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Am I the only one who doesn't care about graphics?

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well during this Covid-19 crisis and take care of all of your family and friends!
I have been a gamer since my young childhood, and I love them since it is a good way to relax when I am stressed. I will always defend video games for the positive effects they can have on our minds.

Why I am writing this?

I have noticed something really severe: most people now care only about graphics. They want to know which is the most powerful between PS5 and XBOX Series X. And they will buy only games with beautiful graphics. I am playing newer and older games, and I feel like why people care about graphics. I have been playing Super Mario World and Super Metroid on the Switch's SNES Online, and it was more rewarding and satisfying than most nowadays games I have been playing. By seeing how the gaming community behaves, I believe it tends to focus only on graphics and nothing else. When I want to buy a game, I don't even care about the graphics, and I have the feeling I am the only one who focuses on gameplay, music, art style, etc. Am I the only one?

The Delusion about FPS/Graphics

At least 20 or 30 FPS is good. I understand if someone wants to play at 60 FPS, but this should not be mandatory in my opinion. And then who cares about 120 fps or 240 fps? Your eyes don't even see the difference. I know sometimes games need some precise input so my best compromise would be 30 FPS for offline and relax games, and 60 FPS for online games with tournaments for example. I don't understand when people tend to buy the best resources for their PC. Games don't need 8K and 240 fps to be enjoyable. But yeah, this is your money and you do whatever you want with it, I am not your mother ;).

The most powerful is NOT the winner

If you look at each "war" generation console, the most powerful console always failed. But remember that there were never console war. Only one during Nintendo and SEGA during the beginning of the 1990s. Sony VS Microsoft is nothing compared to what happened then.

Graphics is different than Art Style

Don't confuse graphics and art style. the Pokémon series, or Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has awful graphics but an awesome art style. The games have bad graphics, but the character design, the level design, the way everything is drawn is beautiful. However, we are not talking about art style here.

People who tell me Graphics are important

If you are going to tell me graphics are essential because when you play, you need to look at a fantastic landscape. A video game is something you play through. If you just sit and look at the landscape, I'm sorry but this is not a video game since you are not playing, this is just panorama. This is not playing, you just watch beautiful pictures. Photography is different than video games, even both are considered art. I would ask you what is a video game for you? For me, a video game is the gaming interaction between the human and the video of a machine. No questions about graphics. This is called a video game, and not video watching or anything like that. If you need to look at beautiful backgrounds, you can go on Google Images, and look for high-resolution pictures (Settings > Advanced Research).

Games with bad Graphics are Bad?

My favorite question to beat the people who only care about graphics is: Why retrogaming exists if graphics are so important? This is not nostalgia or anything like that, I am born during the Gamecube/PS2 era and I didn't even know how the 1980s or the 1990s were in terms of video games. (I wish I could have been here when Final Fantasy VII and Pokémon Red/Blue were released). And can you tell why Minecraft is the best selling game of all time?

Conclusion

To conclude, of course, I agree this is cool if you have good graphics, but people need to stop worship graphics and giving all of their attention to this instead of focusing on gameplay, music, etc. This should not be a criterion to define the quality of a game in my opinion. Can someone tell me this is just me who is a toxic hater, or if someone feels like me? Maybe I am just stupid so I would like that someone can correct the wrong things that I believe in.
Thanks a lot for reading my very long message and have fun playing the wonderful video games we can have in 2021! Remember video games are the most prolific media, far ahead of the cinema or the books.
TL;DR: Am I the only one who is noticing people only care about graphics? I want to know if I am just a toxic hater who doesn't understand what the gaming industry needs right now, or if I am on the contrary smart enough to understand video games are not based only on graphics.
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What's your 3 top hot sellers for used items?

Thought I'd ask to see if anyone is willing to give up some useful information. Yes, it might affect your sales if you have something REALLY special you're selling but it would be interesting to hear what people's niche items are. I'll share with you the 3 top items that I sell and I can't keep them in stock. Also, where you're located affects sales as well. I've been reselling for over 20 years on every platform that works for where I reside. Here's my list. #1. Nintendo Wii consoles on Amazon. Ridiculous resale numbers. Buying them at thrift stores for $15, selling for $150. No bullshit. Bundle them with a so-so game, test everything, you're set. I've sold over 150 consoles in the last year 3 years. #2. VCR's. Same thing. Thrifting, get them for $6, sell them for $100+ on Amazon (if there's an ASIN) or using online classifieds for a bit less. They sell very quickly. One challenge, getting a matching remote, universal one works too. So with a remote, $10, sell for well over $100.00 each time. If you can find a SVHS unit or a working Betamax you're laughing. #3. 8mm (Hi8), MiniDV or VHSC Camcorders. They're risky as I find 1 in 3 is broken and they are next to impossible to fix but if you do hit one with a power adapter that works, they command a huge price on Amazon and classifieds. People use them for video transfers so they sell really quick. Sony units sell for well over $200.00.
What say you?
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Congrats on becoming shareholders

This was initially posted as a reply to the top post here but I think mods disappeared it. Reposting for visibility.
Some thoughts on GameStop, the future of gaming and how we can encourage gaming to get better for the small guy and perhaps help GameStop restore some or all of our losses.
We must not let digital delivery overtake physical disc sales. The current generation obviously thought the market WANTS physical discs otherwise Xbox and PS would have rolled out all digital consoles only. And why?
1) no one can take your physical disc from you. Digital assets can disappear on a whim. See the wii store shut down for a current example. If you bought wii store games and your hard drive crashed. The store is now closed and those games are a total loss.
2) Physical discs retain some stored value. This depletes with time and on an even longer timeline goes up. See current pricing trends for old school cartridges and discs. Prices are through the roof since COVID. I game a bit and I only buy physical copies. I buy new for $60, play until I’m bored then resell for $40-50 on eBay (This is important for GameStops future as an e-commerce retailer)
3) you can loan out/trade games. This is way cooler than 6000 unused games sitting in your Steam library.
4) Collecting is cool. Some people just love to have a wall full of titles lined up.
5) The extras. What was the coolest thing about Cyberpunk2077? The map and the lore book. I got more value out of that than I did playing the game.
6) Data transfer speeds. It is literally faster for me to transfer 60GB of data by driving to and from WalMart than downloading a game from Sony. That’s sad. But it’s the truth.
If GameStop and it’s investors can convince the public to demand physical discs and also create a platform that lets people buy/sell/trade them, they can add real value to gamers and make a profit off of each trade. This could completely reverse their predatory reputation as the guys who give you $2 for your trade-in and resell it for $20. The stores are gone. It’s all digital. They no longer need to nickel and dime customers. Let the market control the pricing, your customers keep the lions share and you take a cut off the top. Look at the success of Mercari. They make it stupid easy to buy/sell. You can print shipping labels straight from them bing bang boom drop it off in the box and you’re done.
Gaming is expanding globally into a huge market. For each console sold, how many games are sold? It could be bigger than their retail ever was. An app platform can add value in a myriad of ways that I haven’t even thought of.
Ryan Chewy is the MAN when it comes to dominating e-commerce. It seems like he’s the perfect player to help this kind of thing come to fruition.
Look, I’m an old man now. I fucking love breaking out the old Consoles with my kids. And I know that they’ll never be able to do that with their wii. Those games will be gone and forgotten. It’s an immense waste of human effort and value. And they won’t miss it unless we can convince them that it is actually valuable. Hell, my buddy just sold a GameCube a few games and a controller for $300. That’s more than I paid for my GameCube just a few years back (ok more than a few years but I digress).
The squeeze was a longshot that I was prepared to lose on. (I spent more in Vegas last year.) I bought a handful of shares of GameStop because I believed that they would do exactly what I just described and become and immensely valuable powerhouse in the long future. Valuable to humanity most importantly but possibly valuable monetarily too. I know none of this will heal the hole in your pockets but if enough of us owners believe in THIS, maybe we can still change the world for the better. The money would just be icing on the cake.
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What will happen to Vita store eventually? Also, what's the chance of Sony having one big sale for all Vita games?

Does anyone have PSP/PS3/3DS/Wii other old consoles with digital stores? What happened to their digital stores? And what will happen to the digital games we have purchased if/when Sony pulls the plug on Vita?
Also, why is Sony not having a regulabig sale regarding Vita games? Is it dependant on the developers or Sony? Rather than their games not selling or selling few copies, isn't it better for the developers/Sony to discount the games and generate some revenues?
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Nintendo is one of the worst gaming companies IN THE WORLD!

I said it and I stand by my word. I grew up with the gamecube and gameboy advance. Played the hell out of the Wii and DS alongside hours on the 3DS. I've been with the company most of my life but over the past 6 to 7 years they've become so disgusting selling underpowered consoles from 10 years ago matched with constant ports and medicore games with few rough gems.
All I hear about is how the Nintendo switch is selling like hot cake. Outselling everything and people praising it as the best console of all time. I wonder how can they think that? This is the same console with no voice chat, messaging or stable Internet with you having to get an adapter just to get wired Internet. How is this acceptable in 2020? What is the point of a friends list if you can't even talk or interact whatsoever? The only way my friends and I can play pokemon or smash bros is starting a group chat on discord and searching for games.
Compare that to playstation, xbox or even pc where its all a given. That's not even to mention the terrible Nintendo online service. Why was this free for almost a year now I have to pay 20 quid a year for a worse service than the Wii? We gave them the benefit of the doubt because the paid service wasn't out but now it is. im shocked to see just pure crap. Oh but its alright you get free NES and SNES games to play. Nintendo if I wanted to play these games I would pay for that subscription service why force people to buy your crappy online for old ass games most people don't care for? Your fans have played super Mario bros to death we don't want to play it anymore. The virtual console was perfect on the WiiU for people who wanted it. No N64, no Game cube or wii just 8bit games for the 100th time. Oh but wait we'll repackage some old 3d mario games into a nifty collection for full price and take it down never to be purchased again in March. What are you smoking?
Never in my life have I heard something so dumb. Limited runs are for physical indie games and are meant to be seen as a rare opportunity to get a really rare collector's item not a big 35th anniversary celebration for the most beloved video game character of all time. But of course people like me panicked thinking it would sell out and now they've sold loads. Watch them do it for the pokemon and zelda celebration next year.
Speaking of those games for every breath of the wild is a pokemon Sword and shield. A lazy rushed game which puts the series to shame. While games like God of War, GOT and TLOU are pushing the industry and making game developers grow Nintendo are quite happy with piss poor lazy and uninspired games like pokemon and the Mario spin offs. They love milking the cow for as long as possible with season passes and pokemon transfer subscription services which is used to squeeze the last penny from our wallets.
Top that with just an underpowered console which runs like shit. Looking at you Pokemon running at like 10fps in the wild areas. Matched with a horrible store and laughable online and this doesn't event mention the DMCA crap they pull all the time protecting games from 20 years ago they can't make any money off. Like with the most recent melee online tournaments or the Etika charity shutdown. It really feels like the company is still trapped in the mid 2000s.
But of course they won't change because people simp this company like its their best friend buying up everything they pump out like clockwork. Why would they change if we just keep buying? The next gen consoles just came out and boy do they make the switch feel ancient. As one of my friends put it well, the Switch is one of the best and worst consoles ever made.
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Do you guys ever think of games sentimentally like Toy Story toys?

Ok, hear me out. What I mean by this is you know how in Toy Story all the toys have a personality of their own and a desire to be played by a kid? I like to think the same for video games. This applies more to physical ones since I can hold them in my hand, but I guess it could work with digital games. These are kinda pointless projections on inanimate objects, but I wanted to discuss it to see if anyone could relate.
I recently got a Retron 5 for Christmas and it reignited my love to collect games. The console I had as a kid was a Wii so all other systems passed me by. Even though I played some games emulated, I'd say I'm still pretty new to retro gaming. So when I walked into my favorite game store and nabbed a copy of the original Sonic the Hedgehog for Genesis, something clicked for me.
The label was faded quite a bit, and most of it had rubbed off (I might replace the label in the future, but that's a whole other discussion lol). It was really dirty and I had to clean it a bunch before inserting into the Retron. But as it booted up, I liked to think that it was a happy lil' cartridge!
After all these years, and all the wear it endured, likely being passed through numerous owners, to sit on a game store shelf for a while; people passing it up because it didn't look that great. Now it had a home and was being played again! I also bought a copy of Super Mario Bros/ Duck Hunt (It was in a lot better condition though) and the feelings were the same. I've since played both games and finished them (with save states cuz I suck at retro games lmao) and it will likely be awhile till I play them again. But now they can rest comfortably on my shelf, getting dusted off occasionally and me looking at them all lovey-dovey.
I also like to think this applies to more modern games too! For my winter break project, I learned how to sell on eBay and was buying game lots. I would keep the ones I wanted, sell the ones that I could do without for now to recoup the money. Going through these discs and preparing them for selling felt pretty satisfying. I would open up cases and check the conditions. Some games would be in excellent condition and complete in box! Others would be disc-only, really scratched up. Either way, I tried to clean them up as best as I could. Goo-gone away the stickers, clean the discs, replace cases if necessary. Even though these weren't going into my collection, conditioning them up for new homes also gave me the same feelings as mentioned before. The experience has been great in forming my opinion on game preservation. But now whenever I see a broken console, scratched-up disc, etc. it feels like a little papercut on my heart lol.
Anyway, that was a long rambling. Do you feel the same way about games? Have any games you've been neglecting that need some love? (For me I need to get back to Ocarina of Time 3D) Let me know your opinion! Thanks for reading.~
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[USA-TX][H] Budget gaming pc, Lepa 240mm aio, Ryzen 5 1600 AF Bundle, PS4 with controller, fans, other things [W] Paypal, Local cash, 8+ Core Ryzen 3000 or Ryzen 5000 chip, B550 or x570 itx board, other pc components, game console peripherals and parts

