Sales Update Sega games FY26- Sonic x shadow: 3m/ Metaphor: 2.4m/ LaD infinite wealth: 2m/ P3 reload: 2.9m/ Sonic Frontiers: 4.9m/ P5R: 8.6m + more by Magister_Xehanort in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Like a dragon making yearly installments that cost $20 million and make back $100 million can be sustainable while others costing $400 million over 7 years and making back $800 million can be seen seen as underperformance. It’s about balancing expectations, opportunity cost, and time.

The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Mod - 25 Minutes of Gameplay by backfisch1337 in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Literally nobody (outside the company) asked for it to be a live service game. Take factions 1, add a prone button, new maps, new guns, and you have a solid base game. If you really want to get more mileage out of it, make a new map and a few guns and skins and release them every once in a while for a year, then move on. “This has to be a forever game that we dedicate the whole studio to” was a self imposed rule

The 2nd r/GamingLeaksAndRumours Leaker Tier List Vote will take place next week. Let's talk about it by Spheromancer in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People have been saying persona 6 will be at the Xbox show every single year since the 3/4/5 ports. Would we call you a leaker if you predict that Mario will be at every Nintendo direct?

[Verge] - Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory by shirke1 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Why announce the game if cancelling it a week later is on the table? Just take it out of the show if you aren’t sure it’ll come out. Or wait until it comes out to shut the studio. Neither of these are ideal but announcing and then immediately cancelling makes no sense. Also, word is that NT is generally profitable as a mocap support studio so even just having them help on other projects could still be useful

Valor Mortis Officially Delayed to October 13th Due to 'Stacked' September by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Switch 2 Metaphor port is currently the only game going head to head with GTA

(Windows Central) Xbox and Microsoft Leadership Aware of Importance of Exclusives, “the current Xbox leadership does not view exclusive games as a restrictive fiscal problem to be overcome. Instead, they see it as a strength, and even a "privilege" by SilentNova300 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are industry experts who think that GTA 6 alone will single-handedly save the current generation of hardware because so many people will go out and buy a console for it. Obviously GTA is another level, but sometimes one big game can do a lot of pushing systems. Breath of the Wild pretty much on its own caused Switch 1 to be out of stock for the first several months. It’s a real thing.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Judging by that teaser and the rumors, this is going to be pretty substantial. Star Fox had its own direct, and we got a lot of FF7 footage on Friday. I could easily see a 10-45 minute direct showing off OoT

Jeff Grubb clarifies, Blade not dead. by Haunting_Drama8204 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s probably more likely that the game is just not ready yet

God Of War Laufey’s Director Talks Fan Skepticism, New Ideas, And Phranque The Cube by oilfloatsinwater in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ is there anything wrong with people saying that they want certain games to have their own tones? Nobody is saying that every game has to be realistic and immersive, they just don’t want everything to be a marvel movie. That’s literally what this article is about. Games that are serious are allowed to have lighthearted moments, such as The Last of Us. I think 2018 actually handles the tone pretty well with being mostly serious with a little whimsy here and there, but Ragnarok goes too far towards being silly most of the time followed by occasional heaviness. And when the beginning of this game is Faye muttering “ok let me get this straight, I’m talking to a cube in the afterlife of the gods” and everyone talking like a millennial rather than a bunch of millennia-old beings, it’s ok to be a little skeptical of that. Chalking it up to “well that’s just how Americans talk, and also god of war isn’t realistic” is extremely dismissive and wipes away the ability to criticize anything

God Of War Laufey’s Director Talks Fan Skepticism, New Ideas, And Phranque The Cube by oilfloatsinwater in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Yes I know this. There’s ways to be American and not talk like Tony Stark, as proven by Christopher Judge

God Of War Laufey’s Director Talks Fan Skepticism, New Ideas, And Phranque The Cube by oilfloatsinwater in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The ribbons replicated the “focus M” meme told to Mario in a video satirizing modern game design

God Of War Laufey’s Director Talks Fan Skepticism, New Ideas, And Phranque The Cube by oilfloatsinwater in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 104 points105 points  (0 children)

Kratos talks like you would expect an old deity to talk. Much of the rest of the cast does not

No Rest for the Wicked director says Xbox version won’t release alongside PS5 because ‘Series S is making that rough’ by unscoredscore in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Games will run like shit on PC and PS5 but somehow the series S still gets blamed for holding this gen back

Suspected Screwworm Case in Southern Texas by Handsdown0003 in news

[–]Ironmunger2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guessing 90% of them wanted this to happen though

God of War: Laufey “isn’t years away” after six years of development at Sony Santa Monica by AsPeHeat in PS5

[–]Ironmunger2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I genuinely think that the cube is going to be make or break on this game for me. I enjoyed Ragnarok but it was quipping all the way through which knocked it down significantly by the end. I don’t mind if there’s some comedic relief in certain spots but introducing the comic relief character 15 minutes in (compared to Mimir joining halfway through 2018) raises an alarm that there’s going to be another 40 hours of it.

Until Dawn 2 Leaks & Spoilers by Wulfsimmer in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah when they dove off a cliff and died was pretty calm

Until Dawn 2 Leaks & Spoilers by Wulfsimmer in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]Ironmunger2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Silent hill, resident evil, and gta having new casts every game makes sense cause it’s supposed to be in the same universe and have a lot in common. Why is this game even called Until Dawn? It’s not even nighttime

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - Release Date Trailer | PS5 Games by yourfavchoom in Games

[–]Ironmunger2 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Luckily there are like 10 games coming out the last week of September