@Athropos Yeah it’s weird that swollen battery of all things is the hill you want do die on for hating the S2. Just say the S2 is “Too expensive” or “Has no games” if you want something remotely more legitimate of a reason.
As if swollen batteries aren’t already an issue for battery operated consumer electronics in general. At that point you might as well live like the Amish if you want zero percent chance of swollen batteries.
Seriously a “revised” S2 that some “experts” suggested here isn’t gonna address the (low) possibility that it gets shipped with a swollen battery anyway. What next? Demand a revision of that revision?
I’m sorry, but they deserve that for being that stupid. Seriously you want to do shady crap on the S2 that barely came out with Nintendo being extra vigilant on the device? Yeah GL convincing Nintendo it’s “legal” if that was your big move.
Why not do this crap with the S1when it inevitably stops being sold soon? Not even a pirate, but there is a reason nobody gives a crap if you’re modding a PS Vita or a 3DS right now.
FYI there has been reports for this over the years for the Switch 1, PS Vita, PSP, and portable PC machines like the Steam Deck and ROG Alley. Happens to non videogame centric machines too with batteries. It’s why lot of user manuals include warning about battery related issues and to call the various phone numbers immediately if you see them. Usually involves them giving you either a new battery or new machine entirely when you swap it.
This is more of an isolated incident regarding the specific battery manufacturing and less to do with Nintendo themselves. It’s unfortunately gonna happen to a few “Lucky” people. Battery Swelling unfortunately is gonna eventually happen to someone.
This isn’t “Red Ring of Death” tier of widespread hardware defection levels otherwise there would have been thousands and thousands of complaints already about it lol
Reminder that DF isn’t the Gospel. They are hardly the only ones that does extensive game testing and their takes is prone to bias just like anyone else’s.
Just look how a certain someone conducted himself when he talked about Stellar Blade lol.
I don’t even use them especially regarding Nintendo games since they have weird benchmarks regarding their platform comparison and are especially noticeably bias in favor regarding to portable PC machines.
It’s literally a major net + change. Losing some BG detail (in certain content) that most people wouldn’t even notice until they are being told (like this patch notes) is not a big deal when you got frame stability, faster load times, resolution, etc.
@Anti-Matter Lol your comments are Subjective as hell in the interest of being anti Nintendo. Everyone here knows about your Sony bias undertones at this point.
People here were wrong again with their hot takes. More at Eleven. If you thought the S1 fanbase size was gonna exodus in droves to Steam Deck or whatever over a $10 price increase for Software of all things (hint: Sony and MS isn’t above that including third parties) then don’t know what to tell you.
People that love Mario Kart or whatever popular Nintendo IP is gonna play the system that has it. Simple as that. It’s a system that is a safe investment for games when you just take one look at the successful S1 exclusive library.
Not surprised. UK has been Nintendo’s weakest trackable region for years so it wasn’t gonna beat Sony or MS. The Japan results will be interesting though.
People were wrong about how the Switch 1 LCD will sell
People were wrong about how the Switch 1 OLED will sell
People were wrong about how the S2 will sell.
Go figure. Turns out most of the online noise let their biases influence their rationality and jump the gun that just because game is $10 more or because portable PC machine exists that the S2 would be DoA.
@TwinFami You got less then two hours (especially on the LCD Steam Deck) if you played anything modern AAA that isn’t set to low settings.
Even something like Spider-Man (1st game) drained the deck battery fast on the LCD Steam deck. Low battery life was actually one of the main complaints of the LCD Steam Deck.
It’s literally a portable PC machine with another coat of paint. It’s not remotely a threat to Switch 2 just like how Steam Deck wasn’t a threat to the Switch 1 OLED.
Also people complaining about the S2 price is gonna be up for a surprise when they eventually reveal the price for that thing. Their “cheap” end usually opens at $600 and that was before the price hikes.
So an optional gimmick feature tanked the score that much? Meanwhile the features that people care about: Better frames, resolution, and reduced load times is present. Yeah still a 10/10 for me chief.
10/10 when sticking with the classic Japanese cast.
Why downgrade from voice acting performance perfection just because you can’t be bothered to read despite you doing that all the time without thinking about it in daily life anyway?
I can confirm the Target I went into had a few left in stock when I went to grab some groceries. Had a sign next to it saying “new batch”. Wouldn’t surprise me if it ran out again by the time I finished shopping considering how crowded the electronics section was.
Nice to know S2 isn’t at “months of nothing” levels of bad stock like during those PS5 days. Means I can get one later at my convenience when enough good S2 games is on the platform.
How is “too much customization” ever a Con? If anything it’s a Pro because a lot of RPGs end up being on the lighter side of customization to the detriment of players that likes having options. You would rather complain about “too much” than too little especially in the space of a RPG.
