat little collection. The majority of Ataris games don’t hold up that well but there are some arcade/console games that I still enjoy. I’ll definitely get this and I’m glad I waited as I wouldn’t want to buy digital DLC for the first collection
I just got a warning that this site link contains Malware. Anyone else getting this?
SCEE, SCEA and SCE all have different regions that they are catering too. Some of SCEs content doesn't even make its way to the States or Europe. Even more interesting is how cover art can change from one region to another. Therefore, it stands to reason that some special edition packages may appeal to one region more than another. I don't even know if the different SCEs even collaborate on special editions games packages.
But thats what it means to be a hardcore collector.
Tried to read the article but the page is blank? :3
Edit: The link is wrong, the correct link is here:
http://www.psnation.com/201...
In the N4G URL there is the wrong date, "10/05" when it should be "10/07"
I'd say that all markets get penalised in some way.
Japan get some amazing collectors editions that never leave the country, but fail to get others (e.g the Order, Until Dawn etc)
USA gets a load of JRPG collectors editions and physical copies of games, that are only released digitally in Europe.
Europe gets physical editions of games that are only available digitally elsewhere, but misses out on physical editions that USA gets.
Either way, Sony (and 3rd parties) need to start making all editions available to all gamers regardless of country. Sadly it'll never happen though :(