Day 0 Update #2 – 01/11/2015

1/11/2015 Show Notes

• What are we playing?
  • DRIFT STAGE.
    • Kickstarter. New trailer. Epic info dump.
  • Patrick
    • All Kamen Riders: Rider Generation 2
    • Suikoden, but more on that later…
  • Filippo
    • Defense Grid 2
    • Final Fantasy IV (PC)
• CES news
  • Nyko PS4 hood scoop Data Bank
  • MadCatz $300 transforming mobile gamepad – LYNX9
  • PDP microswitch fightpad (first 360/XOne cross-compatible controller)
  • Razer Forge TV Microconsole
  • Razer OSVR
• Sony
  • Sells 18.5M PS4s
    • Impressive whether “sold through to the consumer” or just to retail.
    • Is this the generation where non-gamers become the outliers?
  • Making PlayStation Now relevant, introducing carte blanche subscription
    • $19.99/mo or $44.99/3 mo, not ideal, step in the right direction
    • About half the rental selection included, nothing to write home about
  • Offering up extensions, discounts in wake of holiday downtime
• Microsoft teams up with Dish Network for Sling TV.
  • Showdown with PlayStation Vue inevitable
  • Net neutrality implications: if this doesn’t force the conversation, nothing will.
• Nintendo
  • Starfox for Wii U playable at E3
    • It better be playable in June if we’ll be playing it before Zelda.
    • That better not be the name. Nintendo needs to cut that shit out.
  • Miyamoto: F-Zero is off the table barring controller innovation
    • What’s wrong with the controllers we have?
• Xseed trolls us all.
  • Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
  • Noteworthy rumors: Sen no Kiseki
• Kingdom Hearts III joins the 2015 Club…according to Goofy’s voice actor.
  • Square Enix says not so fast…
• Patrick Mifflin’s Voice of Dissent, aiming for a January 22nd premiere
  • Suikoden’s assets and flaws
  • How the name was finally decided/show evolved as it was being recorded…