If anything in the context of Cyberpunk it still wasn’t enough compared to the initial tech demo that hinted all sorts of things that never got into the final game at latest patch.
Anyway multiple outlets already tested and S2 version of Cyperpunk is a better experience then if you tried to play Cyberpunk on portable PC machines like the Steam Deck thanks to the S2 version being tailor made optimized for the S2 ecosystem. You usually have to tone down the graphics a ton to get close to that performance level.
Factor in that they didn’t cut corners from the game optimization itself to releasing it as a true physical makes it a good grab period.
Kind of ironic that the play might be to just get the S1 versions of certain third party games because it’s either cheaper then the S2 counterpart overall and/or actually gives you the entire game on a cart unlike the S2 version. You still get to play the S2 version anyway with S1 cart + patch + maybe $10 upgrade for S2 version.
S2 third party I feel is gonna be a hassle because they are gonna do either code in the box or a half assed game key cards. Unfortunately lot of publishers gonna cut corners unlike Cyberpunk
People acting surprised here that Welcome Tour did well is funny. It’s $10 and there is NOTHING new on S2 that isn’t a port besides Mario Kart World specifically for the Switch 2. People are gonna touch the new toys.
I think people forgot that crap like 1-2 Switch did good purely because it was a launch title with little competition as well.
Any Switch game that failed to reach whatever the frame rate cap is gonna get improvements by default even without any direct optimization.
It’s “brute forcing” the solution. Any game that couldn’t consistently hit 30 on a 30 cap or if the game is uncapped and can hit closer/at 60 now.
It shouldn’t be limited to better frames too. Faster load times and better resolution if your dynamic should be achievable too.
Direct optimization is still preferable for the smoothest experience, but if your a Switch 1 game with uncapped 60 with dynamic resolution then your gonna benefit the most from just raw playing the game again on a Switch 2.
Meanwhile consumers are not thanking them. I don’t buy any of those cut corners.
Publishers unfortunately are abusing them. In theory they were meant for games that were either too big or indie publishers that couldn’t afford the carts. Meanwhile crap like the Bravery Default remaster is not a true physical.
Sorry, but you can’t convince me that Square Enix, Capcom, Sega, etc couldn’t fit even their old port games on a 64 cart (especially after compression) or it was too expensive when CyberPunk with dlc was able to accomplish that.
Guess I’ll just buy Nintendo first parties + third parties that don’t cut corners on product delivery.
This reads more bug fixes than performance/graphic improvements. They would use more specific language like what they did with Scarlet/Violet if it was frames improvement.
That said that doesn’t mean there isn’t gonna be performance improvements.
BoTW and Tears for example on this list is already confirmed to play better on the Switch 2.
Yeah this isn’t a screen protector. It’s just to prevent the person from getting hurt from a cracked screen. These don’t conflict with screen protectors at all. Lot of phones and other portable devices has these.
Well that didn’t take long. As someone else mentioned this error isn’t even present in the other languages. Won’t stop certain people to milk what they can get I guess.
@Wexter Do you even know the context of WHY W101 Remastered got ported in the first place?
It took many moving parts for it to make it work out: Platinum doing a crowdfunding to not just port, but add some stuff, Nintendo giving permission (the big one. Nintendo wasn’t the one that initiated on W101 to be remaster/ported that I feel lot of the port people here are forgetting/ignorant about) , and obviously said game having little value that it actually makes sense to multi platform port to begin with. W101 was a flop even by Platinum standards. It worked because a third party was willing to do the legwork for them (multi platform porting + more content) and Nintendo wasn’t getting any real value off the IP. The vast majority of other Nintendo IP is not in this situation at all. For example do you see Atlus going out of their way to do this for Tokyo Mirage Sessions? lol.
W101 hardly set a precedence. It was painfully obvious of it being a unique outlier that if other Nintendo games are NOT like in a situation exactly like W101 then a port isn’t happening.
Nintendo isn’t Sony and certainly not MS. Nintendo has way more first parties being made and more importantly way more first parties that sell very well even on one platform compared to Sony/MS.
Nintendo is not in a Sony situation given how well their first parties sell. Porting Mario or Pokemon right now would just shoot themselves on the foot because we both know that would result in less hardware sales + Nintendo games in other selling markets means Nintendo gets less cut of software sales compared to Eshop. Steam store alone takes 30% when they could have got the whole pie if they just bought off Eshop. Considering the amount of PC gamers that own a Nintendo device anyway to play Nintendo first parties there isn’t any real need to port.
Switch 2 would have to be a massive flop to even have this discussion even entertained in the future. Like I said earlier: Nintendo gives more attention to mobile market then PC market and mobile market doesn’t even get ports from them despite most modern smartphones very capable of running a lot of their games since a modern IPhone is stronger then a Switch 1. People here jumping up and down begging for PC ports are just setting themselves up for disappointment.
