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Crimson Desert Has Kept Me Trapped In Its Opening Area, And You Could Join Me For $1

Crimson Desert Has Kept Me Trapped In Its Opening Area, And You Could Join Me For $1 https://ift.tt/IQoCPsE Crimson Desert is an action-RPG. It’s also a medieval fantasy game. It’s kinda sci-fi, kinda like Dragon’s Dogma 2, with a sprinkle of The Witcher 3, and there are even some Breath of the Wild and Assassin’s Creed comparisons to throw into the increasingly ridiculous pot. It’s completely overwhelming, completely wild, and completely fun, and if you’ve been waiting for an excuse to finally give it a shot—especially with its countless updates and new Enhanced version—you could try your luck at getting it for just $1 with Fanatical’s Mystery Crate. Crimson Desert is, admittedly, a bit of a strange game. The story of Kliff and rebuilding the Greymanes is maybe fourth or fifth on the priority list for Pearl Abyss’s single-player game, and normally, that would make it a less compelling experience. Yet, the higher priorities, like a solid gameplay loop and absolutely bizarre world...

Father Of PlayStation Recalls How Everyone At Sony Thought It Would Fail

Father Of PlayStation Recalls How Everyone At Sony Thought It Would Fail https://ift.tt/4hfaGbA

During the early '90s, Ken Kutaragi and Sony attempted to collaborate with Nintendo on an early version of PlayStation, which was intended as a CD drive for the SNES. When that partnership faltered, Kutaragi and Sony moved forward with the original PlayStation in 1994. Although that system ultimately changed the entire video game industry, Kutaragi still recalls the doubters both inside and outside of Sony 25 years later.

"We wanted to share the passion," said Kuturagi at the Tokyo Games Show via VGC. "We wanted to hear their expectations and what they did not expect, so we wanted to hear from them. So we visited dozens of companies if not hundreds, we visited a lot of game makers. It was a great memory. They were not interested. They just said, 'Don't do it. There were multiple companies and none of them were successful. You are going to fail.' That's what they told us."

It's understandable why not everyone shared Kuturagi's passion for the project. When PlayStation entered the market, Nintendo and Sega were the only two dominant console-makers. Sony may have had more powerful hardware than the Genesis, the SNES, or the 32X peripheral, but Sega's Saturn was launching at right around the same time. And if that system had caught on like Sony's PS, then the console wars may have turned out very differently.

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