1. In the Fami Pass sales list, PS occupied six seats for the first time
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In the new week from January 29th to February 4th, there was a historic change in the Famitsu sales list, and the PS series, which had been suppressed by the Switch for several years, began to strengthen.
The PS5 version of "Persona 3: Remastered" has won the sales championship, and PS5 has dominated the top spot for three consecutive weeks.
Granblue Fantasy: RELINK and the PS4 version of Persona 3: Remake finished second and third, respectively.
The Switch version of "Jujutsu Kaisen: Shuanghua Ranbu" barely maintained its fourth place, with six of the top 10 seats occupied by the PS system, and the Switch shrinking to four.
This situation arises, on the one hand, the Switch has entered its twilight years, and players' willingness to buy has decreased, while PS5 has gradually occupied the mainstream.
On the one hand, because of functional problems, many masterpieces cannot be landed on Switch. If Nintendo doesn't announce a new console, the situation may become more and more passive.
2. Famitong game rating, two platinum games debuted
Next, let's take a look at this week's Famitsu game ratings.
Three games were given away this week, namely Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Tekken 8, and Granblue Fantasy: RELINK.
Among them, "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown" scored 33 points and entered the Golden Palace.
"Tekken 8" and "Granblue Fantasy: RELINK" both scored 36 points and entered the platinum palace.
The author thinks that "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown" is also worthy of a platinum rating of 35 points in terms of gameplay and system, maybe this is an individual difference.
3. Nintendo declares that it will take action against anyone who infringes the law
The sales of "Phantom Beast Palu" are getting higher and higher, and it has now exceeded 20 million, and Nintendo is beginning to realize the seriousness of the matter.
On the question of whether "Phantom Beast Palu" is a copy of "Pokémon", players who understand it can see at a glance that there are a lot of traces of imitation in the design and collection of monsters.
However, the core gameplay of "Phantom Beast Palu" and the points respected by players are still different from Pokémon, and at most it is an image infringement.
But in this way, Pokémon is the core interest of Nintendo, and the company will not sit idly by.
A few days ago, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about this issue during the latest financial report Q&A session, and Furukawa said, "We will take appropriate action against those who infringe on our intellectual property rights." ”
Previously, the Pokémon Company also announced that it had launched an investigation into "Phantom Beast Palu".
If Nintendo is serious, Pocketpair, the developer of "Phantom Beast Palu", may still be affected.
But it can also be like a certain original, exalted and lightly fallen.
4. Switch officially became the sales champion of game consoles in Japan
A few days ago, we just said that the Switch and NDS are still 1 million sales in Japan, and today they have successfully surpassed.
According to the latest data from Nintendo's financial report, Switch sold 33.34 million units in Japan, surpassing GB's 32.47 million and NDS's 32.99 million, becoming the first in history.
At present, it seems that Switch sales will grow, and it has been confirmed that it will be Nintendo's best-selling console in Japan, and this design that integrates console and handheld modes is really successful.
5. Kadokawa Group acquired the development team of "Octagon Traveler".
Kadokawa Group recently disclosed in its Q3 financial report of 23~24 that "in order to strengthen our ability to create game IP as part of the company's game business strategy, we have incorporated ACQUIRE as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Founded in 1994, ACQUIRE has cooperated with a number of publishers to develop "Tenju", "Shido", "Octopath Traveler", etc., and the most famous of its own IP is "Akihabara Monogatari".
Tencent invested 30 billion yen in 2021 to acquire a 6.86% stake in Kadokawa Group, becoming its third-largest shareholder.
In this way, rounding Tencent can also be regarded as having four of the eight parties (laughing and crying).
6. The "God's Balances" Gaiden expansion pack will be released soon
Known as the RPG masterpiece, "God's Scales" recently announced that it will release the game expansion "Cave of Phantom Mist" on February 13.
ACCORDING TO DEVELOPER KEIZO, THE PROTAGONIST OF "CAVE OF PHANTOM FOG" WILL BE THE BAKERY GIRL THAT EVERYONE HAS IN MIND.
Telling the story of God's Balance from another angle, it will adopt a roguelike gameplay that explores random mazes.
Gaiden has designed new magic and rooms, battle forms for new protagonists, etc. And offers more than 20 hours of gameplay.
7. The developer of "Phantom Beast Palu" urgently recruits employees
The explosion of "Phantom Beast Palu" surprised the developer Pocketpair, but also caught him off guard.
Tens of millions of players poured into the game, and the server was maintained by only one person, crashing frequently.
There were still a lot of issues that needed to be fixed, and the whole company had to work around the clock.
Pocketpair finally couldn't hold on, and recently posted a job posting on Twitter, which requires employees in all positions, especially planners and engineers, and doesn't mind the candidate's development experience.
If you want to be a Palu, hurry up!
8. T2's financial report shows the release time of "GTA6".
With the release of the new quarterly earnings report, Take-Two has finally given a clear indication of the release date of GTA 6.
According to T2's earnings forecast, it will be lowered from $8 billion to $7 billion in FY25, so GTA6 is only likely to be released in FY26.
FY26 is from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, and T2 has previously made it clear that GTA6 will be released in 2025, so the official launch time may be between April and December 2025.
9. CDPR released a video of the Spring Festival greetings
On the occasion of the traditional Chinese festival, Polish game developer CDPR specially recorded a video of the Chinese New Year greetings.
CDPR's game director, community operations director, and Chinese localization quality inspection team members all sent blessings to Chinese players.
The Chinese quality inspector is a girl with a super good look, and Chinese is also good.
For their sincerity, I will support the stupid donkey in the future!
That's all for today, I hope you enjoy it.
Your attention is the greatest encouragement to me.