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  • #302
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,786 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    They've also been doubling down on PC releases and have been really good in that area, outside of the DMC 5 update bull.
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  • #303
    Robert ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    CatInABox wrote: »
    I'd now be very surprised to see a disc based console next gen.


    If so that means no sales from countries with bad internet... which is most of them.


  • #304
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,215 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    https://www.gamesradar.com/far-cry-6-delayed-now-launching-between-april-2021-and-march-2022/?utm_content=buffer8ca06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer_grtw

    Far Cry 6 delayed. Was supposed to be mid-Feb 2021, now just between April 2021 and March 2022. Rainbox Six Quarantine now earmarked for same period.


  • #305
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,482 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    Robert ninja wrote: »
    If so that means no sales from countries with bad internet... which is most of them.

    "most of them" don't account for most of the sales, at some point soon it won't be worth the effort.


  • #306
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,627 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Penn wrote: »
    Far Cry 6 delayed. Was supposed to be mid-Feb 2021, now just between April 2021 and March 2022.
    Probably working on a much much much bigger super massively open world ;)


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  • #307
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,786 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    Probably working on a much much much bigger super massively open world ;)

    Filled with towers and the same 3 missions
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  • #308
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users Posts: 11,627 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Filled with towers and the same 3 missions

    :D

    In fairness to Ubi, they removed the towers (apart from one) in FC5 which was a positive for me.

    What I would like them to do is have a Far Cry game with main missions only. No side missions, climbing towers etc. It would be a nice change.


  • #309
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,786 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Jordan 199 wrote: »
    :D

    In fairness to Ubi, they removed the towers (apart from one) in FC5 which was a positive for me.

    What I would like them to do is have a Far Cry game with main missions only. No side missions, climbing towers etc. It would be a nice change.

    Or just remind Ubi that the Witcher 3 happened and side quests don't have to be **** anymore.

    Honestly thay aren't the worst. They've taken the right approach with Assassins creed and RPG'ed it up and their open world games are at least embracing the fun of an open world rather than being po-faced dreck like the original Watchdogs even if they haven't hit the level of player expression that BotW did.
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  • #310
    Teothican
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭Teothican


    Any word on GTA 6 / New Skyrim on PS5?


  • #311
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Teothican wrote: »
    Any word on GTA 6 / New Skyrim on PS5?

    Quite a lot of unconfirmed info on this GamesRadar article about GTA VI, but as said, unconfirmed so take with a bag of salt. If true, it sounds like a proper successor to Vice City, and is indeed set in Vice City and some other location based on Rio de Janero. Another article speculating that it'll be 2023/24 before we see it.


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  • #312
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,246 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Wanna talk about Cyberpunk taking a long time, its been 2013 since GTAV was released...


  • #313
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    Teothican wrote: »
    Any word on GTA 6 / New Skyrim on PS5?

    No idea on GTA6, but the only news on Elder Scrolls 6 is that MS bought the company that makes it. The deal hasn't gone through yet, so people are still thinking that it'll come out on PS5, but I can't see it happening. Pretty sure the only reason that they haven't announced that it's exclusive to Xbox is because they're not legally allowed to make decisions for a company that they don't technically own yet


  • #314
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Vicxas wrote: »
    Wanna talk about Cyberpunk taking a long time, its been 2013 since GTAV was released...

    And Skyrim was 2011.


  • #315
    Sieghardt
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Sieghardt


    CatInABox wrote: »
    I'd now be very surprised to see a disc based console next gen.


    Easy there Michael Pachter, their digital sales are uniquely high because their old games sell tons of copies for $5, their new games are skewed more towards physical sales and this is a company with one of the biggest digital sales


  • #316
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    Sieghardt wrote: »
    Easy there Michael Pachter, their digital sales are uniquely high because their old games sell tons of copies for $5, their new games are skewed more towards physical sales and this is a company with one of the biggest digital sales

    Even so, the current generation is already pushing past 60% digital. At some point, it will make more financial sense for Sony/MS to just go digital only.


  • #317
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    CatInABox wrote: »
    Even so, the current generation is already pushing past 60% digital. At some point, it will make more financial sense for Sony/MS to just go digital only.

    I think they'll need to enable some form of third party sellers before it fully occurs. Eg on pc, I can buy from plenty of sources and the keys will activate on steam etc. Allows for more competitive pricing.


