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Ironically, if you look at the original pokemon and compare them to the monsters in early dragon quest games you will see that this is just the same arguement again. For that reason alone I kind of hope it costs them millions in court only to lose anyway. I grew up loving the pokemon series and do still enjoy it but as far as business practice goes they have not innovated until recent years, they have churned out the same game disguised under different artwork for years and years and made a fortune from it, they needed a kick up the arse ^_^

Isn't that similar to how Playstation rewards works? How tesco clubcard points works etc etc? Albeit not with handing back rights to a video game but you purchase something, they give you points and then when you have accumulated enough you then exchange that for a voucher?

I don't see why Sega would even consider making a new console, reading that letter it is a letter wrote after someone has just played their old sega for the first time in 30 years.... Physical media is coming to an end, there are positives to physical and I am a big fan of owning and collecting it but I do not see how we can continue to make physical media in a world with limited resources and the issues creating physical items brings about. This will ultimately bring about the end of physical consoles in the way that they are today and Microsoft can see this and have been getting ahead of the curve with their streaming service and subscription offerings. Sony have also cottoned I think now and that is what the PS Portal is about, a dedicated streaming device, I suspect the PS Portal 2 will be standalone and just stream titles from PS Plus. I even think Nintendo will get caught out if they don't consider things going forwards, people have a lot less money today to keep committing to paying full price for Nintendo First Party titles (even when they have been out a number of years). There is also the R&D costs to create a new console today, I don't think Sega have anywhere near the funds to achieve creating something new and different. Correct me if I have misread this Lee but some things we do, fashion for example but not all, do you really think USB's or physical hard drive's will keep going as more and more people move to cloud storage? When was the last time you bought Microsoft word on a disc? Vinyl has come back but that's because it has made listening to music more of an activity again, you have to take your time and you savour it more but you would not see cd's or tapes make the same sort of return. While video game's, the activity is playing them, not many people (especially in the modern world) appreciate the manuals, appreciate the box art and such, it's niche to collector's and that's why collector's editions of games still do well. I think physical media has largely been kept alive by the ability to buy and sell second hand for a while.

Hi @Andy_White_07 welcome aboard! There are quite a few COD / Fifa players here, typically Monday nights are pro clubs nights if you fancy joining us sometime! On COD we mostly play multiplayer, we have a couple of good players here so if you get on with them your win/ loss ratio should start ticking upwards and COD tends to be the go to game if there isn't a specific event set in the events section. Anyway yeah the forum can be a little quiet sometimes but that's because the whatsapp tends to be fairly busy with people talking nonsense 😄 But yeah glad to have you aboard!

I paid for game pass for the month to give it a try and it is really good fun, it might give the pokemon dev's a bit of a kick up the backside, that said I can see the blatant rip off's of the pokemon monsters which is really poor in my eyes. It can't be that difficult to come up with new one's surely?

Good choices, that said I think 10 still holds up fairly well today with the PS4 remaster ^_^ Have played it a couple of times since the original launch.

Have put my name down 🙂

So, out of curiosity and with remakes and remasters being front and centre of most new releases. If you could have a true remake of any video game (and it has yet to be done) what would it be? There are 2 for me, Final Fantasy IX (and there are rumours of this) and Skull Caps, the latter being a strategy game that I loved for a spell when I was younger. It was simple and great fun to play!

This could be fun, I wonder if @GazzaGarratt could do this as a prediction league through the FG site as well? I think mine would be - Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League - 64 Foamstars - 72 Helldivers 2 - 86 - I think this will be a surprise hit Skull and Bones - 74 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 86 It will do well but I feel like the series is riding on it's highs of yesteryear still. Alone in the Dark - 68 Dragons Dogma 2 - 84 Princess Peach: Showtime - 88 (Again it will do well cuz nintendo fanboys I think) Rise of the Ronin - 78 South Park: Snow Day - 72 Black Myth: Wukong - 82 STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl - 80 Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 - 75 Star Wars Outlaws - 90 Little Nightmares 3 - 80 Avowed - 78 Towerborne - 76 Hellblade 2: Senuas Saga - 88 Indiana Jones - 78

@MrBiron if you plan an FG event or something I would be interested. I gave it a go with 2 friends last night and it's actually quite good fun, we even won a few matches as the night went on! I must admit, it is chaotic at times but it is great fun dropping bombs and such on buildings with enemy players in and just watching it collapse around them!

Just giving this a nudge as there are rumours swirling that Microsoft are looking to bring a few more games to Playstation and Switch, one of them being Sea of Thieves - Sea of Thieves coming to PS5 could bring everyone aboard WWW.TRUETROPHIES.COM Sea of Thieves PS5 rumors suggest Microsoft's pirate adventure might commandeer Sony consoles in a move that would benefit both... Be interesting if so, it would show Microsoft are moving away from a dedicated console I think with a focus more on the service side of things, does it lean in towards the cloud future in that they don't see the consoles being quite as important anymore as Sony still view them? And if it does come to PS, would it interest anyone here to pick it up?

So I have gotten into putting a documentary on whilst working at the moment, typically around topics I have an interest in, the planet, climate change, science and tech. So I just thought I would see if anyone here watches any and even more specifically if anyone has any gaming related one's that they would recommend?