What You (might've) Missed Last Week: January 19 - 25, 2025

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What You (might've) Missed Last Week: January 19 - 25, 2025.

Ninja Gaiden 4 was just revealed at the Xbox Developer Direct, EA slashes financial guidance, and tons of games announce new sales milestones.

This feature will go over big-ticket news and milestones I noticed throughout last week. I'll be linking the discussion threads for all these topics (if they exist) if you want to share your thoughts with our community.

Xbox Developer Direct 2025
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• Is Ninja Gaiden really that popular these days with so many, many, many Ninja/Samurai games having hit the market since it was last a big deal? What does it bring to the table that is unique?
• IF Microsoft decided to exit hardware, would Nintendo/Sony allow Game Pass on their hardware?
• IF Nintendo/Sony allow it on their hardware, is Game Pass still desirable for Microsoft without dedicated hardware or is it better just to sell the individual games?

 

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• Is Ninja Gaiden really that popular these days with so many, many, many Ninja/Samurai games having hit the market since it was last a big deal? What does it bring to the table that is unique?
• IF Microsoft decided to exit hardware, would Nintendo/Sony allow Game Pass on their hardware?
• IF Nintendo/Sony allow it on their hardware, is Game Pass still desirable for Microsoft without dedicated hardware or is it better just to sell the individual games?

Ninja Gaiden's got a sort of cult of appeal sort of thing being one of the first IP within that bracket. Now, whether or not a new game is gonna pop off or not is another matter entirely but it is a legacy IP.