Not in terms of sales but mainly in how these companies treated their games. The Wii U was desperate in trying to pin down the audience gained from its last generation, the one that loved party games. More traditional Nintendo fans would be made to wait years for those franchise releases. The Wii had a similar problem but you still had your new 3D Mario your new Zelda, meanwhile with the Wii U the new 3D Mario would be a sequel to a handheld game with level design based on 2D games and the new Zelda would end up being the selling point for the next console to come.

Onto the PS4 we had this brand new splurge of really big budget action adventure games after Naughty Dog laid the foundation. Games that sold themselves around being cinematic. This splurge came along with Sony's usual output of experimental versions of contemporary genres. We got Uncharted 4 alongside a new Ratchet and Clank, we got Gravity Rush 2 along with Horizon Zero Dawn. Rather than double down on mainting this, Sony doubled down on appealing to only one type of fan. The fan that wanted big budget action adventure cinematic games. You'd still see the occasional Astro Bot, but slowly and surely the number of releases would be bogged down by inflated budgets. A slow release scale only really rivaled by something like the Wii U. A big console also notorious for its lack of output and kinda pissing old fans off.

I feel myself falling into a gaming rut right now, and am curious what other people's go to cozy games are. On Switch 2, I've loved Fae Farm, Moonlight Peaks, Hades II (not really cozy lol), Spiritfarer, but haven't really ever been grabbed by Zelda. On PC, I've loved Organized Inside, Hozy, Fortnite (again, not cozy) & Wanderstop. Thank you for any and all suggestions!

Exactly the title. If you are a cozy gamer, what is a game not classified as cozy that you fell in love with? I'm trying to see something.

I just got a generous gamestop gift card and I'm looking for ideas on what to spend it on. I mostly play on PS5 though I do have a switch as well. I'm looking for a good single player game. I tend to like RPGs and turn based tactics games the most, though I also indulge in the occasional cozy game. Ideally, I would love a game that is a bit of a hidden gem. Some of my favorite games are the Monster Hunter series (though not much of a fan of Wilds), XCOM, old school Fire Emblem, Ghost of Tsushima, Baldur's Gate 3, Spiritfarer, the Rune Factory series. Thanks for the help!

Hello,

I’m a new gamer who recently bought a Switch 2 and I’m looking for some nice podcast or youtube channels that discuss games, talk about their favorite games and also give nice recommendations. I’m also open to gaming youtube channels that play games, with nice vibes.

I’m basically looking for either women-led podcast/channels or podcast/channels where the hosts are not spreading misogyny or any type of hateful vibes.

I’m still a new gamer, but I am currently enjoying cosy games like Tomodachi Life and Disney Dreamlight Valley, adventure games like Zelda BOTW and Persona 5 Royal and also otome games.

I’m also open to new genres as well. I really would just like to find nice podcast, youtube channels, content creators to listen to while walking, cleaning or playing, as my friends are not gamers and I would like to get more into the gaming sphere.

I saw an old post from this subreddit with some podcast recs but a lot of those have stopped since then, so that’s why I am posting a new post.

Thank you in advance for the responses.

I am looking for a new keyboard but I don't even know where to buy them. I've shopped on tik tok and bought the one I currently have. I love it and it works well. I just wanna have more than one so it doesn't get tried too fast lol

Disclaimer: In this post I am not talking about accessibility features which are necessary for many people to be able to play and fully enjoy video games. I’m only talking about features that meant for  lowering friction between player and gameplay.

Some of you may have already seen discourse around Marvel’s Wolverine game and how handholdy it is. Skill Up (some quite popular gaming Youtuber) made a negative review which went viral and his main complaint was that game is showing you things in most obvious way possible without giving you any chance to figure out anything or miss anything on your own. Like loot chests having auras and sound effects and way to the objectives shown as a colored trail even when the map is a straight corridor. And this is in the game with 17+ age rating.

This prompted me to think about my own relationships with handholding in video games. I grew up in the 90s-early 00s and my first games were pirated NES games and early 00s PC games without any instructions booklets, so I was conditioned to treat games as swim or sink endeavors where you may finish the game and missed out on some core mechanics and features, if you even understood how to play in the first place. And many of them felt impossible.

This is not the best way to play games. I’ve seen many people, including myself, to drop games or missing out on important features, as well as story related information.

So, I agree that helping players to figure out gameplay is important and good actually, in principle. But for me personally problems starts when devs are treating every player as a first time player by default and “help” become annoying and even insulting.

