Isn't it too late for njnte do to make any real push. Apple and Google have let the mobile market for games rot on the vine and premium charged content has a hard time selling these days
I would say there is plenty variety on the other systems. I have an Xbox one and my game libaray SL far is
Another World Battlefield 4 Crimson Dragon D4: Dark Dreams don't die Destiny FIFA 14 Guacameele Halo Spartan Assault Killer Instinct Madden 25 Max and the cursed brotherhood Power star Golf Project Spark Sixty Second shooter prime Strider Super time force Tomb Raider Warframe Volgar the viking Voice Commander Zoo Tycoon
Sutley that must be a variety of different genres right.
Well Tomb Raider did well but the game was in development for a while and was at least three different games before we got the final product. That coupled with the big blow out AAA marketing didn't help things. Dues Ex by the end of 2011 had sold 2.18 million and since the game didn't have troubled development or big marketing budget that was all profit,
Yep, on wiki it says it hit 1.1 millon, however they look ar RE and Monster Hunter as a franchise. Resident Evil 7 is a ways out tll they get the new engine settled, and this lets them play with a non traditional delivery method
No fun allowed. Plus you don't clearly see where they say I'm donating money to als and I challenge someone. Your supposed to do the challange and donate or if you don't do the ice water donate $100 to als.
We're starting the submission process for PSHD. Valve already approved it for release on Steam so that's done and done. We may contact some of you who subscribed to beta test to test the game on Steam using a beta key. Stay tuned. Microsoft already evaluated Pier Solar as well but we failed some internal requirements on the certification and we're correcting them for the next submission. This also impacts Wii U and PlayStation(s) submissions since we want to send it as clean as possible so that we don't get another failed certification. Luckily, the process doesn't take as long as we thought, so the perspectives to getting a release date gets better. As soon as we're certified on all platforms we'll announce the date and put it on the street. We're also submitting PSHD for PEGI, which is slightly more complex than ESRB, but required for a release in Europe. We're expecting a rating of PEGI 7. One last thing, we're working to get a publisher to release PSHD in Japan. Due CERO regulations it's only possible to release a game if a studio has an established working office in Japan and we don't have it. So once we get it we're secure to release in Japan, this, hopefully could also lead to having a publisher for 360. Fingers crossed.
Nope a Nintendo delay would have delayed every other version as well. If anyone bothered to read the blog the other versions are being delayed to check if the bugs in the Xbox version are present in the other skus.
Delaying all the version was a personal choice by the dev.
You do realize that isn't how QA even works. The platform holder checks for problems and notes the bugs, than the game and documentation is sent back to developer to fix said problems.
Watchdogs was the obvious #1 and its good to see new IP doing well. Mario Kart 8 isn't a shocker but hopefully this shows what a strong marketing campaign can do for a title.
Minecraft legs are amazing and Titanfall seems to be doing well.
What the only games that you could argue aren't related are the Original two, the Oracle games, four swords, and the minish cap. Every thing elsw is pretty conntctes story wise. Though I agree with you on face value its semi remakes.
Got the game Tuesday as apart of the PS+ IGC and have been loving it so far. Provably woudpmt have bought it other wise which would have been a mistake.
It reminds me more of a point an click game than a regular platformed.
I don't think the Wii U is good market for retail right now due to obvious reasons, but as for the eshop its a good place for digital games. Wouldn't be my first choice of market.
Well that's because the industry has been pulled like that. Plus the gaming industry on a big scale is more like hollywood where games are announced in advanced.
But to play devil's adcovate here were the first party stuff anounced at Microsoft's E3 last year.
Max and the magic Marker Crimson Dragon Ryse Son of Rome Quantum Break Forza Motorsport 5 Dead Rising 3 Halo Project Spark Killer Insticnt D4 Kinect sports rivals
Out of all the game announced the only ones that only show video during the presentation were D4 (which was gameplay trailer), Kinect sports, Max (again a gameplay trailer), and Halo.
All the rest were gameplay demos followed or preceeded with a cinematic trailer, or were in engine like Quantum Break's (think the Zelda Wii U tech demo).
To be fair you get indie games on the store front as well. Octodad, cell damage and pure chess were on the front page for a while. But it is a very valid concern especially when the front page also has movies on it.