Hello, i have some things for sale today. Prices are OBO, include shipping unless item is listed as local only and i can give you a discount if you buy multiple things. ** THINGS WILL BE MARKED OFF IMMEDIATELY ONCE SOLD, SO PLEASE CHECK TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU WANT IS STILL AVAILABLE. I WONT RESPOND TO MESSAGES FOR THINGS THAT ARE SOLD. THANKS!**
Local is 75228 Dallas TX.
What I have Price Description Sold
Budget Gaming PC $310 Local OBO Pc includes the following specs: i5-3570k oc to 4.4 ghz, 16gb 1600mhz ram, Gigabyte Z77 Motherboard, Deep cool tower cooler, EVGA Gtx 980 Ti 6gb, 600W EVGA power supply, NZXT S340 case, 80gb msata ssd, 500gb hard drive. Nothing wrong with the computer, i just have so many spare parts that i never use. I can also include a 1080p monitor for a little extra if you want. Will come with the power cable only. I'm open now to parting it out, send me offers for parts if you're interested. I can ship if you want but be warned depending on where you live it'll be $50+ to ship. Available Sold to u/wingsnut71
PS4 with 500gb ssd and 1 dualshock 4 controller $125 shipped I managed to beat the bots and get a ps5, so this ps4 is living it's life as a stand for my monitor now. Will come with the power cord and dualshock 4. On the latest firmware IIRC.Just for transparency, i got the ps4 broken with the white line of death back in september 2019. I fixed it by opening it up, cleaning it out, replacing the thermal paste and putting 4 washers on the apu clamp to put more pressure on the chip. The console has worked flawlessly since, and i have no reason to believe it will have problems any time soon. Available Sold to u/enesup
Ryzen 5 1600 AF Bundle $310 Shipped Comes with cpu original box and stock cooler. Mobo will come without box, and with the wifi antenna and io shield. Ram is 2666 mhz. Not sure which model the noctua cooler is, but it's quiet and works fine on the 1600. Also not pictured is a 256gb patriot nvme ssd installed on the back. Available Sold to u/FlyBoyNinja
Kraken X41 $40 shipped Works, problem is it's 140mm and doesn't fit in my Coolermaster elite 110. Only includes intel mounting. Available
Cable extensions $18 shipped 1x24 pin cable, 1x8 pin cpu cable and 2x8 pin pcie cables. Available
3X120mm fans and 1x140mm fan $22 shipped Removed from my case when i changed out the fans. Only will sell together. Available Sold to u/MrPick3ls
Lepa Exllusion 240mm AIO $35 Shipped Is a refillable aio with clear tubing. Comes with all the mounting hardware shown and 2 fans. Available Sold to u/Tupuno
Coolermaster Elite 130 $20 local pickup In good condition. Comes with all the hardware pictured and a fan i found lying around installed in the front. I would be willing to trade this locally for a matx case if you have a spare one you don't want anymore. Available
Dell Optiplex 740 $20 Local ONLY Works fine. If you replace the hard drive and put a cheap single slot gpu into it it can work alright as a office pc. Has a Phenom x3 8750, 6gb ddr2, 80gb hdd(very slow, trust me), integrated graphics on the chipset(also very slow). Available
HD 7750 $15 shipped Card works, but the fan will need to be replaced since it makes a grinding noise when it's running. Available
I'm also on the search for a variety of pc components. If you have something to offer please pm me (i don't always receive chats for some reason) with timestamps and a price and we can work something out from there.
item i'm looking for Price Description Purchased
8+ core Ryzen 3000 or any Ryzen 5000 chip Send me offers I'm upgrading my mini itx pc with my current 3600, so i want a new chip for my main pc No
B550 or X570 ITX board $200 Not pick on brand, just looking for a good deal if y'all got one No Purchased
16gb 3200mhz ram $50 Not pick on brand, looks don't matter either since it's not going to be visible when it's installed No
120mm $40 Has to be 120mm to fit inside my elite 110 and mount to am4. A nice fan included with it would be nice. No Purchased
500gb+ nvme ssd Send offers It's gonna be the only drive in my mini itx pc so it has to be at least 500gb. No
The disk drive for the OG 2001 Xbox $20 I'm trying to repair my thrift store $15 Xbox. I got two from the thrift store but only one worked. When researching online for my error code, i discovered that a faulty disk drive was a possible cause for the error. When i swapped disk drives between the two, the broken xbox worked just fine. I know somebody on here has to have made a custom pc inside an xbox chassis. If you kept your parts and happen to have a working disk drive, please let me know!
Old gen gpus(680,7970,Dual gpu cards like gtx 690,hd 6990 ) Send offers Just looking to pick up some older gpus from back in the day that i wish i could of gotten. I would prefer if they worked. No
Wiimote, nunchuck, sensor bar, wii power brick Send offers Got a wii in another thrift store pickup and i'm looking to get a controller and cables to test it out. No
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Just in time for Halloween Media Watch UK is finally dead. The Censors of old are finally no more.

So for those who don't know this is actually what you might call Gamergate before Gamergate. It was before my time and before likely many others here it was the time of "The Video Nasties".
At the time horror films were coming out on VHS in the UK and campaigner and general pearl clutching old biddy Mary Whitehouse was trying to "Clean up TV" objecting to bad language, sex, nudity and other things on TV and at some point her attention and the rest of the group she headed called the The National Viewers and Listeners Association launched a campaign to have said films banned. Many were pulled from sale and shelves and ended up going through court cases. The Evil Dead was passed by 42 juries as fine to put out as an 18 rated film for the public but campaigners etc kept objecting and demanding it's release be blocked and the film go through the court system again. This happened for many films at the time and Whitehouse and others even went after film on at the Cinema at the time such and Rambo.
Eventually the Video recordings act was created and some of the banned films also came out with cuts. Over the years the rules have been relaxed such that most of the previously banned films have been released.
Mary Whitehouse's NVLA over the years morphed and evolved into Media Watch UK. It's not done a lot of note other than campaign. It's most notable and relevant to gaming being trying to get Mad World on the Wii banned on the grounds the Wii they claimed was a console for kids and that was about their entire argument that somehow parent's couldn't be trusted nor stores to read the big 18 rating on it and not give it or sell it to 4 year olds or something.
Media Watch UK has shambled onwards and every so often I check in to see what's happening and if they're targeting anything but I went to check today and found the site is gone. Using internet archive the site was up in January 2020 but after that started giving errors. In August it kept showing a parked advertising page meaning hosting hasn't been paid and it wasn't just a technical error that took the site down.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200830010001/http://mirata.pw/
So yeh it's over. Another one bites the dust another pearl clutching group who wanted to censor sex and violence is finally gone. Oh and bonus bit of fun they also had shifted SJW too with their news page on about shows accused of racism etc
https://web.archive.org/web/20190906144038/http://mediawatchuk.com/news/
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All the Major Released JRPG Translation Projects Guide! [2018 to July 2020]

Another day another guide, here is one I have always wanted to do, but didn't have time for, a translation oatch guide for the big releases that happened in the past 2 years or so for JRPGs, also know that This isn't ALL of them, just the ones I found note worthy, and there is still more but I ran out of space, but please do post anyone you think should have been here. I hope you find this helpful.

Important Notes:

  • Each title will include links to the translation group site if avilable, and/or to the romhacking project page.
  • Each title will also include links to a youtube trailer or gameplay footage.
  • The descriptions are either taken from the project pages (romhacking), the translation group website, or are written by me in case they had no description in either websites.
  • The dates are for the patch release, and Not the game's release.
  • Credits to individuals from each translation team are either in the project pages, or the translation group website.
  • I would like to thank all the people involved in these translation projects, for their hard work and love for the community.

Translation Projects Released in 2018:

Asuncia: Matsue no Jubaku - PS1 - 09 January 2018.

Asuncia: Matsue no Jubaku is a role playing game for the PlayStation.
An odd sort of RPG, with a simple storyline. Its strategic elements involve fighting your way through a series of randomly generated maps. You earn a score by protecting towns, defeating dungeons, defeating monsters in specific combinations and such. Through the Story Mode, you unlock characters and levels for the quick battle mode.

Shin Seikoku: La Wares - SNES - 14 February 2018:

In this 1995 J-Force-developed, Yukata-published RPG you get a fairly unique mix of medieval fantasy combined with mecha armour. The game is an official adaptation of popular Japanese pen and paper RPG brand Wares Blade, featuring Golems (mechs) from an ancient civilization that can only be piloted by certain people and shape the entire concept of civilization and warfare. The combat takes place in a Dragon Quest/Phantasy Star first-person viewpoint, but it's divided into classic party combat in the dungeons and Golem combat in boss fights and over-world encounters.
The game starts with a plot by a shady bunch to revive one of the eight sacred Golems and the unlikely pair of main protagonists: The young bandit Chiffon and tomboy princess Michelda. You can sample the new English translation in the prologue below. If the characters and box artwork style look familiar, you are probably a Sailor Moon fan. No, those designs are not just inspired by Kazuko Tadano, those are her actual creations! She was part of the team working in the game and these certainly translate her style very well.

MegaMan Battle Network Operate Star Force - NDS - 22 February 2018:

Rockman EXE Operate Star Force was originally released for the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2009. It never saw a statewide release. It’s generally regarded as a low-effort port of the first Battle Network, but with a Star Force crossover scenario tacked on. Despite this reputation, the game still improves the first Battle Network in many ways such as various minor text, graphic, and balance changes throughout the game. The game also includes the new multi-player Star Colo mode.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails To Azure - PSP - 28 February 2018:

Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki is a turn-based role playing game for the PlayStation Portable and is the fifth entry in Falcom’s Kiseki franchise and the direct sequel to Zero no Kiseki.

Importnat Note:

The translation group The Geofront, who did "Trails from Zero", are working on translating this game too, Here is a link to their website page, and I am told their releases are of higher quality than this one, in case you want to wait.

Atelier Marie+Elie: The Alchemists of Salburg-Episodes 1 & 2 - PS2 - 18 March 2018:

A remaster of the two first titles in the Gust’s Atelier series, Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg, and Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2, which features redrawn and improved graphics, a reworked graphical interface, and redone mini-games.
In Atelier Marie, the worst student in the Academy, Marlone, is given a final chance by her teacher Ingrid to graduate by making a special item in a span of five years. Therefore, Marie will have to adventure throughout the lands surrounding Salburg to find ingredients to synthesize items, take requests from the local bar to make money, and make friends with the adventurers that will escort her through the monster-filled lands.
In Atelier Elie, a newly-enrolled student called Elfir must overcome the fact that she entered the Academy under special conditions by proving herself as a capable alchemist in the Contest the Academy holds once a year, while also looking for clues about the person who saved her life when she was about to die from the plague. In addition to traveling around Salburg, Elfir’s journeys in search of ingredients will take her to even more distant places, with even more items to find and more people to meet.

Digimon Adventure - PSP - 23 March 2018:

Digimon Adventure is a JRPG that follows the first season of the Digimon anime. A group of kids get caught up in a freak snowstorm, and are transported to the Digital World. There they meet some strange monsters named Digimon and try to find their way back to the real world.

G.O.D.: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe - SNES - 01 April 2018:

The year is 1999. A boy named Gen lives together with his mother in a small Japanese city. One day he goes to the nearby mountains and discovers an underground cave. In this cave, he encounters a strange bat-like creature guarding what appears to be a huge diamond. When Gen approaches the diamond, the floor crumbles, and all he can see is a group of aliens descending on the Earth… Gen is awakened by a man in a military uniform. He quickly gets up, and notices a calendar. The year is 2009! Ten years have passed, of which there is no recollection in Gen’s memory. The world has changed a lot during those years. Aliens have invaded the Earth, many cities are destroyed, and he finds himself amidst the members of an underground resistance movement. Now he has to travel all over the world, help the humans in their struggle, and discover the secret of the invasion.
The game is a console-style RPG with randomly encountered enemies whom you fight in turn-based combat viewed from “over-the-shoulder” perspective, similar to Phantasy Star IV. Gen and other party members develop special powers called “chakra”, which can be leveled up just like the characters themselves.

Last Bible III - SNES - 12 April 2018:

The Last Bible series of games began on the Game Boy as a spinoff of the Megami Tensei franchise. Instead of the usual near-future apocalypse setting, Last Bible’s setting is closer to light medieval fantasy. Combat is turn-based, and retains the Megaten standard of being able to persuade enemies to join your team, as well as fusing them together to create stronger beasts.