  • #318
    blockfighter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭blockfighter


    Poor Internet and data caps are a problem for an all digital console. I'm sure Internet will have improved in places over the next 5 or 6 years when we start taking about the next next gen. But there will always be a decent percentage of people with either slow Internet or restrictive data caps.
    The latest Call of Duty game is over 200gb in size I think I read somewhere. For some data plans in America that's 4 months data allowance.


  • #319
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,482 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    blockfighter wrote: »
    Poor Internet and data caps are a problem for an all digital console. I'm sure Internet will have improved in places over the next 5 or 6 years when we start taking about the next next gen. But there will always be a decent percentage of people with either slow Internet or restrictive data caps.
    The latest Call of Duty game is over 200gb in size I think I read somewhere. For some data plans in America that's 4 months data allowance.

    Even for disc installs, unless you never intend to play online you're not safe.

    COD patches are huge and frequent, they've split the game now to allow you to only install the part you want but they're still huge.


  • #320
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,697 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    In fighting game news:

    Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Reload+ went on sale for €3 & got a huge netcode update.

    Result: https://steamcharts.com/app/348550
    It has surpassed Street Fighter V's current userbase.

    If you like fighting games that are loud & stupid, please give it a try!


  • #321
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,648 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    So there's yet another game on the way that's set in the Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness universe. And naturally it's, uh, a battle royale game.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKvO59q548


    It'll be the debut of Swedish developers Sharkmob, due late 2021.


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  • #322
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,477 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Got the Argos Gamer catalogue, some interesting stuff in there. Says you can

    "Order Online. Go online to pre-order the latest games on PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch. Argos.ie"

    I can't see any preorder stuff on Argos Irish site though.

    Some Next Gen Pricing:

    AC Valhalla - 62.91 (same as current gen)
    AC Valhalla Gold Edition - 90.74
    Watch Dogs Legion - 60.49 (same as current gen)
    WD Legion Gold Edition 0 90.74
    NBA 2K21 - 72.59

    PS5 - November 19th
    PS5 - 499.99
    PS5 Digital - 399.99
    All PS5 accessories will be available at rrp.

    Xbox Series - November 10th
    Xbox Series X - 499.99
    Xbox Series S - 299.99


  • #323
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Probably copy/pasted, find/replace from the UK catalogue


  • #324
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,477 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Probably copy/pasted, find/replace from the UK catalogue

    Weird though as it's like an ad and specifically mentions the Irish store.


  • #325
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,477 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Probably copy/pasted, find/replace from the UK catalogue

    Weird though as it's like an ad and specifically mentions the Irish store.


  • #326
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    ctrl+h
    argos.co.uk
    argos.ie

    That would be my assumption anyway. Wouldn't say much proofreading was done.

    Or I'd say more likely it pulls the values from database fields or somewhere that stores all the prices as well.
    So template is received with
    "Order Online. Go online to pre-order the latest games on PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch. <site>"

    But it is strange this isn't caught since it's well known you can't preorder on the Irish store.


  • #327
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,116 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    I wish the Argos IE site got the upgrade the UK site got years ago. Even if they disabled certain features, the design is antiquated at this stage.

    Still, at least it has some function for browsing/reserving/checking stock & prices. When you compare some companies operating in both IE+UK you wonder why they even bother (e.g. B&Q, Homebase)


  • #328
    FAILSAFE 00
    Registered Users Posts: 5,415 ✭✭✭FAILSAFE 00


    One of the biggest problems with Argos is the staff always buy everything out when it comes to new consoles.


  • #329
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Will they allow any sort of pre-orders for the PS5? I've to try and get one for my nephews, and Argos is probably the only chance now.


  • #330
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,482 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    Kiith wrote: »
    Will they allow any sort of pre-orders for the PS5? I've to try and get one for my nephews, and Argos is probably the only chance now.

    Pretty sure someone mentioned their Argos employed GF/Friends/whatever had told them that Argos isn't getting much as it's all going to the UK.

    Or that's some plausible deniability for when the Argos staff sneak off with the consoles before opening.

    If they do have stock keep checking from the day before as the click and collect might show up then.


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  • #331
    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    Bit of an end of an era here, Sega has had to sell off their Arcade business, due to it being destroyed by Covid. I remember going into one in Tokyo, it was incredible, until that moment almost every other arcade I'd been in was basically a converted storeroom, and this dwarfed them all put together.

    See here.

    You'd wonder if Sega are still a target for MS to purchase with this news.


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