However you look at it on both the indie and AAA front their less competition so putting the PS4 on the port list would be the smart thing to do.
With Curve making the eshop hit fluidity I'm surprised they're other games are just coming to Nintendo platforms.
A bit surprised since the first stealth is on all PlayStation platforms and curve had been a PlayStation developer so they're a known quantity like what renegade Kidd is for Nintendo fans.
On the other hand like Curve said the competition is less steep on Wii U and platformers tend to do well on the eshop. There reasoning is sound when the PS4: go 12 nww gamws announced and is getting bug fast.
Still hope the game comes to PS4 but a good decision of a first platform.
Sounds good. I like how Ubiaoft has embraced the digital space to put out titles that wouldn't work in retail or expanding upon other ideas. Between This Blood Dragon, and gunslinger they're looking pretty awesome.
Shouldn't stop them from trying and it only strengthens the userbase even if it only hits the core of the enthusiast section of the market. Nintendo Direct achieves the same goal so why not start a blog similar to the PS/Xbox equals.
to your first point not pointing out their indie initiatives only hurts them in the long run.
The basic problem is that Nintendo is far more closed than say Microsoft or Sony. At the end of the day its far easier to get in contact with Adam Boyles or Chris Charla through twitter than it is Dan or any of the Nintendo indie stuff. Microsoft even supports guys like Shahed Chowdhuri making them tech evanglist and MVP's to help other developers to get into touch.
At the end of the day it isn't about not getting his way (though it plays some small part), but about having parity with the other guys when it comes to communication. Nintendo had big indie support since last year when the console kickstarter wave started but they got massivly over shadowed since Sony shouted from the rooftops that we love indie developers Y'all.
Even now Microsoft and Sony put major announcements reagrding indie games and developers on their respective news blogs, something Nintendo oddly doesn't have like so.
Easy enougn. IWork when the PS+ drop usually hits on Tuesdays. So I preorder child of light Now and since my PlayStation is usually on standby mode once the game drops it downloads for me to enjoy once I'm home.
Makes sense I guess. The xbox version was really hurt by the fact it cane later than the PSN. Most of my PlayStation firemds told me the game wasn't worth it so I skipped it.
After playing it the game is good but it definite something that is targeting a certain segment of the indie market.
Of course but I was mostly stating that due to lack of Unity and power its harder to port games to the 3DS. I was merely stating that Lack of Unity isn't a good thing for the 3DS since Unity has become the big third party engine in the indie community. So in most cases it means that your having to make a whole new game.
Eh I'd say so most indie games announced for PS3/PS4 are usually coming to Vita as well, and there's also the PSM program where any android game can be configured to run on the Vita and PS3.
They're making the game with Unity which the Vita supports and the 3DS doesn't. To make a 3DS version of the game would be to make a brand new game from the ground up.
That and the power difference is the main reason why the Vita has so many indie games compared to the 3DS. Usually when you make a PS4/PS3 game its not hard to convert it too vita.
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Re: Soapbox: In The Wii U's Final Days, Let's Be Thankful For Lego Dimensions
Been wanting to try Lego Dimensions but I mainly wish it had a bigger DC Comics focus myself. May grab some stuff during the holiday sales.
Re: The Game Lineup for EVO 2016 Has Been Announced
Urh, I wish Melee would die already.
Re: That's No Moon, It's The Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars Rise Against The Empire Play Set
@rjejr
Eh they look slightly more exaggerated versions of what we see in clone wars and rebels.
Re: Games Industry Analysts Somewhat Divided On Nintendo's Partnership With DeNA
Isn't it too late for njnte do to make any real push. Apple and Google have let the mobile market for games rot on the vine and premium charged content has a hard time selling these days
Re: Super Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U Confirmed for Evo 2015
@Quorthon
Skullgirls and Blazblu are probably the last original fighters in some time.
Eh I wish Meele wasn't in the tournament.
