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@AhmadSumadi Xena is love. Evil Xena is life. Hope the chakram in the initial reveal video wasn't for nothing.

These additions are great. As soon as they make Xena a playable fighter, I'm buying the hell out of it! Ultimate edition, if I have to.

@Max_the_German ok...?

@NEStalgia "LOL,the phone market is a weird market. And the Apple market in general. It's not about how good the phone is. Does the latest phone really do anything that the 5 year old phones didn't do exactly the same? Not unless you play games on it and need the power in which case it's just a tiny console. The phone upgrade is a fashion accessory and status symbol. It's not for YOU, it's for everyone who sees you wearing it. It's Italian shoes. A new fur coat. It's an iPhone Pro!"

I genuinely couldn't agree more. But it goes to show that people are certainly still willing to pay big bucks for something they see as a must have. I have several friends who bought a ps5 as soon as it was in stock and hardly used it afterwords. They even to ask friends for a loan. Just so that they can have it and... not use it. They weren't even showing it off, like people do with iphones, macbooks, ipads, applewatches, etc.

As for paying 500 USD or more for an accessory (i.e. on top of something expensice), I present you... airpods!

@UltimateOtaku91 exactly! That was the main selling point. Not Zelda or Mario.

@Ilyn I know, right? My partner recently bought me an iphone for like 1000 euro and for the life of me, I don't get what's so special about it compared to my OnePlus from several years ago. But when I bought a ps5, that was deemed unnecessary, since I still haven't played all my ps3 and ps4 games.

@OldGamer999 you can always count on Nintendo for great exclusives. They sometimes take a while, but excellent 1st party games will be released eventually. So at best you'll get it day 1, at worst, wait a few months for them to be released. But it's a sure bet. Even WiiU had great games.

@OldGamer999 they could call it a sock and people would still buy it. Their handhelds always (apart from virtual boy) perform well. It was a brilliant move to make the switch hybrid.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner then why did WiiU not sell well?

@PsBoxSwitchOwner it's ok. I'll try again.

You argued that Wii sold well because it had Mario Kart, Zelda etc. I counter argued that those games weren't enough to help WiiU, N64 or Gamecube take off. It was games like WiiSports, WiiPlay, WiiFit. Games that (unlike CoD, Fifa) were not huge IPs when they came out.

I also provided the example of (mobile/cell) phones. They didn't used to cost that much, but iphones became a cool item to have, prices skyrocketed without affecting sales. In other words, the price doesn't matter when the product is perceived as a must have.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner so did the Wiiu (Gamecube and n64, right?).

@lindos come to think of it, if you told anyone like a decade ago that people would buy 1500 USD phones, they'd find it just as unlikely. Price is not the issue. If it were popular, people would still buy it. But I get why it's still niche and Sony is a big part of the reason.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Wii proved otherwise.

@mrbone for your parents, I'd highly recommend Puzzling Places.

For anyone else, Beat the Beats, Beat Saber, and Pistol Whip. They're three of the most fun games I've ever played.

@starbuck2212 sure, buddy.

@Frmknst For one thing, because Naughty Dog don't want to focus on supporting one game. They prefer making several single player games.

@LN78 haha. Well said. Don't forget nuking hurricanes to stop them.

Yes! I've always hated that.

@Contimaloris throughout her political career, she has received more than 100 million votes. The reaction so far has been very positive, as opposed to Teresa May, Lizz Truss or Rishi Sunak in the UK. I think most Democrats are more than happy with her as their candidate.

@Deljo not sure if serious...

@GigaFlare why would I? They can be offended all they like, just like I was not offended when I played Odyssey.

@Flaming_Kaiser actually, we don't know what Cleopatra looked like. So both black and white works. Even in academia there is no consensus. But I agree about Martin Luther King.

@GigaFlare strongly disagree. No one asked Greeks how they felt about Odyssey nor should they. It's a video game and they can take as many liberties as they want. The offended people can simply skip it. But that would mean focusing on actual problems they have over something like this.

@Savage_Joe China may be second, but how many ps5 consoles have been sold there? That's why context is important. And we all know that Japanese gamers have been interested only in Switch/Nintendo games for quite a while now.

@CielloArc "The same people defending Ubisoft are the ones complaining about MiHoYo"

Wow. I didn't know I was complaining abouy MiHoYo. In fact, I need to look up MiHoYo to know what I should be complaining about.

@trev666 digital games or digital purchases? Because there is a huge difference if it also includes microtransactions.

Also, a link would be appreciated.

@Markatron84 In all seriousness, fair enough. How far along did you get?

@trev666 I don't think we're there yet. Unless you have a source that most games sell 66% digital, 34% physical.

@Markatron84 nooooope. The game is legendary. Also brilliant.

@MFTWrecks no it doesn't. I mentioned several examples that show otherwise.

Quality =/= sales

@MFTWrecks my point was good games don't always attract a large enough audience. Never discussed budget or anything like that.

@MFTWrecks so all the games, like Gravity Rush 2, Tearaway, Concrete Genie, Sackboy's Big Adventure weren't good?

@Gaia093 couldn't be further from the truth, but ok. If that's what you believe, then by all means.

@Gaia093 or! the vitriol of a few leads to the apathy of the many. It has happened countless times so far. With psvita, PSVR1+2 and many games. If you keep reading bad things about something (e.g. xb1), it's unlikely that you'll give it a shot.

@Art_Vandelay yes it is.

@Enuo they don't need to prove anything to anyone. Of course they want every game to be a success; otherwise they wouldn't green light it in the first place.

@Ainu20 are they currently losing money on each console sold? If so, how much exactly? I'd be very interested in reading a source. Because that was the case consistently with ps3 and they never increased the price, like they did with ps5, no matter how the Yen was performing.

Yeah, it's a tiny issue indeed.

@get2sammyb yeah, I get that, but considering how first party games get tiny price cuts now and how they used to lose quite a bit on each console (remember ps3? I think there were times they were losing $200 on each console sold at a certain time), this new approach gives me the impression they're too focused on making a profit that they forget the bigger picture.

@get2sammyb in the previous generations they were happy to take a hit so that they can reach more customers (and make a profit from software sales). This generations they've adopted a Nintendo strategy, which is quite disappointing.

@CaptD oh, man. I think I bought that for over 10 quid a few months ago, though never got around playing it.

@CaptD cheers for the tip. Just bought it, too.

@Haggis555 "massive sale with over 4500 games it should have said"
Massive would be redundant then. It'd be like saying "a tall 6' 3" man".

@BeerIsAwesome exactly

@Olmaz they don't necessarily reflect real life, but to say that no one has issues with that is contrary to reality.

@EfYI that's fair.

@BeerIsAwesome "People are fine with regency era characters in British dramas being played by people of colour, so I think it's more like a "pick your battles" scenario."

Are they? Because internet comments/rage would suggest otherwise.

Oh, noes. Anyway.

"at this point just delete your nasty money grabbing game because you put NO effort when it comes to ACTUAL correct representation 💀💀 #BOYCOTTHYV #GenshinImpact"

At this point, just stop playing the game. There. Problem solved.

@Ken_Kaniff read again

@PuppetMaster also Firewall Ultra (5/10) https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/psvr2/firewall-ultra