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@riceNpea. I wouldn’t exactly call Hogwarts “a brand new IP”. And 132 million Switch consoles is still dwarfed by the over 500 million copies of Harry Potter books sold.

Tears of the Kingdom sales are still more impressive when you consider they were all on a single platform.

Tears of the Kingdom had sold 19.5 million copies by September 2023. I’m really surprised that it could not sell 3 million more during the holiday months for the title of best selling game of the year.

The amount of support this game still gets almost eight years after release is impressive.

I have been playing Nobody Saves the World in co-op with my son and enjoying it very much. I was surprised by the number of different forms you can play, each with their own abilities, and now feel compelled to unlock them all. Trying desperately to get the Magician to an A rank so we can unlock the Robot. Unfortunately this is another game where Player 2 does not get trophies and my son wanted to start it on his account, which is not ideal for our continuing competition. He was nice enough to offer to restart the game on my account, but I didn’t want to lose all of our progress, especially since I think there is a New Game + requirement for the plat. I wish developers would allow for the second player to get trophies as well. The same thing happened last weekend with our play through of Human Fall Flat.

Wow. Nice list. Good to see Hogwarts.

@LiamCroft. Was the Resident Evil 4 VR mode also released too late to be considered in the Best VR Game category? I was curious why Village beat it.

This makes me even more upset about Alan Wake being number four. Yesterday I thought at least Resident Evil would take the top spot.

-Alan Wake at number one. Where were you yesterday?

C’mon Push Square. It should be higher.

I like Jedi: Survivor ahead of Spider-Man.
Bold move.

@Darude84 Demon’s Souls, Returnal and Forbidden West have all been added to the Extra level of the subscription service, not the three games that come with Essential. A few months ago we got Weird West as one of the three games. Evil West is a different game.

Dredge. Well done.

@Member_the_game. Ha. That’s funny.

Merry Christmas guys! Enjoy your day.
Hope Santa was good.

Not able to vote for Dredge? That’s a shame.

Other than Baldur’s Gate though, list is spot on.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is overrated. There I said it.

Steelrising is a great game. I don’t understand all the hype for Lies of P, but this game was forgotten.

Kinda feel like Alan Wake should have won Graphical Showcase as well.

Nice to see The Finals on a list. The game is a blast to play. Movement is super fluid, action is chaotic, graphics are superb and everything is destructible. I’m terrible at the game, yet I keep coming back for more. And how smart was it to shadow drop it during the Game Awards? This is a FTP game that will be around for a while.

And EA’s public relations send out a press release as if this were newsworthy and gaming websites write about it as if that were true.

I have trouble navigating the UI to even be able to find my skins now.

I wish Venba would get added to the subscription service. Seems like the perfect game for Extra.

@Shepherd_Tallon. Is it Powerscourt Distillery? Should be a lovely time. Ah, Pot still whiskey.

So instead of delivering packages, we get to watch someone delivering packages. Sounds fun.

Damn you OverWatch. I just can’t quit you.

The previous Rise of the Ronin trailers were better. There were a lot more game mechanics on display than just hack n’ slash combat.

This game should be third person.

Rise of the Ronin, my most anticipated game of next year, is only a few months away. Black Myth: Wukong, which I had dismissed as another Souls like, looks absolutely stunning. I guess I am going to try to get good. Oh, and the SEGA games, even if they are pretty far away, it was still exciting to see that SEGA hadn’t forgotten about them.

How about that March 22 release date for Rise of the Ronin? My most anticipated game of 2024 and it will be here much earlier than I expected. And my God Black Myth: Wukong looked impressive. This is a game I have not been following because I thought it was just another Souls like, but damn it was pretty. Might have to give in and try to get good.

This would be perfect for Extra. The subscription service needs more day one indies.

Why are there 47 Society of Champions trading cards in the Collector’s Edition, but the game had 48?

2025 and then the inevitable delay.

How is this legal? I expect a class action lawsuit in the future. But then again, how many people actually purchased any of these Discovery shows?

@kyleforrester87. Most skins I would agree with you, but c’mon it’s Family Guy.

Reactions are genuinely divided this month, which I guess is a good thing. Not like last month when pretty much everyone thought the selection was trash.

Sable has a great soundtrack by Japanese Breakfast. Really suits the game well. I personally think this is a pretty solid month. Too bad I didn’t get a promotional offer to renew my subscription at a discount over Black Friday.

It would be difficult to find a copy of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name under the Christmas tree anyway since there is no physical copy except in Japan.

@MrGilly69. I’m not sure how the promotion works. My son’s plan expired a few days after Black Friday and he was offered a renewal at a discounted rate while his membership was still active. My plan expires December 2, and I have been unable to get a discount. I even cancelled my current subscription (at least turned off the auto-renewal) thinking I would get the offer in the new sale, but no such luck. I guess after ten or so years I will let it lapse because I refuse to pay the $135.

Reversible cover? Sold!

I would rather pay full price than deal with the people, hassle and lines of Black Friday. Although it could be worse. It could be Walmart.

You’re joking, right?

@Areus. @Sil_Am. It’s too late for Sony. Embracer sold the rights to Tomb Raider to Amazon for 600 million, twice what they paid for it.

@MattBoothDev. @trev666. The Portal has a 3.5 mm audio input so the Pulse headset will work with an auxiliary cable. Any headset should work with a wired connection, which shouldn’t be too big of an issue with a handheld device.

Now if we can just get Epic to announce a physical version of Alan Wake 2,.

Hogwarts completely shut out. Not even room in the RPG category. That’s rough.

People will still buy it. It’s the new Call of Duty.

@PALversusNTSC. Valve has sold multiple millions of the Steam Deck and just introduced a new model with an OLED screen and fifty percent longer battery life. So the idea that it failed is just wrong.

@LilyGoMEOW. Players who had purchased the set before the license expired still had access to the characters. The map, however, was removed from rotation.