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pitzy272 on 16 October 2019

As much as I trust Kojima and have loved his games, I’ve been worried lately about DS. One thing that improved my confidence was the release date of 11/8. Sony almost never releases even their biggest games in the prime holiday slot, so this indicates a lot of confidence on Sony’s end. 

Now, the review embargo has been set for Nov. 1–one week prior to release. Sony has only done this for the games in which it has the highest level of confidence. I also found it interesting that IGN claims they’re playing it already. Seems to indicate it will be a big game. My worry is fading into a strong optimism.

SOURCE:  https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/16/the-death-stranding-review-embargo-lifts-november-1



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pitzy272 on 16 October 2019

Wow, does no one find this news interesting or exciting?



Random_Matt on 16 October 2019

Oldish news.



DonFerrari on 16 October 2019

Well this is truly great, 1 week before shows tremendous confidence.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

pitzy272 on 16 October 2019
Radek said:
I mean that's cool and all but virtually all big first party PS4 exclusives had one week before launch reviews, just saying :P

That’s not true. Not for a full week, at least. From my memory, it’s only been for the games that ultimately ended up with excellent reviews. I think the Days Gone review embargo was 1-2d prior to release, iirc. I don’t recall even Spider-Man having its embargo a full week prior, tho I could be wrong about that. God of War did it.

So the point is just that this suggests the reviews will end up positive. And that’s exciting, bc there are many people who have been skeptical, myself included. 



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COKTOE on 16 October 2019

Great to hear. Should be the norm.



- "If you have the heart of a true winner, you can always get more pissed off than some other asshole."

Chrkeller on 16 October 2019
pitzy272 said:
Wow, does no one find this news interesting or exciting?

Not particularly.  I loathe Kojima games.  Too much talking and too much watching.  I never got the appeal.  I remember beating MGS in 10 hours, and than beating it in 4 hours when skipping everything.  A game shouldn't be 60% watching.



pitzy272 on 16 October 2019
Radek said:
pitzy272 said:

That’s not true. Not for a full week, at least. From my memory, it’s only been for the games that ultimately ended up with excellent reviews. I think the Days Gone review embargo was 1-2d prior to release, iirc. I don’t recall even Spider-Man having its embargo a full week prior, tho I could be wrong about that. God of War did it.

So the point is just that this suggests the reviews will end up positive. And that’s exciting, bc there are many people who have been skeptical, myself included. 

Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Detroit, Spiderman, Days Gone to name a few.

Where are you getting this from? You’re wrong about every single one of those games except for God of War—which I already said was a full week.

Days Gone:  The day before release, which is what I said thought i recalled. https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1113530/Days-Gone-review-embargo-PS4-PlayStation/amp

Detroit:  Day before release. https://www.gamepur.com/news/29015-detroit-become-human-review-embargo-timing-revealed.html

Spider-Man:  3d before release.  https://www.gamespot.com/articles/heres-when-spider-man-ps4-reviews-are-coming/1100-6461414/

Even Uncharted 4, which they knew would review well, only had its review embargo 5d prior to release. https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/05/04/uncharted-4-review-embargo-lifts-tomorrow-may-5/amp/



pitzy272 on 16 October 2019
Chrkeller said:
pitzy272 said:
Wow, does no one find this news interesting or exciting?

Not particularly.  I loathe Kojima games.  Too much talking and too much watching.  I never got the appeal.  I remember beating MGS in 10 hours, and than beating it in 4 hours when skipping everything.  A game shouldn't be 60% watching.

Then you should play MGS5. Not too many cutscenes, and its gameplay is some of the best and most addictive that I’ve experienced in a game in the past decade. 

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DonFerrari on 17 October 2019
pitzy272 said:
Chrkeller said:

Not particularly.  I loathe Kojima games.  Too much talking and too much watching.  I never got the appeal.  I remember beating MGS in 10 hours, and than beating it in 4 hours when skipping everything.  A game shouldn't be 60% watching.

Then you should play MGS5. Not too many cutscenes, and it has the best, most addictive gameplay I’ve experienced in a game in the past decade. 

I still prefer MGS4, probably because I'm no much into open world.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."