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Nintendo survives and thrives on its exclusives because it releases a high comparative volume of them and there are not many duds.

In fairness, Sony has some quality IP but they also have many droughts between releases with long development cycles between announcement and release. Sony survives on multiplat and powerful hardware ..... xbox tried the same but has no unique proposition to win the tech two horse race.

Exclusivity works as proven with high quality and volume.

Ive been coming back for 40 years, so Nintendos exclusivity works for me.

Give it 10-15 years and apart from handheld, hardware will either be dead and buried or on its way out and the only thing that will matter is the games.

As it should and always be.

@LordFunkalot fellow old gamer. Im torn. I think exclusivity works if you produce hardware. Its largely why I have owned every Nintendo console since the NES. In truth though, I have benefitted from multiplat on many machines ..... C64, Amiga, PC etc

Never say never though. Seeing the gaming wars of the 90s, none of us would have ever imagined Sonic on a Nintendo machine!

@Anti-Matter genuinely, why capitalise words??

Merry Christmas All!

And here's to an epic 2026 👍

AI, the modern equivalent of automation in manufacturing but more an impact on creative ability.

Compliment not replace. It has its place but not as a replacement.

Glad we lived past Judgement Day.

Two weeks off from work started yesterday.

Nostalgia will be strong this holiday with a dust down of my Amiga, Spectrum and C64. The arcades will no doubt get some time.

With the kids back from Uni, Im blessed with my family around me and looking forward to some laughs with Mario Kart and Mario Party.

My son and I will no doubt be playing Talisman and we will have a try of Starcadia Quest for the first time.

Happy holidays people 👍

I would have triple dipped on this if 1. It was in a good state and 2. It was a sensible price.

Neither, Im afraid.

Having got into NMS finally this year and enjoying the freedom of that game, Im a little on the fence with Starfield.

It was good but missed a number of elements that NMS does well with the notable observation on spaceship travel and of course the massive step up this year of corvettes. It wins on combat though. Principly the main difference. One is geared to resource collecting and exploration, the other more story and combat driven.

Hmnn, if only I could mould the two.

However, the prospect of handheld whilst watching something on the TV somewhat elevates it's appeal.

£40 or less and I might bite.

...... Edit, thinking about it, I'd much rather see the remastered Mass Effect trilogy first if talking about space themed games.

@Anti-Matter thats a little preachy suggesting what people should and shouldnt like and suggesting people are not open minded.

For me personally, I'm neither led by society or popularity. I make my own choice.

Poor comment Im afraid pushing your narative and preference on others and Im sorry to say it works both ways. You are one of the most close minded people on here.

@Pillowpants thats what I did on my playthrough to make it somewhat familiar. Its a halfway house.

@Pillowpants Ive only really enjoyed the Xenoblades and this outside of turn based.

Turn based is like a game of Chess thinking 2 or 3 moves ahead constantly. My reactions are too slow these days for real time and Im quilting of panic button mashing 😃

Fingers crossed that DQ12 sticks with tradition.

Nice. Will try this evening. I played this through once on Steam Deck and it ran well. Hoping for the same on SW2.

@AllBLK feel free to quote a comment of mine where I said anyone should settle for mediocrity.

If you bought it and enjoyed it, good.

If you bought it and were disappointed, thats a shame.

If you haven't bought it, your choice.

Geez

Wow. My comment really triggered this thread. Although it was just a bit of humour, maybe I wasn't that far off the mark after all.

Guardians game was great IMO ..... not the cloud version obviously.

@Phelaidar smart enough my friend to not get too upset over a pastime.

@Theamazing1 come on. Im just highlighting and making some light hearted jest over the launch furore.

No one is forced to buy the game. If people want better, they have a choice as they always do.

If the Internet doesn't get its hi res hair, thats it, gaming is done.

Evercade Alpha this weekend. Just got a few new carts. Probably of the games on them, Another World and R-Type.

Why not. Ill join the Wicked thread running every other article of Nintendo Life at the mo.

The films were not great IMO, moreso the second one.

I saw Idina Menzel in Wicked so my bar is fairly high.

Oz in lego games, not so sure.

Holding out for the eventual Ubisoft discount. Hoping it's patched by then and even moreso sooner for those who went in early.

Picked up an Evercade Alpha in the week so going old school this weekend.

Toying with a new runthrough of TOTK or XC2 on SW2. Which one ?????

Filling time until DQ7.

Im giving it an 8 out of 10..

I think the line up has been good with a combination of upgrades, ports and new releases. For my own personal tastes, Im yet to experience a drought of nothing to play.

