A Surprising Switch Port Gets Revealed And Sony Set For Another Big Move? | News Wave

Well it looks like the modding community is at it again with a surprising Switch port getting revealed. Sony could be looking to make another big move, this time one of their biggest acquisitions yet.
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00:00 - Start
00:43 - Little Big Planet 3 Servers Are Officially Closed
2:24 - Smash Bros 3DS DLC Situation Has Been Fixed
3:26 - Kena Bridge Of Spirits Rated For Xbox
4:23 - GTA V Port For Switch Shown Running
8:07 - Sony Is Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Paramount
11:17 - Eiyuden Chronicles Hundred Heroes Reviews Go Live
13:12 - Fallout 4 Steam Player Count Goes Crazy
16:12 - Poll
17:20 - Comment Of The Day
#Nintendo #PS5 #Xbox

[@Puppet_masterUK]

Surely the Xbox 360 version of GTA5 should run on a switch

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

It could. But Rockstar doesn't bother for some reason. Maybe they're watching for the next Nintendo Successor. Having to put the extra work to scale down a version probably isn't worth the effort.

[@maegnificant]

Gta IV is way better anyway

[@locust76]

It probably could, but don't call me Shirley.

[@zacharybecker8228]

The online prob had issues that's all they care about it's where the money comes from

[@CharmedReally7]

@@DeadPhoenix86DP scale down a 360 version of the game? Switch is stronger than a 360.

[@mightylink65]

I'm glad it's Fallout 4 that's exploding and not Fallout 76, it means people want moddable single player games that don't rely on content internet connections.

[@kennypowers1945]

Ehhhh not so much the internet thing but the fact Bethesda atill has a large player base there. They also expanded fallout 76 too and fallout shelter too lol not just 4 the other day. I want to play connected to the internet with all my games so I can get achievements

[@mattwellinc.8543]

Not sure what you’re on but 76 has had it’s biggest player count peak surpassing Wastelanders. There’s so many low levels flooding the severs they can’t keep up lol.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Fallout 4 is very cheap. That's why

[@Fuzhou]

It’s still growing too, what are you on about?

[@Rebnobfulroar]

​@@TheMysteryDriver both 4 and 76 are $5 games lol

[@WorriedcrewePCandPS]

I think the real miss for Bethesda was not getting a port of Fallout 4 on Switch before the show launched.

[@randybobandy9828]

That would look rough

[@andyenglish4303]

@@randybobandy9828 Fallout 4 ain't that pretty of a game to begin with. I think the bigger issue is performance, especially in downtown Boston. That area can tank the framerate even on PCs much more powerful than Switch.

[@randybobandy9828]

@@andyenglish4303 yes I know it's not but in order to get good performerance on the switch it's going to have to look even uglier.

[@Dethrojethro]

Sony wants the little square dude. Think about it: Spongebob is Paramount’s Mickey Mouse

[@Gawlakman]

And SpongeBob games still sell. I think the cosmic shake was at least somewhat successful

[@sugarsean5426]

Fallout 3 for Nintendo switch seems like a lost opportunity. 😩

[@soundhamer]

New Vegas would be so amazing...

[@vargsieber]

And there are the switch port beggars again

[@adriantovias8681]

@@vargsieber tired of these people

[@TheKaizokuman]

A few Bethesda ports were left on the table. The Elder Scrolls Morrowind and Oblivion, Dishonored. Wolfenstein New Order and Old Blood. I see them getting most of their missed games when the next Switch comes out.

[@Midnight.k1]

@@TheKaizokumandishonored 😢

[@user-pe7up5od7i]

Fun Fact: Rockstar North were developing a Wii U port of GTA V, before the Wii U was discontinued.

[@kellyjr0918]

Rip little big planet was fun sharing stuff online

[@droid4d279]

Very unfortunate should be still able to access all games made offline

[@TheTyisawesome]

It was awesome! Playing some of those popular Train and Tsunami levels was so fun

[@Darkstar301]

@@TheTyisawesomeyah maybe 8 years ago LOL

[@ChronicSensei]

​@@TheTyisawesomeIt was a fun game. I just wish people weren't so on board with talkin spit to people who like older games.

[@TheTyisawesome]

@@Darkstar301 Haha okay I may have been in highschool when I played them but I still think it would be a blast to fire up every now and then. That option and all the player levels gone... Rip indeed

[@matthewsmith3817]

GTA IV needs a remaster. While playable on PC, it is loaded with anomalies that could use fixing.

