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Sony is beginning to wind down availability of the PS4 in Japan by discontinuing all but one model. Only the PS4 Slim will remain available for sale, while all other models have been discontinued as of January 5th of this year. Despite being a stellar success globally, the console has not fared as well in…
The PlayStation brand is not doing so hot in it’s native Japan, and that has analysts worried. According to sales data compiled by Famitsu, the PS5 only sold 240,000 units during its first six weeks on the marker. The worst launch of any PlayStation console in the region. Ace Economic Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda…
Nintendo has de-listed 250 games from the North American DSiWare shop, without warning customers first. Games that received the axe include Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, Zenonia, Mr. Driller, and Dr. Mario Express. Several games seem to have been removed from the Japanese eShop as well, though it appears that Europe has been spared for the time…
I’m not a huge fan of those pod coffee makers. A couple years ago, I wrote about how the Keurig may possibly be the dumbest high-tech kitchen gadget ever created. Leave it to the good folks at Nestle to up the ante and create something that makes even less sense. So, over the holidays, a…
I have a lot of fond memories of the Sega Genesis. It was my first console, and sparked my love of video games that continues to this day. However, I only ended up getting one fairly late in its lifespan. By the Christmas of 1993, it had already been on the market for five years….
Top Hat Games is fighting back after social justice activists demanded that Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story be censored over its suggestive themes. The game itself has been characterized as a mix of Cantonese folklore set against a cyberpunk background. A young woman, Mei-Lin Mak, is dragged into a supernatural horror, and begins to question…