Re: Lucky New Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Gamers Jump Straight to eBay to Flog Systems
@Jonny
Not really people do it for electronics all the time. After google gave away the Cr-48 you had a ton of people throw them on eBay for a nice penny.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@Trikeboy
I would say there is plenty variety on the other systems. I have an Xbox one and my game libaray SL far is
Another World
Battlefield 4
Crimson Dragon
D4: Dark Dreams don't die
Destiny
FIFA 14
Guacameele
Halo Spartan Assault
Killer Instinct
Madden 25
Max and the cursed brotherhood
Power star Golf
Project Spark
Sixty Second shooter prime
Strider
Super time force
Tomb Raider
Warframe
Volgar the viking
Voice Commander
Zoo Tycoon
Sutley that must be a variety of different genres right.
Re: I'll Take Zelda And Mario Over Sharing Call Of Duty With Sony And Microsoft, Says Reggie Fils-Aime
@Xamorus
Yes Microsoft is so far in the hole they had a renvue of 23.20 billon and ended it with 89.2 billion in cash.
Re: Capcom Won't Greenlight Sequels If A Game Doesn't Sell Over Two Million Copies
@rjejr
Well Tomb Raider did well but the game was in development for a while and was at least three different games before we got the final product. That coupled with the big blow out AAA marketing didn't help things. Dues Ex by the end of 2011 had sold 2.18 million and since the game didn't have troubled development or big marketing budget that was all profit,
Unsure why Capcom wants 2 million in particular.
Re: Capcom Won't Greenlight Sequels If A Game Doesn't Sell Over Two Million Copies
@TwilightV
Yep, on wiki it says it hit 1.1 millon, however they look ar RE and Monster Hunter as a franchise. Resident Evil 7 is a ways out tll they get the new engine settled, and this lets them play with a non traditional delivery method
Re: Capcom Won't Greenlight Sequels If A Game Doesn't Sell Over Two Million Copies
So your saying I won't get another Dragon's Dogma game despite that genre of game and setting being really popular right now.
......Blarrgh
Re: Famitsu Releases Dossier on Sherlock Holmes' Appearance in the New Ace Attorney
I like how the Japanese guy has a sword, and the bristish dudes are steampunk 'd out.
Re: Register Smash Bros. on Both Wii U and 3DS and Get a Soundtrack Disc for Free
Hmm won't have a Wii U anytime soon but I guess I'll buy a wii u copy for this.
Re: Amazon Pre-order Bonus Will Light Up Your Sonic Boom Characters
pre-order bonuses tend to suck, espcially for bigger games where every retailer has a different one.
Re: Talking Point: The Wii U May be Best as One of Two Consoles, Just Like Wii
I own a Xbox One and will be getting a Wii U soon enough to play smash online with friends.
Re: Microsoft's Phil Spencer Lays Down Ice Bucket Challenge to Reggie Fils-Aime and Shuhei Yoshida
@SethNintendo
No fun allowed. Plus you don't clearly see where they say I'm donating money to als and I challenge someone. Your supposed to do the challange and donate or if you don't do the ice water donate $100 to als.
Re: Microsoft's Phil Spencer Lays Down Ice Bucket Challenge to Reggie Fils-Aime and Shuhei Yoshida
@Neferupitou
So it's stupid to do something that brings awareness to a charity for ALS as well as donating money.
Re: Pier Solar HD Delayed, Wii U Version Will Now Come With Built-In Achievements
Here's the blog post.
Re: Pier Solar HD Delayed, Wii U Version Will Now Come With Built-In Achievements
@Ernest_The_Crab
Nope a Nintendo delay would have delayed every other version as well. If anyone bothered to read the blog the other versions are being delayed to check if the bugs in the Xbox version are present in the other skus.
Delaying all the version was a personal choice by the dev.
Re: Pier Solar HD Delayed, Wii U Version Will Now Come With Built-In Achievements
@retro_player_22
You do realize that isn't how QA even works. The platform holder checks for problems and notes the bugs, than the game and documentation is sent back to developer to fix said problems.
Re: Pier Solar HD Delayed, Wii U Version Will Now Come With Built-In Achievements
Its a bit odd since if was announced that Nintendo was the cause for delay most of you would be practice jg their QA quality.
Re: Nintendo Executive Suggests Wii U is at a "Tipping Point" Towards Success
Gotta keep moving them goal posts right.
Re: Mario Kart 8 Speeds Into Second Place In NPD May Sales, Kirby Powers Up In Ninth
Watchdogs was the obvious #1 and its good to see new IP doing well. Mario Kart 8 isn't a shocker but hopefully this shows what a strong marketing campaign can do for a title.
