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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Gaming Podcast 173: Crap StampGaming Podcast 173: Crap Stamp
This week we’re hammering through some top news articles while tackling some community comments and hitting the history hard!
- EA attempting to get a piece of the used game sales
- Nintendo DS on track to become best selling console
- One of the worst Video game decline in history
- Farmville to break away from Facebook?
- Nintendo has a new enemy
Question of the week, have you seen any video game tattoo’s that have been less dork and more actual awesome? Do you have any?
Episode 478: MissingNo #1Episode 478: MissingNo #1
For some reason, this episode was never uploaded, though it was recorded two weeks ago. The Gaming Flashback is Mass Effect, and the news includes:
- After the fall update, development on Battleborn will cease
- Every Nintendo Switch may contain a hidden copy of NES Golf
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 boasts over 75,000 concurrent players on Steam
Xbox 360 Price Cut Leads To 100-Percent Sales IncreaseXbox 360 Price Cut Leads To 100-Percent Sales Increase
Why release a single block buster game with a two week pop when you can simply lower the price of your console and boost sales by 100%? That’s a question Sony may be asking themselves right now, as Metal Gear Solid 4‘s hype may have lasted years but the sales and console unit sale boots lasted a month.
Gamers show how they feel about costly consoles with their wallet. With 100% increases in sales, it’s clear that many gamers have been holding out from the “next-generation” of consoles because the price was too high. Now, Microsoft can report huge sales numbers this quarter with a special thanks to their price cut. Imagine the sales boost the PlayStation 3 would have if it was competitive in price?
Microsoft could have kept the savings of manufacturing costs to themselves but they chose to pass savings onto the consumers. The increase in unit sales means more households own the product and newly released games will probably see larger spikes now that people have invested in the 360 console.
End result, developers will want to produce games for the Xbox 360 because they’ve got a larger audience and publishers will be less likely to pick Sony as an exclusive because the 360‘s got sway in the market. It might not be a Wii in total sales records but it’s not half bad!
(Thanks, gamasutra)