Digital game purchases have seen an increase over the past few years. However, based on information coming from The NPD Group, most players in the United States still tend to purchase their games physically.
In its “Core Gaming 2014” report, NPD mentions that seventy-four percent of consumers prefer buying the physical release of a title. Keep in mind that digital preferences are nevertheless on the rise, coming in at a five percent increase year-over-year.
So how about you? Which side of the fence do you sit on? Do you still prefer buying games digitally, or have you started adapting to the digital space?
The Kickstarter-funded indie title Cosmochoria is tentatively slated to launch on Wii U early next year.
Creator Nate Schmold outlined plans for the eShop release in a Kickstarter update, noting that he’ll likely concentrate on this version once “the game is mostly done”.
He said:
I will be testing the Wii U starting this summer once i have a more stable build with some additional optimizations in place. Once the dev kit arrives I’ll be sharing / streaming the progress of my testing, but chances are I wont be able to fully focus on the Wii U dev until the game is mostly done, as I’d first need the full features of the game implemented before I can start tying things to the Wii U control schemes etc. Basically anything i do regarding the Wii U dev i’ll be sure to post about it, though – for those that are interested. 🙂
The Nintendo Network Agreement has been updated, according to Nintendo of Europe. This new version will be going into effect on June 13th.
Most of the changes seem to pertain to the ruling of e-commerce and consumer protection.
For a look at the updated Nintendo Network Agreement, continue on to the official page here.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
inFamous: Second Son (PS4) – 9/*/9/9
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS3) – 8/8/*/9
Amnesia World (PSV) – 7/8/8/*
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (3DS) – 7/7/*7
To Love-Ru Trouble Darkness: Battle Ecstasy (PSV) – */7/7/7
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PSP) – 6/*/6/6
We’re unfortunately back to one missing score for each review, it seems. If the “full” scores arrive for the reviews above, this post will be updated.
Nitrolic Games shared a few details about Plenty of Fishies – the studio’s Wii U eShop title – over on its official forums. You can find the information below.
Unfortunately with this version of Plenty of Fishies, there is no asymmetric gaming; it’s just another controller, with a screen essentially. If the game is popular enough, I have another one mode planned which will add a very interesting mode to the game. 🙂
There are a about four different game modes… three single player, and three multiplayer. two of each are duplicated between the two if that makes sense. The game is very challenging, but that’s what makes it really fun – trying to get that high score makes it a very rewarding task. I’m truly excited to see how high of a score people can get… there really is no limit as to how high you can go… no ‘perfect’ run… it really is the person with the most luck, and skill!
Plenty of Fishies’ trailer is located here.
TicToc Games has interest in bringing its indie title Adventures of Pip to 3DS, the studio has said.
Creative director Marc Gomez told GoNintendo:
If Unity does support 3DS we’re all over it! If not, we do have stretch goals that haven’t been revealed yet. I will say we have a lot of 3DS fans in the office that would love to support this. We don’t want to say yes until we can deliver something we’re proud of and a development strategy and funds to do it right.
Senior producer Cathy Camacho added:
The sky’s the limit with Kickstarter! We would love to see Adventures of Pip on the 3DS. We have a lot of Nintendo 3Ds fan in the office and would love to support it. We do have stretch goals that we have not revealed yet… [WINK WINK!]
Adventures of Pip is currently planned for Wii U – assuming the Kickstarter target is met. You can find the game’s campaign page here.