Super Robot Taisen A Portable - PSP - 19 June 2018:

The story is independent from other entries, so the game can be played regardless of whether you have played Original Generation for instance. You will however play as either Axel or Lamia, whose stories are more fleshed out here than in the GBA entries. As is the tradition in Super Robot Wars, the story branches on some occasions to invite you to multiple playthroughs.
The game features a special “evasion erosion” mechanism, and enemies with a lot of evasion. This has made fans consider this game as one of the harder entries in the Super Robot Wars series.
Other game features include (skippable) battle animations with voices, in-battle and in-dialog save options, multiple spirits casting in a single action, multiple pilots for some of the bigger mechs.
This is actually a PlayStation Portable remake of the Game Boy Advance game with the same title (without “Portable”). Some of the features mentioned above were not present on its GBA counterpart, and the graphics are obviously higher res’ and re-done.

Super Famicom Wars - SNES - 21 July 2018:

The immediate ancestor to the beloved turn-based tactics game Advance Wars, Super Famicom Wars is a turn-based military strategy game developed by Intelligent Systems, published by Nintendo and first released on May 1 1998. It can be regarded as the direct successor to the original Famicom Wars, vastly improving on the original game while retaining its core ideas. The game was made available exclusively via the Nintendo Power re-writable cartridge system, making it one of the hardest Super Famicom titles to obtain today.
During the months prior to its Nintendo Power release several teasedemo versions of Super Famicom Wars were released on the Satellaview broadcast service, each featuring one map from the full game. Super Famicom Wars have later been re-released on Wii and Wii U as part of the Virtual Console library, again exclusively in Japan.
While most fans will agree that the series made huge improvements with each consecutive game at least up until the first Advance Wars title, Super Famicom Wars does offer a few unique features and enough original flavor to make it stand out as a great game in its own right.

Aretha - SNES - 03 September 2018:

In a far away land, war was raging, as an evil ruler sent his troops to invade the castle of a mighty king. His minions stormed the castle and burnt it down. The king could not escape his fate, and the villain thought no one was spared by his wrath...
Present time. You are Ariel, a little girl who lives with her old wise grandmother in a small house near a mountain range, north to the forest. She just turned ten, and the grandmother sends her on a seemingly simple quest: to go through the forest to Nineveh, the nearby town, and to meet there a certain person. But what starts as a simple assignment soon develops into the quest for magic powers of Aretha, the ultimate battle against the evil, and the discovery of Ariel's own true identity.
The game is a console-style RPG, where Ariel and her party travel on the world map, through forests, mountain paths, and caves, occasionally visiting towns and fighting monsters in turn-based combat viewed from first-person perspective, using a variety of physical and special attacks.
Important Note: The 2nd game, Aretha 2 was also translated and released by the same group, you can find the patch in the same gourp's website.

Super Robot Wars Gaiden: The Elemental Lords - Masoukishin - SNES - 04 September 2018:

Super Robot Wars Gaiden follows the original story of Masaki Andoh, herald of the Elemental Lord Cybuster, both before and after events of the original Super Robot Wars canon (SRW 2, 3, EX, 4.) It is the first Super Robot War to only contain original characters and plots, the first (and one of the few) to have its robots represented in a realistic, non-SD style, the first to be isometric. It and its followups are the only SRWs to feature directional and height modifiers to damage and accuracy calculations. Due to its nature as an original story, and due to it taking place at the very beginning of Masaki’s timeline, it serves as an excellent entry point into the Super Robot Wars series.

Laplace no Ma - SNES - 06 September 2018:

Laplace’s Demon is a horror RPG with a Lovecraftian bent. Set in the fictional town of Newcam, Massachusetts in 1924, the player and several paranormal investigators look into some disturbing rumors surrounding a mansion on the outskirts of town.

Tenshi no Uta: Shiroki Tsubasa no Inori - SNES - 14 October 2018:

Song of the Angel was a game released in 1994 by Telnet Japan and had many of the developers who would eventually form the famous ‘Wolf Team’ that brought us Tales of Phantasia and Star Ocean! Many musical tracks were also done by the same composer too. Play the game, and the music and atmosphere will be very familiar to fans of the aforementioned games. Even though the game is rather obscure, its developers certainly are not!
The gameplay is the typical 1994 RPG battle engine, with a few additions. The most notable addition is the Parley system. This system allows you to parley with monsters using several languages in order to befriend or negotiate outcomes. Options include gaining gold, purchasing special items, gaining experience, raising friendship points, and more! There are day/night cycles that effect dialog as well as changing wares in certain shops. You will walk, teleport, sail on a boat, and fly on an ancient ark by the time your adventure concludes.
Tenshi No Uta is a love story at its core. A young man named Rayard meets a traveling circus performer and songstress named Callana. They fall in love early, but part ways due to Callana’s traveling lifestyle. After many days of misery, Rayard pulls himself together and sets out to tell Callana how he really feels. Thus, the real journey begins! This game has angels, demons, and even Satan himself! The story and writing are the stand-outs of this game. If you appreciate substance over style, you’ll enjoy this game for its charming core!

7th Dragon 2020-II - PSP - 22 October 2018:

7th Dragon 2020-II is a direct sequel to 7th Dragon 2020. Producer Rieko Kodama (Phantasy Star, Skies of Arcadia), composer Yuzo Kushiro (Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey) and character designer Shirow Miwa (Dogs, Kiznaiver) return, as does Hatsune Miku herself.
It is essentially a dungeon crawler in a world control by dragons, but of course it adds it's own twist to the formula. You get to create your own party members (gendeclass/ect...).

Shin Megami Tensei if... - SNES - 25 October 2018:

The third primary SNES Shin Megami Tensei title, if... is a bit of an odd duck. Gone are the sweeping stories of biblical conflict, gone are the branching stories based on your choices and alignment, though your alignment is still present. Instead, if tells the story of a disturbed teenager who makes a deal with a demon, and in doing so drags his school, his classmates, and his teachers into the Abyss, where they are subjected to various tortures modeled after the seven deadly sins. Instead of having path splits based on alignment, individual changes to your story are determined by which of four partners you recruit at the very beginning of the game, one of whom is only available on subsequent playthroughs. The more character-oriented plot and the high school setting almost makes this feel more like a Persona game (or a Devil Summoner game, if you discount the high school bits) than a mainstream SMT.
In fact, there are distinct parallels that can be drawn between if and the Persona games, especially the first one. The plots are somewhat similar, for one - the final dungeons in both games are essentially the creations of one of the main characters´ psyches. The female version of if...´s main character is canonically Tamaki Uchida, who shows up in Persona 1 as a student and in Persona 2 as a Devil Summoner employed by the Kuzunoha Detective Agency. And whenever the protagonist or partner characters die, they acquire a new "Guardian," a demon whose darkened image sits behind their portrait and that grants them spells and stat bonuses... sound familiar? Unlike personas however, Guardians cannot be freely swapped or fused; a character unfortunately needs to be killed in battle in order to receive a new Guardian.

Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis - SNES - 09 December 2018:

The 2nd game in the series, and it's like the first one, but just with more everything, and more focus on the story this time around, as for the story, will demons invade and you know the drill.
Of course just as the first game, this is a Fire Emblem like turn-based game, think Devil Survivor, but years before it, so its not far fetched to see this is the original Devil survivor game.

Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi - NDS - 09 December 2018:

The Original Ni Nu Kuni that came before the PS3 version, and while it ends earlier then where the PS3 version ends, it still has exclusive content to compensate, it has a unique turn-based battle system, a magic system that uses the styles and needs you to read through the magic book that was given with the game. The book was also translated of course.

.hack//LINK - PSP - 15 December 2018:

.hack//Link's story starts in a new version of “The World,” a popular series of MMORPGs known as The World: RX, and essntially it's a kind of a crossovefan-service action game rpg for all the different .hack games, you'll meet and join all the famouse and well known characters from the games in the series.

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Linkle Liver Story - Sega Saturn - 02 January 2019:

This is an action RPG, though it's light on the RPG part, the gampelay is similar to Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but with some really good looking and smooth animations.

Medarot R - PS1 - 23 May 2019:

Medarot R is an RPG starring the characters of the Medabots franchise.
The battles take place on a separate field and they are turn-based. Each Medabot has separate health bars for the legs, arms and the head. Defeating a medabot is done by destroying the head part and each body part can have its own attack that players can use until the part has been destroyed. Up to 3 Medabots can take part in combat and some attacks have a limited ammo.
While sharing the characters from the Anime series, the story is loosely based on it and the story of the second Game Boy game. The game starts with Ikki waking up on his birthday to find a Medabot in his room - a present from his parents. Without a medal though, the Medabot is useless. After witnessing a customer at the store trying to sell his Medabot to the storekeeper, Ikki is engaged in a battle with the customer and receives a medal from the Phantom Renegade so he could confront the pesky salesman.
Players will gain experience to level up their medals, as well as win new parts for their Medabots after winning battles. Players can also spend money on parts if they want to.
A unique feature of the game is the Weather Forecast which is given by a Medabot and which offers hints on what would happen during the day. (Description taken from the Moby Games page)

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776- SNES - 31 May 2019:

It's The last Fire Emblem game to be made by the series original creator Shouzou Kaga, if you haven't played a Shouzou Kaga Fire Emblem game then you are missing out on what made the series so good to begin with, number wise it's the 5th FE game. It takes place between chapter 5 and 8 of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, and it attempts to improve on it while changing and adding new feature that since have become a stable of the series, also fun fact, Genealogy of the Holy War is considered by most fans to be one of the best FE games ever made.
While it doesn't have the gigantic maps that FE: Genealogy of the Holy War had with it's multi-castle capturing objectives, they are still big by today's standards and they traded in the extra size for more intricate map designs. It's the First FE game to have the Rescue system, which one unit basically takes another unit and drags it with it, it's used to take out units that are in danger of dying out of combat, and to protect weaker units.
The First FE game to have the Capture system. First FE game to have Fog of War, increasing the difficulty even further because you never know what's ahead of you while moving, and can run into enemies at any time.
First FE game to have the Fatigue system. The First FE game to have Gaiden Chapters, which are Extra chapters that are unlocked by meeting specific requirements in the previous chapter, where the player can get a new item or characters, and learn more about the story. The First FE game to have Escape chapters, which are chapters where you have to run away while while fighting unlimited amounts of enemy reinforcements, also your units can be captured in these chapters, and if they were, they can still be rescued in the Gaiden Chapters. First FE game to have Weapon Ranks along with Genealogy of the Holy War , but it is the first game where you are be able to increase the ranks by gaining weapon experience.
Finally, this is a challenging game, if you are used to the current FE style, then don't go into this expecting the same hand holding you get in the current FE games, seriously this game is considered to be one of, if not, the hardest game in all of the FE series.

Majin Tensei - SNES - 09 August 2019:

The first ever spin-off for the SMT series, and the 2nd SMT game ever (after Shin Megami Tensei) to be developed by Atuls.
With a story that follows closely the Manga by the same name, it's actually a Strategy turn-based game, similar to the Devil Survivor series, but with gameplay closer to Fire Emblem.
The story has multiple Endings, and while it might not as heavy on story as others in the series, it makes it for it with gameplay. But either way, if you're a fan of the series, this isn't one you want to miss.

Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED - NDS - 13 October 2019:

The SRWOG Saga: Endless Frontier series, is a JRPG spinoff of the famous SRW series made for the DS, by Banpresto and co-developed Monolith Soft (Xenoblade/Xenosaga), but with a completely different combat system and universe.
To put it simply, if you ever played Namco X Capcom or Project x Zone, then you'll immediately be familiar with the concept of this game, to put it simply, it's a crossover game with characters from different games are teleported into the world of the Endless Frontier, a world that is already made out of a combination of multiple worlds connected via Gates. Of course this is a very bare idea of the games world, but it's enough for you to get the idea. Though the amount of game series that are in this crossover world are only 3 (excluding the Endless Frontier), SRW OG, Xenosaga, and Namco X Capcom.
The game's combat system is a mix of traditional turned based combat and a very well done Combo juggling System, probably the best version of this combat system right now, it's tweaked and balanced to maximize the fun value of the system, and just when you thought it couldn't get any better, BAM! comes SRWOG Saga: Endless Frontier Exceed to blow you away, sadly only the first one was offically released in English, but here comes Artema Translations to save the day, enjoy.

Hero Senki: Project Olympus - SNES - 24 December 2019:

Hero Senki is a crossover RPG. It is similar in style to Super Robot Wars but features tokusatsu characters such as Kamen Rider and Ultraman alongside Gundam characters. It is also the first appearance of Gilliam Jaeger, a dimension-hopping traveler who goes on to appear in several Super Robot War titles.

Mega Man Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation - GBA - 28 November 2019:

An outlier in the series, lacking the traditional story and battle system that players had come to expect. The game places you in the role of the operator; instead of controlling just MegaMan, you can choose from over 20 different NetNavis to play. In battle, you don’t control your Navi directly, but they move on their own, and you are restricted to sending them commands and BattleChips. The game featured a Real-Time Clock, and its slimmed-down single player campaign revolved around an Internet that changes in real-time, even while the game is shut off.

