Everyone in video video games loves everybody else in video video games this week.
The online game trade is vastly aggressive, and when your merchandise carry a $60 price ticket you possibly can’t moderately count on shoppers to choose up every little thing out there.
Back within the day advertising thrived on drumming up battle between manufacturers (bear in mind the previous Call of Duty vs Battlefield nonsense? Let alone the Sega vs Nintendo console wars), however on this trendy period we’re all a bit extra mellow about it, apparently.
For instance, viddy this tweet from PlayStation UK concerning The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which releases in the present day, proper on high of Horizon Zero Dawn.
You would possibly count on Sony to be a bit sniffy in regards to the limelight-stealing Link since The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild reviews have been even higher than Horizon Zero Dawn reviews, however as an alternative it’s all class.
WOW! Congratulations to @NintendoUK. Whatever journey you go on this weekend, what an incredible time for gaming! pic.twitter.com/QXbZSc1jsA
— PlayStation UK (@PlayStationUK) March 2, 2017
Aww, bless their hearts. Meanwhile, CD Projekt RED launched this fully lovely picture celebrating the optimistic reception of Horizon Zero Dawn, which owes a lot to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
We're loving #HorizonZeroDawn, congratz to the @Guerrilla group and a excessive 5 from Geralt! pic.twitter.com/cujMKBufnJ
— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) March 2, 2017
This is a extremely cute strategy to acknowledge the large affect The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has had and can proceed to have on the video games trade – simply as Skyrim earlier than it. While armchair generals would possibly scream “copycats”, insiders know virtually each sport is made up of the identical constructing blocks, and CD Projekt RED appears flattered and happy for his or her friends moderately than put out by it.
Meanwhile, all of us win: three superior video games exist. It’s nice to see manufacturers celebrating one another like this, isn’t it? Sure, on the finish of the day it’s all advertising, designed to extract cash from you, however when it’s all optimistic and congratulatory like this it makes me really feel much less resentful about forking stated money over.
