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jump

@Clyde_Radcliffe so what you’re saying is the demand for indies is so strong on the Switch that some cloud GamePass games wouldn’t affect it. ;p

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GrailUK

@DannyBoi That's like saying games are just pieces of plastic. Or worse still, digital games are just air!

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GrailUK

@jump It's not funny. You have to think of the mainstream audience's attach rate (like MS did). I'm not the regular customer and anyone else chatting about this isn't either. But lets say there are 100,000 people on this thread discussing this as enthusisasts all drooling at the prospect of more games. As ridiculous as 100K people discussing this is, they would still only equate to about 0.1% of Switch owners. So lord alone knows what %age us lot are actually hahah! We are not the majority audience. And you run the risk of losing 99.9% of users to someone else's eco system. Especially if they only buy a couple of games. Cannot really disect it much clearer.

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jump

@GrailUK yeah it’s funny, Nintendo have enough trouble getting their gamers to try their own games that aren’t Mario and Zelda but the worry is that they will be converted into Halo fans overnight.

There’s no way there’s 100k people in this thread and I’m not really following how you made up those percentages or what they actually relate to regarding the narrative you’re tying to paint. I would post a Simpsons meme of people making up stats but you’ve probably seen it before and I can’t be arsed to find it. *

If the cloud based GamePass comes to pass (it probably won’t) Ninty aren’t going to lose 99.9% of their gamers as 99.9% don’t have the internet for it and the Switch’s hybrid nature means not everyone would take it up, and all that comes to pass before the individual’s taste who may not want it anyway.

*actually here it is

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GrailUK

@jump Well, hey I'm still hoping Halo comes to Switch though hehe! Thanks for the chat I do hope you weren't reading my posts as angry or anything (I always get a bit worried about stuff like that!)

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jump

@GrailUK nah, I just took it as a discussion rather than anything else but I have the same problem at times so don’t worry about it.

I look forward to our next argument about what is a more stupid idea, Doshin The Giant 2 or Odama 2.

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GrailUK

@jump Lol

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VoidofLight

@Grumblevolcano That’s just a repeat of the 2018 direct. I really hope this doesn’t happen at all.

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Euler

VoidofLight wrote:

@Grumblevolcano That’s just a repeat of the 2018 direct. I really hope this doesn’t happen at all.

Except in 2018, they had a massive new game coming out rather than one or two DLC characters. Focussing on one small DLC pack would be a surefire way to get laughed off the stage at E3.

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VoidofLight

@Euler Exactly. A smash direct for e3, just focusing on two dlc fighters.. would be weak, especially if they spent 30 whole minutes on 2 fighters.

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jump

Yeah, half an E3 direct dedicated to an already half released season pass is just nuts. If they haven’t got anything else I could see then trying to turn into a Nintendo World Championship or Zelda anniversary retrospective special instead.

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Grumblevolcano

I think Nintendo wouldn't dedicate that much time to Smash at E3 2021 if it was just the 2 challenger packs but I feel that the final update may be more than Challenger Pack 11 and Mii costumes. I have ideas for what I think may happen:

  • Rest of the retro stages
  • Expansion to World of Light taking into account DLC content
  • A new or returning mode
  • More challenges added
  • My Nintendo Rewards (e.g. buy the completed mural for [insert number of Platinum Points])

If it is that the only remaining content is Challenger Packs 10 and 11 as well as 2 batches of Mii costumes, I think the E3 Direct would be more traditional with Challenger Pack 10 opening the Direct and Challenger Pack 11 closing the Direct.

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jump

Grumblevolcano wrote:

, I think the E3 Direct would be more traditional with Challenger Pack 10 opening the Direct and Challenger Pack 11 closing the Direct.

To be honest that just sounds like sloppy editing.

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Grumblevolcano

E3 2019 started with Hero and the penultimate announcement was Banjo.

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jump

@Grumblevolcano it was sloppy then too. ;p

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VoidofLight

@Grumblevolcano Honestly, that'd be extremely underwhelming. Almost the entire direct dedicated to updates for a game that's been out for 3-4 years already.. I can see one single DLC fighter being revealed, but I can't see them spending over half the e3 direct talking about smash updates.

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jump

I still reckon there's a chance for a mini-Direct before E3.

Nintendo generaly needs at least three months for games to be announced for a physical release so if they only announce stuff at E3 then their next game is Sep after Skyward Sword in June. However since theres multiple releases coming in May and June from them I would have thought they would bump two of them to July and Aug. My money would be on some casual game stuff in the mold of Clubhouse, Style Savvy, Nintendogs etc where it doesn't matter if it's not revealed at E3 as those gamers who follow E3 wouldn't give a shortcake if it was at E3 anyway.

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VoidofLight

@jump I honestly doubt we’ll get anything direct related. We might get another pokemon presents, but that’s it.

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jump

@VoidofLight Party pooper ;p

I don’t see why not. They have done plenty of (non-full) Directs in the few months building up to E3 before and they have got to plug their release calendar somehow.

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GrailUK

I'm sure, previously, we had Pokemon Directs just before E3. Not saying it's standard, but we could get something before E3 begins.

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