[@retropulse03]

This. But like, a real remaster done with care. Not the garbage we got for the GTA3/VC/SA remasters >.>

[@upthereuc]

VHS rewinders were not used just because they were faster, it was mainly to save "wear and tear" on the heads of your VHS player.

[@MateusDrake]

Every RPG vhannel has recommended Eyuden Chronicles so far, they mentioned its caveats which boil down to "it's basically what a direct continuation for Suikoden I and II for the PS2 could have been". And that is exactly what I expect from it ever since the Kickstarter campaign. I also played the spin-off game and got all achievements, I specially liked the character writing and interactions. I'm pretty sure I will love this game... When I find the time to play it.

[@10k-Noodles]

Even the complaints I heard were trivial things like not being able to save on the world map or choose your party members anywhere. I just finished replaying the Suikoden games and Dragon Quest VIII. None of them offer you those baby options people refer to as quality of life, and EC was going for the retro vibe.

[@NuiYabuko]

​@@10k-Noodles Baby options? Found the adult in the room. rolls-eyes

[@mielthesquid6536]

seems very simlar to Suikoden 2 though, uncanny similar, which is not exciting to me, I'm afraid it's really more or less the same game with a slightly different skin.

[@Luxocell]

The spin-off was boring and repetive to me... I hope the actual game is good!

[@ceilyurie856]

Y'all forgot the gross English mistranslations and dialogue choices.

[@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch]

Well, Paramount and Universal are Columbia's (Sony's) biggest movie production competitors. It makes sense to absorbs one of them.

[@stug5041]

Pour one out for the six people still sharing LBP3 levels with one another

[@BolognaLover]

Nah. The community was getting amazing. Over 10,000,000 levels.The Logic programing got advanced that full 3D movement with unlimited layers, custom modded content that and be shared and downloaded with others. Not only that LBP scalled perfectly on the PS5 allowing you to create even more advanced logic and complex scenes using the power of the PS5. It was very accessible to anyone because it supported crossplay between PS3, PS4, and PS5. No other game had that. Not only that LBP has had more cross overs then Fortnite. The amount of DLC and support the game got is staggering and could've easily been kept alive if Sony actually cared

[@droid4d279]

@@BolognaLover sony fails at everything LBP was treated like trash since LBP1 and all through Dreams that company deserves better

[@vp_wrld]

For real 😂 one of those new stories you hear and go “okay…who even cares?”

[@jmporkbob]

As a backer, I've been playing Eiyuden for about 4 days now, 30 hours in. Yesterday I lost track of time and played for like 10 hours. I fully went from nervous it couldnt live up to my expectations to in love with it. I'm not surprised it gets an upper 70s (altho the switch version is definitely dragging it down), because it is not made for a general audience. It is made for fans of PS1 era jrpgs, and it is that to its core. I can't speak to the story yet because I feel like I'm probably a third of the way through (there is a lot of side content), but the rest of the game has definitely lived up to or even surpassed my expectations.

[@jimmycarpenter6612]

Although this type of game isn't my cup of tea it's an example of why I don't pay attention to reviews in the least. I know if something looks interesting to me far better than some random KZbin channel lol. So many games I've loved had bad reviews and vice versa.

[@UrdnotWrex88]

I don't understand why the Switch would have issues running GTAV, I mean okay the remaster is out the question, but end of the day the PS3 and 360 ran this game just fine.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Just like why can't the switch run the Kingdom Hearts games??? Just cloud only

[@JosephRBarron]

😊

[@acdoob]

Because the switch is I believe around the power of an Xbox 360 but runs on a battery so they have to account for that. The chip may be able to push that, but it just isn't feasible. Maybe if it had FSR, but it would probably end up like a steam deck where the battery is good for an hour. Plus I don't know where Nintendo stands on shark cards or whatever it's called.

[@gamephreak5]

@@acdoob Wrong. The Switch is way more powerful than a 360. It's definitely feasible. Do you really think the Switch is just a portable Wii U? Moron!

[@ssj99gohanisthebest48]

@@acdoobpretty sure you can buy V bucks for Switch Fortnite anyways so that wouldn’t be an issue

[@GiSWiG]

My first DVD player was actually a DVD drive for my PC and a RealMagic Hollywood Plus MPEG2 decoder card. PCs at the time were not powerful enough to play DVDs, except for maybe some high-end systems. You install the DVD MPEG decoder card, connected your monitor to it and there was a passthrough cable to go from your video card to the MPEG2 card. The MPEG card had S-Video/Composite out to plug to a TV, which I did. To watch DVDs on your PC monitor, the MPEG card overlaid the DVD video on top the video out of the PC GPU card. If you connected your monitor directly to your GPU, you would just see a black box where the DVD video was to be playing.

