Paul returns to the show to drown his sorrows in the discontinuation of a game series he loved, and the podcast ran so long it has to be split into two parts.
The first half of this podcast includes the following news items:
Stay tuned for Part 2.
Episode 425: Paul’s Return Part 1
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This week’s episode as a guest in the form of Jordan Lund’s wife Jennifer. There was to be a Gaming History, but it’ll be used next week when there’s more time.
This week’s news includes:
- Microsoft Points transformed into cash
- Gamers can return digital titles on Origin after a week
- Bungie feels Destiny can be bigger than Halo, as big as Star Wars
- Borderlands 2 coming to PlayStation Vita
- Sony announces 33 “launch” titles for PlayStation 4
- Microsoft announces launch titles for Xbox One
- The Sims 4 emotional gameplay revealed at GamesCom 2013
All this and Listener Feedback, with the same “console or PC gamer?” question from last week.
July NPD Unit Sales: Wii On Top… AgainJuly NPD Unit Sales: Wii On Top… Again
Believe this, Nintendo and their Wii console takes another month as top seller. The only product that moves more hardware than the Wii is the DS. As a gamer, it’s hard to understand how the Wii product continues to sell like this with the least supported game library on the planet.
The DS is completely understandable as it has a huge library of games, is more cost effective, comes in pretty colors and can save you tons of arguments and fighting from your kids on a long trip. In many ways the DS is synonymous with peace and quiet. What does the Wii offer us? Wii Sports and a new control scheme along with a few hit titles from Nintendo but little else for now.
I’ll be the first to admit, I thought this would be Nintendo’s chance to turn it all around and get the third parties involved. They have everything going for them in terms of sales, third party developers should be pushing out games each month considering the craze factor of the hardware. This just isn’t true.
Episode 264: This Podcast is DRM-FreeEpisode 264: This Podcast is DRM-Free
This week is full of gaming goodness as E3 slowly creeps up like kudzu, but there’s still plenty to talk about this week. For one, the Gaming Flashback is the classic Infocom game Planetfall.
The news for the week:
- DICE has Frostbite-powered titles for 2013 that “will require a 64-bit OS”
- Actors confirm return to recording booth for Mass Effect 3
- CD Projekt RED: The truth is DRM does not work
- Potential $1 billion suit against EA by former student-athletes moves forward
All that and Reader Feedback. This week’s Question of the Week, “Have you ever wanted a game but didn’t buy it due to DRM?”