Sakura Wars - Sega Saturn - 18 December 2019:

Sakura Wars is a Tactical Mecha JRPG, but this one is more of a dating-sim/JRPG hybrid, while it does have mecha combat, the focus of the game is split between playing through a VN/dating-sim like gameplay where you make choices and decisions that will affect your relationships with the rest of the female cast of your party, while the other half of the game is a really satisfying ass kicking mecha action, and this game doesn't hold back because you can use killing moves galore, the whole combat is really flashy and a treat to watch.
The game also doesn't keep those two halves separate from each other, because both will affect the other, especially how the main character (you) behave during the VN/dating-sim part of the game, every choices you make, of which there will be a lot of, because this game is all about having you make choices and give a reactions to whatever happens to you or infront of you, and this is done by the series famous and classic system called LIPS, or Live & Interactive Picture System, and the choices you make will not only change the relations between you and the rest of the female cast, but will also change the relations they have between each other, and that will reflected on the battlefield.

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Earth Seeker - Wii - 06 January 2020:

Stranded on a foreign planet is the least of your concerns in Earth Seeker, that place is full of monsters. Stop time in the real time battles to combo them. There are no complicated sequence of inputs, this easy to master system will appeal to players who are unaccustomed to action games or turn based battles.
Besides stopping time, players can recruit allies into their team. The inhabitants of the planet Guardians each master their element. With a bit of alcohol in your possession, you can have them fight for you. Come explore this dangerous and colorful world.(Description taken from the dolphine wiki)

Brave Prove - PS1 - 01 February 2020:

Brave Prove is an action-RPG in a similar vein as the ThoOasis series where you gather Elementals in your quest and save the world. It also features a combo system that is somewhat unique and more reminiscent of a fighting game or beat ‘em up. Give it a try, you might be surprised at how good it is.

Tear Ring Saga Series: Berwick Saga - PS2 - 19 February 2020:

Berwick Saga is a game made under the auspices of Shōzō Kaga, the man who created Fire Emblem. He left Intelligent Systems quite unceremoniously at the turn of the century and went on to found his own development studio, Tirnanog. Tirnanog only developed two games before it was acquired by Enterbrain, and they are collectively called the TearRing Saga Series. Because the games were made by Kaga and are extremely similar to FE, they are usually included among FE fansites as honorary titles. (taken from this post)

Trails from Zero - PC - 15 March 2020:

Time wise, this story happens right after Trails in the Sky, and at the same time as the Erebonian arc from Trails of Cold Steel. For the most part the game uses the same combat system, with some new additions.

Metal Max 3 - NDS - 23 June 2020:

Metal Max 3 is a nonlinear post-apocalyptic role playing game for the Nintendo DS, where you can fight inside vehicles as well as on foot. The game was released in Japan only. Think Fallout but crazier.
Finally as always please drop a thank you to people who worked on these patch, here or on their websites, it takes years of hard work, doing hacking, programming, translating, editing, and testing to bring these patches to the JRPG community, and all of it is done for free, so if you're going to use it, or hell, even if you won't, a thank you wouldn't cost you anything.
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The Traditional Video Game Console Is Dead

For the new generation of gaming, it’s all about the platform
A key part of Google’s pitch for Stadia is that you can play it anywhere. Since it streams from the cloud, it’s accessible on phones, laptops, desktops, and TVs. The Everywhere Console.
But while the idea of playing your games on any device you want is compelling, it’s not actually unique to Stadia. For the new generation of consoles — the Microsoft Xbox Series X, Sony PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch — being available everywhere is the new normal.
This year, Microsoft added Stadia-style cloud gaming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription, allowing players to stream games to Android devices. That same subscription allows players to download many Xbox games to a PC where they can play, even if they never buy an Xbox.
For Apple and Microsoft, selling games is what matters. What device players play them on is up to them.
Under this system, a physical Xbox is no longer the gaming platform itself, it’s an optional appliance that happens to play video games in the living room. The platform is Microsoft’s game store and subscription. The Windows Xbox app functions as a Steam-esque game store and a library for Game Pass games, serving up the real platform to anyone with a computer. The Xbox app on Android serves a similar purpose, enabling game streaming.
This model bears little resemblance to older console generations, instead mirroring Apple’s approach to games. On Apple devices, the platform is the App Store. Through it, developers can sell games for the iPhone, iPad, and — if they optimize their apps to run on Apple’s newest ARM processors — even Macs.
For Apple and Microsoft, selling games is what matters. What device players play them on is up to them.
Nintendo has tackled this shift in a slightly different way. In years past, Nintendo operated entirely separate platforms for mobile and living room gaming. From the NES to the Wii, consoles were designed for playing on the TV, while portable hardware like the Gameboy and DS let players keep gaming when they left the house. But these platforms were incompatible with each other, running separate game libraries.
That is, until the Switch arrived. Since its launch in 2017, Nintendo has sold more than 65 million units of its convertible console. Since the Switch can be docked to work in the living room and still be portable enough to carry outside the house, it no longer made sense to maintain separate handheld consoles. So Nintendo discontinued the 3DS line earlier this year.
With a single device, Nintendo has achieved its own version of the Everywhere Console. However, the company’s approach comes with a couple shortcomings. The Switch isn’t very powerful, so Nintendo has started relying on cloud gaming — powered by the Taiwan-based Ubitus GameCloud service — to play more advanced AAA games like Control and Hitman 3, without having to scale back the game’s visuals. Unlike how Microsoft or Stadia sells games, these streaming games are sold as stand-alone titles through Nintendo’s eShop alongside traditional downloadable games. Performance permitting, the fact that they run on a streaming service might be invisible to the player.
Even Sony, which sold 113 million PS4s and owns some of the most valuable AAA properties — Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, for example — has had to start making its games accessible on more than one screen. PlayStation Now allows players to stream older PlayStation games, and the occasional high-profile current-gen exclusive, to their consoles or their PCs.
Being able to play PlayStation games on a PC should be a huge deal — much like Microsoft’s Game Pass, it removes the need to own a particular console in order to play games — but so far, it’s a bit of a letdown. Sony has actually been in the cloud gaming business for the better part of a decade after acquiring early developers of the technology, including both Gaikai and OnLive. But it’s done very little with it.
For example, Sony’s released early versions of its Remote Play feature — which allowed players to stream games from their own console, rather than a server — as far back as 2006. By 2014, Sony started using Gaikai’s technology to power the feature, enabling players to stream games to their phones — so long as they were Sony phones. The decision was only made to expand this feature to all iOS and Android phones in 2019.
Similarly, Sony’s PlayStation Now service has been underutilized. Until recently, the service only supported streaming up to a relatively paltry 720p. Now, it can stream up to 1080p, but it’s a change the company made with very little fanfare, only updating a help document to note the shift. Between the lower quality service and its hit-or-miss game library, Sony has had trouble attracting users, only netting around 2 million subscribers as of May 2020, compared to the 15 million subscribers Microsoft has acquired for its Game Pass subscription — before game streaming has even launched for the service.
Now, despite the head start, Sony is in a position where it might have to play catch-up. As the holiday season ramps up, neither the PS5 nor the Xbox Series X have more than a small handful of launch titles to drive console sales. However, with an extended platform, Microsoft could edge out an early lead.
Parents buying consoles this holiday season — when families are more strapped for cash than usual due to a pandemic-afflicted economy — may find a Game Pass subscription that kids can play on their phones or computer more appealing than a new Xbox. Even buying a game on Stadia — a service that, apart from individual game purchase, is technically free if you don’t need to play in 4K — might be more appealing than shelling out $500 for a console that can only play games in one room.
For Sony, which relies heavily on a single console and offers streaming only to PCs, this puts the company at a slight disadvantage. Sony certainly has the games to drive some console sales eventually, but until its biggest titles are released, the flexibility of a platform can be a bigger factor in driving consumer decisions this holiday season than usual.
Players are now free to pick which screen they play on and how they play. In that world, offering one device that plays games on one screen seems like a relic of the past.
Update: A previous version of this article misstated the timing of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass rollout on mobile. It is currently available on Android devices.
Article: https://debugger.medium.com/the-traditional-video-game-console-is-dead-4fd0e9d5f648
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[USA-NY][H]4 Laptops; Alienware m17x R1 (x2), AW m14x R1, HP Envy 17. ADATA SU800 2TB 2.5" SSD, Blue Modded PS Vita with SD2VITA, Various gaming items, collectibles, PC and Laptop Parts. [W]PayPal