[@elcourier]

isn’t it Paramount + the service that has the Halo series TV show? :P

[@DeltaDragon79]

Yep, Master Cheeks himself.

[@maximillianlylat1589]

Yes. I really only have it for ninja turtles and star trek at this point

[@ChiruKobra]

Rockstar could still make some money off GTA 5 on Switch. Just package the single player campaign, make sure it's labeled as such, and release it at a lower price like $30. And just like that, 3-5 million more copies sold.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

They're probably waiting for the Next Nintendo system. They would have to scale down the game a lot.

[@nightshades7620]

​@@DeadPhoenix86DP😂 yeah you clearly doesn't understand the hardware of the Switch and doesn't understand that GTA V is a 7th Gen game.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

@@nightshades7620 PowerPC is not comparable to a X86 based hardware.

[@nightshades7620]

@@DeadPhoenix86DP yeah sure, cause the switch doesn't even run even more complex games than gta v. You're dumb.

[@CoreyThePunk]

I think it would be interesting to see a new Fallout game with the play style of Fallout 1 & 2. The recent success of Baldur’s Gate 3 shows that people are more willing to give those types of game a chance. Microsoft could let another studio work on this Fallout spinoff while Bethesda works on Elder Scrolls 6.

[@animeloveer97]

dang me too fallout 1 and 2 are awesome games with cool story and gameplay felt very satisfying to me

[@CoreyThePunk]

@@animeloveer97 They are great games. When I played both for the first time a few years back I had to follow a guide. Those games do not mess around.

[@FeelinFlurgyy]

Heck even if they made a Fallout game in the style of Wasteland 3 I'd be all over it!

[@jimmycarpenter6612]

I think obsidian would be perfect for that job. They did pillars of eternity plus fallout new Vegas. Just have to combine them in a cool way.

[@MilkieBeargames]

The DVD audio was so good, moving from VHS.

[@Adrian-wh3mk]

Simple premise. The more consolidation of entertainment companies, the more regurgitated slop.

[@domtorretto9225]

Had a lot of fun playing little big planet 3 with my kids on the PS3 when they were younger. They are teenagers now 😢

[@jonahyoungkin2430]

One of the biggest reasons I've seen that has kept other companies from wanting to acquire Paramount, aside from them losing money on streaming, is that they have an assortment of cable channels with incredibly low viewership that lose the company money. As acquiring the company also means you're acquiring their debt, while it would be enticing for a company to make use of big brands like Star Trek or SpongeBob, taking on that amount of financial baggage would be a major risk.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

It is, but I also think Sony would go for it. They seem very big on home entertainment especially with CrunchyRoll and Funimation under their wing now so Paramount technically would be a solid pick-up but as you say it's... hard to call.

[@Gawlakman]

If they’re gonna take big risks, they should make a vita 2. That one is more likely to pay off

[@meikaishi]

Even my weakass laptop can run GTA V so a port to the Switch wouldn't surprise me, what's surprising is Rockstar taking this long considering how much they love rereleasing GTA V

[@niveketihw1897]

My current and 2024 gaming: Supplice on Steam (old school shooter), a couple old demos on the PS4 that I've had for a long time, and Grindstone on the Switch. I watch game news, game reviews, and retrospectives, and also listen to game music and soundtracks and remixes. I do that more than I actually play games.

[@wreckitralph4714]

One of the problems back in the day with video stores was picking the wrong or too short of a game. I remember renting Rugrats 64 and beating it in under a hour.

[@bagelmaster8]

kind of seems like the perfect use case for renting imo. playing a bunch of shorter games you might feel burned on if you bought them outright

[@wreckitralph4714]

@bagelmaster8 I hear ya but as a kid I was pissed. Only got to rent 1 a weekend n that weekend sucked.

[@bagelmaster8]

@@wreckitralph4714 true, lol being stuck with one crappy N64 game is painful 😭 i never grew up with game rentals, think i was just imagining how i’d use them now

[@ParadoxalDream]

I know that's not what Todd Howard wants but for the sake of everyone including Bethesda and Microsoft, I think Microsoft should force them to expand and have a dedicated Elder Scrolls studio and a dedicated Fallout studio that can both work simultaneously. Both IPs are massive now, they both have MMOs to support, and the waiting between new entries is getting ridiculously long.

