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315Retro said:
West of loathing will be the first switch game I grab from LRG. Then golf story.
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I think this will be my 3rd & 4th releases(I'm grabbing Oxenfree that day as well), but West of Loathing will for sure be one of the few open and play on arrival titles. This game looks crazy cool, and while I don't think CE should be offered as much as they are at LRG, this is one of the few titles I would like to see a CE for, but only if it's as unique as this game appears to be.

 
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I have a problem - I'm 100% on Switch releases. But I don't feel too bad, since I've wanted every one of them except Thumper, which I only bought because I have a problem. But I'm getting WoL, as my son loves that game, so I continue my 100% Switch order rate.

 
I have been trying my best to not spend money on more LRG releases but couldn’t resist Late Shift.

I just need a little hit every now and then to stay level.
 
I don't care about trophies so I'm really looking for Switch first (portable + console = win) then Vita as often that might mean PSTV compatibility too.

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I'm watching the Metal Jesus Crew Q&A from the current MoGame Con... I remember last year LRG did a panel... anyone know if they did one this year too?

 
I try to balance it out a little bit. I'll often go PS4 if I'm looking for performance, or if there is a strong local multiplayer focus. I have four PS4 controllers, so it has a slight edge for local multiplayer, although the Switch is edging in on it in that regard. Performance is obvious. The PS4 simply has the most muscle, so graphics-intensive games are often going to get the PS4 nod for me. When Odin Sphere was announced, I couldn't pre-order the PS4 version fast enough, but still haven't bothered with a Vita copy. That is a game that was made to showcase graphics, and having it in full 1080p at 60 fps is a thing to behold.

At this point, the Vita is mainly for collecting, and occasionally for exclusive features. Surprisingly, some Vita games, especially the smaller indie titles, will occassionally get exclusive features on the Vita. I can't just ignore those. PSTV support also affects my decision, as it increases my options for playback. The Vita is rarely my go-to platform for a multi-platform release these days, but it is still hanging in there.

The Switch is an easy choice, but will get edged out in the more performance-intensive titles. It's not that odd for me to double-up between Switch and PS4 releases. For indie games that don't push graphics as much, the Switch is a shoe-in. I just knabbed Owlboy for the Switch, even though the PS4 version was on sale for $5 cheaper. The portable option is strong, and the Switch can handle pixel graphics just fine.

 
nightc1 said:
I don't care about trophies so I'm really looking for Switch first (portable + console = win) then Vita as often that might mean PSTV compatibility too.

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I'm watching the Metal Jesus Crew Q&A from the current MoGame Con... I remember last year LRG did a panel... anyone know if they did one this year too?
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I watched DSKoopa's livestream from Mo, and they weren't there.

 
Kaiser499 said:
Looks like Sekai Project just laid off a bunch of people.
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I'm backing Tokyo Chronos and they said it would be unaffected. It's hard to believe that 70k wouldn't get siphoned into a struggling company but we'll see. With 7 days left and around 14k needed to succeed I can't tell if the project has much of a chance anyway.

On another note, has there been any discussion about upping the amount steelbook quantities for some of these Switch games or doing a reprint? It sounds like these are typically gone within minutes and I just can't police the site enough.

 
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They have never reprinted anything before and have stated as a company motto at the start that they wouldn't reprint games. So that might also include not reprinting game extras.

The quantity of steelbooks would be based on the popularity of the game i guess.
 
Info Dump from the Discord

A couple of info pieces from Doug yesterday on the LRG Discord:
-- Mystery PS4/Vita game is expected to be formally announced later today.
-- October has been described as a "huge month" that's "pretty intense IMO" with a "huge horror game" and "another retro one."
-- Layers of Fear might not be a numbered release like Oceanhorn on Switch.
-- Approx. 12 more Switch games expected before the end of the year.
-- Papers, Please is looking to be a "big likely" on their side.
-- Atelier probably not happening as a result of Switch re-releases.
-- "Something of royal proportions is coming in September for PS4/Vita."
-- They still would like to try releasing some PS1 and PS2 titles.
-- They've been trying to secure XCOM on Vita and Hollow Knight though the later will likely be retail as the developer has been pushing hard for it.
-- Blaster Master on Switch likely heading to retail from another publisher.
 
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Re: gunhouse... Never heard of the game. I'm slightly drunk so the launch trailer got a few chuckles out of me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzokB1821Mw

But I think they lost me at "tower defense". Convince me otherwise. And/or fight me.

 
I remember Gunhouse being on sale for 50 cents during the end days of PS Mobile. Didn't buy it then and certainly not now.