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All prices negotiable AND slashed from the last sale thread- no extreme lowballs! Prices are SHIPPED within continental US (with some exceptions). In that case, PM me your zip. Orders under $15 will have a $3 shipping charge. Will do solid bundle deals! Local gets a discount appropriate for subtraction of shipping.
I do professional PC, laptop, and game repair part time. Know that the items you receive have been services with capable and caring hands. I put a lot of time into some of these items and care about the quality of my work.
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This list will be left up for quite a while, items will slowly make their way to eBay or other market places after a couple weeks.
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ADATA SU800 2TB 2.5” SSD $180 SSD was used briefly as a game drive, but I no longer have room for a 2.5” in my itty bitty SFF build. Barely used. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Flxj4RZvt4DMaPMRVai-8cgTSxmkg3aI?usp=sharing
LAPTOPS https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MiyjO-KBcEe_S3LhWo58rwDf8n6xchhU?usp=sharing
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Silver Alienware m17x R1 $400 Win 10 Home Activated, Intel Core2Duo P8600, 8gb (4gbx2) @1333mhz, 1920x1200@60hz RGBLED, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260m, 320gb HDD (Win 10 and drivers installed), Blu-Ray/DVDRW Drive. Great condition, recently cleaned inside and out with new thermal pads and paste. Thoroughly tested. Comes with both HDD caddies and screws. RGBLED is an amazing screen, plus Blu-Ray Drive makes this an amazing media PC. Ready for your CPU and GPU upgrades if you choose as well. Will be shipped with the Dell XPS Laptop Backpack below and a sealed, never worn, Alienware hat. Backpack will be free of charge. Highly recommend dropping an SSD in as at least a boot drive! Screen is near flawless and was purchased new as part of the upgrade process of this project. Left side USB 2.0 ports do not work, right side ports work AND I will include free the below USB 3.0 express card (faster than the stock USB ports) Power adapter and cord included.
Startech.Com 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard 54mm SuperSpeed USB 3.0 $30 ECUSB3S254F, works perfect!
Dell XPS Laptop Backpack $40 Huge bag capable of holding tons of books, a huge 17-18" laptop, chargers, and more!
Black Alienware m17x R1 $275 Win 10 Home (Not activated, but Windows 7 key on laptop is valid. You can do the upgrade through Win 7 free for activation and pop the HDD back in or drop an SSD in for a clean install. Grab the drivers and instructions I have on the desktop off first though). Intel Pentium T4400 Dual Core CPU @2.20 GHz, 4gb (2x2gb) DDR3 Ram @1066mhz, 1920x1200@59hz CCFL LCD Display, 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 GPU, 60gb HDD, DVD-RW Drive. Check pics for minor cosmetic damage at front left speaker, I didn’t realize until I was done refurbishing the laptop that the bottom panel was slightly bent. The top panel is new and still has the protecting seal on it. Screen is in great condition. Will be shipped with the Alienware Orion bag below for no additional cost. New thermal pads and paste applied. Power adapter and cord included.
Alienware Orion M17x Messenger Bag $30 ScanFast TSA Checkpoint Friendly 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop bag. One of the carrying handles is missing at the top, but doesn't effect usage as a messenger bag. Great condition otherwise.
Red Alienware m14x R1 $400 Win 10 Home Activated, Intel i7-2630QM, 8GB (2x4gb) DDR3 @1600mhz, 1366x768@60hz LCD Display, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 3GB Nvidia GeForce GT 555m, TC Sunbow 480 GB SATA3 SSD (literally only used to install the OS and get it running), DVD-RW slot load drive. This is an excellent PC overall for daily use! Super fast boot time, unlocked BIOS purchased and installed, played some Fall Guys to test :D. Subtract $50 if you do not want the 480GB SSD. Shiny Red skin is installed to protect case and cover blemishes. M14x was known for having a strange exterior material on the keyboard/wrist wrest area that became stick. Rather than spending a lot on new parts, I opted for a skin and did my best to apply. Skin is not perfect, but makes for a solid laptop overall. Given new thermal pads and paste which made the laptop nearly silent during most usage. WEBCAM DOES NOT FUNCTION. Has an English/Arabic keyboard. Power adapter and cord included, cables function fine BUT the plastic shielding is crumbling for some unknown reason.
HP Envy 17 with Beats Audio $250 without storage Win 10 Home Activated, i7-4700MQ, 16 GB DDR3 1600 mhz, 1920x1080@60hz, Intel HD Graphics 4600, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 740m, 128 GB Intel SSD, 2x 2TB Seagate 2.5” HDDs. Minor scratches to exterior, minor marks on screen (see pics). $60 per 2TB HDD, $20 for SSD Will include below DVD drive for free if purchasing drives, otherwise I’ll reinstall it before shipping. Very easy to remove and reinstall. Power adapter and cord included.
HP DVD-RW Burner Drive SU-208 $5 This is pulled from the HP Envy, I can reinstall it. The DVD drive was replaced with an SSD and storage drive caddy. DVD drive is fully working
PS VITA https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jAC24jk8hQ-Q2pEihDlpTExCLtTz6Pnp?usp=sharing
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Blue PS Vita 1000 with CFW $200 Latest custom firmware installed. Comes with 8gb PS Vita Memory Card, 16gb MicroSD with SD2Vita adapter in game cart slot. System is essentially new - the protecting plastic is still on the brand new OLED screen and rear touchpad. Original parts taken from a Japanese PS Vita with a broken screen. Does not have a charger, but will come fully charged (I only have one for my personal vita).
Need For Speed Most Wanted Game $10 Game only, no case. A really good Vita racing game!
Game Card Case $1 I’ll include this free with NFS or the Vita
GAMES AND ACCESSORIES https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11lX-63dZJKCmbBN-uBM5-nY4Z0hpCf6i?usp=sharing
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Corsair Scimitar PRO Wired Optical Gaming/MOBA/MMO Mouse with RGB Lighting - Yellow $45 Excellent condition mouse! So many buttons and colors! I use a wireless set up, so no more need for this trusty mouse. Excellent condition.
Lego Dimensions Fantastic Beasts Story Level Pack $15 New/Never Opened
PC Classic: Atomic Bomberman CD $1 Classic game CD, mid 90s game, basically a collectors item.
Dreamcast GameShark CDX with Required Memory Adapter $15 Dreamcast cheats and network enabler!
Dreamcast Web browser (Orange) $1 I’m sure this is very useful for someone?
Saturn Virtua Cop $5
Saturn Bootleg Sampler $3
PSX Chrono Cross Manual $3 Green label
Genesis Madden 94 Manual $1 1994 GOTY
Genesis Sonic 3 Manual $2
SONY
Item Cost Description
PS3 Eye Cameras $5 (2 Available) I used these to set up PSmoveservice and use the PSVR with my PC, which works surprisingly well! Moved on to a different VR set up.
PS2/PS3 Composite Cable $3
PS2/PS3 Component Cable $5
Replacement PS3 Controller Battery with charging cable $5 New in box/never used. Purchased a few months ago while refurbing a bunch of controllers.
PS Gold Headset Faceplates $1 Minor wear, maybe paint these and customize your headset?
PS4 That’s You! $2 New/Sealed
PS3 Sports Champions $1 In case, good condition
PS3 Vanquish $3 Generic Gamestop Case
NINTENDO
Item Cost Description
Donkey Konga Bongos $15 Will require $5 shipping charge.
Wii System Stand $1 has slots for 2 game cases, sd cards, and console
Wii U Pro Controller Charger $1 Plugs into the mini usb port, only 1 attachment included, works great.
Nintendo DS/3DS Pink Card Case $1 Holds games fine, but ‘pages’ aren’t hinged in well.
Nintendo DS/3DS Blue Card Case $1 Holds games fine, but ‘pages’ aren’t hinged in well.
3DS Skylanders Swap Force $1 Game works great!
3DS BIT.TRIP SAGA $8 awesome game!
DS Flower Sun and Rain $50 Game only, RARE!
DS Lego Indiana Jones $1 Game only!
Wii Fantasy Aquarium World $1 Game only!
XBOX FAMILY
Item Cost Description
Xbox One IR Receiver Extension $1 Plugs in to a jack in the back of the Xbox One, useful for if your TV remote or kinect can’t send IR to your xbox due to obstructions.
Xbox 360 Basic Chat Headset $1 2.5mm jack headset
Xbox 360 Audio Adapter $1 channels W audio cables into a 3.5mm audio jack
Xbox 360 Dead Space 3 $2 Both disks, works on Xbox One and Series S/X as well.
Xbox 360 Chromehounds $2 ROBOTS!
Xbox 360 Hail to the Chimp $2 a lot of the people who made Halo Combat Evolved worked on this abomination
Xbox Halo Combat Evolved (with case) $4 The game the guys who made Hail to the Chimp made before their magnum opus
Xbox Halo Combat Evolved (no case) $2 John kills aliens and falls in love with a purple hologram
Xbox Phantom Dust (no case) $5 For the love of god please play this game. Its free on the Windows store and Xbox One. After you enjoy that, you’ll probably buy this because
Xbox Headset Adapter $1 Great for smack talking 16 year olds (who are now in their 30s) after losing by 30 in team slayer.
2 Day Xbox Live Gold $XX I don’t even know if this works so if you order other stuff just ask.
Gears of War Anya Code $XX Play as a girl in the game about mutated steroid bois
EMPTY GAME CASES
Item Cost Description
Switch Cases $2 (each) Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 1-4
PS4 Case $1 Sniper Elite III
PC Cases $1 Anthem, Star Wards Jedi Fallen Order, Titanfall 2, Battlefield 4
The Evil Within Limited Edition (PC) $2 Cool case for scary time
Desktop PC Parts https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DjhmpC_vhDSM8QGzpGbTMrSxViNVOka4?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
AMD Wraith Stealth CPU Cooler $10 Brand new, never used, still has original unused thermal paste on it. Never removed from box, was purchased with an R5 3600.
USB 3.1 Gen 2 PCIe Card (2x USB-C Ports) $30 The item page on amazon is gone, but it is basically this: https://www.amazon.com/FebSmart-10-9-x10-10-x-10-15-x-Build-Self-Powered-FS-C2-Pro/dp/B089YN57TD/ Essentially never used. Was in my PC and had a USB-C to it to transfer photos from my phone 1 time in 6 months. Sold my PC and still have this in original box.
Memory Stick Adapters $1 3x MicroSDHC to SDHC, 1x Pro Duo to Memory Stick. Just request these if you need these with your order
Laptop PC Parts https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmCTpfqi-nhPKPTgPWI9eM4Y1qM6XvSA?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
Micron 2GB PC4-19200 DDR4-2400MHz non-ECC Unbuffered CL17 260-Pin SoDimm 1.2V Single Rank Memory Module $5 MTA4ATF25664HZ-2G3B1 Working pull from... something I worked on within the last 6 months. An HP?
Samsung 2GB 1333Mhz PC3-10600S DDR3-1333 $5 M471B5773DH0-CH9, 204-Pin SODIMM Laptop Memory Ram, Working pull from some laptop I worked on :P
DVD/CD Drive to Hard Drive Caddy $5 Remove your CD/DVD drive and replace it with another hard drive!
Dell IR Remote $1 Stores in express card slot. I don't really know what this is for, I assume Windows Media Center but I never used it.
Wireless MPCIe WiFi Card 590020-001 $1 Old wifi card that was upgraded for a previous maintenance job. Just request with your order for free or buy it for some reason.
Broadcom BCM94312HMG MPCIe WiFi Card $1 Old wifi card that was upgraded for a previous maintenance job. Just request with your order for free or buy it for some reason.
Dell MPCIe WiFi Card E2K112BNH $1 Old wifi card that was upgraded for a previous maintenance job. Just request with your order for free or buy it for some reason.
Anatel MPCIe Bluetooth Card $1 Old bluetooth card that was upgraded for a previous maintenance job. Just request with your order for free or buy it for some reason.
Dell 300Mbps Wireless ABGN Half MINI PCI-E WIFI Network Card $2 42018217-00, Working pull from a Dell/Alienware
Alienware Laptop Parts https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o4fUVqO0g4T1GqaXxN2hj0SSKYuKKvKx?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
Dell TS-T633 DVD Writer Optical Drive 2KDGC $10
Alienware M17 Optical Drive Connector and Ribbon Cable $4 (ODD Cable and tray) - W850DI
Alienware M17x R2 CPU Heatsink $6 (2 Available) THA01 RVXVK
Alienware M17x Left Side GPU Heatsink $20 No retention clips on screws, all screws included.
Alienware M17x Right Side GPU Heatsink $20 (2 Available) Perfect condition.
Alienware M17x LEFT-side Graphics Cooling Fan $5 F603N
Alienware M17x RIGHT-side Graphics Cooling Fan $8 F605N
Alienware m17x R2 Palmrest Sub Assembly (Magnesium Plate) $11 3MJ0K
Alienware M17x Internal L & R Speaker Set $4 G242N, these come with the bottom base assembly or purchased separately
Alienware m17x HDD0 Caddy $10 Screws included for caddy, standard 2.5” SSD/HDD screws not included.
Alienware m17x HDD1 Caddy and Interposer $20 Y248M (Caddy) TRDD2 (Interposer), Will come with generic screws
Alienware M17x Daughterboard $10 Audio Ports / USB / ExpressCard Slot IO Circuit Board - F421N, works with m17x R1 or R2
Alienware M17x Center Control Power Button Cover Hinge Cover $5 W779M - It is the power button, caps/num indicator, etc.
Alienware M17x Palmrest Touchpad Mouse Buttons Assembly $15 Very good condition Y243M
Alienware M17x CPU Cooling Fan $5 U012M - Loud fan
CMOS RTC Battery: Alienware M17X $5 Working, 3 available.
Alienware M17x Laptop Bottom Base Cover Assembly $15 RED - J181N, with speakers and IR board
nVidia GTX 240m 1GB MXM 3.0a $15 Working pull from an m15x
Clevo AMD MXM GPU Bracket $30 Make sure you have the right GPU screws and heatsink, might be able to use it for the 8970m in a m17x r2 upgrade.
Alienware m17x/m15x DVD/CD Drive to Hard Drive Caddy $6 Remove your CD/DVD drive and replace it with another hard drive! Allows for up to 3 total 2.5" drives in the m17x or 2 in the m15x.
AS IS Parts https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kGkMuJT9i72QYc6zFFYgIfgIpIUBtsUY?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
Alienware M15x 15.6" FHD LCD Screen $10 SCRATCHES ON EXTERIOR - SEE PICS - FUNCTIONS FINE!, LP156WF1 H162K PV5HJ Bezel
Alienware M17x 17" 1920x1200 CCFL LCD Screen $10 SCRATCHES ON EXTERIOR - CRACKED LCD (shows image on ⅓ of screen) - Backlight works. Webcam and wifi cables included, LP156WF1 H162K PV5HJ Bezel
Alienware m17x RED LCD Back Cover Lid Panel $5 J227N Paint has been rubbed off from edges over the years - would be excellent for a DIY project to be repainted. No deep scratches.
Alienware M17x Palmrest Touchpad Mouse Buttons Assembly $1 Y243M - Motherboard connector missing plastic holder, can be taped to fit. Left mouse button doesn’t move, but works. Front panel by speakers needs glue.
Intel Core2Quad QX9300 CPU $30 Processor pulled from an m17x R1. It was working when pulled, but in a different motherboard did not work. Can not guarantee function - AS IS.
m14x English/US Keyboard $5 Missing 2 keys, WASD not working. Can definitely be used to replace keys on your own keyboard. Ebay sellers are selling individual keys for over $5 each!
Alienware m17x BLACK LCD Back Cover Lid Panel $5 J226N, may need some super glue on the assembly where it meets the grey back plate, easy fix and honestly I could do it but would not want to state it to be in better condition than it is. Has various scratches as well. See pics.
Alienware M17x / M17xR2 Bottom Access Panel Door $5 C395N, has gashes on panel, see pics.
MISC ELECTRONICS https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18PEr7CUWSaL5xPqzDLrEEUnb0upv6rwJ?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
TaoTronics PC Sound Bar Wired Computer Speaker $15 Model: TT-SK018 https://www.taotronics.com/products/tt-sk018-sound-bar
Memory Stick Adapters $1 3x MicroSDHC to SDHC, 1x Pro Duo to Memory Stick. Request these free with your order.
Verizon MI424WR Rev. I FIOS Modem $5 I have my own router, so I didn't need this.
Verizon MI424-WR Rev. F FIOS Modem $5 I have my own router, so I didn't need this.
FreedomPOP Wireless Modem $1 2 Available - I don’t know much about these, I used them with a free freedom pop sim for wireless internet for a short time. Check pictures.
Star Wars Sphero Forceband $5 Used to control the rolling BB-8 thing by Sphero. https://www.amazon.com/Sphero-AFB01USA-Star-Wars-Force/dp/B01KX211JI
MEMORABILIA AND COLLECTIBLES https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t-1Pthyn973RVEeCEPVQdXHkEItPhWsV?usp=sharing
Item Cost Description
Pokemon Badges $5 Rather than engaging in illegal animal fights at planet fitness, earn your badges by buying the full set
Digimon Cards $XX See pics for available cards. Angewoman is there so SIDE EYE EMOJI
StarCraft 2 Pylon USB Charger $25 Legacy of the Void - Rare!
Bumblebee Movie mini fig $1 Lil fella was given to me when I went to see Bumblebee. In the wrapper still. I’ll throw him in your order if you reaaaaaly want it.
Verizon MI424-WR Rev. F FIOS Modem $5 I have my own router, so I didn't need this.
Avatar The Last Airbender Pin $1 he looks mad.
4001AD Comic $1 I own this comic and I’ve never heard of it
Mast Effect Omni Blade Cosplay Toy $5 Shepherd. (this toy is better than ME:Andromeda)
Finding Dory Toys $1 You’re probably buying some stuff for yourself from me, so I’ll throw these in for your loved ones. However, might have an upgraded shipping cost (max $5).
CW Arrow Figures $40 Green Arrow Season 2 design, The Flash and Reverse Flash Season 1 design, multiple accessories. Man those shows were pretty good until they were very bad.
DVD Movies https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G9Xa-1m-sNlBNWeiImMwfdHmzAAOiRRK?usp=sharing These are $1 each or free with other purchases. I really don't feel like typing them all out at the time of this post, maybe I'll get motivated later :) Check the pictures!
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Some context on the sales of The Last of Us 2 in Japan from a Japanese user.

