“Maybe I’m just an overly nostalgic fan”

I wholeheartedly agree. I want them to succeed because their games fill an incredible niche that I have missed the past 15 years or so, quality mid-tier games (and they release many at $40). But I just don’t see a comprehensive of cohesive plan in their development/acquisition/release strategy.

No, this is correct. They have gobbled up a ton of studios and IPs and haven’t released that many games. With that said, I bought three of their games in 2020: Man-eater, Destroy All Humans Remake, and Battle for Bikini Bottom Remake.

I think he is safe.

It is primarily Tencent (although they tend to buy portions, not the whole thing), this company and MS. I'm not sure where this company is getting their unlimited funds as most of the games they release are mid-tier games that seemingly sell fine, but I'm sure we have nothing to worry about and the game industry isn't…

1. You don’t sit on hardware, because if you do the available tech will pass you by in the meantime and the same tech you already contracted for could have been, which means a loss in the orders of magnitude. It is a terrible business plan.

You don't just whip up a new model in a month. This has been in R&D for years. As the XOX and PS4 Pro proved, an upgraded model doesn't mean making your old model obsolete. Instead, it can invigorate the brand, even for the original model.

It is a pump and dump strategy that will cause massive harm to a lot of people who think they will get rich quick, but it also has the positive impact of fucking over hedge funds and exposing the bullshit that is shorting stock.

Almost as if shorting shouldn't be legal.

Is it becoming Devil May Cry Remake?

FWIW I don't think it was half-assed, the end product screams of lack of strong directional leadership.

I agree with most of your comment, but your initial statement was that it was complete trash like licensed games used to be back in the day, when it isn’t.

Have you played Avengers? It isn't a bad game.

Lol, just because you weren’t concerned doesn’t mean other people weren't. It was a decent controversy at the time

I always forget about Ashura's Wrath. I got that game for $5 when I had no money, was depressed, and unemployed (the last thing caused the first two). It was such an amazing escape.

What this says is that she was cast before they decided on the final character design, but Laura knew of the final design well before her performance (as Druckmann says that he sees the first finished scene months after he personally became aware that his casting decision may be controversial).

Do you have a source for that, because that is not my understanding at all.

I like RE3 more than RE2 (and I loved RE2). I loved being able to run through the game so many times.

Eh, I get that she is a working actress, but she has to know being a white woman playing a black woman in 2016 is going to cause severe backlash. Is she the primary problem with the casting? Certainly not, but she definitely could have declined the role for race-sensitivity reasons.

Lol, that’s not a scam, that is you not getting your money’s worth out of the product. Maybe try it is a mobile console, as I have used it as a TV console like 5 times total.