"Will Resident Evil 9 struggle on Switch 2? Is the new Borderlands 4 patch really broken or do players just need to be better at compiling their shaders? And where the hell is the next Metal Gear Solid Master Collection? Welcome to another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku's daily roundup of gaming news and culture. While all the big gaming showcases have wrapped up, there are still a few more days of Tokyo Game Show proper until the last big gaming festival of the year wraps up. Then it's on to the fall's next batch of big game releases. Yes, I'm talking about you Digimon Story: Time Stranger."
"Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino was the keynote speaker at Tokyo Game Show 2025 and his topic was the PlayStation Store. Covering its evolution and current financial dominance, he flashed a chart showing how revenues have kept climbing with each new console. What's interesting is that this is happening despite PS5 sales tracking only slightly ahead of the PS4. So where is the growth coming from? In part its the explosion in microtransactions in free-to-play games like Fortnite."
Questions about upcoming game performance and patches, including Resident Evil 9 on Switch 2, Borderlands 4 shader issues, and the next Metal Gear Solid Master Collection set the news agenda. Tokyo Game Show 2025 featured a PlayStation keynote where Hideaki Nishino highlighted the PlayStation Store's growing revenues across console generations. Revenue increases persist even with PS5 sales only slightly ahead of PS4. Growth sources include microtransactions in free-to-play titles, expanded subscription services like PS Plus, continued spending from active PS4 users, and rising console prices. Attention shifts toward the fall release slate, including Digimon Story: Time Stranger.
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