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Re: Square Enix Confirms It's Making Final Fantasy NFTs

Jey887

@Yorumi it's absolutely worth pointing out. I've never seen such universal condemnation of a business practice. Those that pretend to support them in the vain attempt to make a quick buck are conspicuously absent.

This is a fad that will blow over eventually. There is no intrinsic value which means it cannot succeed in the long term. Its a way for companies to make a quick buck off of suckers.

It seems that some companies have made the decision that burning their reputation for said quick buck is the right thing to do. I suspect these decisions will come back to bite them in a few years. Reputational damage can take decades to repair.

Re: Assassin's Creed 15th Anniversary Livestream Broadcasting Later Today

Jey887

@OorWullie They are decent games to be fair. I think people are just a bit fatigued of the franchise since they make so many of them.

They have a corner of the market as they are games set in a (somewhat) realistic period of history. It has always surprised me that other developers don't do more of that.

If you do ever want to try them I recommend starting with Origins. It's a great game with a great setting.

Re: Video: We Make Some Wild Not-E3 Nintendo Direct Predictions

Jey887

@sanderev Do we? As far as I can tell the only thing from Nintendo with a confirmed release date past September is Pokémon. Unless I'm missing something?

A direct to sure up dates for Bayonetta and Mario and Rabbids makes sense. I think we will see one end of June/ start of July.

Re: For A Second Consecutive Week, Switch Has Taken Japan's Entire Top 30 Software Chart

Jey887

And in come the usual comments of "It's Japan so it's not that impressive", despite Japan being the third largest country for video game revenue (by a long, long way).

https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-10-countries-by-game-revenues/

Also; "The new consoles are short of stock so this is expected", despite the fact that the PS5 has broken records as the fastest-selling PlayStation and already sold 10 million units. The install base should be there, people aren't buying the software to go with it it would seem.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/ps5-breaks-sales-record/%3famp

Don't believe anyone that tries to tell you this isn't impressive. They are either trolling or in denial. Taking all top 30 spots two months on the bounce for a market so large is very, very impressive and will likely never be repeated.

Let's hope Nintendo don't become complacent and rest on their laurels.