Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Never afraid to step forward and be the ****, I'm gonna do it again... KOTOR II being announced really should have been to the surprise of no-one. The moment they announced KOTOR I've been expecting the sequel to follow. Just a matter now of waiting for the physical release (pls pls pls be both games on one card).

@gcunit
Surprise? Not exactly. It only made sense they'd bring it over after the first. But that's still not guaranteed. There's lots of games that make perfect sense for Switch, that you'd think would be brought over, and yet never come.

Relief and excitement? Absolutely.

@gcunit @JaxonH The biggest thing that made KOTOR II not a guarantee is the game was originally developed by Obsidian, a studio that got acquired by Microsoft in 2018. Yes, Microsoft have been rather generous for Switch owners even as recent as January with Banjo-Kazooie added to NSO Expansion Pack but Microsoft's ultimate goal with Switch is obviously to convince Nintendo to allow Game Pass on it so they may change tactics at some point to try and achieve that goal.

just last year during the winter time i bought and downloaded Star Wars KOTOR II for my X Box One S. couldnt stand the beginning are the asteroid mining space station thing.

Glad to hear its being re-released again for the Switch next month which is a surprise because of the new star wars kenobi show etc

Meanwhile, my games order Youtubers Life 2 and Cat Quest 1 & 2 will be arrived soon.

@XandertheWise Wouldn't that be the reason to release it around that time, though? It's Star Wars, and as long as you can market something relating to the franchise around the time of a big new media release, you'll be sure to have people checking it out just from the advertising algorithms making sure people see it.

@Grumblevolcano
I don't think Gamepass is ever coming to Switch, and I think Microsoft knows that.

@JaxonH why Microsoft want Gamepass so much on Switch? Gamepass wont devalue Nintendo games?

Quick question: why have people been asking for Gamepass to come to Switch? The Switch wouldn't be able to run Xbox games on it, surely? And it's not like it's a cloud service either where you could have them run on something else if I'm not mistaken. It just seems like something entirely out of the question from the offset personally. I will gladly eat my words if someone here can explain how Gamepass could even work on the Switch.

@Fizza Much like how GamePass on PC has a seperate games list, so would GamePass on Switch. It's be the games on there that are also on Switch, plus some others.

Also it could use streaming, as that is part of a GamePass subscription

@Giancarlothomaz
We don't know "how much" Microsoft wants Gamepass on Switch. All we know is they want it on every platform. Obviously, why wouldn't they.

But Nintendo doesn't want it, and neither does Sony. Nomatter what your opinions are on the side effects, or others opinion, it's clear that the professional business experts at Nintendo and Sony don't see it as being a net benefit. Otherwise they would have done it already.

So ya, it's clear it will never happen- I'm not really sure why people keep talking about it, refusing to let it go.

@JaxonH They won't stop trying though, that's for sure.

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@Fizza
Some peoples are cheapskater.
They want a lot of games with very very cheap prices (or for free) added with mindset of not interested to collect physical media, they really want Gamepass so bad.
I personally never like Gamepass as it just only renting the games with subscription, not owning the games. And I don't want got tons of games with some of them I really hate for free by subscription.
And I never like the idea for future gaming like that, it was the dumbest idea ever in my opinion.

@Anti-Matter I once used gamepass to test to see if i liked a game... I did like the game then i bought it on switch

(it's a good tool for testing games to see if you like them in my opinion)

@Anti-Matter
Ideas aren't "dumb" based on whether you're personally interested or not.

Plenty of ppl have no interest in owning games, and only care about the experience playing them. Just like people who rent movies. They don't want some massive DVD collection, they just want to watch a movie and move on to the next. There's nothing dumb about that. It might not be your preference, but it is the preference of millions of gamers, and that's the market it caters to. So on the contrary, it's not dumb, it's incredibly smart.

The way you've labeled and categorized those who are interested in the service as "cheapskates" shows your disgust toward anyone who doesn't share your views. There are certainly cheapskates out there, no question, but it's wrong to apply that label across the board toward everyone interested in Gamepass. And that's a story all too common nowadays. Demonize and caricaturize anyone with different views (under the pretense your view is absolutely correct, of course) to make it easier to justify hate toward them, because that's far easier than understanding their perspective with empathy and reassessing your own beliefs.

@JaxonH Do people rent movies anymore? I thought everyone had moved over to streaming services years ago

@TommyTendo Physical renting stores are fewer, but it's still possible. There's a few sites around that allow it, and any digital storefront allows it as an option. Don't forget, not every movie is going to be on streaming services, so there's still a place for renting.

@TommyTendo I have rented a few digital movies when they are super cheap (~ 1 €) and they aren't available in the usual subscription services.

@TommyTendo I don’t know about all the people in the world but we still rent when they are not available on the other major streaming services.