Category: Games

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The PS5 Digital Edition (DE) is the disc-drive-less model, and it’s generally considered a harder sell in the Japanese market than the standard version. The Double Pack (CFIJ10032) mentioned in the thread is a spring-2026 variant bundled with two DualSense controllers, and it’s possible this model simply had limited distribution to begin with. As for the Disc Drive listing switching to “the selected item does not exist” — posts #108 and #109 point out that this differs from how the page normally behaves during a routine stockout, though the article’s available information isn’t enough to say definitively whether this is a simple shortage or a discontinuation. Figures like “roughly 6,000 units sold per week” and claims that Sony has scaled back new game development and marketing in Japan are speculation from the thread, not official statements, and should be read with that caveat. The absence of any new hardware or accessory announcements at the previous day’s State of Play was cited in the thread as further fuel for the speculation.

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“Amaran” (Amazon’s bestseller ranking) is shaped by stock levels and temporary sales as much as by actual unit sales, so it’s premature to crown a winner by country based on ranking position alone. VGChartz, the sales-estimate site cited in the thread, is commonly referenced overseas, but questions about its accuracy have come up repeatedly. On pricing, while Japan is abuzz over the Switch 2 price hike, several posters note that in the US and Europe, Switch 2 remains cheaper than PS5 even now — so the regional price picture doesn’t necessarily line up the same way everywhere. Few countries publish actual unit-sales figures, and most of the comparisons here rely on the indirect proxy of rankings, which is worth keeping in mind while reading this thread.

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Gran Turismo 7 is a racing simulator released in 2022 for PS5/PS4, and Kazunori Yamauchi has led the series for many years as its developer. The thread doesn’t specify where or when the comment was made, so the context is unclear. What divided opinion in the thread was the actual makeup of the PlayStation user base: while the self-deprecating notion that PS is ‘for single middle-aged men’ has become a running joke among users, most posters felt Yamauchi’s comment was out of touch with that reality. That said, it’s worth noting that PlayStation does have family-oriented titles, as shown by Astro’s Playroom winning a family-focused award. It’s also worth flagging that his earlier remark about ‘enjoying The Evil Within with his grandkids’ has been repeatedly cited as a running joke, even though its authenticity has never actually been confirmed.

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In recent years KONAMI has been rolling out a steady stream of new titles that build on IPs and know-how it’s cultivated in the past, and this reveal of ‘Revenoir’ and ‘Rhapsody’ is part of that same trend. As pointed out in the thread, judging eventual sales purely from view counts right after a video drops is inherently difficult — commenters cited Nintendo’s own official ‘ELDEN RING’ intro video topping 1 million views while the game itself sold only around 20,000 copies, suggesting that even high view counts don’t guarantee big sales, so drawing a direct line between views and sales calls for caution. There was also discussion of the development staff’s backgrounds (including a former Square Enix staffer and someone who has worked on titles like ‘Tokimeki Memorial 3’ within KONAMI), reflecting a degree of genuine anticipation and evaluation of the new games themselves. At the same time, posts stoking console-war-style hostility over the lack of Switch support were mixed in, making this thread a blend of genuine critique of the games and inter-console antagonism.

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State of Play is a broadcast Sony holds regularly, and this installment was split into two parts — Western games and Japanese games — running roughly one hour and forty-five minutes combined. Opinions in the thread were divided: some felt the amount of information was on par with a typical episode, while others felt the only genuinely new announcement was the FF update, and the latter view appears to have been the more dominant take. Various reports have noted layoffs and canceled projects at Sony’s first-party studios in recent years, but whether that’s directly connected to this broadcast’s thin lineup remains speculation within the thread and shouldn’t be treated as established fact.

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While the Switch 2 does have more onboard storage than its predecessor, it still lags behind the PS5 and PC in GPU power and the cost of physical media, making ports of large-scale titles a tricky cost-benefit call. The recommended GPU in question here (RTX 2060-class) is actually a fairly standard bar for recent PC games, and a 100GB install size isn’t unusual for open-world RPGs either. In the thread, opinions split between those who took the large file size as a positive sign of a game made with real effort, and those who felt a sense of déjà vu about its chuunibyou-style world and character designs — anticipation and cynicism ran about neck and neck. The thread also drew attention for reasons beyond specs, with some users flagging issues around the portrayal in Rhapsody in Scarlet, another title Konami announced at the same time.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming had long been marketed on the fact that Game Pass Ultimate members could use it with essentially no limit. This change introduces a 15-hour monthly cap, citing the cost of scaling up server capacity, and any usage beyond that switches to a pay-as-you-go extra charge. The article the thread first cited was taken down and later replaced with a version that added details about the pay-as-you-go option — likely why early comments questioned whether the news was even real.

Opinions in the thread split over whether to read this as a simple cost adjustment or as an early sign of Microsoft pulling back from cloud gaming — and from the Xbox hardware business more broadly. Commenters pointed to PlayStation’s cloud/Portal business reportedly being profitable while Xbox’s isn’t, using that as a point of comparison.

One point of confusion for readers is the “30 minutes a day” framing — that’s simply the 15-hour monthly cap divided evenly across 30 days, not an officially stated daily limit. The exact per-hour price for overage usage also hadn’t been confirmed as of the thread’s latest posts.

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“FF7 Revelation” is the final chapter of the trilogy that began with “Remake” in 2020 and continued with “Rebirth” in 2024, with a standalone price of ¥9,900 (tax included). This pre-order bonus lets players access the entire trilogy, including the first two games, for just ¥1,430 more, with the first two becoming playable immediately after pre-ordering if bought digitally. On the thread, while the bonus itself was received favorably, most of the doubts centered on the fact that only PS5, Xbox, and PC platforms are eligible, with Switch2 left out. This is likely due to the Switch2 versions of “Remake” and “Rebirth” having already been released this year, as well as a technical constraint: most Switch2 external storage cards top out at 256GB, which could be exceeded if all three games are installed at once. There was also persistent skepticism over whether the content justifies the ¥9,900 price tag, splitting the thread’s opinion between those welcoming the deal and those questioning the price and platform support.

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Level-5 is a privately held company said to maintain its financial footing on profits from past hit IPs like Yo-kai Watch and Inazuma Eleven. In recent years it has kept rolling out new title announcements even as release timelines have increasingly slipped. As posters in the thread noted, a large number of announced titles still have no confirmed release date, and opinion was split on whether this stream would bring genuine new information or mainly serve as a venue for delay announcements on existing titles. Whether the timing overlaps with a Nintendo Direct or other companies’ events also drew attention, but as of September 10 no official announcement from Nintendo had been confirmed, so that remains speculation within the thread.

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“State of Play” is Sony’s irregularly-scheduled showcase for new titles and DLC — essentially Sony’s answer to Nintendo Direct. What made this round notable was the reaction to the concurrent viewer count cited in the thread (roughly 300,000): a widespread sense that there wasn’t even enough energy left to properly tear it apart. Normally a show like this draws a storm of criticism, but this time the dominant reaction was that even the haters lacked momentum — producing two competing takes: one holding that “the truly alarming thing is the dead silence,” and another countering that “getting review-bombed at all is proof people still care.” There was also frustration that the back half of the broadcast was given over to DLC reveals and voice-actor interviews, echoing complaints about similar pacing in past editions of the show. The fact that overseas outlet Eurogamer wrote about the chaos in the stream’s chat suggests the lukewarm-to-hostile mood wasn’t confined to Japanese 5ch reactions — it extended to overseas communities as well.