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[atyourservice]

Not exactly equivalent since digital access means people don't need to get physical copies anymore. Still, what do people do these days that matches that level of hype?

Staying up at night for a release?
Paying an extra 30 - 50% for advanced access?
Taking time off work?

All of the above?

 

[Cakeboxer]

Forum hypetrains, especially when it's an exclusive game.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Live events within Live Service games like Fortnite.

I cannot tell you the hype my kids have whenever these are happening. I have to plan schedules around them.

I also remember the shutdown of FF14 1.0 was a huge event.

 

[Bloody Crow of Cainhurst]

Camping inside review threads to shit all over games

Starfield comes to mind

 

[reinking]

F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

 

[Loomy]

Complaining about the games preload in an online forum.

 

[Edmund]

I get a haircut, take a shit, shower, cut my nails, make a nice grilled cheese and steak sandwich and a can of coca cola and stare at the countdown timer till the game unlocks on psn.

I'm a fighting game fanatic and only do this for my most hyped games - Sreet Fighter, Tekken and SoulCalibur.

Virtua Fighter 6 might make me do this again.

And SoulCalibur 7 needs to happen.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

It's actually something that I am slightly nostalgic about - midnight launches. In that sense I think digital is a bit rubbish.

It's a shame that wanting to get to a new title used to mean physically showing up for it, now it just means paying for early access!

 

[GymWolf]

Setting the console to new zealand to play earlier or buying special editions that make you play some days before the actual release.

Doing the best you can to play early i guess.

 

[Crayon]

Nothing.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Sitting at the digital queue to login at release time.

 

[Tams]

Queuing for a YouTube Premiere.

Quite sad, really.

 

[MayauMiao]

Unfortunately, we will never see this kind of moment ever again.



Whatever modern equivalent will just be pale in comparison.

 

[SHA]

Idk, Lan parties, watching Youtube streamers, streaming if want to be watched, it's not just for the lucky people, anyone could stream, if you are not surrounded with people that share your hobby then streaming is the perfect choice you've got.

 

[Edmund]

Unfortunately, we will never see this kind of moment ever again.



Whatever modern equivalent will just be pale in comparison.

So many ponies in one video.

I think i spotted Ass of Can Whooping

 

[Celcius]

Trying to get your RTX 5090 or 9800X3D on release day

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

there is none

lost art

 

[TintoConCasera]

Flying to New Zealand via VPN to be able to play a few hours earlier.

 

[Damigos]

Preordering

 

[Drew1440]

Livestreamers mashing the F5 key whist the bots take all the stock.

 

[LectureMaster]

Steam Concurrent User watching, lmao, it's fascinating.

LEGO Horizon Adventures Peaks at 602 Concurrent Users on Steam

https://steamdb.info/app/2428810/charts/ Can't imagine it's doing much better on PSN. Maybe cool it with all the Horizon releases, Sony, before you burn everyone out on the IP.

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News - Farming Simulator 25 peaks with 126k concurrent users at launch.

Farming simulator 25 by Switz developer Giants Software launched today. It's currently the top grossing item on steam and they even got the store Hero art.

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Sales-Age - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl releases with over 113k concurrent players on Steam

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Dragon Age: Veilguard releases with over 70k concurrent players on Steam and 'Mixed Reviews'

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, shatters the franchise's Steam record for concurrent players at over 120,000

It's doing fantastic numbers at the moment. At the top of the bestsellers' list ahead of the week-end surge. The previous record was held by FighterZ I didn't get the game yet because I have too much in my backlog, but it's near the top of the list once I got through a few of the...

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Hype - Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test reaches 457,000+ concurrent players on Steam within 1 hour of release

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Sales-Age - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has launched with over 45k concurrent users on Steam (highest CCU for a Squeenix single-player RPG)

Source - SteamDB

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[ShadyAcshuns]

Like so many things now, there is no replacement for good times. Enjoy your dystopia.

 

[chromatic9]

It's flipped to shitting on games gatherings.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Paying an extra 30 - 50% for advanced access?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Wait until the Switch 2 preorders go live.

 

[simpatico]

Everyone is so rightly cynical, and the industry output has been shockingly horrid, so it seems like it's been quite a while since we've had a release with that seemingly universal hype. Elden Ring is the best I can think of for recent releases. Maybe Wukong hit like that if you live in China. GTA VI is probably the upcoming game with the best chance.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Waiting on Walmart+ to snag 30th anniversary’s ps to put on eBay.

 

[Inviusx]

Complaining on Neogaf that the launch servers are fucked, watching review scores getting bombed and then everyone forgets a few days later and it's never talked about again.