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A Pillars of Eternity 2 console port will still be coming for the Obsidian RPG, even after that was put slightly in doubt by the studio’s acquisition by Microsoft. Pillars of Eternity 2 is the sequel to the original Pillars of Eternity game, which came out in 2015 and got critical acclaim. Pillars of Eternity 2 continues to tell the story of a player character known only to many as the Watcher, who is unique among the rest of the world in that they can remember past lives lived through the wheel of reincarnation that governs life and death in the world, granting them immense power and notice by the gods. Pillars of Eternity 2 is sparked when a statue of a god known as Eothas, thought dead for years, comes to life beneath their castle and destroys it, leaving the player character to gather companions to chase the god down and find out why it came to life. While Pillars of Eternity, when it released in 2015, got critical acclaim and high sales that not only allowed Obsidian … [Read more...] about Pillars Of Eternity 2 Console Port Will Still Be Coming, Releases In 2019

Nintendo set a lofty goal of selling 20 million Switch consoles for this fiscal year. However, halfway through the fiscal year, investors are worried that target won’t be hit. To assuage fears, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé pointed to Nintendo Switch revenue per user as another metric of success. With 15 million more Switch consoles to sell before the fiscal year is over, Nintendo is facing an uphill battle. Last year’s holiday season saw Nintendo ship slightly over 10 million Switch systems, although that might not translate to more success this year. Talking with Forbes, Fils-Aimé said that he isn’t worried about a potentially missed sales target. “We’re feeling confident in our momentum and it’s not just a stellar launch of Pokémon, it’s not just what appears to be a stellar launch for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,” he said. “That Black Friday through Cyber Monday time frame was critically important … [Read more...] about Nintendo Switch Revenue Per US User at Historic High

Nintendo is learning this week that you can never have too many good sales of a good thing. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Japan sales have been, yes, smashing records since its release last week. Famitsu’s data for first week sales (h/t gamesindustry.biz)  indicates that the game has sold 1.2 million units in the first three days after launch, which was on December 7. This doesn’t include digital sales of the game, so this is actually a pretty impressive number. It goes without saying that this is the best launch for any Switch game in Japan thus far. In terms of console sales, Nintendo has sold around 280,000 units of the Switch last week, doubling the 107,000 units that were sold the previous week. This pushes lifetime sales of the console in Japan up to 6.1 million. Japan isn’t the only place where Smash Bros. Ultimate is doing well. United Kingdom sales this week show that the game is doing big business everywhere. It has quickly reached the … [Read more...] about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Japan Sales Set New Record

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter yesterday, Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé commented on the future of a Red Dead Redemption 2 Switch Version, and why the major Rockstar title isn’t yet available on their platform. The interview honed in on Nintendo’s priorities for the future of the Switch, with Fils-Aimé expressing that “third-party, big or small, we want all that best content to come.” When pressed further specifically on the matter of a Red Dead Redemption 2 Switch Version – a game Fils-Aimé replied, “Absolutely. We’d love for it to be there.” The problem for Nintendo, he said, was that major games like RDR2 had been in development “well before any conversations about Nintendo Switch”. From their perspective, publishers like Rockstar are focused on finishing the existing development cycle, before looking for “opportunities” with other platforms. Nintendo has pushed for many major … [Read more...] about Red Dead Redemption 2 Switch Version ‘Absolutely’ an Interest for Nintendo

A recent snippet on a Nintendo Switch Red Dead Redemption 2 port detailed how the Switch would literally explode if they tried booting the game up. This is due to the game’s massive size, enhanced graphics and overall hardware requirement to run the game. Considering the Switch can’t run Breath of the Wild beyond 30 FPS, this is an educated guess as to what would happen. In an interview with the Hollywood reporter, President of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime granted more insight. Specifically on Nintendo’s future plans of success. Including if they’d ever had Red Dead Redemption 2 on the Switch in the coming future. Mr. Reggie explained how the Nintendo Switch hadn’t planned for porting games that were currently in development before the console’s release. Their emphasis was on having exclusives. As well as porting games that were already developed, or were being developed after the console released. Since these debuts needed to be … [Read more...] about Nintendo Switch Blames Timing For Not Porting Red Dead Redemption 2, Not Hardware