by Filippo DinolfoBrandon and Theresa are out this week, but Fil and Pat still have much to talk about. Are we ready for VR? Does Square-Enix know something we don’t? Do we have to put up with crappy customer service? These topics and more on this week’s episode.
3/15/2015 Show Notes (Spring Break Unspecial)
- What are we playing?
- Patrick: Ridge Racers 2, Shovel Knight, Final Fantasy VIII
- Filippo: Defense Grid 2, Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round, Axiom Verge
- Out 3/17: Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae … we mean Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
- New trailer draws ties to the series at large…and other things, for that matter.
- So Shiva is Kula Diamond this time, and Gilgamesh got a Wizardriver.
- New trailer draws ties to the series at large…and other things, for that matter.
- 3DS wins February:
- With new hardware and two major releases, Nintendo rightfully expected to win.
- PlayStation Vue to launch in select markets within the next two weeks.
- DIYer consolizes the CPS2 board.
- Square Enix problematically ignores PlayStation Vita’s existence in survey.
- Stinks of EA vs Dreamcast. SE and Vita share an audience. Is there some kind of stigma attached to third-parties helping a platform thrive that I’m not aware of?
- Playtonic give first look at Project Ukulele at EGX
- It’s a 3D Platformer!
- Shu Yoshida sounds off on Morpheus pricing, E3 foreshadowing.
- First-party VR titles to be announced/shown at E3. We should certainly hope so.
- Things going well, but 2015 Consumer Oculus release less likely
- Xbox Live for Windows 10 won’t charge for online play
- They would’ve gotten publicly vivisected for even trying…
- …instead they’re getting it from Xbox users for not doing so. You just can’t win.
- PS4 Firmware 2.50 Adding Accessibility Options
- This one is rather important for me. -Fil
- Well, now we know what Game Freak and Sega are up to…
- Sony handwaves (at best)/threatens (at worst) a fraud victim, this can’t go viral enough.
- Consequences for going to the bank are stiff. Still excited for our digital future?
- Meanwhile, Valve gets an “F” rating from the BBB, and isn’t thrilled about that.
- And that goes back to Gabe seeing complaints on Twitter recently and having to attack the CS queue himself. Clearly there are glaring issues.
- QotW: Will it take a constant threat of viral exposure to fix customer support in gaming?