Oh, Sony! You’re on top of the world with the PlayStation 4. You’ve had years to position the PlayStation 5 as the next evolutionary step in your path to continued dominance. There’s literally no way you could mess this up.
Yikes! Find out how everything went wrong during the week’s surprise PS5 tech rundown. We hope you speak Cerny!
Then we have GameStop. For one brief moment, we applauded the company for releasing DOOM Eternal a day early to promote social distancing within its stores. But then corporate wasted its good press by refusing to close those stores as the pressure for the United States to shut down amid the COVID-19 crisis intensifies. Why? Well, because GameStop considers itself essential retail, putting its video game business in the same group that most people would drop supermarkets and pharmacies into. People need their physical copies of games just as much as they need Albuterol inhalers, right? Sorry, no.
In other news, John has more Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing systems than you do, Joe heaps praise on Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Buffa is ready for the Resident Evil 3 demo. All that and more as we charge ahead to episode 100!
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Today's Topics
- Game Releases
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DOOM Eternal
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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Resident Evil 3 Remake Demo
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- Stories
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GameStop to release Doom Eternal early
Gamers will be able to get their hands on the necks of demonspawn early thanks to GameStop releasing Doom Eteneral on Thursday, citing CDC-recommendations for social distancing. by Sam Chandler
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Amazon delaying 'nonessential' shipments to focus on coronavirus needs
If you have a game for pre-order with Amazon, you may want to check again, because the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak is leading to the retailer delaying 'nonessential' shipments for the immediate future. by Ozzie Mejia
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PS5 specs officially revealed during The Road to PS5 presentation
The official PlayStation 5 specs were discussed during today's The Road to PS5 presentation, put on by Sony and lined out by Mark Cerny himself. by Brittany Vincent
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PS5 backwards compatibility won't support all PS4 games at launch
Not all PS4 games are created equal as Mark Cerny confirmed today that the PS5 won't support all PS4 games with backwards compatibility at launch, but that could change later. by Josh Hawkins
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Overwatch activates evolved robot Echo as Hero 32
Overwatch's newest playable character has been revealed, as evolved robot Echo prepares to join the battle as the game's 32nd hero. by Ozzie Mejia
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