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It's the end of year 3, which means another installment of Annual Analysis! Thank you so much for all your support in the past three years.

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Continuing to talk about the new Nintendo Switch, dead games that aren't really dead, and Discord's acquisition news.

News we talk about this episode:

Square Enix Presents: https://www.polygon.com/22337940/square-enix-presents-march-2021-announcements-trailers-release-dates

MS and Discord: https://twitter.com/business/status/1374183042600820743 

Switch pro news: https://twitter.com/6d6f636869/status/1374260197724626944?s=19

‘Marvel Avengers’ Sees 5x Player Increase After Hawkeye’s Release: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/03/22/marvels-avengers-sees-5x-player-increase-after-hawkeyes-release/?sh=3b7f17ce738a

Fallout 76 | Fallout 76: Inside the Vault – 2021 Roadmap and AMA: https://fallout.bethesda.net/en/article/5XyzcQiBzFCYI4hMris1L3/fallout-76-inside-the-vault-2021-roadmap-and-ama

Play at Home 2021: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/03/17/play-at-home-2021-update-10-free-games-to-download-this-spring/

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We talk Perfect Tower II, Loop Hero, State of Play, new Pokemon games, dead games, and the new Nintendo Switch.

News we talk about in this episode:

February 2021 - State of Play: https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-playstation-state-of-play-february-2021-live-updates-everything-announced-news

Pokemon Sinnoh Remakes + RPG: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokemon-legends-arceus-plus-pokemon-brilliant-diamond-and-pokemon-shining-pearl-for-nintendo-switch

Anthem: https://blog.bioware.com/2021/02/24/anthem-update/

Artifact: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/583950/view/3047218819080842820

Jason Schreier: "Following the success of Jedi Fallen Order and the failure of Anthem, EA has allowed BioWare to make the next Dragon Age a single-player RPG. Previously, it was planned as a service game": https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1365005940739743745

Nintendo to buy rigid OLED display panels from Samsung Display for a new Switch model planned this year, people familiar with the matter say. 7-inch, 720p. Mass production as early as from June: https://twitter.com/6d6f636869/status/1367277999721050114

New Switch model will have exclusive games that won’t run on normal Switch: https://screenrant.com/nintendo-switch-pro-exclusive-games-rumor/

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Two events happened in the past 2 weeks, so let's talk about it. We talk Nintendo Direct, and Blizzcon.

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After many, many technical difficulties over the past month, Viewport Relay is back for 2021!

News we talk about in this episode:

Total War: WARHAMMER III

Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 won’t be released in 2021, Activision Blizzard says

Gearbox has been bought by Embracer Group in $1.3 billion deal

Mass Effect Legendary Edition Launching May 14, 2021

Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked

Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus

Creator of Bugsnax says the game has already outsold its previous title despite being free for PS5 PS+ users

Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week

FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER 

E3 pushes forward with plans for a digital 2021 event

 

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We talk for 2 hours about 2020. Hope everyone has been enjoying their holidays, and see you all in the New Year!

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Come listen to us talk about Cyberpunk 2077 for an hour, then about TGAs.

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We did it. After 61 episodes, the Viewport team finally unanimously agrees on something.

News articles we discuss in this episode:

Marvel's Avengers Hasn't Recouped Its Development Costs Yet: https://www.ign.com/articles/marvels-avengers-hasnt-recouped-its-development-costs-yet

 

Major Super Smash Bros Melee Online Tournament Shut Down by Nintendo C&D: https://twitter.com/TheBigHouseSSB/status/1329521081577857036

New The World Ends with You game announced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thvqIawz5lc

IOI James Bond: https://twitter.com/IOInteractive/status/1329420059048091650

PS5's Activities System Makes Playing Open World Games Brutally Efficient: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wb8d/ps5s-activities-system-makes-playing-open-world-games-brutally-efficient

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We spend the better part of the hour talking about the new consoles that just came out and our thoughts about them.

News articles we discuss in this episode:

Phil Spencer on Twitter - "Thank you for supporting the largest launch in Xbox history. In 24 hrs more new consoles sold, in more countries, than ever before.": https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1326693095954550784?s=19

The Nioh Collection announced for PS5, launches next February: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/11/13/the-nioh-collection-announced-for-ps5-launches-next-february/

Mass Effect Legendary Edition announced: https://blog.bioware.com/2020/11/07/happy-n7-day-4/

Deathloop launches May 21, 2021: https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/deathloop-launches-may-21-2021

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Welcome to one of our longest episodes ever! We talk delays, next-gen, and take a trip down memory lane to talk about our favorites from 8th gen.

News articles we discuss in this episode:

Cyberpunk 2077 release date delayed slightly again: https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1321128432370176002

Hackers reportedly jailbreak the Oculus Quest 2, bypassing its forced Facebook login: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-28-hackers-reportedly-jailbreak-the-oculus-quest-2-bypassing-its-forced-facebook-login

Halo Infinite Director leaves project: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1321494790098354177?s=21

Kojima Productions confirms a new project is in development and is looking to hire the best-in-class talent to work out of our Tokyo Studio: https://twitter.com/KojiPro2015_EN/status/1319201597117718528?s=19

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