Not the first time MS made a blunder like this. Intern or maybe AI. I remember a couple years back they did a random 2D Zelda game before it got removed pretty quickly.
Cue the people gonna take any opportunity (no matter how unlikely) to port beg for PC though.
Gonna be like what happened with Wonderful 101 (with people willfully ignoring the very important context for why that was the exception and not the rule.) Remastered where we had that brief period where people assumed the floodgates are opened and Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Metroid, etc was gonna be sold on the Steam store too.
You know give inch take mile and all that.
Just to give you all some perspective on how Nintendo sees the PC market…Nintendo actually gives some levels of attention to the mobile market unlike PC (Nintendo has several apps at this point) and the mobile market doesn’t even get old game console ports off Nintendo. You’re getting Mario Jump not Mario Odyssey. You’re getting Mario Kart Tour not Mario Kart World. You’re getting Fire Emblem Heros not Fire Emblem three houses.
@Sensible Nintendo isn’t even the only one in the party for the “$80 club” as well already. More and more in the industry is hopping on board and using “Tariffs” as a get-out-of-jail free card to justify increased pricing.
End of the day people criticize based on biases. People will hate on one game’s price choice, but defend another game with the same price because of subjective sense of “it’s worth it”. There are gonna be more BL4 types of fiascos. GTAVI price reveal is gonna be popcorn material for sure.
Got a laugh reading here that graphics of all things is remotely an indicator for how “finished” a videogame is.
By that logic every Switch 1 game is “unfinished” if we are just gonna start arbitrarily comparing their graphic specs to the latest Ubislop AAAA game for example because of someone’s bias.
Which in itself is pure irony when Ubislop is infamous for releasing “unfinished” games anyway to the point that Ubislop had to advertise that Shadows was totally gonna be a “finished” game on release as a selling point unlike their usual playbook of launch being a mess and they might slowly fix some of the issues post launch.
Oh, but their games have nice graphics though so that has to be a “complete” game still right?
Anyone here that unironically thought that every Nintendo game was gonna be $80/90 was being intentionally disingenuous for the sake of spreading discourse.
Not every Switch 1 game turned out to be $70 post Tears of the Kingdom surprise surprise. Turns out it’s a case-by-case basis which anyone with half a brain would have figured out.
Nintendo knows people (I’m talking about the millions that will buy not the few dozen on these sites speaking otherwise) will pay $80-$90 for open world non port Mario Kart.
Mario Kart was literally their main bread from Switch 1. I don’t see those price tags happening on 2nd and 3rd string Nintendo titles or even some of their 1st strings. How many of you will actually bet money MP4 will be priced like Mario Kart?
@PikminMarioKirby You…do realize this is Pokemon right…? S/V also was a “low quality product” and it just recently surpassed Sword/Shield lifetime another high selling Pokemon game. So yeah…quite a bit of people will buy this game whether you like it or not.
If people already bought a $70 Zelda game (which btw Tears struggled on the Switch 1) which sold amazingly…it doesn’t require much critical thinking to come to the conclusion people are willing to buy a $70 Pokemon as well. Don’t take my word alone for it though. Just look at the inevitable sales this upcoming Fall.
Yeah think I will pass on being trampled by a 400 pound land whale and punched by dude in a tank top in that mad dash if they think “first come first serve” is gonna be remotely safe. Also good luck at not being robbed assuming you managed to get one in that mosh pit.
This kind of crap needs to honestly stay in the past era. Just preorder online and pick up in the store at that day at your convenience. You know the smart and safe way.
It still came off as incredibly tone deaf. Yeah I’m sure Randy won’t notice the difference of the economy on his salary where $80 is no big deal and might as well be toilet paper.
There is NO defending on Gearbox for that. Should have just focused/leaned on how massive the game will be (you know like how Nintendo marketed Mario Kart World) and not “lol just find the money if you TRUE FAN” as a marketing strategy. Deserved the blowback 100%. Anyone here defending that deserves that same blowback.
Also love how game industry is using “tariffs” as the default move to explain/justify increased prices yet funny enough are silent on why prices are not going DOWN when it’s digital. In any case, based on how BL3 came out it’s smarter to wait for a sale for BL4.
No reason to get this if they want to be lazy to skip a real physical. Sorry, but Yakuza 0 could definitely fit in a 64 cartridge especially after the usual compressions.
Game Key cards are stupid especially when it’s not even just giant games using them. Sorry, but I doubt anyone here can legitimately defend game key card of Bravery Default for example.
Can’t take that crap seriously when I see a giant game like CyberPunk getting an actual legit physical release on Switch 2.
