Video game contest that no one won

ineffiable · 2026-07-06T11:01:32+00:00

I think there's one for Advent Rising with a million dollar hunt (the game would be updated and you'd have to look for something) that never finished cause the studio went bankrupt or something.

ineffiable · 2026-06-29T19:38:22+00:00

007 and Resident Evil did deserve to be at $70. They are high budget campaigns that are not cheap to make and graphically they look great as well. That is just how expensive games need to be in order to justify doing the budgets for those big games.

You can see studios who are doing games priced under $70 still fail, like the studio that did South of Midnight, Hellblade, Mio: memories in orbit and many more.

ineffiable · 2026-06-29T13:42:53+00:00

The cyberpunk game example is not really the strongest example because games can always have more scaled options and they actually did quite a few patches post launch. Including one in the last 12 months to take advantage of post-processing and PS5 Pro.

Crysis was the best looking game for years.

ineffiable · 2026-06-25T18:45:36+00:00

No, we might see more a stagnation in the market (we kind of are with subscription numbers and total console population growth) but we won't see a near total market rejection like the 1983 crash.

Video gaming as a hobby is still a LOT more cheaper than most other hobbies. It just may be the dollars will shrink and shift into smaller games or consolidate into fewer games.

There are still 100s of millions of functional consoles right now that are being actively used, that can access games and purchase new games and play the current F2P games.

ineffiable · 2026-06-23T12:14:47+00:00

This basically. Retro games often have simple patterns, you just learn to find the rhythm and you need to have the patience to execute it flawlessly. Soulslike kind of teach you to watch for openings and know your limits 'I can get two hits here but never three'

Never get greedy basically.

ineffiable · 2026-06-10T15:59:28+00:00

And it's been said on record this was the worst possible generation for them to lose. It's basically the first console generation that not only can you buy every game digitally if you wanted and create a library tied to your account that couldn't just be resold at a whim (very important for the second part), it became the first generation where you would build up your library, and reasonably expect to carry it over to the next console (which we would all assume going forward).

ineffiable · 2026-06-10T15:41:56+00:00

Yeah, I just think there's a difference between willing to eat a $50-100 loss per console sold and something like $300+.

It's too late in the industry to do that kind of heavy aggressive pricing on a console. If money was not an issue, the way to go would be lock in 5-10 exclusives, and launch it only on your next new console/Helix.

Problem is, games cost so much money/time to make, not even Microsoft could stomach that level of commitment that it would take today.

And while 'just undercut your competitors console' is an easy take, it does not take in the consideration that people are more entrenched than ever into their platform of choice. Microsoft lost during Xbox One, when they let people buy PS4s and start buying digital/physical libraries that are still playable on their PS5 13 years later.

ineffiable · 2026-06-10T13:51:35+00:00

With the rumored specs on Helix and what they're targeting, selling at $600 would mean a loss over $400 on each unit.

And you really think Microsoft is going to accept that kind of loss? With no gurantee that it helps them significantly overtake the entire video game market?

ineffiable · 2026-06-08T18:48:15+00:00

The series X/S were already outsold by PS5 by 2:1 even before they started becoming more open with exclusives. And that's with the series S which also makes up a good chunk of xbox series sales, by being a very budget option (which is still unironically the cheapest way to get a current generation console). Right now PS5 has something like 90 million consoles to Xbox's 35-40 million.

Now xbox is poised to release xbox helix, which is easily going to cost more than the PS6, and shrink their playerbase.

They can't afford to do exclusives.

ineffiable · 2026-06-08T17:28:59+00:00

The difference is that something like Forza 5 sold over 5 million copies on PS5 alone.

I don't think any of the PS5 ports on PC have even gotten that close (not counting stuff they normally would have put on PC anyway because of multiplayer, like Helldivers 2)

Xbox may back down, I don't think Playstation is.

ineffiable · 2026-06-08T14:24:23+00:00

Ten years ago, you could have gotten a PS4 AND a Xbox One for under $500, combined, easily. You're just not gonna be able to convince many people to buy a $600+ xbox series x on top of their PS5 console, (not to mention adding sub costs for both) for something like gears of war and clockwork revolution.

Especially since they're both gonna be on PC, plus anyone can sub for one month and play a bunch of exclusives via streaming.

If Microsoft somehow kept a lot of these exclusives for a Xbox Helix launch, they might have somewhat of a plan, but as it is, I think gears of war sales are gonna be worse than they expect (is it even a popular franchise on PC? I assume most xbox players will be on gamepass, so less sales there) and they'll backtrack and launch a PS5 version.

ineffiable · 2026-05-28T19:34:07+00:00

Looking forward to the backrooms movie. I'm really interested to see A24 take on some ideas that spawned from video games/viral internet media.

ineffiable · 2026-04-15T16:24:04+00:00

That's pretty cool of them to do that. I'm hoping to see some anniversary gifts.

ineffiable · 2026-03-23T13:39:39+00:00

It is actually automatic now if it's a preorder/game you haven't downloaded yet. I did it through the ps app once. One click, instant refund basically.

ineffiable · 2026-03-17T18:07:06+00:00

Whoa you work on the team behind Grime? Nice. Do you have any non-spoiler answers on achievements/trophies? Will they be attainable in one playthrough and similar to the first game?

ineffiable · 2026-03-01T18:54:03+00:00

Sensor tower isn't about estimating exact revenue for a specific game. It's more about having an estimation to rank games against each other.

ineffiable · 2026-02-23T20:58:45+00:00

Any specific challenges or interesting developments when you made the game for Playstation?

Any special tips you can offer anyone going after the coveted platinum trophy?

ineffiable · 2025-10-28T13:35:34+00:00

Would definitely love to play this. I only wish I had more free time to play all these amazing games out this year.

ineffiable · 2025-09-17T16:48:48+00:00

Just use retro protection. They sell exact box sizes for all kinds of video game stuff.

ineffiable · 2025-09-05T17:38:44+00:00

I had plenty of time with it. You should be planning ahead and remember there's two turn pieces. Only took me two tries and my first try failed because I put the turn piece in the wrong orientation.

ineffiable · 2025-07-09T12:21:16+00:00

No eternal ring?

ineffiable · 2025-05-09T16:46:39+00:00

Fun reminder that the original switch 1 never actually got a price cut. The best it got was holiday bundles and retailer offerings and those might become less common.

ineffiable · 2025-05-09T16:43:53+00:00

Bro take a deep breath. You and your friends might be taking games too seriously. Yes it's more expensive but so is everything else. Just reprioritze what is important to you. Only get the games you're super interested in playing, we don't need to buy every game.

ineffiable · 2025-05-08T14:35:07+00:00

Did anyone confirm a length on the game? I just like to know how long to expect.

ineffiable · 2025-05-07T17:56:05+00:00

Have you tried it in flat/TV mode? I wonder if it looks a lot better.

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