Will streamers play it? Will people buy it? I have no idea and no way to know really…
You can influence some of this directly, but yeah, there will be a lot of unknowns.
In the end of the day I just want to say I did my best and worked as hard as I could.
Valid and healthy goal! I do want to add: you can't do everything yourself. Don't be afraid to lean on your network to get help where possible. You can fill in some of those unknowns with resources from the indie scene, but that will also take time, effort and sometimes money.
But at the end of the day a cube is a cube and a ball is a ball. Anything else is madness and you’re not standing for it.
This is the crux of where you are wrong. There's more than just cubes and balls, but because of society, stigma and restrictive laws in some countries, everyone has to try and fit themselves into a cube or a ball, even though they might be egg shaped.
7k wishlists doesn't directly translate to sales, but it can give you a good indication. Still, it's good to be aware of the risks, and the consequences of this new, temporary life balance.
The Outer Worlds is the non-fantasy, single player, action RPG. Outer Wilds is the one you are thinking of. I can't really put that to a genre, other than Outer Wilds is just art.
What competition? I'm in favor of reselling websites that are genuinely for the people who can't make it, and are passing it along for original value or less.
But yeah, investigative journalism is dead. A press release is a valid source but it is the journalists duty to sift through the BS and corpospeak and convey what it actually means.
There's too many sites that just paste a press release on a blog page and call it an article, but let me stop there before I digress even more!
They consolidated their handheld and console departments into one to be able to sync the 3DS and Wii U releases better, and I guess that's when it started.
The 3DS was still supported years into the Switch lifecycle and got games. Okay, maybe mostly remakes/ports, but the 3DS was still getting active support. They also launched the "New Nintendo 2DS XL" in 2017 and similar to the GB Micro in the sense that it was a cheaper version of the same hardware (or even less, considering no 3D).
But with all that being said, the elephant in the room is this: our phones killed the 3DS (and other handhelds). Of course portable gaming is far from dead, but traditional handhelds are more niche now due to everything being available on the phone or tablet.
That's cute, but if you don't do shit with the feedback, then it doesn't really matter how big the playtest is, eh?
Sources say that playtests with external players are happening much more frequently than in past installments, and the amount of data and feedback collected is the most the franchise has seen in its history. From small feedback sessions to large-scale player tests, Battlefield is now taking the much-needed “player first” approach.
Alright, let's wait for more info other than "sources say", then.
Same game, when you made the Guild Master drunk:
Paraphrasing there, don't remember the exact quote.