@mlt Nah. First Underground had a better career/story with the classic “from nothing to fame” skater growth fantasy.
Second Underground was basically JackAss with Skateboarding. The humor 100% went that direction. Second Underground basically just had the better QoL, Skater roster (although lot of them being joke characters), and stages that you would expect from a sequel. I don’t see a reason why you can’t drop both in a collection since that is the route they been going with anyway.
That is totally doable as long as they can have stock to consistently meet with demand. People forgot that early Switch 1 life had stock issues to deal with.
@TrogdorTheBurninator Mario Kart World should not be underestimated as a software alone. Mario Kart was a top seller for the Switch 1 for a reason. Reminder people still bought MK8D (which in itself in an enhanced port of a Wii U game unlike World being its own game) years after it originally came out at full retail when it never got a permanent price cut. I don’t realistically see sales collapse just because it’s $80 especially if there are no other games to buy at the time anyway.
There are also other high consumer demand software coming later that year. This is Nintendo. They are not gonna struggle with 1st party software sales when they got a thick binder of 1st party software that sold at least a million copies with the Switch 1.
This guy shouldn’t be yapping if new GTA ends up being $100 WITHOUT the obvious online monetization that is going to get stuffed in as well.
Also people here fail to realize that their personal bias are being at play if they think $100 GTA is arbitrarily OK, but a MK costing $80 isn’t.
Last I checked both series are incredibly popular that people played for years since they dropped so there is always an argument that it’s “ok” if at the end of the day the consumer still ends up purchasing day 1 all the same instead of protesting with their wallet and skipping.
Personally I don’t find EITHER of those scenarios OK, but it is what it is. I’m just not gonna suddenly give GTA a pass just because “oh it’s fine because it’s an open world murder sim in nice graphics.”
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Re: Nintendo Supposedly Investigating Possible "Swollen Battery" Issue With Switch 2
@Athropos Yeah it’s weird that swollen battery of all things is the hill you want do die on for hating the S2. Just say the S2 is “Too expensive” or “Has no games” if you want something remotely more legitimate of a reason.
As if swollen batteries aren’t already an issue for battery operated consumer electronics in general. At that point you might as well live like the Amish if you want zero percent chance of swollen batteries.
Seriously a “revised” S2 that some “experts” suggested here isn’t gonna address the (low) possibility that it gets shipped with a swollen battery anyway. What next? Demand a revision of that revision?
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Banning Switch 2's Using MIG Cartridges
I’m sorry, but they deserve that for being that stupid. Seriously you want to do shady crap on the S2 that barely came out with Nintendo being extra vigilant on the device? Yeah GL convincing Nintendo it’s “legal” if that was your big move.
Why not do this crap with the S1when it inevitably stops being sold soon? Not even a pirate, but there is a reason nobody gives a crap if you’re modding a PS Vita or a 3DS right now.
Re: Nintendo Supposedly Investigating Possible "Swollen Battery" Issue With Switch 2
FYI there has been reports for this over the years for the Switch 1, PS Vita, PSP, and portable PC machines like the Steam Deck and ROG Alley. Happens to non videogame centric machines too with batteries. It’s why lot of user manuals include warning about battery related issues and to call the various phone numbers immediately if you see them. Usually involves them giving you either a new battery or new machine entirely when you swap it.
This is more of an isolated incident regarding the specific battery manufacturing and less to do with Nintendo themselves. It’s unfortunately gonna happen to a few “Lucky” people. Battery Swelling unfortunately is gonna eventually happen to someone.
This isn’t “Red Ring of Death” tier of widespread hardware defection levels otherwise there would have been thousands and thousands of complaints already about it lol
Re: Best Rune Factory Games Of All Time
Still like RF3 mainly because it has the most bachelorette choices/variety. Let’s be real that is the main draw that makes the series stand out.
There is better series if you want farm sims and/or combat.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Delivers Its Cyberpunk 2077 Tech Review On Switch 2
Reminder that DF isn’t the Gospel. They are hardly the only ones that does extensive game testing and their takes is prone to bias just like anyone else’s.
Just look how a certain someone conducted himself when he talked about Stellar Blade lol.
I don’t even use them especially regarding Nintendo games since they have weird benchmarks regarding their platform comparison and are especially noticeably bias in favor regarding to portable PC machines.
Re: Switch 2 Is Officially The "Fastest-Selling Nintendo Hardware" Ever In The US
Seeing all those YT meltdown videos from haters is funny. They all greatly exaggerated the so called “problems” when numbers says otherwise.
Re: PSA: Splatoon 3 On Switch Has Made Some Cuts To Keep Pace With Switch 2
It’s literally a major net + change. Losing some BG detail (in certain content) that most people wouldn’t even notice until they are being told (like this patch notes) is not a big deal when you got frame stability, faster load times, resolution, etc.