[@VEN0M415]

Modern gaming for the mainstream stuff and console hardware is definitely in a worse state, but the indie side is definitely in a far better state offering way more indies to chose from that offer far better quality for a smaller price.

[@cbgg1585]

Another nonsense comment. - Elden Ring -Spiderman 2 - GOW RAGNAROK -Splatoon 3 - Xenoblade 3 - A Plague Tale Requiem - Bayonetta 3 - Horizon Forbidden West - FF16- low sales numbers but still rated very highly and amongst fans, still accepted as a quality FF game - LOZ TOTK From the top of my head, these sizable budget games alone are JUST released over the last 2 or so years. If you want to look even further, generation 8 of consoles was filled with quality. I love indie titles as much as the next, but stop pretending the AA and AAA gaming scene is on the verge of a collapse that is impossible to come back from.

[@hododod246]

Mainstream gaming is better than ever. There are so many mainstream games on the market that it is impossible for a working adult or student to play all of those. You are just brainwashed by mainstream media who creates negativity intentionally to create engagement and clicks. All they talk are Call of Duty, Blizzard, Diablo, Fortnite etc. These are not the only games in market.

[@SUPERVEGETTO92]

Oh, you love indies, right? Name 5-10 indies that you are hyped for in 2024 without mentioning Hollow Knight, Hades, a Wario Land style game, or a Wayford title.

[@VEN0M415]

@@cbgg1585 AAA has seen more microtransactions and always online demands, but worst of all theres far more adding a sketchier TOS/EULA that demand they monitor us when we arent playing their games. Many games including the ones you listed include such creepy requirements now. Also lets not forget that elden ring and spiderman 2 and GOW ragnarok had a pretty rough launch with many bugs or crashes, Splatoon 3 had (I think it still does) terrible server connection issues, Bayonetta 3 has some visual and performance issues but its the switch so kind of understandable, and Horizon FW had quite a few progression blocker issues. You could say "but games have always had these issues" and to that I say yes but it was far rarer to see back then because they had far more testers back then.

[@VEN0M415]

@@SUPERVEGETTO92 I've got a crap ton that Im waiting for to release: Phantom Fury, Jump Ship, Runa, Super Polygon Grand Prix, Parking Garage Rally, Fumes, Old school Rally, Hyperlight Breaker, The Last Exterminator, Interlopers, Wind Runners, Schim, Screen Bound, Wind Runners, Warside, Toastercide, Core Decay, Japanese Drift Masters, Replaced, Plucky Squire, and Verge World. Theres plenty that are already out that I havent bought yet but yeah indies are offering the goods more than ever.

[@deltamaxxhomevideo]

I think my biggest Fallout series complaint is that everything looks too clean. I’m no lore aficionado, but it’s a fun ride. And John Daly’s character is the best.

[@Retrogamershaun]

Cartridge size isn't an issue for rockstar and take 2 because they put L.A. Noire on the switch which had had a physical release and they just made you download part of the game

[@AdrianCarlosEnriqueFlore-ju6zm]

Id rather have GTA IV ported to the Switch as I have not been able to finish back on the PS3. Having that game portably would be great. GTA V though, would be a welcome port too

[@applehazeva2739]

I'd love GTA V on Switch becouse it would be an actual offline to go Version of GTA. On Steam Deck or PC just in general, the Rockstar Launcher is filled with some heavy verification DRM

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

Hell yeah, IV would be fantastic! Other than the wanted system and constantly being harassed by friends to do stuff, it was an amazing game.

[@AdrianCarlosEnriqueFlore-ju6zm]

@@ZeusTheIrritable every GTA game has a lil annoyances. might need to get a copy for the PS3 as I lost it through time LOL Really need to finish it

[@user-uu2uv8bw2s]

Get a rog ally or lenovo go if you want portability...

[@AdrianCarlosEnriqueFlore-ju6zm]

@@applehazeva2739 OMD I forgot that, I tried playing GTA V on steam deck and the constant needing of connectivity was atrocious. Though in part is also steamdecks fault too in order to verify that the games aren’t being bootleg or whatever, hence I then sold the thing

[@MyManJFKTV]

Although this game is kinda not-so-new [and I’ve actually had this game in my library for a couple years], I’ve been playin’ this indie called Ruiner. It’s a twin-stick shooter/brawler with a cyberpunk aesthetic, and it’s pretty damn fun.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Is it like Geometry Wars?

[@systematicallyshocked]

Duuuuude I just bought that game yesterday. It was on sale on psn. I had it on somewhere, one of the pass subscriptions for the longest and told myself “I’ll get around to it”. Guess it came off. So I bought it last night. $3 too. I always thought it looked cool too.

