And the original Crash 3 site after going down 10 month ago or so is back up again too, interesting: http://www.crashbandicoot3.com/

around 4 years ago was around 2010. end of 2009 and through 2010 was when Activision abandoned the rest of its franchises to focus on one (and soon two) franchises that sold AAA.

Now according to this, Tony Hawk has a new game coming out. This may be the fact that Activision is a solo company and needs more than two franchises to remain relevant nowadays. Especially in its current situation.

Now, the last Crash game was also in 2010. This could mean that Crash Bandicoot will be releasing a new game next. Since 2010 the Crash Bandicoot franchise had sold over 40 million total, and while it was dead, although with games still being able to be brought on the market place on consoles and ios, managed to sell another 10 million units in just 2 years since the end of 2012 saw a bunch of sources saying the the Crash series sold over 50 million units world wide. Maybe because of fan desperation to get the franchise back or something. So the thirst is there.

This could be the first step, soon we might get real Spyro games, another True Crime, and other franchises Activision has not touched forever.

What do you think?

https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/437353143081259008

Lol. You guys really take those small tweets really seriously.

As I write this, video game retailer GameStop is selling used copies of the Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome for $38. Last week, it had been charging $55 for the game, but it seems to have cut its price following an aggressive move from Microsoft .

On Tuesday, Microsoft began selling the digital version of Ryse for just $40 (regularly $60). There are some obvious drawbacks to the digital version -- the game can't be resold or lent to friends -- but at a 33% discount, those shortcomings are easily overlooked.

Following the announcement, I posited that Microsoft had more or less devastated the demand for Ryse at GameStop: Even buying a used copy was far more expensive than the digital version. For the week that Microsoft was running that special, GameStop should've seen next to no demand for Ryse at its stores.

GameStop slashed its price in response

It seems GameStop's management came to the same conclusion, as the retailer cut the price of Ryse to $38 -- exactly $2 less than what Microsoft was charging for the digital copy, and perhaps enough to nudge would-be buyers over to GameStop's side. But even if GameStop managed to recapture sales it would've otherwise lost, the effect is ultimately just as detrimental: By offering a digital sale, Microsoft weighed on GameStop's profit, effectively taking about $17 out of GameStop's pocket for every copy of Ryse they sold at the new, reduced price.

This game could end very interestingly. Depending on how you look at it, it will either:

A. End with Gamestop lower costs of used games at least buy an affordable amount even if the game had been out only for 3 months. In turn, used games may rise, especially for purchases, but ONLY if Gamestop decides to do this. Which is a 50/50 chance.

B. It will end with Gamestop being stubborn, and despite the hate for the company, used games will take a large hit, and it may lead to the end or make used games a niche.

C. it will end with more Xbox hardware and software sales, and then Microsoft will retract their price drop, at least not fully, but will probably make it slightly less than Gamestops prices, so Gamestop will charge $55 for used games again and this will have no effect beyond this point.

I am pretty sure both platforms have several millions of users, and since Remedy's mech game requires origin, along with the TV and internet advertisements, I would bet most Beta players were on Xbox one.

It's ok. Going to see what happens after the reviews and the players comments after day one. I might get Respawns mech game day two and respect it enough to say it's name correctly if it end up being good and not just random hype.

There is no sticky, it was taken down and replaced by a guessing game.

This is the first news I posted in like a week.

2 million beta testers for Respawns mech game

I usually don't look much at gamespot for news but I have not seen this. Surprising numbers. This game seems to have caused legit interest then what i though it would. Maybe it won't be the pile of poo i have been thinking.

@tymeservesfate: They will all sell less than 450,000 there like they did before. With the only exception being the 2600, and then that's still maybe only around 500,00 when you exclude the clones.

Gameking sold like 1 millin systems across 4 different models across like nearly 10 years.

Sure game systems have more functions now, but they are still foriegn, and the average chinamen outside of hong kong probably won't think on wasting money.