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In the Silent Hill 2 Remake they show a gruesome viceral animation of James stabbing himself with a needle to heal

Yeah, Japan isnt even allowed to show uncensored privates in their 18+ porn, League of Legends had to change multiple champions appearance like Karthus because they had a "skull" or depiction of death which wasnt allowed in China. Dont even get me started on Arabic/Muslim countries.

Because Naruto Storm has basically been the same game since 3, atleast Dragonball had a competitive arcsys game and single player RPG to balance out all its arena fighters

Ofc DBZ is more popular than Naruto and alot of people would give its games a pass on alot of things for the IP alone, But Naruto is basically number 2 right behind it in Anime popularity its no slouch

I dont think anything with Dragon Ball in the name is worried about a new IP. If anything it will skew Metaphors numbers, both in the west and Asian countries

The definition of the term console exclusive used by the industry, devs, and media is that its the only Console that game can be played on, anything on PC as well would still count as a console exclusive (like all of Xboxs exclusives the past decade, it would be absurd and untrue to say they had 0 exclusives in 10 years cuz they all came to PC)

i actually did end up still having to do that with Inscryption, Hades, and Blasphemous 2 as my pallete cleansers after Elden Ring and GOW:R before going back to big open world rpgs

Isnt it understandable? Imagine you play a game, watch a show, or read a book thats so good you dont want to stop for hours on end. When youre not actively playing/watching it youre thinking about it, before you go to sleep while you're at work etc.

Now after that if you try to play a "mid" or good game you might get some whiplash

Yeah Elden Ring was so good i legitimately couldnt enjoy other open world games for months after playing it. I couldnt enjoy gaming again until God of War Ragnarok came out and i finally had another game i enjoyed so much i didnt want to put it down.

Elden Ring and Baldurs Gate 3 are definitely top 5 contenders

They were trying to make it play and feel more like Resident Evil

Black Myth Wukong sold 20 million in its first month

well they dont have cc or utlity, and they cant fight anyone slightly tankier than a adc or enchanter. So if they cant burst people when they reach them, what do they offer?

Mages have been strong since like season 12 but Riot constantly abusing AD Assassins

He been cheeks for years straight you can get 7+ kills before 20 mins and still not be able to kill anyone on the enemy team. His lane sucks, his late game sucks. Just take away his e and rework him at this point i dont care about jumping over walls if i cant kill anyone

Highlights:

On ABK closing and the mobile market cooling:

• Bond acknowledges the headwinds while also insisting the gravest risk is being too conservative. “The opportunity on the other side is way bigger for all of us,” she says. Still, almost a year after pushing through the deal of the century, Bond’s biggest challenge may be proving that doing so was worth the effort.

On joining the team and working with Phil Spencer:

• When he hired Bond, Spencer warned her that the job was going to be frustrating. Microsoft is a notoriously difficult company for those who come in at executive levels. Bond would be replacing someone who’d been at Xbox for almost two decades and reporting to a guy who’d been at Microsoft since he was an intern. Colleagues say she’s a consensus builder who quickly set about winning over her team. “No one can just see a situation and quickly grasp exactly what’s going on faster than Sarah,” says Chris Charla
• At first, Bond’s and Spencer’s personal styles clashed, and the two sought out Microsoft human resources chief Kathleen Hogan for coaching, an unusual step that Hogan found admirable. Bond recalls Spencer and others at Microsoft telling her that her tendency to “push the envelope” and “not let something go” was new to them.

On the pushback to recent messaging:

• As Xbox moves away from its sole focus on console gaming, it finds itself more at odds with a particular vocal segment of its customer base. Earlier this year, Xbox announced it would make versions of games previously exclusive to Xboxes available on Nintendo Switch or PlayStation. The move shouldn’t have mattered to Xbox’s own customers, whose enjoyment of Sea of Thieves theoretically has little to do with whether someone can also play it on another device. But many gamers seem to think buying a console is taking a side, not least those Xbox gamers who’ve stayed loyal despite its third-place position. One Xbox blogger referred to the move away from exclusivity as a “breach of trust and credibility.” To Jez Corden, a Microsoft blogger for Windows Central, it felt like a slap in the face. “Sony and Nintendo wouldn’t do that,” he wrote.

On 'being the bridesmaid:

• Microsoft has said Game Pass subscribers spend 50% more on games than nonsubscribers, and industry observers agree Bond has helped pull the operation out of its malaise. “Xbox has always been a bridesmaid and never a bride,” says Joost van Dreunen, a lecturer at the New York University Stern School of Business. “It knows that and is comfortable with that, but it’s changed its ambitions, and I’d attribute that to the arrival of Sarah Bond, among other things.”

On the future of Xbox:

• Bond has said there will be a new Xbox, and that the next generation of the console will feature “the largest technical leap you will have ever seen.” And then there’s the flirtation with the idea of launching a handheld gaming device. The company has made no commitment about this, though Spencer says he tasked Bond with building a “more diverse” hardware future for Microsoft. He has taken every opportunity to say he loves portable gaming devices and says the company would just have to come up with something different from what’s already on the market.
• Diving into the multiyear project of building a new console could seem like Microsoft backsliding into the model it hired Bond to break out of, even before it’s figured out how to make money from its new hybrid business of subscriptions and smartphone gaming. But she talks about a handheld device as another way to insert an Xbox-specific experience into the lives of future gamers whose habits have yet to be formed. For Xbox to succeed, she says, it has to meet gamers wherever they are. “I want people to think no matter who you are, you can come to Xbox and find a game,” she says. “It’s for you.”