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The game made a billion dollars. There's going to be another expansion pack after this. But if MTX's don't pick up (it's only made $150 million in MTXs), expect very little effort for future expansions.

Sony has an easy way to mitigate the scalpers, but they chose not to do it. All these companies keep detailed statistics on their users. All they had to do was just make sure the account is over a certain age, has spent a specific amount of money on the PS Store, and has put in a minimum...

As in, all the regular consoles are sold out as well?

Managed to get the Pro (don't really care about the anniversary edition) and the new controller. Not sure I even want the controller. My credit card was charged and deducted like everyone else, but I haven't received a confirmation email.

Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour. Well, figuring the UK version sold out in seconds, I think I missed the window.

I loved Silver Star Story (though it was a bit too easy), but didn't care for Eternal Blue. Not sure why. Anyway, just hoping I can grab the Pro tomorrow. I'm wondering how long before scalpers buy them all.

A lot of games do. The three I know most are: Super Mario World: Green, Green - The New Christry Minstrels Legend of Zelda: Deep Purple - April Street Fighter 2: Mighty Wings - Cheaptrick --- Just some updates: Punch Out - https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxKHhOxz10cQTyo_hD5hDXf80knjNzMJLg

To be fair, there were always groups which wanted you to go pro. But it wasn't nearly as large. The major reason I quit WoW back in 2005 or 2006 (it was before the first expansion), was that I was one of the leaders of one of the most popular and biggest guilds on my server. It felt like your...

(I'll admit, I didn't bother watching the video, because quite honestly, I don't like the modern culture of putting out 20+ minute videos for something that's better served in a few paragraphs I can read in a minute or two). The same thing has happened with the Diablo franchise as well. The...

Unfortunately, I think we're at the point most developers now cap their framerate. It was one thing, back in the PlayStation 1 day, where you never exactly expected to go above 30 fps, so you just kept the framerate unlocked. But with the PS4 and PS4 Pro already setting precedent for quality...

Really, as I see it, it's more of a situation of you don't have to choose between resolution and quality now, rather than an increase in either (despite it saying 8k). Will I buy it? Honestly, yes. For what? Who knows. That said, it will sell out in seconds in the end.

Finished The Crimson Diamond. Yeah, going retro here. It's reminiscent of the SCI0 Sierra games of the late 1980s. Overall, it was fairly decent, albeit the game is very easy. I didn't get the best ending, but I just missed a few things. The one area of improvement would have been a little...

Much of that though has less to do with Diablo, and more that the player base has just changed. And you can see it in ARGPs in general, not just Diablo. They want instant gratification. And they're going to follow whatever build streamers put out. You can see this in D2R as well. You don't...

One of the complaints you'll see about Diablo 4 is how it's "too much like Diablo 3". Except that it isn't. Yes, Diablo 4 has been incorporating features of Diablo 3, but these are also features people like. And it's the Diablo 2 features that people dislike. That's the thing. Too many...

Live services have killed gaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZru-6M8BY These companies are focusing less on games, and more on microtransactions which can make far more money. I was watching a YouTube video a while back talking about how more companies are catering towards the rich...

That's never going to change though. I remember when Infinity Ward removed bunny hopping from the original Call of Duty because it was too unrealistic. But with consoles, they found their player base and the game took a different direction. And it's just harder to bring back the older style...

The Crimson Diamond. (Yeah, I stick mainly to retro).

To be fair, that was a picture for International Women's Day. If you took HR and the art department, it wouldn't surprise me to see a make up like that. Now, if you're talking the actual programmers, then I'd be heavily surprised.

I don't think that's ever stopped speculators. In a way, I kind of miss the days before everyone decided to become a speculator and hoarder. That's the reason though that things become expensive in the future though, because no one in the original time ever gave a second thought about keeping...

Testing out the PTR, it's alright. Some good changes, some bad changes. Ancestral gear now is a super rare drop, even on Torment 4. You're better off farming it on Torment 3 though, as Torment 4 practically requires a Shako and Tyrael's Might, and you'll still do very little damage.