[@MyManJFKTV]

@@I_SuperHiro_I- Nah, it’s more like Midnight Fight Express.

[@EhEhEhEINSTEIN]

Good should, that's going on the wishlist. Never heard of it but kinda looks like The Ascent

[@MyManJFKTV]

@@EhEhEhEINSTEIN - Damn. The Ascent was in my backlog since it hit Game Pass, and I still haven’t tried it to this day…but from what I remember, it’s fairly similar. Just a different tone, but I think it’s similar gameplay.

[@Mr.IndoorPants]

I voted that there was a lot that I’m excited about. That’s mostly titles that have been out for months. I can’t play games quick enough to stay up to date, and buying them late when they are finished and on sale is an added bonus

[@payableondeath7]

I really don't get how Witcher 3 with all content made it onto Switch but the 360 version of GTA V couldn't get ported to the Switch even with downloads

[@Fulthrotle73]

Happy Monday all!

[@Kim-py3iv]

Garfield: I hate Mondays

[@0Buddhaspot0]

Is happy earth day

[@anthonyd4309]

Really getting tired of servers going offline for games that still have a following just because they decide they want to save a few dollars. Just make games supported for custom servers like it always used to be and let the community take over.

[@JakeRanney]

Every day you say before we get to the comment of the day that we're gonna look at the poll you posted up. Was there ever a time that you read the comment of the day first?

[@HeroesLeftInMan]

Sony owning the rights to Star Trek is a nightmare scenario

[@cbgg1585]

Nah. So long as as they can rake in as much dough, I’m good. As an equities investor, more IP’s they scoop up, the better chance for financial growth.

[@brennan1819]

I mean lower decks is the only decent Star Trek property in like two decades and they just cancelled it. So how much more damage can Sony really do anyways

[@GM-Shenmue]

Would be much worse if it was Disney.

[@QuantumChrist]

Microsoft owns a lot of studios yet all games they released last year are FLOPPED and full of BUGS and Glittches.

[@valetboy21]

Can't be any worse than hiring Kurtzman.

[@jahjoeka]

Funny how the Halo show didn't have the same effect as the Fallout show.

[@vargsieber]

One argument could be that paramount+ wasn't really available outside the US for a long time or that most people don't necessarily want to subscribe to a streaming service for just one show and most people have prime anyway because of the free shipping that comes with it. Or maybe it's just the quality of the show, didn't watch Halo, but maybe the fallout show is just better. In reality it's probably a combination of all those things.

[@kennypowers1945]

Duh because the halo show felt nothing like halo lol. Felt like one of the many shitty resident evil movies

[@jahjoeka]

@kennypowers1945 that's why it's funny.

[@Beastmode650]

Damn there goes my paramount plus subscription

[@pixelsncreatures]

Oh cool.. Adding more titles to Sony's library for them to take away from people who purchased them

[@droid4d279]

This is why I stopped supporting Sony

[@emtmcg]

@@droid4d279It's just a company. Don't get emotional about it.

[@Final_Dawn]

You mean like Nintendo did with Super Mario All-stars 3D?

[@benjaminluna64]

@@Final_Dawn Not exactly. What it means is buying software and then the company can strip or delete the software from your device like the Discovery situation sometime back. 3D All Stars, for anyone who bought it, can still be played and redownloaded, but cannot be bought digitally anymore as it was only for a limited time.

[@Gawlakman]

I don’t understand what this means. What are they taking away?

[@sonicstarman9663]

How'd I know that the big Nintendo "reveal" he was talking about was going to involve GTA V?😂

[@jimmycarpenter6612]

I'm lucky to live where i live, I suppose. Our Walmart and Best Buy still have physical games. Our Gamestop is usually well stocked, and we have at least a dozen retro game stores within a half-hour radius of my home. Not to mention the insane amount of games ranging from atari to current gen being sold on Facebook marketplace at pretty much all times. There really are no shortages on options here.

[@MachineChrist6]

My VHS rewinder was super super fast.. It was in the shape of a car.... Also was red so you know the color made it faster. Lol

[@basicsyphilis8]

1rst dvd player the family had was a ps2. Great time had to convince my dad it plays dvd & it’s not hundreds of dollars

[@fan_of_mei]

3:39 💙

[@scarscratch]

I wonder if Microsoft will let another studio develop a fallout

[@shreksnow1918]

Prior to the release of Outer Worlds I would’ve said that Obsidian would be the best choice. Unfortunately, that game proves that just like Bethesda modern Obsidian has fallen off. Outer Worlds was mediocre at best and was forgotten shortly after release.

