My take on PS5 numbers, State of Play, Pokemon controversy & Steam console

For this week, my 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of November 9 to 15, 2025, I give my thoughts on Sony talking about PS5, Sony's so-called Japan State of Play, Controversy surrounding a Pokémon game & Steam's new hardware.

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00:00 - Intro

01:38 - Quick My 2 Cents

05:04 - Movie/TV Show

10:42 - Part 1 PS5

19:40 - Part 2 State of Play

21:04 - What I like

22:58 - What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure

27:06 - Part 3 Pokemon Pokopia

34:30 - Part 4 Steam

Quick My 2 Cents

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258282o585k1ka/red-dead-redemption-coming-to-netflix-ios-android-ps5-xbox-series-and

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/11/14/natethehate-reiterates-red-dead-redemption-2-switch-2-port-is-still-happening/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/lollipop-chainsaw-repops-switch-2-upgrade-gets-last-minute-delay

Movie/TV Show

Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer - https://youtu.be/GuCejewteF8?si=q4vSWTkodUWNlS9-

Fallout Season 2 Trailer - https://youtu.be/ECI3eCAxRGw?si=1-VE4Da_MSE0gnW9

Monarch season 2 trailer - https://youtu.be/2CYelltpxT4?si=78f5Jvn-gvYw941W

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dune-prophecy-season-2-date-cast-1236423903/

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/follow-up-to-90-rated-mcu-release-finally-gets-an-exciting-update-after-3-years-of-silence/

PS5

https://www.gamesradar.com/hardware/the-ps5-has-now-outsold-every-xbox-in-history-as-its-latest-84-2-million-sales-milestone-places-it-ahead-of-the-xbox-360/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/playstation-experiences-h1-sales-increase-ps5-reaches-84m-in-lifetime-sales

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/11/ghost-of-yotei-ps5-sales-surpass-3-3-million-units-crush-boycott-nonsense

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/11/ps5-in-the-middle-of-its-lifecycle-claims-sony

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/11/sony-speaks-on-bungie-acquisition-disaster-takes-an-impairment-loss

State of Play

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/playstation-state-of-play-november-2025-all-the-biggest-announcements-and-games/2900-7248/#1

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/11/11/state-of-play-japan-november-2025-all-announcements/

What I like

BlazeBlue Entropy Effect X looks interesting

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly is getting a remake

Kyouran Makaism looks interesting (coming from the Disgaea team)

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse is something I might try out

What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure

I’m not sure how Inkonbini: One Store. Many Stores or Coffee Talk Tokyo

The Presentation itself was kinda lame (in my view)

Some games, I wonder (like Super Robot Wars Y), will come to the West

Not sure why they had to show a 27” Gaming Monitor with DualSense Charging Hook at this presentation (a social media/tweet post of its own YouTube video would have been a better choice) 

Pokemon Pokopia

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-pokopia-will-be-first-nintendo-published-title-to-get-game-key-card/1100-6536144/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/pokemon-pokopia-is-nintendos-first-game-key-card-release

Steam

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/steam-machine-specs-availability/

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/steam-machine-vs-steam-deck-the-4-biggest-differences-explained

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/valve-announces-new-a-steam-console-controller-and-vr-headset/

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I played the Xbox Series S version of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

Gameplay footage of me playing Ninja Gaiden 2 Black for the Xbox Series X/S (being played on Series S via Game Pass). The game is also on PS5 & PC/Steam. For my review, click here - https://youtu.be/Z-NjQSf3Gs4

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Note to Parents: Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is rated M for mature (ages 17 & up) by the ESRB - https://www.esrb.org/ratings/40363/ninja-gaiden-2-black/

Developed by Koei Tecmo Games/Team Ninja

Published by Koei Tecmo America

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:14 - Start of Gameplay/Fighting Alexei

00:08:46 - Start of Chapter 5

00:10:48 - Fighting Black Spider Tengu (Blue)

00:13:54 - Save Point 1

00:19:40 - Save Point 2/Fighting Black Spider Tengu (Blue & Red)

00:24:36 - Start of Chapter 6

00:30:04 - Save Point 2

00:33:40 - Close off battle

00:37:58 - Save Point 3

00:45:38 - Save Point 4

00:51:26 - Save Point 5

00:56:10 - Fighting The Water Dragon

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I review the Xbox Series S version of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

