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Games Earned $172 Mil. USD Thanks to Kickstarter

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It was a very complicated 2016 for Game Kickstarter projects. However, this year the crowdfunding website has a lot of reasons to celebrate. Crowdfunding for games rose very sharply on Kickstarter this year.

According to the tweet shown below belonging to Luke Crane. The amount of money pledged to successful projects was up 29 percent year over year. The game category includes aspects such as video games, tabletop games, card games and other kinds of similar categories.

https://twitter.com/Burning_Luke/status/946836732225507328

In 2016, Kickstarter crowdfunding as a whole was down significantly with 5.8 percent less in backer revenue than the year before. It was the first time it had seen a decline since its founding in 2009. I even reported the massive hit taken by the Video Game side of Kickstarter projects.

It’s not stated where these numbers actually come from specifically. They make mention of the Games category but they don’t disclose how much revenue comes from specific categories like Tabletop games.

However, if we take games such as Resident Evil 2: The Board Game into account. The influx of revenue majorly comes from the Tabletop crowdfunding projects. In 2015 Tabletop Games earned twice as much money as the video game category, and in 2016 it earned nearly six times as much.

Now, in a later post, Crane also revealed that the amount of money Kickstarter has gotten is 29% more than the amount generated last year. This also marks the record for most successful Kickstarter projects in this category alone.

Now, you know I’m going to mention games like Mighty No. 9 that have increased the skepticism in the Video Game Kickstarter world. The scene has been in a crisis for a very good reason. Not a lot of people are trusting projects like this anymore.

It’s a shame, games like Okinawa Rush are being clouded by the failure of gaming disappointments like Yooka-Laylee. But I guess this is part of the course for upcoming Kickstarter video game developers.

I always wanted to be a journalist who listens. The Voice of the Unspoken and someone heavily involved in the gaming community. From playing as a leader of a competitive multi-branch team to organizing tournaments for the competitive scene to being involved in a lot of gaming communities. I want to keep moving forward as a journalist.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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