As you've stated though, the cheating programs have gotten better. How they caught XIM users was they looked for if a player only moved in 8 directions. It took XIM about a day to add in little errors into the movement. Small enough that you don't actually see yourself not actually moving...

I believe there was a post in Soapbox a while back that companies are often forced into it ESG for money. But I don't know. The company is in Washington, so they obviously live in that bubble. That's where I liked the whole Capcom survey that came out a couple months back. You actually have...

Valve's gone to ML for their anti-cheat. While it is better, it's not perfect. A few people noticed that they were falsely banned. And this lead to speed runs of people seeing how quickly they could be banned from Valve games (without cheating). What they found out was that if you spun your...

Are most of those bans legit? I'd probably agree there. It's been estimated up to 30% of players are using some form of illegal cheat. And despite what many people think, it's the higher tier players who use them. (People often view cheaters as terrible players, but the reality is, you're...

A lot of people have been complaining about being falsely banned. I'm wondering if Activision brought over their approach to Account Silencing to Account Banning, as modern cheats are practically impossible to detect, even with Kernel Level anti-cheats. DMA Cheats, AI cheats, i.e. they don't...

Are you sure? Servers still cost money. The tax write off might be the best approach.

I mean, outside of the Switch, what's there been worth playing? Practically everything you can get on the PS5, there's a PS4 version as well. There's only a handful of PS5/XBSX games that you can only find on the console (i.e. no PC port), and none of them are really big sellers. The Switch...

The thing is that makes you a dinosaur. Personally, I don't get it of why people prefer videos. They're far less convenient. It's as if people have an innate tendency to want their time wasted.

Maybe an issue with Steam? Along with Armenius, I've never had an issue as far as game stability. That said, ever since their performance patch, World Bosses are unplayable, but that's on their end, not mine. I lost one well geared character from that (I play HC). Not fun watching your...

Well, the fact that the Switch has a hardware hack that's impossible to block, it wouldn't surprise me a new console is coming soon. But with Nintendo, you never know when. There could be like 3 months notice.

Just completed Lufia and the Fortress of Doom for the SNES. This was one I loved when it originally came out, but I never beat it during my rental periods. 30 years later, I still enjoyed it. The main issue I had was with the random battles, which were a lot higher than I remembered. The...

The problem with physical games is that modern physical games are not like older physical games because of the DRM. I've already experienced too many modern games which no longer work because the company went under, or turned off their authentication check, etc. But digital is no better...

Always enjoyed Ys, and although I beat the original, I'll still probably pick this up to replay it. At least they allow us to play with the original illustrations. Now, if Falcom could only include the choice of having authentic translations as well. (The left side is the original...

I definitely agree with others that the genre is dying, and it sort of disappoints me. Video games are about as antisocial as I've ever seen them in my lifetime. Sure, nerds like me played them back in the day when it was considered a hobby most would want to keep secret, but you still had...

They remade 1-3 on the phones, and you can get those remakes as well on the Switch. (It's higher resolution than the SNES).

Never really understood it. Let's remake Dragon Quest 1-3, 5+, but no Dragon Quest 4?

For me, I didn't choose the game I enjoyed the most. I chose the game I felt had the overall biggest impact of the year. And here's the thing. The biggest impact doesn't necessarily mean the biggest seller, or the most popular, or the innovator. My 1981 choice was Wizardry 1. Not the...

So, if I had to choose my games of the year: 1981: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 1982: Ms. Pac Man 1983: Dragon's Lair 1984: King's Quest: Quest for the Crown 1985: Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar 1986: Castlevania 1987: Double Dragon 1988: Wasteland 1989: Tetris 1990: Super...

We each have our own taste. A lot of people don't like Zelda 2, but it's my favorite Zelda game. For some reason, I never cared for the first Zelda. But Zelda 2 was a very mature Zelda game, which I loved. I don't care if the manual says he's 16. The game overall is very dark, unlike the...

So, CGA was 4 colors if you used an RGB monitor but could actually output 16 colors if you used a composite monitor via artifacting. (It could really get beyond that. There are demos of CGA outputting 1024 colors). King's Quest on actual hardware (an original IBM PC & Monitor)...