Donkey Kong Bananza Direct has more views than PlayStation State of Play June 2025 and Xbox Games Showcase 2025.
nial
Member
The same old shtick gets tiring in a while, there's a reasonwhy the hate bud?, if you can't take the heat you wont last 20 years here like me
Just have fun.
GigaBowser
is where he is now.
MacReady13
Member
Yeah that was good! You fucking got me there! Well played sir!
the_master
Wants his tomb raided
And how would people had known
The number of views of a show with surprise games is not a measure of how interesting are the games, as nobody knew which games.
We should check the views of individual games
blacktout
Member
Mibu no ookami got axed too
Just read the reason for the ban. Fucking brutal.
If occasionally shilling for your console of choice was a banable offense, you would be on the same chopping block (and so would I and 80% of this forum). None of those users are are drowning the forum in pages and pages of disingenuous console war spam the way that many of those who have caught bans did.
Imtjnotu
Member
no its just 3 million switch 2 owners trying to justify their mediocre console purchase
It seems many people are more hyped by the new Donkey Kong Direct than the latest games showcased by PlayStation and Xbox, as shown by the viewer numbers and likes.
nial
Member
Oh, I know shilling is not a banable offense, but trust me when I say that stuff like this goes beyond that:
I think Kotaro is more at a risk by his dumb as fuck threads than anything else.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
kazuyamishima
Member
I really don't understand the stance, GigaBowser is coming back at the end of this month, but others got permanent Bans.The same old shtick gets tiring in a while, there's a reason
I understand that shilling is something, but the other users you mentioned above tend to spam a lot of threads of their platform of choice and stand damn close to their thinking.
They don't spam as Bad as GigaBowser tho.
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Tiamat2san
Member
People are hungry for Nintendo games on a new Nintendo console.
Every bit of media from them is important.
Honestly the game looked cool but it was not on my radar.
I still watched the direct.
The game looks amazing.
Day one now for me.
Every bit of media from them is important.
Honestly the game looked cool but it was not on my radar.
I still watched the direct.
The game looks amazing.
Day one now for me.
Lokaum D+
Member
The same old shtick gets tiring in a while, there's a reason
on topic: NSW2 is the hot item right now, I'm not surprised it is getting this much attention. I wonder if there's a comparison of last years shows.
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Syphon Filter
Member
no, the dk model looks like shit and the game looks like it will get repetitive fast.
MiguelItUp
Member
I'm not surprised at all.
Since the 80's/90's they continue to have a brand that's associated with extremely memorable characters that people have been very familiar with for several decades. No matter what any one else says, no other brand can compete with that. Though Sega comes pretty damn close. Playstation is definitely next on the list as they certainly had memorable characters at some points, but nowadays that doesn't really feel like the case. Even moreso with Xbox.
I miss the era where each platform had their own exclusives/characters/IPs you'd associate with each one.
Nintendo = Mario
Turbografix-16 = Bonk
Sega = Sonic
Playstation = Crash Bandicoot
Xbox = Halo
Since the 80's/90's they continue to have a brand that's associated with extremely memorable characters that people have been very familiar with for several decades. No matter what any one else says, no other brand can compete with that. Though Sega comes pretty damn close. Playstation is definitely next on the list as they certainly had memorable characters at some points, but nowadays that doesn't really feel like the case. Even moreso with Xbox.
I miss the era where each platform had their own exclusives/characters/IPs you'd associate with each one.
Nintendo = Mario
Turbografix-16 = Bonk
Sega = Sonic
Playstation = Crash Bandicoot
Xbox = Halo
Topher
Identifies as young
Yeah, it is sad that the other iconic figures in video games fell by the wayside over the years. PlayStation is trying to build that with Astro Bot, but good luck competing with 45 years of nostalgia that Nintendo has.
VeganElduderino
Member
MiguelItUp
Member
Right?! Astro Bot is great, and maybe that can be their new thing. Hell, it SHOULD be. But it's hard to not think it'll end up on the wayside someday just like everything else did.
Yeah, no kidding, no one can really compete with that. Everyone knows who Mario is and what to associate him with.
Topher
Identifies as young
No doubt. I'm a huge Astro Bot fan, but he ain't getting a theme park any time soon.
Lionel Richie
Member
Do we have sales numbers on Astro Bot? Legit question, I fucking hate the post-TLOU era Snoy, but Astro Bot is the one game I wanted to see doing well. Well, other than Gravity Rush 2, but that was too beautiful for its time.
