Nights On, Lights Off: Ep. 4 – Epic Game Pickups, Collecting's Future, and Industry Layoffs

The lights are off, but the night is on for Shy of ⁠ShinMegamiTalks⁠ and Will of ⁠Game Escape⁠ as they go down the rabbit hole of import gaming. This month, our hosts discuss the following topics.  What we’ve been playing: Will: PS2 MC2SIO/MX4SIO Card Readers Analogue Pocket+Dock Retrotink 4K Shy:  Gungrave G.O.R.E Ultimate Edition Unicorn Overloard Kanagawa Jet Girls  Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash Trinity Trigger Scroutfold Deathmark 2 News Stories: The Decline of Physical Media-Reacting to Reserved Investment’s discussion. Main argument: With the decline of brick and mortar shopping experiences, the desire to collect is dying out in younger generations. The “wall of games” phenomenon is actually an after-effect of seeing rows of games at Toys R’ US and Software Etc. and trying to recreate that at home, as adults. Without these emotional experiences, there is no nostalgia, and games have no historical value, like antiques do. Therefore, it is a danger for the game collector’s market.  Yuzu emulator taken down by Nintendo. Layoffs in the video game industry It Came from Japan! Will’s pick: Fate Extella Link PS4 Special Edition with Mahjong Set Jay’s Picks: Game Center CX Replay, Dreadout, Gunvolt Records Cychronicles