Ronnie

I can't figure out what's the actual box and what isn't

y cant metroid crawl

It never crashed for me. I don't think you need to play the games but I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure if you highlight the Galf bit on the quest screen, it describes them as the instruction manuals, which you get from the guy before playing.

Yeah the missing three things are Galf manuals you get from the guy after you give him the cartridges

In my original post (before it was edited?), I questioned how Mario could have possibly sold more than AC:O. Turns out it sold more in single format only, so Mario sold more than Origins did on PS4 but multiplatform charts it came in third behind AC and Shadow of War. Although Nintendo digital sales aren't counted in NPD, so who knows really.

Wow, great stuff.

I can't help but smile every time I see Captain Toad in this game. They have to make another game, they have to... right!?

I'm starting to go off Andrea Rene a little bit, at least based on her appearances on Kinda Funny. Her ludicrous rules for GOTY and how she often presents her opinions as fact is starting to grate. She can be quite rude to Greg as well at times.

I didn't realise you could play this third person, that's making me tempted to pick it up at some point

One of my favourite box-arts ever, just beautiful. That purple coin Star was crazy intense and loads of fun

£5 for Titanfall 2!? Even I'd be tempted at that price

I'm surprised they didn't move the release to January, and promoted Evil Within a bit more, would have fared so much better in a quiet time and not going up against Mario and especially AC.

When I suggested AAA games are half price a couple of months after release... I meant a couple of weeks later Not a good sign

Bonneton/Cap is such a lovely Kingdom, and the music is brilliant, fits perfectly.

IGN really like it Micro-transactions done right apparently.

The gaming industry showing its maturity once again

"Boring awards" lol I'd suggest spending a couple of minutes reading up on it instead of trash-talking. The public ballot comprises 10% of the final tally. 90% comes from the jury. A jury which include IGN, GameSpot, Easy Allies, Polygon, Kotaku and another 20+ outlets.

Five dollars in the Playstation example, and it's more than that, those figures are from 2013. When the PS5 launches and games are $60 the difference will be even more pronounced. AS:O will likely be half the price in a couple of months. Gamers will trade them in or sell them on. Hence season passes and the push for games as service, so that players hold onto their games over a longer period. Yes, that's the point. I never said AAA games need micro-transactions to exist. I said that publishers have to combat wildly increasing costs and identical/cheaper game RRP with DLC, season passes and micotransactions. It's either that, or the RRP of games (for once) increases.

So, now that we've ascertained that gaming RRP have never been cheaper than they are now, maybe you can see my point that in order to fund games that have 10x the budget of older games, publishers need to think of alternate ways of making up the difference. It's a simple point, but do you see what I mean now? Maybe more people are gaming like you say, but the difference isn't enough. Metal Gear Solid as one example sold 5.5 million copies in 1998. MGSV shipped 6 million in Jan 16, so maybe 7 or 8 at the very most now (shipped, not sold). More copies, sure, but not enough to make up the huge difference in budget.

Shooting a fire arrow into a lake in Horizon and watching a flame burn on the water surface was a little disappointing. The physics/chemistry engine in Zelda is hugely under-rated part of the game. Ditto the lack of busywork checkboxes on the overworld map.

Ah yes Playstation land, where 65 isn't bigger than 60

If PS4 Games Only Cost $60, They're Actually Cheaper Than PS3 Games You think games, consoles, and handhelds cost more than ever? Think again - IGN Why retail console games have never been cheaper, historically

INFLATION. At release, on average: N64: $70 at release = $110 now NES games: $50 at release = $100 now SNES: $60 at release = $100 now GC: $50 at release = $70 now Switch: $60 at release PS1: $40 at release = $65 now PS2: $50 at release = $65 now PS4: $60 at release 360: $60 at release = $70 now XBO: $60 at release

Yeah I suspect Horizon will win after Zelda and Mario split votes. I've no idea which to vote for, both amazing (at least so far in Mario's case)

I genuinely don't understand how anyone can think this way. The cost of a AAA game at launch nowadays is the same price that an NES/SNES/N64/Gamecube game used to cost, WITHOUT adjusting for 10, 20, 30 years of inflation. Assassin's Creed will have its price slashed in half in a couple of months. Gaming is cheaper than it's ever been, that's indisputable fact. £83!! Yes the N64 cartridges were more expensive, but the difference isn't £40.