Monday’s Letters Page isn’t surprised that smartphone owners don’t want to pay full price for games, while one reader tries to imagine an Elden Ring movie.
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Force of habit
I found myself agreeing with a lot of what was said in Reader’s Feature about Sony sticking with the PlayStation 4 instead of making the PlayStation 5. Microsoft had an excuse to make the Xbox Series X/S, because the Xbox One It had gone very badly for him. , but looked at objectively, I’m not sure there’s a good reason for Sony to make the PlayStation 5. It just seemed to happen because that’s what they usually do at that point in the life of their previous console.
No one seems to have explored the possibility of longer generations, except, as usual, Nintendo. Why would a PS4 Pro Ultra have been a better idea than a PlayStation 5? I don’t know, and Sony will never know either unless they actually try. I guess they’re just being risk-averse, but, as usual, that means they’re potentially ignoring the possibility of doing things better.
I think we certainly would have benefited from keeping the graphics as they were for a generation or two, until there was a cost-effective way to take advantage of them. Obviously that opportunity has been wasted, but I suspect there are more than one person at PlayStation who thinks next-gen was a bad idea.
Virgil
Unknown competitors
I agree that another Dead Rising remaster is the last thing I want Capcom to waste time on. But if it’s just a remaster, I expect it to be a fairly small project in terms of use of its resources.
In fact, I’m reasonably hopeful that a new Marvel Vs. Capcom is coming, since even if Sony owns the X-Men license, I think they’d be very happy to share a bit of the profits if it means releasing a style of game that They obviously couldn’t do it themselves.
What I love about games are the darker characters Capcom throws in for no reason. What was Shuma-Gorath doing in Marvel Super Heroes? That’s why I love Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, because I have no idea what even half of the characters are, but I can feel the love that’s been put into turning them into fighting game characters.
So yeah, it would be fun to see Squirrel Girl or whoever from Marvel, but I’m more interested in the Capcom side, to see who they’ll unexpectedly give the spotlight.
Xane
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It’s a shame Dead Rising is just a remaster. I’d love a remake with more open world elements of 3 and 4, but without the relentless Christmas ethos of 4. Also, losing the super infected; They pull the trap on me.
Maybe if the remaster is successful, Capcom could make a new installment with truly intelligent AI. For me, the best part of Dead Rising was having eight characters with AR-15 rifles that completely obliterated any boss you faced. Hopefully that will stick.
bobwallett
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horrible bosses
RE: Stellar Blade. I’ve been enjoying it a lot and it’s been my game of the year, but the boss battles are a nightmare. I’m usually one to get through them if I have to, but Naytiba, who has not been identified, beat me and I switched to story mode. I feel dirty doing so, but I’m sick of spending years chipping away at her health only for her to throw fireballs at me that instantly kill me and I die.
This is why I’m not getting the Elden Ring DLC: I just can’t be bothered to die over and over again to annoying bosses right now.
Simon
ancient origins
You know how sometimes you just quote clichés and stuff from some time ago, well my wife and I still regularly say “OL Yade” and “I’m saving that for you” usually when giving each other random stuff.
We just realized from your review that we’ve been saying this for over 20 years, as I purchased the original Beyond Good & Evil thanks to your original review.
I feel really old now, but I’m glad to know the game still holds up.
Tincanmemory (player name/PSN ID)
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It seems very genuine and real given what Shigeru Miyamoto said about Nintendo’s spirit. Dealing with wildly changing trends regarding audience spending on the final product, it’s not hard to see that even corporate sheep could put all the effort of hard work and dedication into the grind to achieve comparison and competition with other “faster and trendier” business ethics who try to find the lightning in the bottle formula to keep up with the others. When I say others, I mean the faceless money people. We know the big brands.
I can’t possibly guess what they’re doing. I just hope they give Satoru Iwata a triple Mario jump for every hit in memory. I’d be a happy man if I’d invested heavily in 2000.
It’s been a great time to be a player and I’m very excited about the future as long as the passion remains.
D Dubya
Mediocrity in the middle of the table
I’d say Black Flag isn’t really close to being the best of the series, classic or not. I’d say Assassin’s Creed 2 was easily the best of the old-school ones, with the best setting and characters, and simplified but enjoyable stealth and action.
I actually have quite a soft spot for Unity, but I think the more modern RPGs are the best and they’ve all been good so far. For me, Mirage was a rather disappointing step backwards.
In my opinion, Black Flag is a mid-level game. The pirate angle is nice in theory, but I found the story rather heavy-handed and the naval combat is fun, but a bit silly in terms of realism.
Ishi
dream scenario
I love the guy’s optimism about a Dreamcast 2 in the weekend reader’s article. Obviously it’s not going to happen, and I think he knows that, but it’s a nice idea. I think in a few years, when streaming is easier, things like this could happen.
The idea of every publisher having their own subscription service like EA Play and Ubisoft+ seems to have cooled off in recent years, I’m guessing because they realize everyone is sick of subscriptions at this point, but they love nothing more than selling all their games to straight-up fans, with nothing else standing in their way.
Selling digitally may cut down on the money you’re handing over to stores, but you still have to pay a percentage to Microsoft or Sony, plus a licensing fee, so all of that is gone if the Dreamcast 2 comes out, to use the example in question, and you only paid for it and its games directly to Sega.
Now, no one wants a console (virtual or otherwise) for every publisher, but there are plenty of incentives for companies. They may be disheartened because that style of doing things hasn’t really worked in TV, but it has for Disney+ and a few others.
Does that mean I think we could get a Dreamcast 2 in the near future? No. But in the distant future? Maybe I could see it, although at that point, who could even guess what games it would run?
Lesker
Inbox too
I love how nine Assassin’s Creed games in development sounds like a stretch at first and then you look at it and it turns out that might actually be an understatement.
Carlos
If Bend is working on a live service game, why couldn’t they have made it into a Days Gone game? It’s not that people don’t like zombies, even if they haven’t played the original game.
Cranston
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