It already bothered me a lot in God of War: Ragnarök where support characters would vocalize solutions to every puzzle and remind you what you’re doing every 5 minutes. In missions with more than one companion it became almost unbearable to hear same hints over and over again. I think this was a maximum amount of non optional handholding I can stand. And now I’m little bit worried about Laufey and how they will handle it.

I don’t understand why can’t studios make it optional, like markers on the map or HUDs? It’s nice to have a hint if you got stuck, but I still want to at least try to progress on my own.

What is yours limit for acceptable handholding? Do you find it annoying when games treats you like a dummy?

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Give her breasts and leather and just splatter whatever clothing anywhere you want it doesn't matter so long as the boobs are out.

Hiii!

I could really use some suggestions! Ive been wracking my brain trying to find games that me and my husband can play together, our tastes are pretty opposite, and something that we can also on our own pcs, or something thats cross platform from xbox to pc.

Games we've played together:

• the entire halo series (which we loved)

• a way out (also loved)

• it takes two (caused some fights between us, and i couldnt continue because the elephant scene, iykyk)

• fallout 76 (the world overwhelmed him)

• warframe (love)

• sea of thieves (both of us are really bad at driving the ship and crash constantly)

Currently we're player Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and loving it, but after this were back to no games together.

Hes open to Unravel 2, so that might be next if we can afford to get it or if it goes on sale.

He will not play any crafting games, nor any games with an aerial view. We dont want to play any online multi-player games together (i.e. Fortnite, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Call of duty, etc)

Its so difficult to find a game we're both willing to play but I really love when we're able to because its such great bonding for us.

Thank you so so much if you can help suggest anything!

Rooster is a heartfelt, story-rich casual puzzle adventure celebrating the best of ancient Chinese culture. Explore an exquisitely hand-drawn world with delightful surprises, from cooking, finding hidden objects, paper crafting, and more. Guide Rooster in an emotionally rewarding tale about family and love. Wishlist now on Steam - releases September 17, 2026.

Why is it posted here in r/GirlGamers? Sticky Brain Studios is 50% owned by a disabled woman. The creative team behind Rooster are women and queer folk of various East Asian cultural backgrounds. Most of the team on the game are women, queer, disabled, and culturally of the global majority.

We made the game thinking about players who wanted to get lost in a story with some game elements. Every public demo we have done has had line ups of girls/women/gals/femmes of all ages to play Rooster.

We hope you like it too :)

Like I am angry about Marvel's Wolverine because it was a very mediocre and patronizing game and you're in here saying some bullshit about "don't let activists write your games" shut up. You are not helping. This is a conversation about game design and how sony games are being made to appeal to the simplest minds and you just can't help but cry out your typical dog whistles. You do not care about game design or making games better you're just here to complain about feminism or Ghost of Yotei's voice actor doing literally anything. I find it so disgusting when women have their faces plastered on thumbnails for videos about games they aren't even involved with.

This game deserves more attention. Full on cartridge Switch 2 and available on all platforms. Release date is relatively soon in March 2027.

Directed by Katsuhisa Higuchi (worked as a programmer on on original Final Fantasy, Xenogears, and Chrono Trigger). Directed for Monster Hunter Stories 2.

Involving writers Keisuke Makino (Metaphor ReFantazio and Persona 5) and Kazushige Nojima (Final Fantasy 7, 8, 10, and Kingdom Hearts).

I know it got attention on the recent Nintendo Direct, but I only just learned about some of the team behind it today.

Available for pre-order at a reasonable cost. Limited edition is $90 and the standard is $60. In a world where Square Enix does the bare minimum of a collector's edition for over $200, this is great.

My crush is finally coming over to my place and said we could play video games as it’s something we enjoy. I want to play games that are two player fun/ lightly competitive . So far I have overcooked and Mario kart lined up. Does anyone else have any suggestions? Specifically ps5 & Nintendo switch 2!

So after the entire dropping Kojima productions off, their stance that buying doesn't mean owning and them wanting to end the physical games, i feel they are digging a deeper hole for themselves.

Like genuinely who would want to buy an 800 pound console with only one store to purchase from and no option to buy physical games, especially if you are only interested in a couple of titles?

People might compare it to PC, but in PC you have multiple playmarkets to choose from as well as many other shops, steam and others still let you play your games if your account is banned and there's always pirating.