Video game discounts are usually announced with the casualness of a grocery store flierâmaybe the developer will post something about it on its news center, or Steam will send you a perfunctory email about getting 20 percent off. Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames vice president Hideki Kamiya might change that boring convention, though, with a new video promoting Sol Crestaâs new sale price on Twitter.
The seven-second clip shows Kamiya dressed completely in silverâhe wears a foiled jumpsuit with vertically scrolling shooter Sol Crestaâs Phoenix wing logo pinned to his chest, and he holds in his hand a shiny helmet emblazoned with the same crestâstanding in front of a green screen spaceshipâs rainbow-colored control panel.
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Hideki Kamiya's got something to say!#SOLCRESTA â NOW ON SALE!đ
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â PlatinumGames Inc. (@platinumgames) August 10, 2023
He stares at the camera through amber tinted sunglasses for a full second before announcing: âSol Cresta,â and then, using his pointer finger as punctuation, ânow on sale.â A winged graphic emphasizing that the game is âNOW ON SALE!â sparkles on screen while a synth tune squelches in the background, and gradually fades away. Kamiya, impervious to the pixelated flying objects exploding in the window past his head, is still pointing and staring directly in front of him as the clip cuts to black.
I mean, wow. Itâs giving â90s infomercial. And the best part is that itâs not even a huge saleâSol Cresta, the 2022 sequel to the â80sâ Cresta arcade shooter series, is only 32 percent off, now through August 17. You can also only buy it for its sale price, $27, on the PlayStation store; its Switch and Steam copies are listed at full price, $40.
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So, yeah, itâs giving pomp and circumstance. Itâs giving healthy creative outlet, and we could all learn something from this.
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