Jacob S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "In just under a week’s time, most of us will be enjoying gaming on our newly acquired ninth-generation consoles with either the Xbox Series devices or the PS5. There is quite a lot of excitement building up to the release of these new devices, especially when it comes to its introductory titles, but today, we want to take a moment and look a bit further and see how well the Xbox Series and PS5 consoles will fair during its time on the market, but rather than looking at these new offerings, will be taking a moment to look at Nintendo and seeing how they fare against these new systems. Here are five predictions on how the next-generation of gaming will play out for Nintendo and the Switch."
A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
The new Escape from Tarkov Unheard Edition has the community in an outrage after promising exclusive access to the new PvE mode for $250 USD.
$250? Do they not know all the other games that already exist or will be made in the future that can do similar?
This is for the hardcore people that have 2500 h in the game. They basically play that one game the whole year.
Oh and those same people are mad as hell at this... what a way to reward fans of your game and annihilate newcomers.
Read a comment earlier calling it a "special monetization operation." I had to chuckle at that.
I really think Nintendo will keep selling a crap load of devices. If the Switch pro is real and adds more power with a better battery life, sprinkled with a new Metroid, Breath of the Wild 2 game then the sales will be even better.