Im actually leaning more to handheld than I ever used to with the bigger screen. Battery isnt much of a concern as Im not one to take it out and about and I dont mind the tethering to a plug socket at home.

Im not normally someone who puts a huge amount on the graphical grunt as long as its a good game. That said though, I have been impressed with a number of games that run rather well.

Good start overall in my opinion.

Sonic Crossworlds SW2 version, MP4, Red Dead, Air Riders, Marvel Cosmic Invasion and Octopath ..... geez, it's getting expensive

@Nep-Nep-Freak nice. Im mainly PC and Nintendo and have been since the 80s.

However I do jump on the odd PlayStation generation but only when the next one has been out for a while. A whole catalogue to enjoy and second hand games at £5-10 each. 👍

Well, I bought a used PS4 Pro a few weeks ago. Evidently there are 13 like minded souls in Japan. Im not alone 😃

4k all the way for me on this one. I can barely tell if something is 60 FPS let alone 120.

I dont get the negatives above of an 80 score? I always take the difference between an 8, 9 or 10 with a pinch of salt and often its down to the reviewers preference. I certainly wouldn't let an 80 on Metacritic sway my thinking in a negative way.

@SBandy1 a bit of jest my friend. Don't get so upset. Its only gaming.

No Kirby. I apologise on behalf of the UK

@jfp "Goonies never say die" you'll be back 😃

Nope. Not doing it. Not reading the comments. Nope not getting involved. Nope, Nope, Nope.

I dont know what the blow up is on this thread but still looking forward to MP4 Friday!!!!!!

Stay safe out there people on the inter-web 👍

MP4 and Terminator for me. I may also bite on an Evercade Alpha this month.

@Nep-Nep-Freak dive in. You won't regret it.

4 fantastic games with XC2 being my favourite. The DLCs are also great additions.

Break from gaming this weekend.

Finishing Lego Soundwave this weekend with any spare time I get. I might also start a new watch through of Red Dwarf from series 1 ........ Ive only watched them a million times before 😃

Keeping the gaming time free for MP4. 👍

Blimey. 120 FPS. No need to get it on PS5 just incase someone on here was debating. 😜

@sketchturner agreed. The port quality will get better over time. I'm happy with some minor niggles and compromises if we get the games. 👍

Off topic but being of a certain vintage, that good old green screen look appeals.

Ive got more CRTs than room but still on the hunt for a green screen / monochrome monitor.

Ive brought up 3 kids to love Nintendo like me. Wind the clock back 15 years ish and would have purchased in a heartbeat for bedtime stories.

Not ready for it yet, but look forward to grandkids one day and bits like this.

..... none of them liked Transformers, Thundercats or He Man but I got them into Nintendo 👍

I hope this sells well to encourage others to release some sub £20 ports. There's still a fair bit from the last few gens yet to show up.

Granted not a perfect port but at £15 I've got my moneys worth. An 8 seems fair.

Keep 'em coming!👍🎮🕹

@Anti-Matter I think it is a balance. If you expect the bells and whistles of a PS5 in handheld form, the cost of the Switch 2 would have been crazy.

Comparing the 2 simply isn't comparable. Apples and oranges as the saying goes.

As someone who isn't that bothered about the slow demise of physical media, I do recognise the additional costs of storage though.

Im used to juggling storage on PC and with a 500 mbps download speed, it's not a problem for me personally.

Whilst I'll have to get a new card at some point, I dont mind Nintendo's reasoning provided previously on out of the box storage, ultimately you decide and the base costs then stay low.

Apologies to my US friends. Whilst I can't decide which is first, the US is last purely down to my opinion that the Japanese and European console looked so much better.

I stretched the box art brawl a bit further 😃

Enjoying Tomb Raider as much as I can against the disgraceful lack of high res hair. Its shocking in this day and age that we have to put up with things like this. 😃

Sarcasm to one side, great game and might get some time on the Amiga this weekend as well.

Im still scarred from Mario in a swimsuit from Odyssey.

@scoobdoo what videos have you been watching??

2-3 weeks for the 3 million mark.

22k on OG Switch is pretty crazy .... Sony is currently desperately searching every warehouse in the land for some PS2s to sell. 😃

Now if they released a PS2 classic, would that count???

Alas I will have completed it again by the time any further enhancements come to the SW2 version (if they do) but regardless enjoying it as a couch experience.

The uproar online on the low res hair is quite funny to read.

@Anti-Matter Ratchet and Clank is pretty chaotic. Just saying.