My review of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black for the Xbox Series X/S (being played on Series S via Game Pass). The game is also on PS5 & PC/Steam. For gameplay, click here - https://youtu.be/ardoe6zT4xs

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Developed by Koei Tecmo Games/Team Ninja

Published by Koei Tecmo America

00:00 - Intro

03:48 - Part 1 Pro

06:08 - Part 2 Cons

08:06 - Overall

Pro

Solid face-paced gameplay

Does a good job hitting 60fps

Cons

Visuals on the Series S version are a mixed bag

The swimming part is somewhat annoying 

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My take on a lawsuit Nintendo, Nintendo's latest financial report & Nint...

For this week, my 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of November 2 to 8, 2025, I give my thoughts on Nintendo winning a lawsuit, Nintendo releasing their financial report for November 2025 & Nintendo looking into buying more studios

Tag for this video: #briansolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #nintendo #nintendoswitch #nintendoswitch2 #videogames #gaming 

00:00 - Intro

01:24 - Quick My 2 Cents

05:32 - Movies/TV Shows

10:48 - Part 1 Nintendo Lawsuit

17:46 - Part 2 Nintendo Financial Report

23:48 - Part 3 Nintendo buying studios

Quick, My 2 Cents

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/11/04/new-metroid-prime-4-beyond-trailer/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/warframes-switch-2-version-is-officially-launching-in-2026

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/11/03/it-seems-ubisoft-has-more-than-one-new-rayman-projects-in-development/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/terminator-2d-no-fate-has-been-delayed-again-on-switch

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/gta-6-delayed-again-november-2026-1236420483/

Movies/TV Shows

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/a-trailer-for-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-will-debut-this-month-its-claimed

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/nintendo-is-preparing-for-even-more-movies-in-the-future-unsurprisingly

https://insider-gaming.com/the-legend-of-zelda-movie-filming-rumor/

https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-box-office-bombs-surprise-streaming-hits

https://deadline.com/2025/11/disney-youtube-tv-blackout-antitrust-fcc-sinclair-ceo-1236608469/

https://variety.com/2025/biz/news/comcast-warner-bros-discovery-bankers-bid-1236571997/

Nintendo Lawsuit

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-wins-lawsuit-against-player-who-kept-streaming-pirated-switch-games-and-taunted-i-can-do-this-all-day/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-wins-lawsuit-against-streamer-who-livestreamed-priated-games-before-release

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/10/nintendo-wins-lawsuit-against-pirate-streamer-who-taunted-company-online

Nintendo Financial Report

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/nintendo-raises-switch-2-sales-forecast-to-19-million-units.html

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-switch-2-sold-582-million-units-in-q1-2025

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-smashing-switch-2-numbers-prove-nintendos-strategy-is-super-effective

Nintendo buying studios

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/11/nintendo-states-its-intention-to-acquire-more-development-teams

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/nintendo-is-shifting-its-primary-development-focus-to-nintendo-switch-2-as-it-looks-to-strengthen-its-development-capabilities-with-plans-to-acquire-new-studios/

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/466186/nintendo-to-strengthen-game-development-by-acquiring-development-companies/

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I played the Xbox Series S version of Doom The Dark Ages

Gameplay footage of me playing Doom: The Dark Ages for the Xbox Series X/S (being played on Series S via Game Pass. (The Game is also on PS5 & PC/Steam). For my review, click here - https://youtu.be/4yRgAIMX6kk Note to Parents: Doom The Dark Ages is rated M for mature (ages 17 & up) by the ESRB - https://www.esrb.org/ratings/40393/doom-the-dark-ages/ Developed by id Software. Published by Bethesda Softworks Tag for this video: #briansolow #gamer55551 #gaming #xboxgaming #xbox #xboxseriess #gameplay #gameplayfootage #gameplayvideo #bethesdasoftworks #idsoftware #doomthedarkages 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:18 - Start of Gameplay/Boarding a Ship 00:07:12 - Fighting a huge creature/Boarding a Ship 2 00:23:50 - Boarding a ship 3 00:30:40 - Retrieve The Heart of Argent 00:35:42 - Open Battlefield/Battle 1 00:39:04 - Battle 2 00:43:54 - Destroying some dog statues 00:48:44 - Battle 3 00:54:50 - Battle 4 01:00:06 - Battle 5 Myst on the Moor Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by https://freemusicbg.com and https://www.chosic.com Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9 X - @BrianGamer5555 (Set to private, so invite only) Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com Threads - @solowbrian Mastodon - @bsolow5@mastodon.social BlueSky - @gamer55551.bsky.social Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow Support my channel on Patreon - patreon.com/BrianSolow959 Support my channel on Streamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

