There are plenty of storied careers in videogames, especially in Japan. Unfortunately, Hashimoto passed away early this year. He forgot to turn it off in one game, and the rest is history. Hashimoto is credited with the Konami Code, its origins being a way to help test Konami’s difficult games during development. A specific string of button presses have never been more powerful, printed on millions of t-shirts and featured in so many games over the years. But I guarantee you know what the words “Konami Code” mean. Hashimoto’s name might not be one you recognize. We haven’t seen a ton of exclusives land yet, so we’re far from seeing what these boxes can really do. Performance and load times are the key components of this generation, with games capable of running at high resolutions, frame rates, and sometimes both. But as the kinks get ironed out, the hardware is definitely justifying its presence. They didn’t land without issues, especially the PS5 with crashes and other instabilities. High: New consoles thoīut like, the new consoles are pretty rad. Retailers haven’t been handling it well either, with random website drops and advertisements for tiny shipments and little defense against bots. Due to the pandemic and other challenges, supplies have been limited in a way that isn’t normal. There are new consoles! The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S! But nobody can get their hands on one. Millions of dollars were raised for Black Lives Matter, bail funds, and more. This includes Square Enix, The Pokemon Company, platforms like Humble Bundle and itch.io, and more. After protests rocked the United States following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, several communities and companies reacted with financial support for progressive movements. This is an unfortunate positive to have, but it’s a good sign nonetheless. The long-term ramifications are still developing. Ubisoft’s leadership responded with firings, resignations, other internal investigations and oddly-placed YouTube videos. Ubisoft found itself under a big spotlight, in a “Me Too Moment” that exposed the company’s culture for being a hot zone of harassment and worse. The games industry is like any other big business space, meaning people are working together and everything that comes with that. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls, and more happened with sustained hype from fans and critics. Final Fantasy VII Remake landed after years of demand and development controversy, and it was great. On the other hand, there were plenty of bangers as well in the blockbuster gaming space. Two huge efforts in Marvel’s Avengers and Cyberpunk 2077 landed in super rough shape, and will likely cost the developers in some unfortunate ways. Unfortunately, some of them landed with more of a thud than an impact. Many of them hyped up for multiple years of development and mystery. We saw several large, AAA game releases this year. People were desperate for ways to connect while staying home, and games ended up being a powerful solution. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a record-breaker, and a small mobile game called Among Us went from a relative unknown to a massive success. That alone isn’t a great thing, but a side effect was specific types of games getting unprecedented attention. Videogames as a whole saw a huge bump of interest, since everyone was stuck at home. High: …Covid?ĭespite all of that, there were some strange positive outcomes from the pandemic. Several games have also been delayed, and we’ve also seen layoffs throughout the industry.
In the gaming sphere, the pandemic impacted things like events, with E3 especially being totally cancelled. The COVID-19 pandemic is a thing that happened this year, and it pretty much ruined everything for everyone except for a few billionaires. This is the obvious one so we’re getting it out of the way first. That way we can have our cake and eat it, too. Instead, this is a “highs and lows” gimmick, with each negative paired with a similar positive. But that doesn’t mean we’re just gonna do a Everything Awful in 2020 list. Positivity is great and all, but burying our heads in the sand and trying to forget bad news won’t help us learn anything. On yet another stop on the way to 2021, I figure it’s important to take note of the bad as much as the good.
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