Minecraft legs are amazing and Titanfall seems to be doing well.
Re: Pullblox/Fallblox Sequel Coming to Wii U eShop in Japan on 19th June
Malo is back in HD!
Re: Tecmo Koei Hopeful That Hyrule Warriors Will Tap Into Zelda Fanbase and Hit One Million Sales
@MadAdam81
What the only games that you could argue aren't related are the Original two, the Oracle games, four swords, and the minish cap. Every thing elsw is pretty conntctes story wise. Though I agree with you on face value its semi remakes.
Re: Video: Check Out This Mario Kart 8 And Mario Kart Wii Moo Moo Meadows Comparison
I can't tell the difference, both look like N64 games anyway. /s
Re: Review: Stick It To The Man (Wii U eShop)
Got the game Tuesday as apart of the PS+ IGC and have been loving it so far. Provably woudpmt have bought it other wise which would have been a mistake.
It reminds me more of a point an click game than a regular platformed.
Re: Here's a Video of The Temple of Time Made With Unreal Engine 4
@Evenmoresteven
I dunno I mean the most popular Fantasy world is LOTR and that's pretty realistic.
Re: Curve Studios And Dakko Dakko Heap Praise On The "Inspirational" Wii U
I don't think the Wii U is good market for retail right now due to obvious reasons, but as for the eshop its a good place for digital games. Wouldn't be my first choice of market.
Re: Activision Enlists Kevin Spacey To Sell Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare's New Brand Of Combat
Game looks to change up a lot and its Kevin spacey so I'm there day one. I hope the campgain takes a lot of ques gameplay wide from black ops 2.
Activision has quite the pay day ahead of them between this Destiny and Skylanders.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's E3 Plans Are Full of Tantalising Potential
@WiiULoveGBA
Well that's because the industry has been pulled like that. Plus the gaming industry on a big scale is more like hollywood where games are announced in advanced.
But to play devil's adcovate here were the first party stuff anounced at Microsoft's E3 last year.
Max and the magic Marker
Crimson Dragon
Ryse Son of Rome
Quantum Break
Forza Motorsport 5
Dead Rising 3
Halo
Project Spark
Killer Insticnt
D4 Kinect sports rivals
Out of all the game announced the only ones that only show video during the presentation were D4 (which was gameplay trailer), Kinect sports, Max (again a gameplay trailer), and Halo.
All the rest were gameplay demos followed or preceeded with a cinematic trailer, or were in engine like Quantum Break's (think the Zelda Wii U tech demo).
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's E3 Plans Are Full of Tantalising Potential
@WiiULoveGBA
Microsoft had a Killer Instinct tournament at E3 last year and it was open for the general public to play irrc.
Looking forward to what Nintendo brings to the table. I have a PS4 but Nintendo could win the battle for the first console I get for exclusives
Re: Curve Studios Announces Wii U Exclusive Stealth Inc 2
@MrV4ltor
To be fair you get indie games on the store front as well. Octodad, cell damage and pure chess were on the front page for a while. But it is a very valid concern especially when the front page also has movies on it.
However you look at it on both the indie and AAA front their less competition so putting the PS4 on the port list would be the smart thing to do.
With Curve making the eshop hit fluidity I'm surprised they're other games are just coming to Nintendo platforms.
Re: Curve Studios Announces Wii U Exclusive Stealth Inc 2
A bit surprised since the first stealth is on all PlayStation platforms and curve had been a PlayStation developer so they're a known quantity like what renegade Kidd is for Nintendo fans.
On the other hand like Curve said the competition is less steep on Wii U and platformers tend to do well on the eshop. There reasoning is sound when the PS4: go 12 nww gamws announced and is getting bug fast.
Still hope the game comes to PS4 but a good decision of a first platform.
Re: Nintendo Lifts The Lid On Its Plans For E3 2014
@arkady77
what would be the biggest Market than? I'm guessing europe.
Re: Nintendo Lifts The Lid On Its Plans For E3 2014
Looks like Nintendo has plans to drop major bombs along the way. Got MW.mostezcoted about they're E3 with one stroke.