I review The Xbox Series S version of Doom The Dark Ages

My review of Doom The Dark Ages for the Xbox Series X/S (being played on Series S via Game Pass. The game is also on PS5 & PC/Steam. For gameplay, click here - https://youtu.be/Te8EU80oMH0

Note to Parents: Doom The Dark Ages is rated M for mature (ages 17 & up) by the ESRB - https://www.esrb.org/ratings/40393/doom-the-dark-ages/

Developed by id Software.

Published by Bethesda Software

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00:00 - Intro

03:26 - Part 1 Pro

07:16 - Part 2 Cons

10:00 - Overall

Pro

Fast-paced over-the-top gameplay (use of the shield is interesting)

It hit 60fps, especially on the Series S

The story/lore is good

Cons

Visuals are a mixed bag on Series S

I’m mixed on the way the melee attack is being used in Doom: The Dark Age

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My take on Halo Remake 2, big games coming to SW2, More info on Xbox Nex...

For this week, my 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of October 26 to November 1, 2025, I give my thoughts in response to the Halo 1 Remake, 2 big games (announced last week) are coming to the Switch 2, Xbox's approach for next-gen & Nintendo takes its 1st L against Palworld.

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00:00 - Intro

02:12 - Quick My 2 Cents

06:44 - Movies/TV Show

13:46 - Part 1 Halo 1 Remake

23:20 - Part 2 Switch 2 big games

29:20 - Part 3 Next-Gen Xbox

38:50 - Part 4 Nintendo vs. Palworld

Quick, My 2 Cents

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/10/27/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-director-game-key-cards-are-part-of-a-larger-trend-that-we-cant-avoid/

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/10/25/former-blizzard-president-says-tell-nintendo-that-after-xbox-president-says-exclusives-are-antiquated/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/10/nightdives-excellent-system-shock-remake-is-getting-a-switch-1-and-2-port

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/resident-evil-requiem-is-getting-a-switch-2-pro-controller-amiibo-and-coming-to-fortnite/

Movies/TV Shows

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/10/26/danielrpk-paramount-wants-to-rename-sonic-4-movie-to-sonic-cd-like-the-game-its-based-on/

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/10/27/wildbrain-studios-apparently-working-on-crash-bandicoot-animation-at-netflix/

https://thedirect.com/article/young-avengers-original-mcu-debut-revealed-kang

https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-disney-plus-plans-team-up-show

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/batman-dream-of-jeannie-star-trek-costumes-auction-1236412474/

https://deadline.com/2025/10/netflix-exploring-warner-bros-bid-1236603687/

Halo 1 Remake

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/halo-co-creator-absolutely-loves-what-xbox-is-doing-with-the-campaign-evolved-remake

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/original-halo-developer-slams-campaign-evolveds-changes/1100-6535720/

https://gamingbolt.com/halo-campaign-evolved-uses-ai-based-tools-for-development

Switch 2 big games

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/10/fallout-4-anniversary-edition-brings-the-apocalypse-to-switch-2-in-2026

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/10/its-official-assassins-creed-shadows-comes-to-switch-2-in-december-with-cross-progression

Next-Gen Xbox

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsofts-ambitious-new-xbox-your-entire-console-library-the-full-power-of-windows-pc-gaming-and-more

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/huge-xbox-report-details-ambitious-next-gen-console-with-free-online-play

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/microsoft-reportedly-still-has-plans-to-make-its-own-xbox-handheld

Nintendo vs. Palworld

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-has-been-denied-a-patent-in-japan-for-a-pokemon-like-capturing-mechanic/

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/10/29/nintendo-has-had-some-patents-initially-rejected-by-japan-patent-office-in-palworld-case/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/10/nintendos-pokemon-catching-related-patent-has-been-rejected-in-japan

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