Re: Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Crushes PS2 To Become Fastest-Selling Console Ever
Inb4 Jimbo announces “actually….PS2 sold even more copies during this time…”
Also glad to see S2 do well despite the attempts of some people in gaslighting that the system would flop because “too expensive”.
Re: It's Official, Switch 2 Has Sold Over 3.5 Million Units Globally In Its First Four Days
@Anti-Matter Lol your comments are Subjective as hell in the interest of being anti Nintendo. Everyone here knows about your Sony bias undertones at this point.
Re: It's Official, Switch 2 Has Sold Over 3.5 Million Units Globally In Its First Four Days
If anything I’m glad the “I saw a Switch 2 at my local Target so that is irrefutable proof it flopped” meme posts will finally stop.
Re: It's Official, Switch 2 Has Sold Over 3.5 Million Units Globally In Its First Four Days
People here were wrong again with their hot takes. More at Eleven. If you thought the S1 fanbase size was gonna exodus in droves to Steam Deck or whatever over a $10 price increase for Software of all things (hint: Sony and MS isn’t above that including third parties) then don’t know what to tell you.
People that love Mario Kart or whatever popular Nintendo IP is gonna play the system that has it. Simple as that. It’s a system that is a safe investment for games when you just take one look at the successful S1 exclusive library.
Re: Switch 2 Is Nintendo's Biggest UK Console Launch Of All Time
Not surprised. UK has been Nintendo’s weakest trackable region for years so it wasn’t gonna beat Sony or MS. The Japan results will be interesting though.
Re: Sounds Like Switch 2 Is Already Breaking Sales Records In France
@Varkster
Go figure. Turns out most of the online noise let their biases influence their rationality and jump the gun that just because game is $10 more or because portable PC machine exists that the S2 would be DoA.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Nintendo Switch 2
@TwinFami You got less then two hours (especially on the LCD Steam Deck) if you played anything modern AAA that isn’t set to low settings.
Even something like Spider-Man (1st game) drained the deck battery fast on the LCD Steam deck. Low battery life was actually one of the main complaints of the LCD Steam Deck.
Re: Review: The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Sublime Sequel, Now Sublimer
Got better score then BoTW S2 because Note is a + this time lol
Duality of Notes.
Re: Xbox Officially Enters The Handheld Space, But Nintendo Won't Be Worried
It’s literally a portable PC machine with another coat of paint. It’s not remotely a threat to Switch 2 just like how Steam Deck wasn’t a threat to the Switch 1 OLED.
Also people complaining about the S2 price is gonna be up for a surprise when they eventually reveal the price for that thing. Their “cheap” end usually opens at $600 and that was before the price hikes.
Re: Review: The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - The Best Way To Play, But 'Zelda Notes' Sucks
So an optional gimmick feature tanked the score that much? Meanwhile the features that people care about: Better frames, resolution, and reduced load times is present. Yeah still a 10/10 for me chief.
Re: Review: Yakuza 0: Director's Cut (Switch 2) - A Series Highlight That's Never Looked Or Played Better
10/10 when sticking with the classic Japanese cast.
Why downgrade from voice acting performance perfection just because you can’t be bothered to read despite you doing that all the time without thinking about it in daily life anyway?
Re: Doug Bowser Promises "Steady Supply" Of Switch 2s, Nate Bihldorff Plays Mario Kart With Jimmy Fallon
I can confirm the Target I went into had a few left in stock when I went to grab some groceries. Had a sign next to it saying “new batch”. Wouldn’t surprise me if it ran out again by the time I finished shopping considering how crowded the electronics section was.
Nice to know S2 isn’t at “months of nothing” levels of bad stock like during those PS5 days. Means I can get one later at my convenience when enough good S2 games is on the platform.
Re: Review: Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (Switch 2) - A Superb Port Of An Incredible RPG
How is “too much customization” ever a Con? If anything it’s a Pro because a lot of RPGs end up being on the lighter side of customization to the detriment of players that likes having options. You would rather complain about “too much” than too little especially in the space of a RPG.
If anything in the context of Cyberpunk it still wasn’t enough compared to the initial tech demo that hinted all sorts of things that never got into the final game at latest patch.
Anyway multiple outlets already tested and S2 version of Cyperpunk is a better experience then if you tried to play Cyberpunk on portable PC machines like the Steam Deck thanks to the S2 version being tailor made optimized for the S2 ecosystem. You usually have to tone down the graphics a ton to get close to that performance level.