Re: Review: Child of Light (Wii U eShop)
Sounds good. I like how Ubiaoft has embraced the digital space to put out titles that wouldn't work in retail or expanding upon other ideas. Between This Blood Dragon, and gunslinger they're looking pretty awesome.
Re: Download Developer Hits a "Brick Wall" When Trying to Reach Nintendo Indie Executive for Interview
@ACK
Shouldn't stop them from trying and it only strengthens the userbase even if it only hits the core of the enthusiast section of the market. Nintendo Direct achieves the same goal so why not start a blog similar to the PS/Xbox equals.
to your first point not pointing out their indie initiatives only hurts them in the long run.
Re: Download Developer Hits a "Brick Wall" When Trying to Reach Nintendo Indie Executive for Interview
@Samurairu @ECMIM
The basic problem is that Nintendo is far more closed than say Microsoft or Sony. At the end of the day its far easier to get in contact with Adam Boyles or Chris Charla through twitter than it is Dan or any of the Nintendo indie stuff. Microsoft even supports guys like Shahed Chowdhuri making them tech evanglist and MVP's to help other developers to get into touch.
At the end of the day it isn't about not getting his way (though it plays some small part), but about having parity with the other guys when it comes to communication. Nintendo had big indie support since last year when the console kickstarter wave started but they got massivly over shadowed since Sony shouted from the rooftops that we love indie developers Y'all.
Even now Microsoft and Sony put major announcements reagrding indie games and developers on their respective news blogs, something Nintendo oddly doesn't have like so.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/10/e3-2013-indie-developers-continue-to-choose-playstation/
or all the ID@Xbox announcements
http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/games-unreal-engine-id-xbox
http://news.xbox.com/2014/03/games-id-xbox-games-first-look
http://news.xbox.com/2013/12/xbox-one-developers-id-at-xbox
They both let developers make guess posts onto their newsblogs to further promote the games in question.
http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/games-hands-on-below
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/04/11/bound-by-flame-new-trailer-details-combat/
Re: Stick It To The Man Will, Erm, Stick It To The Wii U on 1st May
Will be grabbing it on PS+ next month meaning I'll only have to worry about Child of Light next week, unless Pier solar decodes to show up.
Re: You Can Now Pre-Order eShop Games Via Nintendo UK's Online Store
@Peach64
Easy enougn. IWork when the PS+ drop usually hits on Tuesdays. So I preorder child of light Now and since my PlayStation is usually on standby mode once the game drops it downloads for me to enjoy once I'm home.
Re: Video: Here's a Child Of Light Hands-On And Interview With The Creative Director
Between this and trails Ubisoft has my money this month. Good thing there's nothing major launching this month.
Re: Retro City Rampage: DX Update Available Worldwide Today
Makes sense I guess. The xbox version was really hurt by the fact it cane later than the PSN. Most of my PlayStation firemds told me the game wasn't worth it so I skipped it.
After playing it the game is good but it definite something that is targeting a certain segment of the indie market.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
@JaxonH
Cult County Jools said in a polygon interview that the game would still be made.
Earthlock still might be able to come out but it would probably be a free to play game, based on VC pressure.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
@JaxonH
Game will come out even without funding.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
@dumedum
Of course but I was mostly stating that due to lack of Unity and power its harder to port games to the 3DS. I was merely stating that Lack of Unity isn't a good thing for the 3DS since Unity has become the big third party engine in the indie community. So in most cases it means that your having to make a whole new game.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
@dumedum
Eh I'd say so most indie games announced for PS3/PS4 are usually coming to Vita as well, and there's also the PSM program where any android game can be configured to run on the Vita and PS3.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
@dok5555555
They're making the game with Unity which the Vita supports and the 3DS doesn't. To make a 3DS version of the game would be to make a brand new game from the ground up.
That and the power difference is the main reason why the Vita has so many indie games compared to the 3DS. Usually when you make a PS4/PS3 game its not hard to convert it too vita.
Re: Interview: Renegade Kid Discusses Its Cult County Kickstarter Adventure, With Wii U Included
Re: Renegade Kid Confirms a Console Game Kickstarter Campaign for 2nd April
@JaxonH
How is a developer taking advantge of you when you don't have to donate?