Colin Moriarty’s Game(s) of the Year 2017 -- CLS Side Quest
It’s CLS: Side Quest’s first Game of the Year video, and I wanted to do something a little different to celebrate. These are the 13 games I had the most fun with (and/or was most excited about) in 2017.
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Between PlayStation Experience and The Game Awards, quite a few games were revealed in just the last week. So, why not go over the 10 biggest announcements, and (unscientifically) put them in order of importance and excitement?
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Video games and the consoles and PCs that play them have never, ever been cheaper, while everything else around us -- from food to housing to education -- has skyrocketed in cost. How can video games continue to stagnate in price when growing development teams take increasing amounts of time crafting deeper, longer, and more engaging titles, with better and better production value to boot? And how we can rectify the inevitable price hikes that are approaching when just about everything requires more money these days?
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Nintendo revealed amazing new sales numbers for Switch, and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic that the handheld-console hybrid’s stellar performance will continue into year two and beyond. But with two massive cards already played in close proximity to one another in the form of Zelda and Mario, and with a far leaner and far less interesting release schedule in 2018, could Switch’s sales noticeably decelerate?
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At 10 million units sold since March, Nintendo Switch has had a dominant 2017, far in excess of Nintendo’s internal expectations (not to mention my own). In the process, it also won me over as a more-than-worthy Vita replacement, a secondary console that will keep me company both at home and while traveling for years to come.
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Many gamers are worried about the future of single player games. Trust me, I’m a solo player, so I get it. But there’s nothing to fear, my friends. We may get fewer single player games in the future as publishers pivot more towards online functionality and games as a service. But the flood of campaigns won’t stop, and may actually improve in quality as a result.
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PlayStation Experience 2017 is right around the corner, and while it doesn’t have a press conference per se, some announcements should still come out of the show. Plus, PSX gives us an opportunity to talk about eight upcoming PS4 exclusives that should help Sony’s console finish the generation on a high note.
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The release of Star Wars: Battlefront II should have been a celebration for millions upon millions of video game-playing Star Wars fans around the world. But Electronic Arts' insistence on maximizing profits over the happiness of its customers got in the way, yet again.
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In late 2019, chances are PlayStation 5 (or whatever it’ll be called) will launch. So let’s start framing the conversation around the new upcoming Sony console. How can Sony convince tens of millions of happy gamers that they need something new? What studios should be ready to go with games? What’s a good price point? This week’s Side Quest covers these preliminary PS5-related questions, and much more.
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PS4 is outselling Xbox One by a significant margin, but there’s a reason for all of us to take heart: Microsoft tends to show us its best when it's losing. Indeed, it's quietly (and sometimes not-so-quietly) making a series of possibly industry-changing moves that could have positive ramifications for all of us who game.
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