Factor in that they didn’t cut corners from the game optimization itself to releasing it as a true physical makes it a good grab period.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Physical Switch Release Has A Free Switch 2 Upgrade
Kind of ironic that the play might be to just get the S1 versions of certain third party games because it’s either cheaper then the S2 counterpart overall and/or actually gives you the entire game on a cart unlike the S2 version. You still get to play the S2 version anyway with S1 cart + patch + maybe $10 upgrade for S2 version.
S2 third party I feel is gonna be a hassle because they are gonna do either code in the box or a half assed game key cards. Unfortunately lot of publishers gonna cut corners unlike Cyberpunk
Re: Switch 2 eShop "Top-Selling" Games At Launch Revealed
People acting surprised here that Welcome Tour did well is funny. It’s $10 and there is NOTHING new on S2 that isn’t a port besides Mario Kart World specifically for the Switch 2. People are gonna touch the new toys.
I think people forgot that crap like 1-2 Switch did good purely because it was a launch title with little competition as well.
Re: Review In Progress: Mario Kart World (Switch 2) - The Perfect Introduction To A New Console Generation?
Calling it now: Gonna be the most sold Switch 2 game for the entire gen.
Re: The Switch 2 Fixes Its Predecessor's "Worst Performing" Game
Any Switch game that failed to reach whatever the frame rate cap is gonna get improvements by default even without any direct optimization.
It’s “brute forcing” the solution. Any game that couldn’t consistently hit 30 on a 30 cap or if the game is uncapped and can hit closer/at 60 now.
It shouldn’t be limited to better frames too. Faster load times and better resolution if your dynamic should be achievable too.
Direct optimization is still preferable for the smoothest experience, but if your a Switch 1 game with uncapped 60 with dynamic resolution then your gonna benefit the most from just raw playing the game again on a Switch 2.
Re: Publishers Are "Thanking" Nintendo For Game-Key Cards On Switch 2
Meanwhile consumers are not thanking them. I don’t buy any of those cut corners.
Publishers unfortunately are abusing them. In theory they were meant for games that were either too big or indie publishers that couldn’t afford the carts. Meanwhile crap like the Bravery Default remaster is not a true physical.
Sorry, but you can’t convince me that Square Enix, Capcom, Sega, etc couldn’t fit even their old port games on a 64 cart (especially after compression) or it was too expensive when CyberPunk with dlc was able to accomplish that.
Guess I’ll just buy Nintendo first parties + third parties that don’t cut corners on product delivery.
Re: PSA: Switch 2 Updates For Multiple First-Party Switch Games Are Now Available
This reads more bug fixes than performance/graphic improvements. They would use more specific language like what they did with Scarlet/Violet if it was frames improvement.
That said that doesn’t mean there isn’t gonna be performance improvements.
BoTW and Tears for example on this list is already confirmed to play better on the Switch 2.
Re: PSA: Switch 2's Screen Comes With A Pre-Applied Film Layer, Don't Peel It Off
Yeah this isn’t a screen protector. It’s just to prevent the person from getting hurt from a cracked screen. These don’t conflict with screen protectors at all. Lot of phones and other portable devices has these.
Re: Random: Xenoblade Chronicles X Pops Up On Microsoft PC Game Page
Well that didn’t take long. As someone else mentioned this error isn’t even present in the other languages. Won’t stop certain people to milk what they can get I guess.
@Wexter Do you even know the context of WHY W101 Remastered got ported in the first place?
It took many moving parts for it to make it work out: Platinum doing a crowdfunding to not just port, but add some stuff, Nintendo giving permission (the big one. Nintendo wasn’t the one that initiated on W101 to be remaster/ported that I feel lot of the port people here are forgetting/ignorant about) , and obviously said game having little value that it actually makes sense to multi platform port to begin with. W101 was a flop even by Platinum standards. It worked because a third party was willing to do the legwork for them (multi platform porting + more content) and Nintendo wasn’t getting any real value off the IP. The vast majority of other Nintendo IP is not in this situation at all. For example do you see Atlus going out of their way to do this for Tokyo Mirage Sessions? lol.
W101 hardly set a precedence. It was painfully obvious of it being a unique outlier that if other Nintendo games are NOT like in a situation exactly like W101 then a port isn’t happening.
Nintendo isn’t Sony and certainly not MS. Nintendo has way more first parties being made and more importantly way more first parties that sell very well even on one platform compared to Sony/MS.
Nintendo is not in a Sony situation given how well their first parties sell. Porting Mario or Pokemon right now would just shoot themselves on the foot because we both know that would result in less hardware sales + Nintendo games in other selling markets means Nintendo gets less cut of software sales compared to Eshop. Steam store alone takes 30% when they could have got the whole pie if they just bought off Eshop. Considering the amount of PC gamers that own a Nintendo device anyway to play Nintendo first parties there isn’t any real need to port.