[@TheFiend294]

Probably after Todd Leaves

[@fan_of_mei]

1:05 also Nier Reincarnation servers 😢

[@OldMan_PJ]

Every industry is getting it's legs beneath them after the pandemic, I don't expect the videogame industry to fully recover until 2027 given the average length of game development.

[@joegrizzly846]

I Love the attention Fallout is receiving on a mass scale! I’m truly excited for folks who’ve never experienced them to play 3, new Vegas, and 4!!

[@Aenashi]

Eiyuden Chronicles is delayed for switch physically till May 21st :( Also it’s funny that when people mention gaming companies doing things with Microsoft Azure it’s a big deal. It takes a lot of infrastructure to run companies. Just as Sony does more than gaming but when the company does something with another division, it’s for gaming side. There may be some synergy with the purchase, but don’t get to excited ;)

[@Unkindtaternuts]

Oh wow, someone found the dye bottle😂

[@DizzyDiddy]

I'm still using DVD's. Blu-ray just wasn't a big enough jump for me to warrant switching to a pricier format.

[@hallowedshade125]

I swear, all the games I loved but everyone else slept on are now becoming the popular ones. It's making it harder for me to recollect my loses as demand rises and supplies diminish. Re-grabbing all Metroids before Prime 4 dangit

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I did find the beginning of Eiyuden Chronicle hundred heroes kind of jarring. The intro was just barely any backstory and you get party members quick

[@Forriedude]

My PS3 came bundled with Spider-Man 3 on bluray.

[@NoMadKid]

Paramount fits more with Universal Studios but I also see Apple entering the bidding war since they want invest more in their entertainment branch.

[@Gawlakman]

I don’t think that last bit is true. Certainly video game rentals are mostly done except game fly but retro game stores have been growing quite a bit in the United States at least because they see how many collectors are out there and how well nostalgia sells.

[@Biff_Macboaty]

Jon, you totally overlooked Fallout London which was due to come out tomorrow (23 April) until Bethesda threw a spanner in the works with the Fallout 4 update. Okay its a Mod and will only work on PC but it looks impressive and might well be the new game in the Fallout series everyone has been hoping for.

[@tronam]

To be fair, this next-gen update was announced in Oct'2022, so it wasn't totally out of the blue. It's a much needed update, especially for Playstation players and PCs with modern RTX GPUs that no longer support that old PhysX feature that FO4 used. I can't run it for more than 5min on my RTX 4080 without crashing to desktop. Once the Script Extender gets updated, they should be able to get Fallout: London back up and running again. This has happened many times in the past.

[@Thomaticus]

In the 90s, my mom picked out some great games just looking at box art. She got Contra...that was a really good game.

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

The problem with "Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes" that many reviewers pointed out is that it *sticks way too much to the old JRPG formula (including outdated concepts for the story/exploration/world building)* and does NOT try to *modernize* them like other modern JRPGs (e.g. *The Legend of Heroes).* As a long-term turn-based JRPG fan, I will definitely give this game a shot and I think I can look past its many faults (provided they're not too tedious to deal with), but I can definitely see why other people who aren't into these types of games won't have the same patience as me.

[@nworder4life]

It's simple, you love SUikoden 2 and 5? You will love this game. It's literally a SUikoden game in all but name. Instead of kobolds you have lycons, instead of sindar ruins you have rune barrows ruins, instead of runes you have rune lenses. Everything is here from the suikoden games, EVERYTHING. Food battles, minigames, castle, shop management, 1 on 1 duels, major army battle son the world map, support characters, sidequests, saving in inns and save points only, even the little character running in load screens...it's all the same.

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

@@nworder4life Your analogy is flawed because it *doesn't apply to anyone who hasn't played a Suikoden game (like me).* I'm simply a long time fan of turn-based JRPGs and from I've seen of this Eiyuden Chronicles, it's definitely up my alley. The things that the reviewers complained about are worrisome (like backtracking with no fast travel, or reaching save points that don't heal you and are sparse to begin with), but I do think I can deal with all that as long as it is not a recurring tedium throughout the game.

[@nworder4life]

@@TheInfinityMaster1 There is fast travel. You need to recruit a girl that can teleport, just like in the suikoden games.

[@wayneswirl]

Sony potentially owning Paramount and distributing the Halo tv series is kinda wild

[@hododod246]

They are making a Zelda movie currently.

