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Re: Yakuza Kiwami Might Only Be A "Download Distribution" On Switch

fabiop

@Teksetter that’s the problem. There is no value for money. Most of the times they sell the unpatched version, in some cases even games burnt on cdr discs… selling for 5/10 times the price faking the limited nature of the edition. We all know they have plenty of stock but they need to milk physical collectors. Not a scam company but close to.

Re: Yakuza Kiwami Might Only Be A "Download Distribution" On Switch

fabiop

@GrailUK well no. Not correct. Very often they still put inside the first version unpatched.
They wait because of poor logistic and because they do not start production till the time they collect all the money. Zero risk. And if money is not enough they reserve the right to lower quality at their discretion. A disgrace

Re: Sega's Gamescom 2024 Line Up Includes 'Global Premier' Of Unannounced Project

fabiop

@Sejman22 you said it all.
Until some time ago I used to buy most of the those games… I still remember how bad it was nights on Wii or the in general Samba de Amigo games. Now Inkeep buying any RGG title because they are fire, but that’s it.
Dead company, if we look at quality. But hey, kids love modern Sonic games for some reasons. Sonic now is a safe kid friendly series, low quality but well connected to toys and cartoons. Not that different from SpongeBob games (where some were actually good).
I don’t blame sega, they need to make money and profit. If they are not capable to make good games, at least they maximise profitability with low investments. Makes sense.

Something to praise is the mini consoles. Probably the best around since they started making in house. Just toys for grown up people, but not different from what other companies like Taito did.

Re: Sega's Gamescom 2024 Line Up Includes 'Global Premier' Of Unannounced Project

fabiop

@Sejman22 I love your comment. Factual and sadly true.
I found it funny to hear that I was wrong because sega makes or publish awesome games like house of the dead remake (wtf) or monkeyball (??).
Monkeyball had two incredible games on GameCube, and mostly low budget craps thereafter.
Today sega is all about Atlus games and RGG productions. And RGG was also smart… yearly titles which are a more of the same recycling while building on something that works.
Atlus has been milking on P5 and similar for ages… at least SMT5 was superbe.

I love Sega, but I try to be objective, and avoid most Sonic games not to be disappointed by the poor quality.

Re: Review: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Switch) - Speed-Focused And Slight, But Addictive

fabiop

Not going to play again games from nes era. Did not age well at all, just collection of frustrating moments… happy to leave them to nostalgic people who will enjoy much more than me.
Always curious to know who is the actual target customer. Hard to believe that a young kid will spend more than 5 minutes on this… are there so many people in their 40/50’s who still want to play nes games?

Genuine curiosity

Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Metroid

fabiop

I really don’t like in general 8bit covers. They feel too old in an unpleasant way. Probably mario3 is the only modern vintage cover.
Master system covers were especially ugly even then