Switch 2 would have to be a massive flop to even have this discussion even entertained in the future. Like I said earlier: Nintendo gives more attention to mobile market then PC market and mobile market doesn’t even get ports from them despite most modern smartphones very capable of running a lot of their games since a modern IPhone is stronger then a Switch 1. People here jumping up and down begging for PC ports are just setting themselves up for disappointment.
Re: Witcher 3 Celebrates 10 Years, Announces Mod Support For Consoles
“Hmm…trails gone cold….Switch 1 port dead…likely from Drowners. Let’s go Roach.” +5 gold Hyaaaaaa quest clear.
Re: Random: Xenoblade Chronicles X Pops Up On Microsoft PC Game Page
Not the first time MS made a blunder like this. Intern or maybe AI. I remember a couple years back they did a random 2D Zelda game before it got removed pretty quickly.
Cue the people gonna take any opportunity (no matter how unlikely) to port beg for PC though.
Gonna be like what happened with Wonderful 101 (with people willfully ignoring the very important context for why that was the exception and not the rule.) Remastered where we had that brief period where people assumed the floodgates are opened and Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Metroid, etc was gonna be sold on the Steam store too.
You know give inch take mile and all that.
Just to give you all some perspective on how Nintendo sees the PC market…Nintendo actually gives some levels of attention to the mobile market unlike PC (Nintendo has several apps at this point) and the mobile market doesn’t even get old game console ports off Nintendo. You’re getting Mario Jump not Mario Odyssey. You’re getting Mario Kart Tour not Mario Kart World. You’re getting Fire Emblem Heros not Fire Emblem three houses.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 And Switch 1 Prices Have Been Revealed
@Sensible Nintendo isn’t even the only one in the party for the “$80 club” as well already. More and more in the industry is hopping on board and using “Tariffs” as a get-out-of-jail free card to justify increased pricing.
End of the day people criticize based on biases. People will hate on one game’s price choice, but defend another game with the same price because of subjective sense of “it’s worth it”. There are gonna be more BL4 types of fiascos. GTAVI price reveal is gonna be popcorn material for sure.
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 And Switch 1 Prices Have Been Revealed
Got a laugh reading here that graphics of all things is remotely an indicator for how “finished” a videogame is.
By that logic every Switch 1 game is “unfinished” if we are just gonna start arbitrarily comparing their graphic specs to the latest Ubislop AAAA game for example because of someone’s bias.
Which in itself is pure irony when Ubislop is infamous for releasing “unfinished” games anyway to the point that Ubislop had to advertise that Shadows was totally gonna be a “finished” game on release as a selling point unlike their usual playbook of launch being a mess and they might slowly fix some of the issues post launch.
Oh, but their games have nice graphics though so that has to be a “complete” game still right?
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 And Switch 1 Prices Have Been Revealed
Anyone here that unironically thought that every Nintendo game was gonna be $80/90 was being intentionally disingenuous for the sake of spreading discourse.
Not every Switch 1 game turned out to be $70 post Tears of the Kingdom surprise surprise. Turns out it’s a case-by-case basis which anyone with half a brain would have figured out.
Nintendo knows people (I’m talking about the millions that will buy not the few dozen on these sites speaking otherwise) will pay $80-$90 for open world non port Mario Kart.
Mario Kart was literally their main bread from Switch 1. I don’t see those price tags happening on 2nd and 3rd string Nintendo titles or even some of their 1st strings. How many of you will actually bet money MP4 will be priced like Mario Kart?
Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Switch 2 And Switch 1 Prices Have Been Revealed
@PikminMarioKirby You…do realize this is Pokemon right…? S/V also was a “low quality product” and it just recently surpassed Sword/Shield lifetime another high selling Pokemon game. So yeah…quite a bit of people will buy this game whether you like it or not.
If people already bought a $70 Zelda game (which btw Tears struggled on the Switch 1) which sold amazingly…it doesn’t require much critical thinking to come to the conclusion people are willing to buy a $70 Pokemon as well. Don’t take my word alone for it though. Just look at the inevitable sales this upcoming Fall.
Re: Nintendo Store Outlines Switch 2 Launch Events For New York And San Francisco
Yeah think I will pass on being trampled by a 400 pound land whale and punched by dude in a tank top in that mad dash if they think “first come first serve” is gonna be remotely safe. Also good luck at not being robbed assuming you managed to get one in that mosh pit.
This kind of crap needs to honestly stay in the past era. Just preorder online and pick up in the store at that day at your convenience. You know the smart and safe way.
Re: Randy Pitchford Defends Borderlands 4 Pricing Comment
It still came off as incredibly tone deaf. Yeah I’m sure Randy won’t notice the difference of the economy on his salary where $80 is no big deal and might as well be toilet paper.
