There are no news items in this podcast. Instead, it’s just post-E3 discussion. Everything is E3. What the crew liked, what the crew didn’t, and T.J.’s reports from doing the show floor. The episode is almost 2 hours long, so there was a lot to talk about.
Episode 541: E3 Reaction 2019
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This week’s news includes:
- Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of Bethesda has been given the green light
- Star Dynasties announced
- Phasmophobia’s latest update means ghosts can open doors and follow your voice
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PSN Outage Causes 200% Rise in PS3 Trade-InsPSN Outage Causes 200% Rise in PS3 Trade-Ins
The patience of PlayStation 3 owners is wearing thin as retailers are reporting a 200% increase in PlayStation 3 trade-ins, usually for Xbox 360 consoles, as well as sales slumps for PSN points cards and fewer multiplatform game sales for PS3.
“In the first week of downtime we did not really see any major change in sales or trades,” says one source, a store manager at a major UK retailer speaking on condition of anonymity. “However from the second week onwards we have seen an increase of over 200 per cent on PS3 consoles being traded in, split almost 50/50 between those trading for cash and those taking a 360 instead.”
Another UK source has reported that the independent retailer had seen a “massive increase” in the volume of PS3s traded in in recent weeks, and has pegged the biggest trade-in demographic as “the hardcore online shooter crowd”, who are logically the group most likely to defect when their online gaming is wiped.
Episode 610: Castlevania’s GateEpisode 610: Castlevania’s Gate
This week’s episode is full of rumors, which the crew try to parse.
The news includes:
- Yakuza will remain a turn-based series going forward
- Gears 6 won’t be announced “for some time”
- Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 re-release “on the table”
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow studio is making a new game
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