The morning Inbox worries that Days Gones Deacon St. John talks to himself, as one reader imagines a Giger-eseque FromSoftware game.
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Personal prediction
With E3 fast approaching all eyes are going to be on Microsoft and what they will announce. Which is a mystery in more than one way as not only do we not know what its going to be like but its also unclear whether theyll actually unveil it properly now or wait until next year.
Sony wont because they dont want to put off Christmas sales for the PlayStation 4 but you could argue that Microsoft doesnt need to worry about that so much considering how the Xbox One is selling. Except its still doing well in the US and I think that will count much more for their decision-making, so my personal prediction is that we wont see the Xbox Two, or whatever its called, this year.
I think well probably get stats, just like Sony, and theyll be significantly more than the PlayStation 5. Not sure why Sony gave them that easy victory, but I guess they can always increase theirs before its out. Im sure Microsoft will be able to show off plenty of games and tech demos will still keeping things fairly vague but its my guess that the real announcements wont be until next year. Not long until we find out if Im right!
Iceman
PS: Great Readers Features again this weekend, especially the Zelda and Days Gone ones.
GC: They were good, but we are now completely out of new ones – we currently have none to run this weekend.
If it aint broke
Was just looking at the Japanese charts, since theyre still the only ones that have independent sales figures, and found out that the Nintendo Switch has just passed the 8 million mark. The PlayStation 4 is currently on 8,033,587 (see how good it is to have such specific numbers!) so that means the Switch will almost certainly pass it sometime this month. An amazing achievement given the head start the PlayStation 4 had and the fact that Sony dont have to worry about the Xbox One as competition in Japan (its lifetime sales are 104,942 – and yes, you read that right).
As many have observed a lot of Nintendos weirder decisions make a little more sense when you realise theyre thinking of the home market first and foremost. So when things are doing well I Japan is when you see them at their most confident and adventurous, in theory at least. Interestingly there arent too many big differences in how the major games sell there, although Splatoon 2 is massive in a way that Western gamers probably dont realise.
Zelda really isnt that big in Japan but Breath Of The Wild was, so that guarantees well be seeing more of that but more importantly I think the Switch 2 or whatever the next hardware is will be fairly similar to the original. I dont imagine some massive change again when things are going this well.
Tembre
Internal monologue
Good feature on Days Gone at the weekend. Im enjoying it but its obvious that its no world-beater and the arguments around it are already more interesting than the game itself. One issue though, that I havent heard too many people discuss here, is how much Deacon talks to himself. I dont know if the whole zombie apocalypse thing is supposed to have turned him mad but at times it just seems like he wont shut up!
Its a problem with a lot of games, especially open world games, but I dont remember one where Ive shouted at the screen so much, or found the character interrupting other people talking or the action so much.
And another thing, while were on the subject, what does him and Boozer (boy, these names are terrible) mean when they said theyve been in a worse situations at the beginning? Theyre in the middle of a zombie outbreak in which theyre both probably going to die and theyre trying to pretend its no big thing? The games script isnt great but thats the one point that had me rolling my eyes the most.
Binky
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Automatic interest
Its great knowing that PlatinumGames suddenly have so much on their plate. I thought Scalebound would be their big break, then it looked like it would destroy them. Then a sequel to NieR, turned out to be their biggest hit! Not something anyone expected, Im sure.
To be honest the trailers for Astral Chain and Babylons Fall dont do anything for me, but just knowing the company behind them has me 100% on board already. I dont think theres anyone else I could say that for beyond Nintendo, and even then only for the big franchises – they can still be a bit uneven when it comes to the smaller stuff.
No idea – obviously – what the new game is but interested to see whether thatll be their own IP or if thats another work for hire job. Seemed like he was implying itd be their own, so thats automatically exciting because it means its not a sequel or a licence. As much as Im looking forward to Bayonetta 3 and would kill for Vanquish 2 a new game is automatically more interesting to me, no matter whos making it.
Clifford
Too obvious
Being one of the apparently few people that played Detective Pikachu, and enjoyed it, is it not bizarre that Nintendo has not tried to re-release it for the Switch? As I remember it had some of the best graphics on the 3DS (because it didnt use the 3D effect) so I wouldve though itd brush up quite well. Especially as Pokémon: Lets Go isnt exactly a graphics powerhouse.
I know Nintendo not doing the obvious is a meme at this point but that is a particularly odd one. Even if you imagine theyre getting ready to do a sequel it still doesnt make any sense. It actually makes less sense, because the game ends on a cliffhanger (dont tell me whether the film does or not!).
Anyway, thats my prediction for when the inevitable rumours pop up that Nintendo has secret unannounced games to come.
Astrotub
GC: It is extremely odd but, well… you know Nintendo.
Pre-judgement
RE: Doshin and the inevitable Fortnite movie.
Im certain youre correct and its almost guaranteed therell be a big budget CGI movie incoming at some point. I wouldnt watch it myself if I was locked in a dark room and it was the only DVD available to watch, but then Im not the target audience. Much like I wasnt for the Angry Birds movie or the Fortnite game itself.
Ive no doubt itd make at least 500 million in box office sales from unfortunate grown-ups being dragged along by little Timmy to watch it, so I could see why filmmakers would be insane not to go for it. Its a guaranteed gold mine waiting to be opened.
My only surprise is that it hadnt been announced already while the phenomenon is still at its peak. You never know when itll suddenly be seen as uncool, like Minecraft is now.
Lost-Sock- (PSN ID)
GC: Minecraft is as popular now as its ever been.
Social behaviour
RE: Days Gone. Well done Korbie, great article. Good to see more and more of this type of opinion surfacing across the Internet regarding reviewers and general crazy behaviour on social media.
If articles like this keep hitting top searches there is hope!
Lee, Newcastle
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