Evening Digest: PlayStation Classic Announcement, Monster Hunter: World success, The Bard's Tale IV release
Business news (and not only) of the gaming industry for September 19.
Consoles
Sony has announced the release of its own retro console – PlayStation Classic
After the market success of Nintendo’s retro consoles, Sony also decided to experiment with this format of devices. She announced a smaller version of the original PlayStation with twenty pre-installed games. As in the case of the SNES Mini, most likely, this will be the limit of the device’s library. The console will go on sale in December of this year at a symbolic price for the Western market of $ 99.
Sales
Monster Hunter: World has become one of the best-selling games of August in the USA thanks to its release on PC
According to NPD, back in July, Monster Hunter: World was not even in the top twenty best-selling games in America. It is quite expected: the game on consoles was released in January and by the summer its sales level had fallen. The situation was changed by the PC release, which fell on August 9. Thanks to him, the game turned out to be one of the best-selling games of August in the USA. However, it is not reported exactly how many copies of the game were sold on PC in American retail. However, even without the release on desktops, Monster Hunter: World turned out to be the best-selling Capcom game in history.
Releases
The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep was released
inXile Entertainment has released a sequel to the role-playing trilogy, the last part of which was released in 1988. This is a first-person project about exploring catacombs and turn-based battles. The project was funded on Kickstarter, where it raised $1.5 million. The game has just been released, but already collects numerous negative reviews. They complain about bugs, optimization, translation and poor graphics. They praise the gameplay, music and puzzles. In general, inXile is traditionally in its repertoire.
Published publications
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