BloodyMurder

I see no problem here. Either you get the "corporate" dev where you aren't allowed to say anything and are under an NDA or you work for the "anti-corporate" dev where you can say stuff but it also means your boss can ruthlessly give you *****.

There's no middle ground for this. Having worked for both, its just part of being an adult.

So, only 4 million more copies for Square Enix to see this as "profitable" then?

Wasn't it the PS4 which was going to die when its internal clock battery died making them bricks?

Expect a LOT more of this in the future. You can probably guess why.

I guess "Waifu Quest" was taken already?

@Magician
Well, somebody was bound to be stupid enough to set off the obvious powdered keg by bringing up Alec Holaka. He's dead, BTW.

Still waiting on Zoe Quinn to deliver on her kickstarter game.

If it were that easy, Playasia would have released uncensored ports of Xenoblade X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

Ah, I love posting from the Future now that the Switch version has flopped. You censor your games, they will flop. Even on a system with a massive install base.

Now if only Nintendo would just admit they are wrong and uncensor the game.

That's nice....How'd censored Tokyo Mirage Sessions do on the Switch?

Translation: Non-Japanese developers suck. No work from home nonsense either.

Of course its more detailed. Switch game vs a Wii game. Still a letdown that we don't get a view of her Zero Suit model for the best ending tho.

"ESG"

Oh boy. Good bye Nintendo. These are the same initiatives that killed Sony, Disney, and Warner. Expect products made for investors instead of gamers from now on.

Well, it's better than the current death Crash Bandicoot is currently in.

Looks to be nothing out of the ordinary...Unless this was the branch who gave kotaku review copies then it could be Nintendo wasn't happy about the "pro-piracy" article and decided to torch everyone.

But hey, it's just a guess.

They must REALLY want to keep that Cosby room with all the damage control they are doing.

I'd care but I'm not stupid. Some of these "developers" are just salarymen who don't care about the product. Some guy was mad he got fired and couldn't pad his resume (or worst, left when a better offer showed up).

And don't give me any of that "abuse" nonsense. You want me to take it seriously, file charges with the appropriate entities. If not, I assume you are lying.

@anoyonmus @Cynas @jcboyer515
No, you're all wrong. You're gonna buy the game and spend more than whatever the msrp is. Because Microtransactions work.

Also, Activision Blizzard won/settled their labor lawsuit. Because (and I mean this with all sincerity) they know just how debased people who play video games are.

Yep and the usual suspects will waste $60 on it. Enjoy your slot machine.

I don't have high hopes for this. This is the third time they had a release date so I won't hold my breath.

They never finished the first game now that I think about it.

We have post patch video. It's not good.
https://youtu.be/oo08o2JKQ3c

It isn't just the Switch version. The PS4 version has glitches as well (guy on youtube has a video on it). The day one patch might fix this stuff so silver lining.

Weren't Monolith Soft working on a non-Xenoblade fantasy RPG?

To the dumb dumbs who don't play these games but complain about fanservice, you can't use any of these costumes until you beat the game.

Still really disappointing the original gravure costumes got censored out of this version (Sony check, I'm looking at you). At least the lack of Nintendo costumes are understandable.

No thanks. I already own 20XX.

They do know Idris Alba isn't Ugandan, right?

In otherwords, death by investor capital.

Well, at least we got Streets of Rage 4 out of it.

Top marks all around for the devs. They did almost everything right, and the things they didn't were fixed with a patch (Axel buffs).

If only the Battletoads remake had even an inch of the soul in this game.

@ThePoetZiggy
That's irrelevant. They are still recovering from bankruptcy.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/disgaea_developer_nippon_ichi_software_facing_serious_financial_troubles

Stock price is irrelevant when you can't pay your staff. Something that bad will take more than a year to recover from.

Don't believe the marketing nonsense. NIS has been on life support after the failure that was Disgaea mobile.

Don't expect anything from NISA, they recently RAISED the prices of several older games on Steam.

@jcboyer515
It's not a Japanese thing. NISA are just terrible in general (McFirebro yo!). To use current news, they raised the prices on their PC games (in some cases, doubling the price) after the Steam summer sale ended....for no reason.

My guess: Years of being terrible have shrunken their sales so they want to make up the lost profit by charging more.

As expected, nothing about the naked black girl on the cover but only Japanese/anime games ever get the "pervert" treatment.

Right but did they fix the Rupee glitch?

So long as Nintendo of America are cockblocking it, Xenoblade X will never see a port on the Switch.

Best hope for a sequel folks.

Right, now let's see if its UNCENSORED.

@TeeJay Did you even play Crash 2 or 3? Slide jumping is midair is nothing new.

At this point, you're just making excuses for a terrible slide jump. And no, the levels aren't designed for that crappy slide jump. They're designed for "a" slide jump but nothing in the design says the jump needs to have no momentum and be generally terrible.

@TeeJay No, the levels weren't "designed" with this in mind. It's just bad.

@TeeJay No momentum. It's just awful. Don't even know how you fail at this given Crash 2, 3, and WoC are perfect examples.

PR to deflect from being tossed into the Call of Duty mines. It sucks, I know. If you guys are still working on Crash 4, can you at least fix the damn slide jump? Thank you.

@DK-Fan
That's what happens when the camera in your 3d platformer is bad. You can't make those jumps because the position and FOV (which is constantly changing) are bad. You can see this in the first level in the grinding section where the camera focuses on the mountain instead of on the player making those upcoming boxes harder to get.

I ain't gonna mince words here: Crash Bandicoot 4 was a TERRIBLE GAME.

You can argue with me but the sales don't lie. And no, the game wasn't "difficult". It was poorly designed and I predict in the coming weeks, we're gonna get people being honest about the game's faults.

See this right here? This is how you bring an old retro franchise back.

@Blizzia @Outerdragon

Even counting digital (which was 400k), it sold well below Nsane and Nitro Fueled. That's bad because:
1) Making an original game cost more than remaking older ones
2) Unreal Engine 4 licensing fee takes away 5% of your gross sales

The switch version has a price cut for a reason.

This means nothing. Unless it turns out Activision isn't doing as well as it claims (Crash 4 flopping couldn't have been good), they'll launder all that "bonus money" into Bobby through other means. My guess is stock options.

This whole situation is worse than Sonic 06. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

Translation: It's a cash grab

Nobody who's been following this joke should be surprise. Seems like crazy man Itagaki really was needed.

I believe I speak for everyone when I say, Duh *****?

@PBandSmelly
It's Japan. Every artist started as a Hentai artist.