Persona 5 and More Confirmed For North America

Persona 5, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona 4 Dancing All Night and Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth have all been confirmed for North America. Persona 5 and Persona 4 Dancing all Night will come out in 2015 and the rest are coming this year.

Not much is known about Persona 5 but if its anywhere near as good as Persona 4 it will be a must have. Its coming to PS3 in 2015.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is Persona 4 Arena 2 in all but the name. It will continue the storyline of its predecessor, which was a sequel to Persona 4. Its coming to PS3 in 2015.

Persona 4 Dancing all night is a rhythm game set in the world of Persona 4. I'm not too big on rhythm games but I may like it more than others since its Persona 4 themed. Persona 4 Dancing all Night is coming to PS Vita in 2015.

Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth looks like its pretty much Etrian Odyssey with Persona 4 and 3 characters. That certainly isn't a bad thing however. I don't care for the whole chibi thing though. I mean both Etrian Odyssey and Persona are obviously targeted towards an adult audience so why chibi? Anyway Persona Q Shadow of the Labyrinth comes out this year for the 3DS.

It is definitely a good time to be a Persona fan.

Microsoft Rejects Indie Game Rime, Now A PS4 Exclusive

Rime, (originally known as Echoes of Siren) by the independent company Tequila Works based in Spain, is now going to be a PS4 exclusive because Microsoft didn't want it. The game was going to be a Xbox exclusive but Microsoft doesn't care about single player games, indie games or anything that has a bit of creativity. They hate games like Journey, Flower, Sound Shapes etc. I'm not making this up. The CEO of Tequila Works explained why it's not coming to Xbox:

"Then the Xbox One plans were announced and everything changed. The people at Microsoft say the game doesn't fit in the strategy of the new console, that they are looking for "connected experiences"
and the social factor. Rime didn't fit because it was a single player game, a very traditional game experience."

I'm sure if it was online only, had a bunch of guns, shooting and blood everywhere Microsoft would have snatched it up in heartbeat.

Here is a trailer for Rime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V-JunUax8xg

PS4 Hits 5.3 Million Sales, Xbox One at Around 3.6 Million

Earlier I wrote about the PS4's very successful month in January. Now we know exactly how well it has done. The PS4 has now sold over 5.3 million units worldwide as of February 8th. So that's about a million or so in January. And January is always a slow month for video games. The console hasn't been out very long and it hasn't even launched in its home market yet.

The Xbox One is sitting at around 3.6 million sales. There are many reasons why it isn't selling as well as its competitor but the huge backlash the Xbox One got at E3 last year and the higher price point (who would pay more for a less powerful console?!) are likely contributing factors.

Google and Apple App Stores Filtering Out "Flappy" Apps

Apparently the Google Play Store and the iTunes App store are now filtering out apps with the name "flappy" in it. This was probably due to the very large of number of Flappy Bird clones. Flappy Plane, Flappy Bee, Flappy Wings, flappy this flappy that.

Well there goes my plan to make my own "Flappy" game. I mean really how hard could it possibly be? I'd probably make a bunch of $ too.

PS4 Top Selling Console In January, Doubles Sales of Xbox One

NPD sales numbers are in for January. The PS4 continues to sell very well. In January it was the top selling console in the US and the top selling console overall and even sold more than the 3DS. According to Sony VP of marketing, John Koller, the PS4 "nearly doubled" Xbox One sales in January. The Xbox One also sold more than the 3DS in January.

The PS4 is literally the most powerful game console ever and had the most successful launch ever for a game console. It has not even came out in Japan yet. The Xbox One is also selling very well just not quite as well as the PS4. Its impressive both consoles are doing this well considering neither really have any great games right now.

MLB The Show 2014 Coming April 1st, PS4 Version in May

MLB The Show 2014 has been confirmed for a April 1st release date for the PS3 and PS Vita versions (no this is not a early April fools joke). The PS4 version will be coming in May. 

Here is some PS3 gameplay of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phn9g06_bRA

Wii U Continues to Struggle, 3DS Still Selling Like Crazy

This weeks Japanese sales charts are in. As usual the 3DS is doing very well and the Wii U is doing terrible. The 3DS sold 48K and the Wii U only managed 7K. The PS Vita sales dropped by around 4K selling 16K.