A glimmering star of hope finally showed itself at E3’s game expo this year. I take that back, not a glimmering star of hope rather a super nova of the ages. When Microsoft is licking its wounds all while trying to prove to everybody that it should be the console of choice Sony has all but won the hearts and minds of gamers throughout the world. But there have been numerous articles on why, so instead I will focus on the Underdog of this year’s convention.
Nintendo! Let me first start off by saying Sony and Microsoft had some great showings that ranged from Titan Fall to Final Fantasy XV but what Nintendo showed simply blew me away. The Wii U is growing on me more and more. Games galore with next gen graphics to boot! Nintendo showed off their first party games like never before. Games like The Wonderful 101 and Mario Cart. But these games were not the steal of the show. No, as a matter of fact it was two games that everyone seemed to seriously overlook. Bayonetta 2 and X. Both games looked amazing and should be enough to shut up anyone who says the Wii U is not a capable next gen system. Bayonetta 2 displayed a new look with short hair this time around but maintained her over the top feel of the original. Simply put Bayonetta 2 is turning out to be amazing. X on the other hand simply blew me away. I would not have expected it to look so good. Say what you will this game looks to be on par with Final Fantasy XV in terms of both graphics and game play. The amount of detail in this game is amazing.
People who have been blinded by Sony and Microsoft need to take a closer look at Nintendo. While they are definitely not making it easy for us consumers to see what it is they have to offer, I feel Nintendo is going to do just fine. Do yourself a big favor and check out what Nintendo has to offer, because you will not find their games on any other console.
Tamagotchi Plaza debuts in a very low position while Death Stranding 2 soars in the UK games sales charts.
The 66% drop in sales for DS says more. Mario Kart is weeks old at this point.
“launch sales were ~66% lower than Death Stranding 1”
Huge oof. This game will be on PC, Xbox and probably even Switch 2 soon.
That’s really up to Kojima. Last time it was around 6 months to go multiplat - but the sales were 66% higher last time so 🤷
@Qoxfres
Close... 8 months from the PS4 to PC release.
5 years from the PS4 to Xbox release.
The Xbox didn't move any numbers, but the PC pushed it a little at least.
Took 8 months for the first game to get ported to PC so I suspect just as quickly.
is it an oof tho? how many more players have shifted to digital since 2019? i reckon a lot. i got a physical copy of DS but opted for the digital for DS2 cause of the 2-day early access.
The digital excuse is dismissed regularly for Xbox and Xbox has a higher digital rate than PS
So we will discard that argument here too. -66% is a flop. It’ll be cross platform within 6 months.
"“launch sales were ~66% lower than Death Stranding 1"
Maybe he'll put this franchise to rest now and do something new (which I know he is thankfully)
Not to hate if you enjoy these games but they weren’t for everyone and it puzzles me that he did a sequel rather than doing Physint next or even an actual P.T like game.
I just feel he's trying to make Death Stranding a thing, like as big as Metal Gear Solid and it's just not going to happen.
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X looks so freaking amazing. One of my personally favorite games of E3 despite it's short trailer along with Final Fantasy XV, The Division, KH3, Bayonetta 2 and alot more. Hell this E3 was filled with amazing games. Easily the best in years.
As for X, I wish it was getting more attention and I wish more people would realize that it's a first party Nintendo game. Hope to see Nintendo do more stuff like this in the future.