As The Last of Us 2 is quite likely to surpass the sales of the PlayStation 3 version before it falls off the charts in Japan, I'd like to provide some context as to why that's not very impressive in these days in Japan compared to what the first one did. I anticipate that the type of people who write on about gaming ("journalist" is a euphemism for most of them) and like to make up false narratives about people who dislike the game, or just desperate Last of Us 2 fans who want to get a one up on people who dislike it, will quote this fact as if it shows that the wider world likes the game and we're all just a vocal minority who should shut up.
But I'm not going to, because when looked at in context, The Last of Us 2 has shown a large failure to grow at all from its original's sales in Japan, but there's a lot more to it than that, so let me explain.
For those that don't want the longer explanation, the TL;DR is at the last paragraph.
First of all, let's make clear where I'm getting my information. I'm using Famitsu/Enterbrain's data. They've been publishing sales data for console games since 1996 in their magazine Weekly Famitsu and also on their website since the early 2000s. They also publish a white paper with hundreds of pages of industry information every year, including things like archival data and analysis. I own several of these, as I have a large interest in tracking RPG sales data.
Back when The Last of Us released on the Playstation 3 in 2014 sold roughly 226,000 copies (or 226,268, though due to margin of error I think it's easier just to round it). Right now The Last of Us 2 is sitting at 213,968 copies, with 9,279 copies sold in the June 29 to July 5th reporting week. Its first week sales were 178,696 and the week before that it sold 25,993 copies. This is not too out of the ordinary for a typical hit game in Japan, both in terms of drop off and numbers, though the sheer amount of used copies flooding the market right now is. A game is usually considered a minor hit 100,000, a big hit at 250,000, a megahit at 500,000 and a huge hit success at one million. (This was actually landmarks Famitsu themselves created back in the late 90s, based on average of how well all games did, but it still sticks in the consciousness of Japanese gamers today.) Obviously for certain very niche game, lower numbers can also mean success, but that's the general measuring stick.
Now while it might seem like The Last of Us 2 is on track outsell its predecessor, the truth of the matter is a lot more complex.
Back in 2013, when The Last of Us released, very few Western games hit the Japanese charts period. And very few of them ever sold enough to rank in the top 100 for the year. You have some outliers, like the original Crash Bandicoot or the Ratchet and Clank series on the PS2, Grand Theft Auto, Rare's game like Donkey Kong Country and Banjo Kazooie (not games like Goldeneye), but these are few and far between.
And the reason for this is not racism or xenophobia (and it never was). It's competition. The Japanese gaming industry produces a ton of product directly aimed at Japanese consumers' interests, so a foreign product that is not as aware of our likes and dislikes, trends and so on is not as likely to hit as big and when there are so many Japanese games, they tended to get crushed beneath them all. One emblematic example is FIFA vs. Winning Eleven (or Pro Evolution Soccer). It used to be that Konami's sold a million or above every year and FIFA barely sold enough to chart in the first place. Now FIFA regularly outsells Winning Eleven and regularly gets in the 100,000 to 250,000 hit status every year.
In 2013, only four Western games appeared in the top 100, of which The Last of Us was the third best seller after Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D on the 3DS and Grand Theft Auto V. (The last one was that year's Call of Duty's dubbed version. They used to sell separate subbed and dubbed versions of Call of Duty games in Japan.) This was a rising trend in Japan at the time because the PS3 was the second most successful platform after the 3DS that year and most Japanese developers either developed games for the Vita or 3DS, which left a market hole for Western developers to fill out the lineup for the PS3 and as time went on, its successor the PS4.
But at the time, believe it or not the PSP was still selling games in Japan regularly, the Vita was and has done better in Japan than any other market and the 3DS was the absolute market dominating force. The Wii U released that year and while it didn't set the world on fire, it was even more competition. The Xbox 360, while not very successful compared to the rest was the best Microsoft had ever done in Japan. Also, due to the influx of people being exposed to first and third person shooters due to lack of competition, what was then called "server games," which was the slang for third person multiplayer shooters at the time, were beginning to really catch on with hardcore Japanese gamers and lead to them purchasing more Western games. (Obviously, mobile games were at this time still insanely popular as they are today, but they're largely irrelevant to this conversation, so we're going to ignore them.)
Fast forward to 2020. There are only two successful console platforms, the Switch and the PS4. The Xbox is a complete joke over here, not even worth mentioning. The 3DS and the Vita are dead. While the Switch is mopping the floor its competition, the PS4 does have its moments and is looking like it's going to at least match the PS3's success. (The PS3 eventually sold 10 million units in Japan and had a long lifespan with many third parties selling very well, even if it wasn't as big a success as the PS2. The PS4 right now is at 9,188,000 units sold.)
There is not anywhere close to the hardware competition there used to be and seven more years of trends have completely changed the software market. Not only do Western packaged games sell better, but Western indies sell very well too. (Some indies that might be lesser known in the West such as Human Fall Flat for instance are a huge success in Japan in the digital marketplace.)
The year isn't over yet and there are 13 Western games in the top 100, and this is ignoring successful digital-only indies like Celeste and Dead Cells. Last year 11 games made it onto the list (not counting different Switch and PS4 versions of the same game). Games like Days Gone, Spiderman, God of War, Division 2, Call of Duty sells in the hundreds of thousands regularly. Games like Fallout and Witcher and Borderlands, which would barely sell enough copies to register on the charts previously because of the competition from Japanese RPGs regularly put up similar numbers to games like Xenoblade and Etrian Odyssey, which means that while they're not still as popular as popular domestic RPGs, they gain a very similar niche audience.
Among this change, The Last of Us stands out. Sony often offers Best versions of their games at reduced prices and if the game was a hit these usually have long sales tails. This is done to combat the incredibly vibrant used games market in Japan. (To put it simply, there are more places to buy used games than there typically is for new games and the whole market total sales tends to mirror the new game market these days.) Japanese consumers are sensitive to price, especially most games can cost a lot higher at the base price than Western users are used to. A Best version of a game will often tell you how popular it is in general, because obviously uses sales do not get configured into sales data. (Nintendo and the Switch are a different market and work based on a different model they've cultivated since the DS of promoting and selling games over a longer period of time, but Sony's market operates pretty much the same as its been since the PlayStation days.) Even the best games that don't have unlikable sociopathic gorillas as playable characters succumb to the used market after a couple of weeks.
So when Sony offered a Best version of The Last of Us on PlayStation 3 in 2015, not only did it not even chart, it never sold much over long period of time, even though Japanese developers making PS3 versions of their games kept that platform alive well after it died in other markets. Western games, even critically acclaimed ones had a harder time of it back then.
The Last of Us Remastered in 2018 sold about 20,000 copies. The Best version of Remastered however that is equal to or lower than the price you can usually get it for used (at around 2,000 yen) released later? That sold 3,735 copies last week alone, with a total of 104,000 copies. This time, Abby couldn't kill the daddy.
Meanwhile you'll see stacks of Last of Us 2 in stores for cheaper. There was even a meme last week as someone found it in what's called the "wagon" or a huge dump bin of hugely reduced games you can usually buy for a coin, anywhere from 100 to 500 yen. (This is called "into the wagon" in Japanese slang and time from first sales day to the dreaded wagon is a meme Japanese users usually use to share how badly a game is doing.) One would have expected the Last of Us 2 to be able to hit close to the 500,000 mark like in around a month like the new God of War did. Way back when on the PS2 those game were something of an outlier at around 100,000 to 150,000 copies each, but the growth in Western games sales speaks to how much more successful the reboot was. The Last of Us 2 is barely even able to keep up with Days Gone (which is about at the same amount) and had no previous game to build upon. Horizon Zero Dawn is having a similar success with a budget version three years after its release as it continues to sell and sell by keeping up with the market price. But that's three years. It's been a month in Japan and you can barely get people to buy the game at 500 yen. Many Japanese retail blogs have mentioned that they still haven't sold out of their initial shipment of the game, which has prompted speculation that there's been no additional shipments since the first and what we see on the sales charts are just that initial shipment selling through. Meanwhile, the same retail blogs mention how unexpectedly well Sekai Asobi Taizen 51 (or Clubhouse Games) is selling. In other words, a collection of games most of which you can play for free on some place like Yahoo Games is outdoing The Last of Us 2 at retail, despite a much healthier market for Western games these days.
TL;DR After all this time, the original has grown to the point where it sells enough this year alone to be seen as a minor hit in the Japanese market, let alone its original release, whereas the sequel despite selling about as much as the original when it first released is being swallowed by the used market and did not show anywhere close to the growth other Western games have over the time period seven years earlier. Western games now do very well competitively compared to the domestic games and there's no reason Last of Us 2 should be under performing compared to expectations as much it has in Japan.
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Digital vs. Physical. Which will become obsolete first?

First, I just want to get this out of the way and say I know there are other worthy discussions around the physical vs. digital games debate, such as being able to sell, trade, lend physical games, and the convenience factor of digital games. I want to talk specifically about what the future holds for our digital and/or physical game library.
People often bring up the possibility that Nintendo could shutdown the eShop, which is a fair point since this happened recently to the Wii Shop Channel. However, Nintendo gave ample notice of this shutdown, and so far it's only really amounted to shutting down the ability to purchase games. It's been two years since the shutdown and you can currently still re-download games you previously purchased. Whenever that service ends, you'll still be able to play your downloaded games so long as the Wii itself works. And if all else fails, you still have unofficial options like CFW. I also think it's important to point out that the Wii Shop Channel was around before the iPhone (and subsequently the App Store) were even announced. It was in the very early days of digital distribution, so I think it's understandable that Nintendo did not design it with the intention of keeping that specific service around forever. However, at this point it wouldn't make much sense for Nintendo to again shutdown the eShop and create an entirely new storefront. I think it's more likely that the eShop will be able to live on to serve future generations of consoles, similar to how Xbox and PlayStation have carried over their digital storefronts across generations.
Speaking of Xbox and PlayStation, if you've been following the news around their next generation consoles, both Microsoft and Sony have announced their entry level variants of their new consoles which will be digital only, removing the disc drive as a cost saving measure. However, it's not just saving the cost of the drive itself, when people purchase these digital only consoles they will be committing to purchasing all of their games on those platforms digitally. This will mean more profit directly to Sony and Microsoft, since digital sales do not have built-in costs for materials, shipping, and markup for retailers, in addition to losing sales to the used game market. It's probably fair to assume the parts for the cartridge reader itself do not cost as much for Nintendo as a 4K Blu-ray disc drive, but as a business you have to imagine the prospect of a digital only console is looking very attractive to Nintendo in terms of profitability, especially considering their history/reputation.
If it wasn't already clear, the PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4 games, and the Xbox Series X/S is backwards compatible with Xbox One as well as a selection of games going all the way back to the original Xbox. However, the variants of these consoles that lack the disc drive will be unable to verify that you own a physical game, meaning you will only be able to play the games you purchased digitally.
I think at the end of the day you can feel safe in knowing you will always be able to play your physical or digital Switch games on the Switch itself indefinitely (so long as your hardware and software remain intact and in your possession). When deciding to purchase a Switch game digitally or physically now, from a longevity standpoint should we be more concerned about the possibility that Nintendo could release a future console that is backwards compatible with Switch games while lacking the cartridge reader required to play physical Switch games?
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June 2020 Noteworthy Releases on Switch

