Oookay… tackling different subjects:
• BOTW: It’s a Wii U game that was later decided to be made into one of the Switch’s launch titles. In order to fulfill a promise, they made it crossgen, but at the cost of gutting the Wii U version to make the Switch version look better.
• Sony’s State of Play: It was an okay presentation, even with MGS3 remake and Spiderman 2. There weren’t a lot of super, high profile games, but it had interest content.
• Games as a Service: Gamers need to stop looking at the bright side of what these corporations are trying to force feed gamers. A FULL game getting DLC is fine. But purposely making a game barebones to later fill it with content? No thanks. Unless said game is $19.99 or $29.99, then fine. But a $59.99 or $69.99 barebones games to later pay $29.99 or $39.99 for an expansion pass? Get the hell outta here with that. Hypothetically, if Mario Kart 9 comes out with a $59.99 and sells 20 million units in its first year, that’s $1,199,800,000 in revenues. If later they sell a $29.99 Expansion Pass and 10% of those 20 million owners buy it (2 million) they’d get a $59 million revenue from that. Gaming is one of the categories of entertainment that has remained profitable. Too profitable, perhaps. These corporations are so deep into making profits, that they’ve raised their price tags by $10, and gamers stupidly justify this. Guess what? Your hobby that you use as a means of distraction and stress relief is getting more expensive, but your wage is either stagnant, or if raised, it got eaten by inflation.
Now, don’t give me that argumentation of inflation, foreign exchange costs, etc. That’s not my problem as a consumer. My issue as a consumer is to continue enjoying games just as they are, not subsidize your profits in order for you to be able to buy back stocks, inflate stock value and look good to investors just to get a heavy bonus and retain your position.
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Edit:
Getting back to the subject of the successor:
I think we might get a general Direct in a week or two. Probably mid June
If we don’t get anything, I’ll be getting that sweet Zelda OLED