I gotta wonder what the path forward is for this franchise.Supposedly the Scarlet Nexus director is heading up the next game - I feel like this is their last shot before Tales falls into Star Ocean levels of brand decay. (At which point I'd say the move is to do what Star Ocean did and make a sick-nasty remake of Destiny to restore brand faith... but they already did that on PS2!)
Not even a hint of an actual new game.
Physical games are all going to decay eventually and will be lost to time like tears in the rainThis is a myth that physical haters love to share.
I've gone the other way on this and accepted that going digital IS the future - but the future also involves consistently ensuring that games that come out are fully preserved [under the purview of the law] so that we won't lose themThankfully, Namco's one of the good companies that doesn't fill their games with DRM, unlike the jerks at Capcom or Sega or Ubisoft.
This is a myth that physical haters love to share.Even if it is a myth (it isn't) those games are all going to cost hundreds to thousands of dollars to acquire thanks to price gouging human refuse already completely destroying retro gaming in the name of profit.
I've gone the other way on this and accepted that going digital IS the future - but the future also involves consistently ensuring that games that come out are fully preserved [under the purview of the law] so that we won't lose themThis is the way.
making games more affordable and accessible to everyone, creating lower barriers to entry into the industry,Emulation does all of this, at least!
This is a myth that physical haters love to share.Even if the game itself doesn't decay (it will eventually), the game system or controllers will. Especially if you move with any regularity.
Graces