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General Discussion / Re: Happy 4th of July - 2026
Last post by retro junkie - July 06, 2026, 07:53:35 PMGrill baby grill!! I grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and bacon. I don't just grill I throw hickory wood on those charcoals and smoke my stuff. Watermelon was on the table and some non dairy ice cream. 
But it was a Happy forth for us..
But it was a Happy forth for us..
#2
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: BOOM!! RARE Super Pocket !...
Last post by retro junkie - July 06, 2026, 07:49:56 PM@BLUEVOODU
It is interesting to note that Visco released games for the Neo Geo. And apparently they still hold the rights. There are a bunch of games on these carts that are Neo Geo games.
It is interesting to note that Visco released games for the Neo Geo. And apparently they still hold the rights. There are a bunch of games on these carts that are Neo Geo games.
#3
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: BOOM!! RARE Super Pocket !...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - July 06, 2026, 06:21:30 PMI hear you, @retro junkie. We have a few situations going on and am about to tighten the belt a bit more. I don't have a cool scenario where I pre-ordered Two Visco Arcade releases though lol 
So, hard, to, not, buy, it, now
So, hard, to, not, buy, it, now
#4
General Discussion / Re: Post Your Recent Physical ...
Last post by mastermario - July 06, 2026, 04:06:40 PMQuote from: targetrasp on June 30, 2026, 07:16:31 PM@mastermario Speaking of Creed's Greatest Hits and A Camaro.....
as well as Creed's Greatest hits! All of which replaced a cd case that was stolen out of my CAMARO my sophomore year at UNC-Asheville!
The good ol' days of Camaros and Creed! Hahaha. Glad you got it replaced!!
#5
General Discussion / Re: Project Hail Mary
Last post by mastermario - July 06, 2026, 04:04:56 PMI didn't even know there was a book hah.
#6
General Discussion / Re: Happy 4th of July - 2026
Last post by mastermario - July 06, 2026, 04:04:12 PMPlayed some cornhole and watched fireworks and soccer with friends in a small town an hour outside of Houston. Good times!
#7
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Re: BOOM!! RARE Super Pocket !...
Last post by retro junkie - July 05, 2026, 05:18:28 PM@BLUEVOODU
I wouldn't mind having one. But right now I have my game money tied up in a pre order for two visco arcade releases for the Evercade.
I wouldn't mind having one. But right now I have my game money tied up in a pre order for two visco arcade releases for the Evercade.
#8
Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Sony - Physical disc produ...
Last post by targetrasp - July 05, 2026, 03:50:16 PMaccording to @retro junkie 's video, big hitters for the PlayStation revenue are 20 - 30% physical. I actually thought physical would make up for more than that. Still, if a portion of that 20 - 30% decide they're not buying a console because of the decision to go completely digital and another portion of that 70 - 80% digital buyers decide the price of entry is too steep, we'll have some decent fall off.
You'd think Sony would learn from their past. Monkey with the price, or do something consumers don't like...
ps one sold 102 mil units, ps2 (backward compatible, physical, priced same as last generation) sold 160 mil units. ps3 (200 - 300 dollar price hike, backwards compatibility was iffy) sold 87.4 million units. ps4 (better launch price only 100 dollars higher than ps1 and ps2, brought back ability to play older titles via internal emulator and online offerings as well as fantastic amounts of rehashes) sells 117.2 mil units. ps5 is currently at 93.7 million units and still has some time to get those numbers up before its time is over. It may not overtake the ps4 in sales numbers and despite the ps4 backwards compatibility, I think price, availability and just the massive footprint stifled numbers enough to cause the dip.
counter argument - sonly claims making 107 bil in total sales for the ps4 era, while already hitting 136 bil on ps5. That's more money in 3 years of ps5 vs the 7 ps4 had. From this perspective it sounds like solid business but personally I think maxing out your customer base by draining them dry all the while cutting out a "lesser desirable" portion will wind up hurting the company in the long run.
I've always thought cutting off customers to maximize revenue is bad practice at least in the long term. Reputational damage is a real thing and new customers cost 5 - 10x more to acquire vs. who you've already got. Theres so many intangibles a bigger installed customer base brings to the table outside of short-term revenues. I think they'll min max themselves into oblivion.
You'd think Sony would learn from their past. Monkey with the price, or do something consumers don't like...
ps one sold 102 mil units, ps2 (backward compatible, physical, priced same as last generation) sold 160 mil units. ps3 (200 - 300 dollar price hike, backwards compatibility was iffy) sold 87.4 million units. ps4 (better launch price only 100 dollars higher than ps1 and ps2, brought back ability to play older titles via internal emulator and online offerings as well as fantastic amounts of rehashes) sells 117.2 mil units. ps5 is currently at 93.7 million units and still has some time to get those numbers up before its time is over. It may not overtake the ps4 in sales numbers and despite the ps4 backwards compatibility, I think price, availability and just the massive footprint stifled numbers enough to cause the dip.
counter argument - sonly claims making 107 bil in total sales for the ps4 era, while already hitting 136 bil on ps5. That's more money in 3 years of ps5 vs the 7 ps4 had. From this perspective it sounds like solid business but personally I think maxing out your customer base by draining them dry all the while cutting out a "lesser desirable" portion will wind up hurting the company in the long run.
I've always thought cutting off customers to maximize revenue is bad practice at least in the long term. Reputational damage is a real thing and new customers cost 5 - 10x more to acquire vs. who you've already got. Theres so many intangibles a bigger installed customer base brings to the table outside of short-term revenues. I think they'll min max themselves into oblivion.
#9
Sony - PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4), PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 (PS3) / Re: Sony - Physical disc produ...
Last post by retro junkie - July 05, 2026, 02:44:18 PMhmmmmm...............interesting.............
#10
General Discussion / Re: Happy 4th of July - 2026
Last post by targetrasp - July 05, 2026, 09:53:24 AMA group of friends were off on Friday so we got together Thursday night and played Abyssus and Tape to Tape. A few days later I got to play Brotato with BV, Bomberman and my son. Nice little holiday overall.
Abyssus is a co-op roguelike FPS, that structures its runs kinda like Hades. In theory it seemed awesome but the game was really stingy with rewards. Because of such we didn't get very far compared to the amount of time we've spent playing. It really made the levels and enemies too similar. You've gotta unlock guns as well, and you really only start with one. The two guns we managed to unlock weren't as fun to play with as the starting weapon, and the shotgun in particular felt worthless against half the foes. The game was more stick than carrot.
Tape to Tape has been in our rotation since its release. It's one of those that's been in beta since I can remember but the devs have kept tweaking the game. It's a roguelike arcade hockey game with tons of abilities, players, and upgrades. The path branches, the teams you play aren't always the same, and the difficulty scales well. This one will likely stay in the rotation for a long time.
Abyssus is a co-op roguelike FPS, that structures its runs kinda like Hades. In theory it seemed awesome but the game was really stingy with rewards. Because of such we didn't get very far compared to the amount of time we've spent playing. It really made the levels and enemies too similar. You've gotta unlock guns as well, and you really only start with one. The two guns we managed to unlock weren't as fun to play with as the starting weapon, and the shotgun in particular felt worthless against half the foes. The game was more stick than carrot.
Tape to Tape has been in our rotation since its release. It's one of those that's been in beta since I can remember but the devs have kept tweaking the game. It's a roguelike arcade hockey game with tons of abilities, players, and upgrades. The path branches, the teams you play aren't always the same, and the difficulty scales well. This one will likely stay in the rotation for a long time.