I occasionally see people respond to my weekly Upcoming Releases posts with comments like “it's just a buncha' shovelware”, and I don't think people realize the potential in some of the games they're dismissing. And especially after this week saw a ton of high-profile games release, I think there's likely to be a fair number of Switch players asking themselves, “so now what?”
So, I'm trying out something a bit new – Before we jump into the next month, I'm going through the list of upcoming games for that month that we know about, and highlighting the ones that have a strong chance of being worth paying attention to, as well as a brief snippet about the game explaining why it's worth watching.
I will specifically only be highlighting games that have a reasonably strong pedigree, or that are otherwise particularly noteworthy in some way beyond “this looks good, it could be interesting...”. This means that I'll likely be mentioning a lot of ports, as it's easier to know a game will likely be good if it was already good on another platform (I'm including games that scored 75 or higher on Metacritic on other platforms, 80% positive or higher on Steam, and/or 4 or higher rating on Google Play store). I'll also mention games whose developer has a decent track record for producing quality.
Oh, and before getting into the games, I should note that this is just the list we have available right now – there are likely to be new games announced after this list comes out, as well as games on this list that get delayed. Also, I should note that this is not a list of the only games worth getting on the Switch this month – just the ones that I feel can be backed up with more than just “feels” given what we know now. And of course, since these games aren't released yet, I obviously can't know they're good, they just look promising.
Anyway, onto the list!
6/1 – Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 79 (with 11 reviews) - Originally released on the PC in 2018, but it didn't get very much attention outside of Spain (the country of the game's developer). That said, what attention it did get, both from local critics as well as players, seems to have been universally positive (the game currently has a 92% positive score on Steam). The premise seems to be that you're a part of a hacker club that has managed to break into various security cameras and is using them to investigate the situations you're peeping in on and uncover secrets, searching for additional info using an in-game browser. Reviewers praised the PC version for its original gameplay style and sense of humor. If you want to give this one a try, there's a demo on the eShop right now.
6/2 – Liberated (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 58 (with 28 reviews) - Developer Atomic Wolf only has one prior credit I can find, the game Mad Age & This Guy, which hasn't gotten enough reviews to get a score on Metacritic, but the game has an 80% rating on Steam. Their new game, Liberated, has garnered a number of accolades at various trade shows, and promises to deliver a slick graphic novel-inspired art style, a creepy dystopian setting, and a meshing of multiple gameplay elements to create something unique. This game will be a timed exclusive on Nintendo Switch.
6/4 - The TakeOver (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 73 (with 12 reviews) - This is a game I missed in my original predictions, but list here for those looking at this article after the fact. The TakeOver is a Streets of Rage-style brawler that reviews are saying actually manages to stand tall next to the likes of the recently-released Streets of Rage 4, which is no small feat. Note: After some initially high reviews, this game's score dropped down somewhat. Still leaving it here just in case.
6/5 – Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 82 (with 59 reviews) - Clearly catering to the more casual crowd, but casual doesn't necessarily mean “bad”. This game is a sequel to Nintendo's DS Clubhouse Games title, and that game earned a score of 83 on Metacritic. This game combines a variety of classic board, card, and puzzle games with a few games that look eerily similar to games from the Wii Play line of games, and it touts some good multiplayer options, as well as some unique gameplay features for those playing the game in portable mode.
6/5 - Outbuddies DX (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 72 (with 6 reviews) - This is a game I missed in my original predictions, but list here for those looking at this article after the fact. Outbuddies is clearly inspired by the Metroid series, and critics seem to be saying that this is the best version of the game, so Metroidvania fans should probably give it a look. Note: After some initially high reviews, this game's score dropped down somewhat. Still leaving it here just in case.
6/5 – The Outer Worlds (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 67 (with 43 reviews) - I don't think I even need to sell this one to you guys. An open-world game in the style of the modern Fallout games, made by the folks at Obsidian Entertainment, the makers of Fallout New Vegas. The game came out on other platforms last year to rave reviews and even got a few Game of the Year nominations, and there's little reason to think it won't be a must-have game on Switch as well, as long as the quality of the port is decent.
6/9 – Jump King (Trailer) (No Metacritic score as of 7/1/20) - This challenging Platformer released a year ago on PC and currently has a 91% positive rating on Steam. It's apparently a game that has been popular with streamers, no doubt due to its extremely high difficulty causing plentiful amusing moments of rage – the game can technically be beaten in under 5 minutes, but most people struggle to make progress as they strive to judge their jumps and work their way upwards without missing the mark and falling farther down. This is definitely a niche game, but if you're a fan of Platformers looking to test your mettle, this game looks to be something you'll want to check out.
6/11 – Project Warlock (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 75 (with 6 reviews) - Originally released for PC in 2018, this game got a respectable score of 78 on Metacritic. This game is an old-school First-Person Shooter done in the style of the original Doom, with some RPG-like mechanics worked into it.
6/11 - Ancestors Legacy (Trailer) (No Metacritic score as of 7/1/20) - Originally released on other platforms in 2019, Ancestors Legacy got decent scores on Metacritic ranging from 72-77, however, I feel this game is worth note because it is a rare example of a Real-Time Strategy on the Switch that isn't a Tower Defense game, and right now that's a genre that the Switch desperately needs more of, so a decent port of a recent entry in the genre definitely seems noteworthy to me (even if the Switch version is unfortunately ditching the game's multiplayer).
6/12 – Pew Paw (Gameplay Footage) (No Metacritic score as of 7/1/20) - This game released roughly a year ago on mobile devices, and while it hasn't garnered much attention, what little it has received has been very positive, with a review score currently sitting at 4.3 on Google Play store. Judging by the gameplay, this looks like it'll be a decent 2-stick shooter Roguelike, with the ability to gradually upgrade your weapon as you find new parts. If you're unsure whether this is for you, you can always try out the mobile version of the game now.
6/12 – Super Toy Cars 2 (Trailer) (No Metacritic score as of 7/1/20) - I know, the super-generic-sounding title doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but the Xbox One version of this game released in early May of this year currently has a decent 75 on Metacritic, and if the screenshots on Nintendo's page are to be believed, this could actually be a decent-looking arcadey racer on the Switch.
6/16 - Darius Cozmic Collection: Arcade (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 78 (with 10 reviews) - This is a game I missed in my original predictions, but list here for those looking at this article after the fact. This title is of course a compilation of multiple games in the classic Darius series of Shmups.
6/16 - Summer in Mara (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 60 (with 22 reviews) - This game's demo on Steam currently has a rating of 87%, and Summer in Mara has gotten a lot of attention for combining Stardew Valley-esque "farming adventure" gameplay with an art style inspired by Studio Ghibli films. This game is a timed console exclusive for the Switch.
6/17 - Pokemon Sword/Shield Expansion: The Isle of Armor (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 70 (with 33 reviews) - Okay, I wasn't originally going to be including expansions here, but since people keep bringing it up, here ya' go. Do you have Pokemon Sword/Shield? Because if you do, you'll want to get this - it'll be adding a huge new area, new Pokemon, and new stuff to do. Nintendo is releasing this and one additional expansion later in the year in lieu of making a third entry in this generation, so there's likely to be a significant amount of content here.
6/18 - Ruiner (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 81 (with 6 reviews) - This is a game I missed in my original predictions, but list here for those looking at this article after the fact. I didn't originally list this because the reviews of the game for other platforms were a bit mixed, but apparently critics are saying this game is a great fit for the Switch, with the compliments largely going to its stylish dystopian setting and fun top-down shooter action.
6/19 – Railway Empire: Nintendo Switch Edition (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 75 (with 11 reviews) - This tycoon-style sim came out on other platforms in 2018, getting Metacritic scores in the range of 74-79, and while the Switch has a few games in this genre, it's definitely a genre that could stand to be bolstered with more games, and the Switch version comes with multiple expansions packed-in.
6/19 – Burnout Paradise Remastered (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 78 (with 25 reviews) - Okay, I'll get the obvious complaint out of the way right now: yes, this game is absurdly overpriced for a two year-old port of a twelve year-old game. There's no defending the absurd $50 price tag. However, this game still deserves a mention because it's a fantastic game. So do what I usually do – wait for a good sale. Although in this case, maybe wait for a very good sale...
ANNOUNCED ON 6/9: 6/23 - -Klaus- (Trailer) (No Metacritic Score as of 7/1/20) - Originally released on the PS4 all the way back in 2016, Klaus got a Metacritic score of 76, with critics praising its thoughtful platformer gameplay.
6/23 – SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 67 (with 14 reviews) - This game is a remake of the 2003 game that is still to this day considered by fans to be the best SpongeBob videogame, with this version modernizing the graphics, adding in content cut from the original game, as well as a new multiplayer mode.
ANNOUNCED ON 6/16: 6/23 - Star Wars Episode I Racer Metacritic Score: 68 (with 8 reviews) - After being delayed a few times, publisher Aspyr has given us a release date for this highly-anticipated release of a beloved classic. For those who missed out on this game the first time, Star Wars Episode I Racer is generally considered to be one of the best things to come out of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and suffice it to say many are eagerly awaiting the game's Switch release.
6/24 - Ninjala (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 75 (with 9 reviews) - Many already got a chance to play this Nintendo-exclusive Free-to-Play “kinda' like Splatoon, but not” multiplayer action-fest, though many more were frustrated by overburdened servers. With any luck, they'll have those issues worked out in time for the game's delayed release, because by all accounts those that were able to play the game seemed to agree it was a pretty fun experience. Since this game is coming from GungHo, folks who have a lot of experience with online games like the Ragnarok Online series, hopefully they should be able to get things under control in time for launch.
ANNOUNCED ON 6/4: 6/24 - Tower of Time (Trailer) (No Metacritic Score as of 7/1/20) - This RPG, released on the PC in 2018, slipped by many critics, but those who played it were generally pretty positive about it, with the game getting a 77 on Metacritic. It's lauded as being a good traditional RPG with a great story.
6/25 – Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 75 (with 23 reviews) - The original Brigandine, released on the PlayStation 1, is a cult classic Strategy-RPG, and there are definitely a good number of people eagerly-awaiting its Switch-exclusive sequel. Fans of Fire Emblem: Three Houses may want to take a closer look at this one, as this game bears some striking similarities – not just its somewhat similar gameplay style, but also its plot that has you pick one of multiple factions to follow. If you want to give this one a try, there's a demo on the eShop right now.
6/25 – Mr. Driller DrillLand (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 79 (with 8 reviews) - The Mr. Driller series is a long-running puzzle game series that has consistently been pretty good over the years, with gameplay that has you drilling down through colored puzzle pieces and trying to avoid getting crushed from above. This entry in the series touts a bunch of various game modes and multiplayer content. If nothing else, puzzle fans will likely want to keep an eye on this one. Edit: It's been pointed out to me that this is a port of the GameCube entry in the series, which got good reviews at the time (Famitsu gave it a 30 our of 40, for instance) - all the more reason to expect good things from this release.
6/25 – Poopdie – Chapter One (Trailer) (No Metacritic Score as of 7/1/20) - This game comes from Bulbware, the makers of the well-regarded point-and-click game Bulb Boy. Their second title, Poopdie, first released on mobile devices earlier this year and currently has a 4.1 average rating on Google Play. This game is an action-RPG of sorts that has you creating poop minions to attack enemies and gather resources, and yes, you just read the word “poop minions”, so clearly this game has a pretty lowbrow sense of humor (YouTuber PewDiePie not only voices the narration in the game, but is credited with helping to make it, so yeah...). Definitely niche, but if you're not sure if this game will be for you, you can always download the mobile version and try it out.
6/25 – The Almost Gone (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 70 (with 4 reviews) - This game touts multiple awards from trade shows over the last few years. It's a unique sort of story-driven point-and-click puzzle game that has you spinning around simple dioramas to search for clues.
ANNOUNCED ON 6/22: 6/29 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Challenger Pack 6 - Min Min (Trailer) (No Metacritic Score as of 7/1/20) - Well, I included the Pokemon DLC on this list, so I'd be remiss not to also include the Smash DLC, revealed a week before release to be Min Min from ARMS (along with Spring Stadium, ARMS music tracks, and alongside multiple new Mii costumes and a few other additional features).
6/30 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (Trailer) Metacritic Score: 86 (with 6 reviews) - This game released on PS4 late last year, getting a solid 82 on Metacritic. This is a traditional turn-based JRPG with anime-style characters. If you want to give this one a try, there's a demo on the eShop right now.
Spring 2020 - Faeria (Trailer) (Delayed - Nintendo.com now shows release date of 2020) - Faeria released on the PC in 2017, and has an 81 score on Metacritic. This is a “living board card game”, and has been described as a cross between Hearthstone and Catan. If you've played either of those games, you know how tempting that can be...
Spring 2020 – Ghost of a Tale (Trailer) - Originally released on Xbox One in 2017 and subsequently released to other platforms, Ghost of a Tale has scored between 75-82 on Metacritic. This game is a stealth-focused action-RPG that has you playing as a mouse in a world inspired partly by the Nimh books.
Early 2020 – Windjammers 2 (Trailer) - The first Windjammers was a beloved arcade cult classic multiplayer disc golf(-ish) game, and DotEmu is the company behind its long-awaited sequel. DotEmu is coming hot off of the release Streets of Rage 4, another sequel to a beloved cult classic, and one that turned out pretty fantastic, which is hopefully a good sign that Windjammers 2 will do the same.
Mid-2020 – Sports Story (Trailer) - It's hard to say for sure if “Mid-2020” necessarily means June, but it could, so I'm doin' it! Sports Story is of course the Switch-exclusive follow-up to the highly-acclaimed golf RPG, Golf Story, and there's little reason to think it won't be every bit as good, if not better!
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Anyway, that's what I could find for June 2020 on the Switch, but no doubt some of you have specific games you've got your eye on this next month. Please feel free to give a shout out to any game you feel deserves attention! :-)
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"What is Microsoft even doing?" - An in-depth examination of the Xbox Series X pre-launch