There is NO defending on Gearbox for that. Should have just focused/leaned on how massive the game will be (you know like how Nintendo marketed Mario Kart World) and not “lol just find the money if you TRUE FAN” as a marketing strategy. Deserved the blowback 100%. Anyone here defending that deserves that same blowback.
Also love how game industry is using “tariffs” as the default move to explain/justify increased prices yet funny enough are silent on why prices are not going DOWN when it’s digital. In any case, based on how BL3 came out it’s smarter to wait for a sale for BL4.
Re: Yakuza 0 Comparison Video May Give Switch 2 The Edge Over PS4
No reason to get this if they want to be lazy to skip a real physical. Sorry, but Yakuza 0 could definitely fit in a 64 cartridge especially after the usual compressions.
Re: Fortnite Devs Hit With Unfair Labour Practice Filing Following AI Darth Vader Fiasco
lol SAG can go ROT. Corrupt as hell when you look at the whole fiasco regarding the Mihoyo games.
Re: Nintendo Partners With Samsung To Produce Main Chips For Switch 2
Of course there is gonna be an OLED version later. Switch 1 and Steam Deck went that route.
Re: Video: Check Out New Direct-Feed Gameplay Of Cyberpunk 2077 On Switch 2
I’ll buy it. Doesn’t look like a lazy port effort at all + it’s an actual physical.
Re: Rumour: Red Dead Redemption 2 May Be Heading To Switch 2 Pretty Soon
Much better game then Star Wars Outlaws was.
Re: Nintendo: "Physical Games Are Still A Key Part Of Our Business"
Game Key cards are stupid especially when it’s not even just giant games using them. Sorry, but I doubt anyone here can legitimately defend game key card of Bravery Default for example.
Can’t take that crap seriously when I see a giant game like CyberPunk getting an actual legit physical release on Switch 2.
Re: Nintendo Music Adds More Than 100 Pokémon Songs In The Latest Update
This game had a better soundtrack then S/V so glad to see
Re: Yep, Tony Hawk Fancies An 'Underground' Remaster Too
@mlt Nah. First Underground had a better career/story with the classic “from nothing to fame” skater growth fantasy.
Second Underground was basically JackAss with Skateboarding. The humor 100% went that direction. Second Underground basically just had the better QoL, Skater roster (although lot of them being joke characters), and stages that you would expect from a sequel. I don’t see a reason why you can’t drop both in a collection since that is the route they been going with anyway.
Re: Japanese Charts: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Storms To The Top
Did worse then Rain Code. Not exactly a number you want to see when devs admits this is their “make or break” game.
Re: Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit
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Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of March 2025
I expect Mario Kart World to be the #1 Switch 2 seller for years to come as well.
Re: Nintendo Expects To Sell 15 Million Switch 2 Consoles This Financial Year
That is totally doable as long as they can have stock to consistently meet with demand. People forgot that early Switch 1 life had stock issues to deal with.
@TrogdorTheBurninator Mario Kart World should not be underestimated as a software alone. Mario Kart was a top seller for the Switch 1 for a reason. Reminder people still bought MK8D (which in itself in an enhanced port of a Wii U game unlike World being its own game) years after it originally came out at full retail when it never got a permanent price cut. I don’t realistically see sales collapse just because it’s $80 especially if there are no other games to buy at the time anyway.
There are also other high consumer demand software coming later that year. This is Nintendo. They are not gonna struggle with 1st party software sales when they got a thick binder of 1st party software that sold at least a million copies with the Switch 1.
Re: Former Rockstar Dev Throws Shade At Mario Kart World, Says New GTA Will Be Worth The Price
This guy shouldn’t be yapping if new GTA ends up being $100 WITHOUT the obvious online monetization that is going to get stuffed in as well.
Also people here fail to realize that their personal bias are being at play if they think $100 GTA is arbitrarily OK, but a MK costing $80 isn’t.
Last I checked both series are incredibly popular that people played for years since they dropped so there is always an argument that it’s “ok” if at the end of the day the consumer still ends up purchasing day 1 all the same instead of protesting with their wallet and skipping.
Personally I don’t find EITHER of those scenarios OK, but it is what it is. I’m just not gonna suddenly give GTA a pass just because “oh it’s fine because it’s an open world murder sim in nice graphics.”
Re: Xbox Branded Handheld Photos Leak, And It's Not Quite As Slick As The Switch 2
@Rykdrew You missed the point. Raw battery capacity alone isn’t everything. It’s about current gen games being heavy juice sucking.
You can’t get both taking advantage of the ROG specs on current high spec setting AAA games while having a good battery life.
The Switch 2 has a better battery capacity then the Switch 1 yet has lower estimated battery life. Why do you think that is?