After a long and busy 12 months, 2024 is officially in books. The video game release calendar is a few weeks to rest before leaving with a major release barrage in February. This is a problem for the next month, though. Till then, we have still received some time as to what was a rollercaster year for the gaming industry, surprisingly, no surprising hit, total flops and no surprisingly no shows.
At the center of all those who had three pillars of mainstream gaming: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. While their power can deviate at the age of portable PCs such as steam decks, these platform holders are still starting waterculler conversations, whose every trick produces discussion. This year, the three companies found themselves in a strange place. Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X hit the strange midpoint of their lifetime, while the Nintendo Switch was left to run the water after pushing out its much -awaited successor from 2024. All three would have to be creative if they were going to strengthen the year.
The good news is that the three stopped that work, even if no one is excellent. Each company made a starving on its record, which created an uneven year, no matter which console you played. Continuing last year's tradition, we are once again shutting down the year by handing the final grade to Soni, Microsoft and Nintendo. All three passed, but they all will need to study hard if they are going to become students in 2025.
Play station
If I had been a hard grader, I would have a good reason to flare PS5 this year. Sony's year was full of flops and disappointments that made 2024 curved in a vacuum. Its biggest difficulty came harmonyA game that live service of playstation was to enter the future. Instead, it was an immediate failure that was taken offline in weeks and the studio behind it was closed. That expensive disaster can plan for many years, which will look like the future of the playstation.
That bad news was coupled by some soft latedown. The much awaited PS5 Pro finally launched this year, but with weak glasses considering the popping value tag of its eye. This made the system a slow starter, a one that questioned how much incremental power in a console is really necessary. It did not help that the system's AI was also slightly smaller in the upskaling tool, pssr, launch. Somewhere else on the hardware front, Sony felt everyone, but gave up his VR ambitions, provided very low software support for Playstation VR2 (this was the largest upgrade this year PC support). Sometimes, it seemed that Soni's hardware business had hit the brick wall.
If I was only looking at those low lights, however, it would be a scene that was a strong year for Playstation as a whole. Sony's victory did not come from the hyp like the first-sided exclusion Marvel's Spider Man 2But through unexpected surprise that helped expand the system for the new audience. The crown of the crop was jewel Astro botWhich Sony once again got to create an all-edge platformor, which helped to create the original playstation. HELLDIVERS 2 A live service has emerged as a success story that is counter-balanced harmonyFailure of Even Stellar blade Got as a pleasant surprise, allowing a Korean developer to find international success.
Among the peaks, we found a handful of third -party exclusion, who gave PS5 the best game lineup of any console this year. Final Fantasy VII rebirth Praiseed that Final Fantasy XVI Could not achieve enough in 2023, while the Block team Silent Hill 2 Satisfactoryly pulled the impossible task of remakeing one of the best sports of all time. They were enough to score a high -uneven year, where Soni overshadowed unnecessary double dips Horizon Zero Don RemastardThis can be the best and worst year of PS5 in one.
Category: B
Xbox
Since the launch of the Xbox series X in 2020, it was clear that Microsoft's console was about to have an unusual lifetime. Microsoft made it clear that it was not necessary that the killer was not trying to pump the apps, as it was trying to pass a lifestyle subscription service to the game that each gameer required. 2024 will take the experiment to some truly unexpected places that left the Xbox fans with whiplash; We appear to be in turn every month between terrible news and great sports.
Was bad side Very Bad. The Xbox closed the year with a large -scale trimming, which closed both Archen Austin and Tango Gamework. The latter was incredibly surprised that the studio probably developed the best exclusive of the series X, Hi-Fi RushJust a year ago. Later in the year, Microsoft rolled out a complex game pass price growth, which turned into a valid offer “best deal in gaming”. It did not help that some of the largest services sports were not as expected at all. Both Stocker 2 And Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 There were buggy mess at the launch, while Senua's saga: Helblade 2 And Starfield: Spread Space He landed as a heavy release.
It was a continuous PR crisis for Xbox in 2024, even when this warrant was not done. The decision of the Xbox to release some exclusion on competitive platforms should have been one of the reasons for the festival as Microsoft wiped out the annoying uniqueness wall dividing the console. Instead, the move fulfilled the console war displeasure. Similarly, Xbox made great progress to make its game more accessible than ever before, bringing the game pass for devices such as Amazon Fire Stick. It was also criticized for thanks to the companyThis is an Xbox“The advertising campaign, stating that any tool that could run its game, was essentially an Xbox. This move misunderstood the rub console, but I see the underlying message as a positive step for video games.
Although it was not a very big year for exclusive, Xbox gave where it matured. This strengthened the year Call of duty: Black Oms 6 And Indiana Jones and The Great CircleTwo of the best obtained sports of this Xbox generation. In the route of the Tentpol release, we found a stable stream of “Day One”, which was released third-party, which still sells the price of service. Hinterberg's dungeon And Kunitsu-Gammi: Godes' route Both are sleeper hits that end up on the best 10 games of the 2024 list on digital trends. Keeping this in mind, I am ready to make the Xbox completely good since 2024, if the infallible grade. I hope to see some major reforms in 2025, though.
Category: B-
Nintendo
After receiving a grade in last year's report, Nintendo had a big task ahead of it – and it seemed that there would be no problem in distributing it. Finally, 2024 was definitely going to happen when we finally got Nintendo Switch 2, such as a wife was brought like a heavy hitting exclusive. Mario Map 9 Or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond,
Well … it did not happen. After all the expectations, the new console of Nintendo had no show. Nintendo would accept its existence after years of speculation, but it really prevented it from showing it so much or announced so much as an imagination. It left Nintendo in a strange place when he came into the software. It was clear that the company's most famous developers were quietly working on the new games for the forum, leaving the B-Squad to fill the final year of the switch. For credits of Nintendo, it made one mother in at least a month from January to December, but the lineup was indeed generous.
The very few switch exclusive library additions were released in 2024. Were closest Super Mario Party Jambore And The Legend of Zelda: Gunj of WisdomBut nothing increased Super Mario Odyssey Or Fire symbol: three housesInstead, we found a buffet of niche games and strange remakes. It's not that games like sports Mario vs donkey kong Or Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition The switch was not welcomed; This is just that these were the primary sports of console instead of strange filler. Those games have not always distributed either as sports Endless Ocean: Shiny And Princess Peach: Shotime! In the lifetime of the switch, we felt more undeveloped than the kind of polished games we expect.
Even if it was a weak year in total, the experimental nature of the year of the year sometimes moved to the type of highlights that could only happen when a publisher is not getting precious. EMIO – Smiling Man The Femicom Detective Club has a magnificent revival that I don't think we will ever get out of a year. Splatoon 3weak side order DLC is a true hidden gem, and I can't complain about a complete remake Paper Mario: A thousand years doorThe peaks were not at all, but this is the kind of strange year I think I will look back with nostalgia in a few years when nintendo is back to its normal rotation of the predicted hit.
Category: C+
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