2020 has been filled with uncertainty and nothing in gaming is more uncertain than current state of the Xbox brand. Ever since the announcement of the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has made a lot of bad decisions, some are outright confusing. I’ve listed them out for easier reading and some of these points even mix with other points.
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The Xbox Series X name.
Microsoft already got off on a bad foot with their atrocious name. There is nothing here that jumps out at you. When you say Nintendo Switch you know it as the Switch, when you talk about the Playstation 5, you know it as the PS5. The Xbox Series X fails to distinguish itself. Its already easy to confuse the name with their similarly named Xbox One X. The grandma on Christmas trying to get an Xbox for little Timmy isn’t going to know the difference between a One X and a Series X as they use the same suffix. Microsoft has attempted the alleviate this by stopping production on the Xbox One X, but that doesn’t mean that the console isn’t going to be on store shelves come the holidays.
With the Playstation you know the difference between a PS4 and a PS5. We’ve already seen this happen in the last decade with the Wii-U’s poor sales, as the name completely failed to distinguish the console. If this name is kept, the Series X will suffer the same fate. This is destined to only get worse with the release of the Xbox Series S, where the suffixes of the two consoles are very similar sounding. I can already see little Timmy asking for an Xbox Series X and his grandma getting him an Xbox Series S because the two letters sound the same. The development names weren’t that great in Scarlett and Lockhart, but Xbox Scarlett and Xbox Lockhart sound not only distinct from each other but also from previous Xboxes. At this stage almost anything would’ve been better. Halo Infinite was a launch title? Xbox Infinite. Boom, better than the Series X already. The new Xbox looks like a Fridge? Xbox Fridge and Xbox Minifridge.
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Failure of the May showcase.
The May showcase promised us gameplay from the Xbox Series X and some gameplay from Halo Infinite. Immediately before the show, they confirmed that it was going to be third-party games only, with some exclusives. In the show we saw a bunch of pre-rendered trailers that did nothing to show off the power of Xbox Series X and very few of the games there were interesting. The notable titles were Second Extinction, The Medium and Scorn, all 3 of which were Xbox Exclusives. The showcase did absolutely nothing to hype anyone up and there was a lot of backlash. Microsoft apologized, promised that the July showcase would be better and promised gameplay there.
In the two months before the July showcase, Phil Spencer and Aaron Greenberg hyped up the showcase, promising it to blow us away, and that they were confident in their line-up. They even said that for those who were disappointed in the lack of Japanese games on Xbox they will be pleasantly surprised. As July passed, news of the showcase seemed to be absent until we finally got a date of the 23rd July. As this point the extended wait from the last showcase only served to make the player-base more anxious and expectations were high.
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Failure of the July showcase.
I won’t call the July showcase an outright failure, at least no way near the extent of the Xbox E3 2013 Conference, or even the Xbox May showcase. The July showcase showed off some Halo Infinite gameplay, revealed a slew of new first party and third-party exclusives, and some multiplatform games from both first party and third party. The pre-show showed off Dragon Quest IX and Balan Wonderworld as the Japanese games at were promised from Phil Spencer. The problem was that it was not enough. After being forced to wait for two months, Microsoft confidently stated that 9 out of their 15 studios were being shown off that day, deliberately omitting 6 to save for a later date.
The biggest issue with this showcase was the Halo Infinite gameplay, not only was it not on Xbox Series X, it was an older demo that showed horribly dated graphics that are trounced by Halo Reach from 10 years ago. Considering that Halo Infinite was set to release in a few months it brought the confidence of the game to an all-time low and many questions were directed towards Microsoft who for some reason saw that demo as fit for showcasing. Despite seeing a dozen or so new games, having such a weak opener killed their hype train and Microsoft drawing attention to their missing games did not help. In addition, despite their promises, there was no gameplay from the Xbox Series X, with the few games that had gameplay using a PC.
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Omission of games from the July showcase.
Based on the studios that weren’t shown off and the games that were announced but weren’t in either showcase these were what I noticed were missing:
  1. Microsoft Flight Simulator (Xbox Series X port)
  2. Gears Tactics (Xbox One / Xbox Series X port)
  3. Battletoads (First Party Console Exclusive, Day One on Game Pass, Play Anywhere, First shown off in E3 2019)
  4. Age of Empires IV (First Party Console Exclusive, First shown off in E3 2019)
  5. Wasteland 3 (First Party Studio, Multiplatform Release, Day One on Game Pass)
  6. New Super Lucky’s Tale (Originally an Xbox Console Exclusive, Day One on Game Pass, Play Anywhere)
  7. Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Next-Gen Console Exclusive)
  8. Untitled Game from The Initiative (Nothing is known about this)
  9. Project: Mara (Little is known about this)
  10. Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga (Nothing substantial is known except that its based on I C E L A N D)
At the time it was assumed that these games would be shown off at the August showcase, so their omission wasn’t a failure yet. The cancellation of the “August” event, and the release of some of these games without a showcase did draw attention to the failure of these omissions as time passed. What was the reason for their omission?
Ori and the Will of the Wisps got a trailer for the Xbox Series X version, so why was New Super Lucky’s Tale left out? Destiny 2 is a third party, multiplatform game that came out in 2017 that doesn’t use Play Anywhere but its DLC is coming to Game Pass, why not include New Super Lucky’s Tale that fits all those criteria and uses Play Anywhere?
Psychonauts 2 was from a first party studio with a multiplatform release, so for the same reason why wasn’t Wasteland 3 shown off?
Balan Wonderworld is a multiplatform Japanese release, so why not also include Yakuza which actually is an exclusive?
Gears Tactics was a critical success on PC so why not have a trailer for the inevitable Xbox One version?
Avowed was completely unknown before the showcase and we got a trailer for it, so why not show off Project: Mara which we do know about?
Why slow drip feed us news about the who joined The Initiative if you’re not going to show what they’re working on? The rumour here is that its Perfect Dark. Even if a trailer could not be put together, Hellblade 2 didn’t have a trailer, just the developers telling us that they really love Iceland. If Hellblade 2 could have an inclusion with such paltry information, why not tell us about The Initiative’s game?
The worst instance was with Battletoads, which dropped a trailer just two weeks after the showcase with a full release just two weeks after that. Which begs the question, why was this not in the July showcase if it was going to be released so soon after? Tell Me Why was featured and it was coming out in just a month, so why not include other games that were coming out at that time?
Second Extinction is also worth mentioning. It had a trailer drop about a week after the showcase. While it was in the May showcase, so was The Medium and that got shown off in the July showcase. Why not include Second Extinction?
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Cancellation of the “August” showcase.
It was originally promised that every month would see some form of news about the Xbox Series X leading up to its release. After saying that 9 out of their 15 studios will be shown off at the July showcase with the remaining 6 to be shown off at a later date, the promise by Phil Spencer that the July showcase will only show off games and more specifics were to be shown off on a later date, and lack of a price or release date for the Xbox Series X, it was assumed that August will see another showcase to neatly wrap up the pre-launch.
During August 2020, Microsoft announced that they were cancelling plans for any monthly content drop along with a big postponement. What this essentially meant was that there would be no drop in August and Microsoft did not give any clue as to when we would get any more details. Gamescom has come and gone and we’re still in dark about the console. This was a huge failure by Microsoft to communicate with its customers.
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Omission of XCloud from the July showcase.
XCloud is a great service if you live in a country where its available and you can get fast and reliable internet. The world isn’t going to have poor internet forever and Microsoft plans to expand XCloud to other regions, so this service is destined to become one of the most promising parts of the Xbox brand. Microsoft dropped a nice trailer showing off the service, the games you can play and the peripherals to use for it and included that it would be bundled with Game Pass Ultimate for no further cost.
The problem with this trailer? It was released just a week after the July showcase. This begs the question, why didn’t Microsoft put this in the July showcase when all eyes were on them? There was no reason not to aside from the flimsy statement that July’s showcase was to only feature games. I’m certain there would be no Xbox fan that would’ve been disappointed with its inclusion in the showcase. Leaving it out only served to ensure that only the hardcore gaming fans know about it for now and none of the general public is talking about it as much as they should.
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Postponing of Halo Infinite.
This game was supposed to be the bread and butter of the Xbox Series X, the launch title that will help the console leave its mark on the generation. It was in development for 5 years, cost $500 million to make and boasts the new Slipspace engine. Come the July showcase, we see an unfinished demo for a game that’s only a few months from release and this attracts a lot of negative press. The game is then delayed until 2021, leaving the Xbox without a proper launch title. Apparently, the game is such a mess that a Halo veteran writer had to be brought in to fix the story and its rumoured that Halo Infinite will be delayed until 2022. While Microsoft has come out to say that its still on track for 2021, considering how unreliable their previous statements have been, I took it with a grain of salt.
Its borderline baffling that a company can take so long to make a game, flub its demo so badly and be forced to delay the game. That demo was apparently from January 2020, meaning that COVID was never to blame for the game’s poor state. It was always going to get delayed. Microsoft’s failure on their part was keeping a company that had one underwhelming game and two fully botched games, allowing them to do whatever they want for 5 years and give them all the funding in the world. There was no excuse for that delay aside from a complete and utter failure on 343 Industries’ part and Microsoft failing to reign them in on their part. At this point, Halo Infinite is like another Scalebound.
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Glut of games in August and the lack of launch titles.
In the last month from the July showcase we saw the following releases:
  1. Grounded
  2. Battletoads
  3. Microsoft Flight Simulator
  4. New Super Lucky’s Tale
  5. Wasteland 3
  6. Tell Me Why
4 of these were from Xbox Game Studios and 2 were published by a third party and developed by a first party studio. All 6 games were released Day One on Game Pass.
Remember that point I made about the omission of games from the July showcase? The release of Battletoads, Microsoft Flight Simulator, New Super Lucky’s Tale and Wasteland 3 in August without being showed off in either showcase was a huge missed opportunity. Its baffling why they were excluded, considering all these games were available Day One on Game Pass and would be released before any August or September showcase. Microsoft’s decision not to showcase games that were coming just a few weeks after is baffling. It honestly makes no sense to have two showcases and you aren’t even going to show off your own upcoming games, excluding them for no reason.
The Xbox Series X is lacking a big launch title with the postponement of Halo Infinite. While all these August games can be played on the Series X, the general gaming public is still stuck in the mindset of “launch titles”. They want a brand-new shiny game to play on their brand-new shiny console. The Series X being fully backwards compatible is feature, but not a selling point. The general public does not care for it as much as Microsoft thinks that they do. Case in point, both the Switch and PS4 have no backwards compatibility and they both outsold the Xbox One. To the general public, it won’t be appealing to play a game from last gen that launched in August on their new next-gen console in November. Considering the year that we’re in, won’t it have been a better move to delay Grounded, Battletoads and Tell Me Why to November to give the illusion of launch exclusives? It is rumoured that Flight Simulator’s console version is going to be a launch title, but that game has nowhere near the appeal of Spider-Man or Halo Infinite. If it was going to be a launch title, then why not release the PC version at the same time? Microsoft’s decision to dump so many of their games in August shows a complete lack of understanding of the minds of their prospective customers.
I also want to add in the huge gap in the game releases. Most of the bigger games we saw in the July showcase were to be released on Series X only, indicating a minimum of two years’ wait. Once we get through the August glut of games, the few launch titles then Halo Infinite, there is nothing big from Xbox Game Studios until around 2022. If there was anything big in between, Microsoft has kept us in the dark about it. It makes no sense to show off games from 2022 at earliest and completely leave out games coming out in just a few weeks.
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Lack of information about the console.
Say whatever you want about Xbox’s E3 2013 showcase, but we knew about the console a solid 5 months before its release. We knew about its features, we saw gameplay, we knew the release date and we knew the price. With the cancellation of E3 this year, companies have taken up the opportunity to have their own showcases and gradually drip feed us information, leeching as much as they can from no longer being tied down to one big event. It’s a big win for the company, but a huge loss for the consumer as we’re kept in the dark on purpose.
There has been news in the pipeline about the Xbox Series S, but we have yet to get any official information about the console. There are rumours that the consoles are priced at $600/$300 for the X and S respectively, but we just don’t know. There are rumours that the consoles are releasing in November, but again we have no idea. Microsoft stopped production on the Xbox One X, which has similar specs to the leaked information of Series S, but its been over a month since they stopped production and there is no word about the reason for this decision.
But worst part about the lack of information is the lack of gameplay from the Xbox Series X. All gameplay we have seen thus far have been from Xbox One or PC. Nothing from the actual console. Microsoft promised us gameplay twice and failed on both occasions.
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Removal of 12-month Xbox Live Gold Subscriptions.
Right before the July showcase, 12-month Gold subscriptions were removed from the marketplace, leaving 3-month as the maximum that could be purchased. Considering it was the end of July, and the assumed release of the Series X at beginning of November, players assumed that this meant that Xbox Live Gold would be removed for the next gen and Microsoft was removing the option to buy these subscriptions that they would no longer offer. It was expected that this would be elaborated on in the July showcase, but it was not. Then it was expected to be elaborated on the August showcase and that was cancelled. We’re still in the dark about this. Microsoft recently revealed that there were to be no changes to Xbox Live at this time which further adds to the confusion surrounding the decision to remove the 12-month subscription in the first place. All this has done is effectively made it more expensive to get a year of Gold.
This change only served to bring attention to Xbox’s greatest shortcoming. Free-to-play games still require Gold when no other platform does. This is huge downside to even buying the console when you consider most of the biggest games right now: Fortnite, Apex Legends, Warzone are all free to play with Halo Infinite’s multiplayer also planned to be free to play, as well as Destiny 2 being free-to-play and was shown off by Microsoft. If you need to pay to play online, there’s no plans to remove the paid requirement to play multiplayer and a year of your subscription is more than the competition ($100 for Gold vs $60 for PS+ and $20 for Nintendo Online) why would I ever buy your console?
In addition, Games with Gold has been suffering this year. There are very few AAA titles being given out now, and the one title that seemed certain for some reason was excluded this year, Forza Horizon 3. The lack of quality titles on the service has led many to believe that Microsoft plans to discontinue Gold soon. If they don’t, then why has the service gotten so poor recently?
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Conclusion.
It is a very frustrating time to be an Xbox fan. Microsoft has made a variety of questionable decisions and I’m purposefully being kept in the dark about a product I want to purchase. The last year has seen Microsoft repeatedly fail to communicate with their customers, overestimate their products and fail to deliver. They come off as a company that is horribly out of touch with not only their fans, but the general gaming public as a whole. The Xbox Series X is set to be released in November and Microsoft has two months to correct their course or I can easily see them losing another generation.
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