Plus Brandon Sheffield reminds me of Phil Fish.
 
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Dead_Batteries said:
Plus Brandon Sheffield reminds me of Phil Fish.
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Phil Fish is a selfish and pretentious asshole who decided to deprive the world of his talent because he couldn’t hand social media. Fez is amazing regardless and it is a damn shame that he gave up so quickly for a very petty excuse.
 
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Olengie said:
Info Dump from the Discord

A couple of info pieces from Doug yesterday on the LRG Discord:

-- They still would like to try releasing some PS1 and PS2 titles.
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I thought they stopped PS1/PS2 production years ago? How would this work? And am I right to think that they'd be re-releasing games (since PS1/PS2 don't have digital games).

 
Vinny said:
I thought they stopped PS1/PS2 production years ago? How would this work? And am I right to think that they'd be re-releasing games (since PS1/PS2 don't have digital games).
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There was a semi recent reprint of Yakuza 1 and 2. It is sometime last year I think. So they must still be easy enough to produce.

I'm thinking it could be something similar to the reprint of harder to find games, like the Yakuza example, and the reprints of Atlus games that have randomly happened over the years. Maybe even some PAL releases we never saw in NA.

I can pipe dream and hope it means they are releasing some of the PS2 on PS4 games physical though. And an even bigger pipe dream that ps1 refers to FF 7 and FF9 on PS4, even though I doubt either of those is happening.

 
Vinny said:
I thought they stopped PS1/PS2 production years ago? How would this work? And am I right to think that they'd be re-releasing games (since PS1/PS2 don't have digital games).
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Considering that they're just CD-ROMS/DVD discs, they're not hard to manufacture or come by. All you would need are the licenses/rights amongst other things.

EDIT: Technically re-releasing games, but only ones that never made it to NA region like Asia and Europe only releases.
 
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itzd4n said:
Considering that they're just CD-ROMS/DVD discs, they're not hard to manufacture or come by. All you would need are the licenses/rights amongst other things.

EDIT: Technically re-releasing games, but only ones that never made it to NA region like Asia and Europe only releases.
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If they wanted to get into the market of helping localize non NA-Releases on the PS1 and PS2, I would be REALLY interested at the thought of buying those. Not so much if it's the case of re-releasing NA games as other companies have already done that with games like Rhapsody, the SMT series and more.

 
The PS1 and PS2 were based on established disc standards. There were non-standard versions of those discs produced. (the infamous PS1 black discs, and the PS2 blue discs) But these were just slight production variations, they weren't technically proprietary formats. The underlying disc standard for the PS1 was always Compact Discs, and for the PS2 was Digital Video Discs.

As such, there is nothing stopping someone from producing new PS1 or PS2 games. If you wanted to make them official, you would need to go through Sony for the licensing, but the production wouldn't have to go through them. Technically, you could even do the same for the PS3. (they are non-proprietary Blu-Rays) Those home consoles aren't the same scenario as proprietary cartridges. Nintendo has generally been the only company that has insisted on proprietary optical discs.

 
Have they announced standard edition price for West of Loathing?  It's $11 on eshop... and the CAG in me is starting to come back to reality and say yeah I want to play that but not for $70.  I might just go digital on this like I'm probably going to do with Phantom Breaker Batttlegrounds on Switch.

 
Sito said:
If they wanted to get into the market of helping localize non NA-Releases on the PS1 and PS2, I would be REALLY interested at the thought of buying those. Not so much if it's the case of re-releasing NA games as other companies have already done that with games like Rhapsody, the SMT series and more.
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^ This--reprinting old, released, NA shit is useless. Especially, with all of these remasters going around.

 
Meh, I'll be passing on this one,as the playing cards and cloth map are the only draw for me. And if I'm paying 70 for those items, I need my head examined. Lol

Game looks way cool, so for sure getting the standard, but no need for the CE. Thanks again LRG, as you guys keep making these choices easy for me. There have been a few in recent months that made me pause, but then I returned my senses and thought better of it.
 