[@carleffique2687]

@@hododod246 More on the technical side rather than the actual script.

[@sinner13halloweenfiend76]

Yes the good old days I remember the rental store good time

[@vidgamarr5126]

Some of the coolest people I met were in LittleBigPlanet. That game will live on forever in my memory. My PS friends list is comprised of like at least 50% people that I met on that game many moons ago. Thank you for endless laughs and timeless memories ❤️🙏

[@shreksnow1918]

There’s this cool game called Restitched that’s in the works. It started out as a LittleBigPlanet fan game before Sony told them to stop, and so they made it into its own thing. Let’s hope it lives up to what came before.

[@balaam_7087]

With all the talk about game preservation lately, I wish people would show more interest in ‘trophy/achievement preservation’. What I’m referring to is players getting locked out of trophies/achievements when online game servers shut down. It should fall on the developer/publisher/platform holder to *guarantee* an alternate means of unlocking them. I personally barely escaped the LBP2 server shutdown a few years back, but some psn friends on my list were screwed out of their 100% completions because of that decision. I imagine the same is true for many with LBP3, or countless other live service/online only titles. I see no reason why the corresponding trophies/achievements can’t be auto unlocked for all who played if an online only game is terminated.

[@redlion145]

I'm not sure completing your epeen collection is worth anything to the company paying for the servers. Nintendo doesn't even bother with trophies; the game itself is the reward.

[@ironbru1986]

@@redlion145 Tell that to Microsoft, you can't even earn achievements on Xbox if you're offline, even if you meet the requirements to unlock them. Quite a few of them don't retroactively unlock once you go online again too.

[@hododod246]

Trophies are worthless. You are just wasting your time.

[@pienotlie9081]

There's so many large companies across so many different industries that are merging, buying each other up, etc. Getting a little dystopian now that it feels like so much of the world is owned by the same 30 billionaires that all have pseudo=monopolies on multiple different things...

[@darkcity2004]

Please make sure you specify the ownership of Indiana jones because you know these fan boys will go nuts. Disney owns the Indiana jones IP. Paramount has a distrbution deal with Lucas Films for Indisna Jones films and that old Tv show from the 90s

[@mr_rockgamer17]

Microsoft should have Obsidian Entertainment make a New Vegas 2.

[@shreksnow1918]

Modern Obsidian is a dumpster fire just like Bethesda. Outer Worlds was mediocre at best and was forgotten shortly after release. It’s safe to say the sequel won’t be very good, and what we’ve seen of Avowed doesn’t look good either. New Vegas was lighting in a bottle since you had a bunch of people who worked on the original Fallouts, the engine they were using allowed them to pump out content, and they reused a lot of ideas they had for the scrapped Fallout Van Buren (the original Fallout 3). A lot of those people are gone now.

[@TheFiend294]

@@shreksnow1918 You've clearly not been paying attention to anything about Obsidian. Multiple Game of the Year awards for Outer Worlds alone. But hey you can continue to cry.

[@LogicalError007]

​@@shreksnow1918A lot of the people are actually not gone.

[@tronam]

@@LogicalError007 But most of the important people are, like Chris Avellone and John Gonzales. Studios change a lot in 15 years.

[@tronam]

@jcdenton4110 How does that even make sense? And when would they do it? They're not that big of a studio. Besides, they wanted to make a game in their own Pillars of Eternity universe, and that's what they've been working on for the past 5 years. After Avowed is released, the next game they'll be making is a sequel to The Outer Worlds. By the time both of those games are finished and released, Bethesda themselves will already be in pre-production or maybe even full production on Fallout 5.

[@jimstone8842]

People had vhs rewinders in their car

[@sanekibeko]

I've never got into Little Big Planet and sad I'll never experience what it was like back in the day.

[@Dru2Usucka]

TMNT SOUTH PARK STAR TREK The possibilities are endless for Sony

[@thebeaphomet9485]

If you want to go back to FO3 on PC, it is worth also getting New Vegas and installing "Tale of Two Wastelands". You get to play both games combined and Fallout 3 will have NV's functions and compatibilities, etc etc. It does take a bit to set up, but it is worth it in the end.

[@chrissolace]

19:22 Dang, I wish we had more physical media. I mean yeah it’s way less convenient to store, but even to this day, me and my friend like going into a GameStop to browse the selection. It’s a fun pastime. But we’ve gone so often and the titles change so little that it’s gotten boring 😕

[@Toddfrommario]

Just found out a few days ago that PS3 GTA Online servers are still up, if you can mod

[@Matric7000]

been wanting to play Kena, so this is good news.

