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I love the weekly round of people who don’t play sports games complaining about sports games without a clue

@Solid_Python who’s “they”. You think every Sega studio works in the same room? Lol

@Jack_Goetz any modern oled will dim the fixed hud elements. TV channels have a logo stuck on them for hours, makes no difference to the oled panel

My 3D Saturn controller with Hall Effect had drift because the magnets misaligned. It was easily repaired, but goes to show that it’s an implementation issue, not a technology one. We’ve had “drift free” sticks for 20 years.

@danzoEX no dude, it’s still on the spec

@Medic_alert disclaimer literally says "Includes game and upgrade pack. Upgrade pack also available seperately"
It's just information.

The question was if the included upgrade pack was in cart or a download code, and Nintendo clarified it's in cart.

B-but i thought inflation wasn't real?? because my wage is the same?
/s

Expect this to happen with most products, not just consoles.
Buckle up brothers, it's gonna be a wild ride (again).

the first commenters don't really understand what inflation is.
Decreased spending power is a consequence. The idea is that the NES would come out at 600$ today, regardless of being easier or harder to afford 600 today compared to 200 back then.
Not to mention games were much more expensive back then too.

By all metrics, anyone gaming today enjoys a sweet deal compared to the 80/90s. Especially when taking into account we're playing stuff we only dreamed of back then.

Nobody is entitled to owning a Switch 2. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. If enough people don't buy it the price will drop. Just wait.

Rest in piece US launch price

@ElkinFencer10 les fookin gooooo

@LouBlu08 licenses, actual development between releases, and most fans genuinely enjoy having a fresh game every year

And of course lots and lots of money to be made

Sorry for the people getting laid off, but as a gaming studio not sure anything of value was lost. These games were boring as hell

@EightyTwoStu that’s literally how propaganda works

@MrGawain suits don't understand this. They see a chart painted in money green and think it'll be even greener after "streamlining processes" and applying "agile methodology" or whatever snake oil consultancy firms are selling this week.
Of course they have no idea about how any of it works.

@EightyTwoStu that's not how news reporting works

@Chocoburger Frontiers had a 5 year development cycle, and i believe Forces also had some 4 years.
It's not just more time = better games. The Mario team is composed of top worldwide developers. In normal circunstances they are always going to have a better product
Still, Sonic games can be good, sometimes they are very good

@8bit-Man
Boom was an outsourced spin-off series.
Mania Plus is Mania DLC.

So, as i said: 5 games developed in 10 years.
This was to comment on your "less releases would bring more quality" argument. I'm not sure how spin-offs made by outside studios impact the team working on these games.

@8bit-Man 3 3D Sonic games in the past 10 years, 1 bad 2 good. 2 2D games in the same time (different teams). It’s not exactly a packed release schedule

@StewdaMegaManNerd Have you heard of Persona and Yakuza? Maybe Football Manager or Total War.
There are many popular franchises under Sega's umbrella bro

@granhalcon it’s not a remake. It’s a bundle of an older game (Sonic Gens) and a new game (Shadow Gens)

@HammerGalladeBro sorry to "call you out" on a specific, but what do you mean by "lack of battery backup"?
Several MegaDrive games had battery saves, as was the norm in its day. Are you mentioning something else?

At most this news should get indiference from most of us. The fact so many people go out of their way to actually argue FOR censorship in these comments simply exposes there is an actual agenda against lewdness in videogames.

i've lived through the christian mom panics of the early 2000s, it's sad to see it come full circle.

I thought the og was really cool at the time.
But the Lite is timeless. Probably the best Nintendo ever designed

I know this is a Nintendo blog, but some of these comments are insane. Sega is one of the top publishers in the world, they’re far from dead. Swear some of you guys think Sega only makes Sonic games

Suika game is legitemately the game of the year.

@Sisilly_G these are physical sales charts. Most of Xbox users are mostly digital customers, especially considering most players are on the digital only Series S.
Overall PS5 is beating Xbox in a 2:1 ratio

@Guybrush20X6 anyone even remotely interested in playing Fifa is well aware that the next game won’t be called Fifa at this point. Even football clubs themselves are spreading the information.
People don’t buy Fifa because it says so on the box. They enjoy the game, and can immediately tell what it is just by looking at it play. No one mistook Fifa for PES, no need to look at the box

@Savage_Joe just to clarify: there is no FIFA money. On the contrary, EA paid an exorbitant amount of money to FIFA. The break up has basically ensured that EA increases profits over the next 4 years