Robb
Gold Member
It was at around 2.3M+ in early 2025.
bender
What time is it?
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
PS Tax
Lionel Richie
Member
That's not bad at all for the kind of game it is, I'm sure the budget wasn't sky high either.
MiguelItUp
Member
I really do wish things were different for the Dreamcast. I'd love to live in a world where Sega still had their own platforms. They had some great IPs too, I still can't believe how many of them they just neglected. They're at least revisiting them sometime soon, hopefully everything is at least decent.That explains why Sega was forced out of the hardware business.
bender
What time is it?
Dreamcast was awesome. My buddy and I played so much SoulCal, NBA/NFL2K, House of the Dead and then a mountain of Capcom 2D Fighters. Plus it gave us Rez which is an all-timer for me.
Gamerguy84
Member
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
We yearn for the mines!
Robb
Gold Member
Definitely, especially for a semi-new IP.
Iirc Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart had sold 2.7M in early 2022 (before any PC port), and had already turned a profit by then. I'd guess the budget for something like AstroBot would be smaller, so they should've definitely made a profit from it by now.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Mibu no ookami got axed too
Some folk are just too serious all the damn time. While I like Xbox more than PlayStation, I will always call them out on bullshit and poke fun at them. It's just video games. Maybe us older folk are just past that pissing contest shit. Like ford vs Chevy stupidity.
I just want to play all the fun games. And only a fool thinks that only one or two of the big three console makers make great games.
bender
What time is it?
MayauMiao
Member
CityHunter1981
An Absolute Desaster
I dint know, but for me it just looks like a "good game", but not a great game. I can't imagine it will come anywhere close to the quality of the Mario games.
I still also have my doubts that the Mario internal team made it. People try to argue it's the same engine and it looks very similar, but I think if it would be from the Mario team, there would be more "wow" moments in the footage we have seen.
I still also have my doubts that the Mario internal team made it. People try to argue it's the same engine and it looks very similar, but I think if it would be from the Mario team, there would be more "wow" moments in the footage we have seen.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Why? Now they can release their games everywhere. Everyone wins!
bender
What time is it?
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Avowed is amazing. Give it a shot. I'm sure it'll be better than Ghost of Sushi 2 later this year.
Robb
Gold Member
powder
Member
Ready to beat those bare cheeks
RomanceDawn
Member
Man I am so loving this Donkey Kong hype train. I've been waiting so long for the DK series to get the AAA treatment again and it looks like people are really taking notice!
Returns and Tropical Freeze are absolutely amazing with the later being an absolute master piece. But I've always known that without a big ambitious 3D game, modern audiences wouldn't give it as much of a chance.
Man I hope this gets to be one of those 20+ million sellers! It will ensure DK will get major games consistently for the next 10-15 years.
Returns and Tropical Freeze are absolutely amazing with the later being an absolute master piece. But I've always known that without a big ambitious 3D game, modern audiences wouldn't give it as much of a chance.
Man I hope this gets to be one of those 20+ million sellers! It will ensure DK will get major games consistently for the next 10-15 years.
Randall365
Member
It looks like an awesome game - if it is Galaxy/Odyssey class BOOM!
Astrobot shows these types of games are still GOTY when they hit.
Astrobot shows these types of games are still GOTY when they hit.
Hudo
Member
Now that you say it like that... it's true, isn't it? When was the last time a Donkey Kong game got the full "AAA" treatment, backed by Nintendo? Donkey Kong 64?
RomanceDawn
Member
Yes indeed. DK64 was coming after the frenzy of the DKC trilogy a generation before and just after the mind blowing Banjo-Kazooie. You better believe Nintendo was ready to let Rare go ham with DK64 and so they did. Beyond Rare being sold to Microsoft, I believe DK64 really damaged the DK brand. My conspiracy theory is that we don't have DK64 on the N64 app is because Nintendo doesn't want newer audiences to associate DK64 with Bananza. Hehehe, at least not until Bananza releases or when the public fully embraces Bananza as the next big thing which was probably Wednesday lol. It's not like the game didn't sell well either or didn't get great reviews at the time but beyond characters or music, if DK64 was successful we would have seen other DK games or franchises take its formula and expand on it. Nobody did, nobody would.
Ever since it's been all spin offs and 2D games. Now each 2D game, Jungle Beat, Returns and Tropical Freeze were phenomenal but I always got a sense that Nintendo didn't want to risk budgeting Donkey Kong like 3D Mario or 3D Zelda.
It's a new day now and DK is front and center about to be S tier again.
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