[@GhostyOcean]

The game that's in and out of the Nintendo rumor mill is Metroid Prime 4

[@bipsmaster]

I’ve played about 8 hours of Eiyuden Chronicle. I think people’s experience of the game will strongly depend on their expectations . It is no doubt a solid spiritual successor to Suikoden with a ton of strengths like the 100+ characters, story, and beautiful art. But it does skirt some modern conveniences in favor of several classic JRPG tropes. For example, no fast forwarding battle sequences and few save points. There are patches coming so we’ll see what those do. It feels somewhere between an Indy game and a AA modern JRPG like OCTOPATH. Great game, and (so far) I think it’s a must-play for any JRPG fan but a harder sell for those needing it to be more modernized with QoL features.

[@darkspeedsterz]

Honestly blu-ray had the same problem as the wii u, most people didn't even know it wasn't just another dvd

[@evojanus]

When will you answer Questions from the discord? We're closing in on 3 months since they were last answered.

[@jdmahle]

I'm still waiting on "Abandoned"

[@Janier87]

I got paramount just to stream the Super Bowl. Forgot to cancel the trial tried canceling it last month then I got a surprise a couple of days ago getting charged to paramount again.

[@HolyHadou]

I Green Man Gaming Preordered Eyuden Chronicles but the mixed reception and lack of quality of life modern options makes me wonder if I just wasted my money. Damn I feel dumb especially with Game Pass on PC looking at me sideways.

[@bigcoop3717]

This Xbot is seething, you can see it in his face 😂😂😂

[@FeelinFlurgyy]

I'd be very happy to see a remastered collection of Fallout 1 and 2 get announced. I have only tried Fallout 1 for the first few hours but I feel like a lot of people skip over them because of the older gameplay style and presentation. The world's lore and characters from those games did establish quite a bit however!

[@timmygilbert4102]

Little big planet joining Mario maker 1 in paradise

[@Forriedude]

I think it'd be really cool if GTA6 online links with GTA5. Like, you can go to the airport in LS and land in VC, and vice-versa..

[@statesminds]

I am super excited for eiyuden chronicles hundred heroes. Love Suikoden and know i will love this. Other than switch most complaints is that it has old school mechanics

[@dayvonlouis5187]

4:42 seriously? That’s the game people were anticipating going to the switch? I’m remarkably confused

[@hashfall5338]

On the topic of modern gaming, there's still a lot of good releases (if you stay away from AAA). My goty this year has to be Withering Rooms.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

Every week it seems like corpos kill or defile something else we love.

[@brett6239]

Got Hundred Heroes for Steam and love it. Graphics, art style, music, and gameplay are top notch. Think it's getting slammed for being a random battle and turned based JRPG. But if you are into retro at all this is not something that will bother you. Reviewers just tend to hate those old school JRPGs.

[@Janier87]

It will be interesting if Sony does by paramount since the halo series streams on there.

[@sagepirotess6312]

Honestly you missed the biggest story of the weekend.... 😢 Embracer is no more. Being split into three companies.

[@dasboy1ify]

I don't think that was known till this morning

[@dapperfan44]

Wait. What?!

[@The80Kat]

Didn’t miss it no one cares

[@Lunascry]

Sony owning Paramount would give them Sonic and Halo tv and movie rights.

[@andrewmilhoan3568]

They need to get a New Vegas Remaster out ASAP, drop it before Season 2 of the show and make $$$

[@the2ndlove]

I’ve been going in on Fallout Shelter

[@mustafab.5261]

Paramount now i can watch startrek discovery

[@roz1281]

How can anyone think we are in a rut? There are more incredible games lately than ever in the past. Unless you only play AAA big mainstream games. I will never have enough time to play everything I'm interested in 😢

[@thedayofquicksilver6930]

Paramount also owns TMNT and all of Nickelodeon. This acquisition would be amazing! 😍

[@RandomZ689]

Sony is trying to own some kinda rights to hulk

[@elena_m19]

I often wonder why Nintendo are only now getting into TV and movies. Sony and Microsoft were diversified for decades.

[@ahmedhasan4966]

Here's why: Mario Movie 1993

[@NuiYabuko]

They had a Mario animated movie, Mario and Zelda series, Captain N - so it's not that new of an endeavour, just that they're likely more involved these days.

[@ahmedhasan4966]

@@NuiYabuko yes!

[@nworder4life]

Because Nintendo was a video game company, now they have the mindset of using their IP's for more than just games.