Miker525 said:
I could have sworn it was this Friday too. I'm thinking they moved it
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Olengie said:
Ongoing pre-orders
Night Trap (Switch) open pre-order until 20th July

Still In Stock
Magicka 2 (PS4, 3,500 copies)

July 20th 2018
Thumper (Switch & PS4 open pre-order until 3rd August, 2000 Switch CEs and 1000 PS4 CEs)
Hue (PS4, Vita, 2300 copies of each platform)

July 27th 2018 TBC
Exile's End (PS4, Vita number of copies TBC)
Everspace (PS4, open pre-orders until 24th August)
Mystery Game (PS4, Vita, open pre-orders for 30 days)

August 3rd 2018
Mystery Game 2: Mystery Harder (Switch, presumably open-preoders for 14 days)

August 10th 2018
Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds (PS4, Vita, number of copies TBC)
Rabi-Rabi (PS4, Vita, number of copies TBC)

August 17th 2018
West of Loathing (Switch) open pre-order until 31st August

August 24th 2018
Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit (Vita, number of copies TBC)

August 31st 2018
Dust: An Elysian Tail (Switch, open pre-orders until 14th September)

September 3rd 2018
Yooka Laylee (Switch, open pre-orders until 1st October)

September 7th 2018
Salt and Sanctuary (PS4, Vita, number of copies TBC)
Mystery Game With A Vengeance (PS4, number of copies TBC)
Live Free or Mystery Game (PS4, number of copies TBC)
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chrislaustin said:
Meh, I'll be passing on this one,as the playing cards and cloth map are the only draw for me. And if I'm paying 70 for those items, I need my head examined. Lol

Game looks way cool, so for sure getting the standard, but no need for the CE. Thanks again LRG, as you guys keep making these choices easy for me. There have been a few in recent months that made me pause, but then I returned my senses and thought better of it.
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Yeah, no steelbook makes it an easy pass for me. Maybe if it was $10 to $15 cheaper. The only meaty thing you are getting in it is the soundtrack - everything else seems to be fairly cheap filler. I'm sure it will sell well for them though as the rabid Switch fan base seems to buy anything. Though I'm sure they will get fed up at some point too.

 
nightc1 said:
Have they announced standard edition price for West of Loathing? It's $11 on eshop... and the CAG in me is starting to come back to reality and say yeah I want to play that but not for $70. I might just go digital on this like I'm probably going to do with Phantom Breaker Batttlegrounds on Switch.
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$29.99 for the standard edition according to their latest email.

 
I think Bon Appetit will be one of my last Vita physical releases. The last at this point will be likely Rabi Rabi, and maybe House in Fata Morgana. Feels kind of good honestly....though I love the Vita and all, it's coming to it's closing point IMHO.

 
nitrosmob said:
I think Bon Appetit will be one of my last Vita physical releases. The last at this point will be likely Rabi Rabi, and maybe House in Fata Morgana. Feels kind of good honestly....though I love the Vita and all, it's coming to it's closing point IMHO.
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There's no question it's coming to a close what with Sony ending cart production stateside. Also incredibly excited for Bon Apetit. Besides that and S&S probably not many others I'll be picking up. Glad production in JP will continue on but I import so infrequently I doubt it will do much. Shame. I really really wanted physical copies of P3 and P5 dance
 
nitrosmob said:
I think Bon Appetit will be one of my last Vita physical releases. The last at this point will be likely Rabi Rabi, and maybe House in Fata Morgana. Feels kind of good honestly....though I love the Vita and all, it's coming to it's closing point IMHO.
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Yea, I don't even remember the last Vita title I bought at this point. I would have loved Labyrinth of Refrain on Vita physical, and Stranger of Sword City Revisited, but oh well.

Edit: It was VA-11 HALL-A. Before that, was March.

 
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nitrosmob said:
I think Bon Appetit will be one of my last Vita physical releases. The last at this point will be likely Rabi Rabi, and maybe House in Fata Morgana. Feels kind of good honestly....though I love the Vita and all, it's coming to it's closing point IMHO.
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I didn't know what I was getting into when I first thought I could collect all R1 release for Vita. I think it was shortly after Breach & Clear came out...

 
So, just Oxenfree and West of Loathing standard edition for me today. I was holding off on getting Oxenfree, in the hopes of combining it with another NS release, and WoL fits the bill perfectly(glad to see it stuck to this release date).

This is also going to be my first straight credit card order through the LRG site(my PP account is low), and since both titles are preorders, I don't have to worry about how long it will take. Is CC information saved on the sight, or do you have to enter it new for each order? Just wondering in case I decide to go this route in the future, on a not so calm ordering day. LOL

 
I'm definitely in for West of Loathing, but since I don't need Oxenfree for Switch, I'll wait until 8/31 when preorders for Dust (hopefully) go live as that's another one I really want.

 
So I see that Senran Bon Appetit has a retail of $29.99 for the standard next week. Also seems like there will be a CE as well and “might” be $49.99. Interested in what the CE will contain.
 
Does anyone know if two Switch games will automatically ship in a box?  I know a PS4 game and any other game will get a box, but wasn't sure if the same rule applied for two Switch games.   

 
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