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@Elitepatriot It is okay with me. I judge games mostly by the quality of the experience. The length is secondary. Besides, like I already said, this is perfectly in line with the first 3 games, so there's no reason to expect that this one would be significantly different. Not every game I pick up needs to capture my attention for months. Lastly, I 100% most games I play, so I'm sure it will take me longer than 13 hours.

@Elitepatriot That's a crazy expectation considering this is in the same ballpark as the first 3 games.

Mine came 2 days early. It's never happened to me before on a preorder.

@OmnitronVariant Only 3 exclusives? Maybe do some research before commenting next time.

@1Kismet I see no reason that would be the case. Even if it looks & runs exactly like Metroid Prime Remastered, it would be amongst the best looking & performing Switch games.

@JayJ That's literally not at all what I said, but if that's what you took from it, cool.

"The Switch 2 has only recently passed the six-month mark in its life..."

I hate to be that guy, but we're not quite there yet. It's the 5th.

@StarCollector I thought it was fairly obvious he was making a joke, but I guess not to everyone.

@JayJ Not every game will be for you. If that were the case, you'd go broke very quickly. It's perfectly okay for companies to make experiences that aren't the norm. It may not always work out, but it could pave the way for something fresh, new, or innovative.

@tho_mi Slightly larger? You're minimizing the disparity. The Switch was well over 100M sold in 2022. The Switch 2 was just over 10M when KAR came out. I agree with you though. The comparison in the article makes no sense.

@construx There are actually many titles aside from first party & Cyberpunk that are fully on the cart.

@UpsideDownRowlet @datamonkey it's actually not. The useable space on a 64GB cart is around 60GB. They would have had to compress it further to get it to fit.

@Unit_DTH The console is $450, not $400 & if you're going to add tax to the card, you should add tax to the console as well. In no world have I ever heard anyone say $200 is almost as much as $450. Even the guy who posted that said he was joking.

@Drago201 You can say that, but you have no idea what these developers are using, so that doesn't necessarily make it true.

@Drago201 Nintendo seems to do fine with their own compression technology, but you can't necessarily assume that other developers are taking advantage of it.

@Drago201 Your comment makes little sense. What does Nintendo's compression abilities have to do with the file size of a 3rd party game?

@Kroko No, the useable space on a 32GB cart is less than 30GB, so it wouldn't fit.

@KingMike You're definitely right in that it's possible, I just don't think any company would want to take on the additional cost of producing multiple carts for a game without a guarantee that it will perform spectacularly.

@metroid02 Gotcha. I don't think he was trying to say they were connected, just that it's the game directly prior in the series.

@RiasGremory Probably, but they could have made both.

@Waluigi451 They are making it & it's not double. It's about 145GB on the PS5, which is about 50% bigger than the original.

@Unit_DTH Almost as much is a stretch. They cost $175 - 220 depending on the brand. That's less than half the price of the console. I got mine on sale on Amazon for $157.

@ROMhaiku When has any game ever came on multiple carts? Multiple discs, sure, but that's not at all the same thing considering how much more expensive carts are.

@AllBLK 100% agreed. And if they had done a 1TB version, I would have been all over it. I imagine that when we get a refresh down the line (possibly an OLED), it will have 512GB.

@metroid02 No, he's right. Zestiria came before Berseria, so Berseria is the title preceding Arise. They came out in 2015 & 2016 respectively. You might be thinking of the PS4 version of Zestiria. That came after Berseria, but the original PS3 version came first.

The people: We want a 60FPS version of RDR2 on consoles!

Rockstar: You'll take RDR again & you'll like it! And if you ask again, we'll delay GTA6 another 6 months!

Maybe I'm just old, but 4-player split screen in handheld mode sounds miserable. I don't think my eyes could handle an 8" screen split 4 ways. Not hating though. I'm super excited for it & will be picking up the physical version the day it drops.

"In other words, there's still more than enough time for the Switch to topple the DS as Nintendo's best-selling system of all time."

I would say that unofficially it already has. It was 10K behind as of 9/30 according to the earnings report. That was over a month ago. With the numbers it's been doing, it likely did this in the first day or two of the month.

@RiasGremory I agree. Unfortunately, the console has both. Split Fiction is a code in the box for example. Nintendo should've at least completely replaced them with GKCs.

@MrStark You can call it greed if you like, but it's more likely related to the tariffs. Secondly, that record is something only fanboys care about. Nintendo & the rest of us couldn't care less.

@MrStark What downfall? It's already their highest console now considering it's over a month after these numbers. Clearly passing the PS2 isn't a concern for Nintendo, so why are you so worried about it?

@Adnanilyas21 Not sure where you're getting almost a million from for Z-A. It's already sold about 6M.

@Alpha008 That's also not included.

@Tyranexx Conceit has multiple definitions, one being "an artistic effect or device". In other words, it's correct.

@TomSupreme There was a time when it was acceptable?

@vasteel1ne I'm not saying it doesn't happen because the cases where it has are well documented, but I've ordered close 10 games from them. With the exception of one, they've all come within the 5-6 month timeframe they quoted & the one that didn't was less than a week late. People like to fixate on the negative, but that's clearly not a majority of the experiences.

@Charlirnie Key cards did not replace the code in a box. They exist on the Switch 2 as well. Split Fiction is one, for example. I definitely think they should have though. Having both on the system makes little sense.

@Bats1234 I bought the Switch 2 Editions of both Zeldas even though I already own the originals because I wanted them on the cart.

@Pillowpants I doubt scalpers have anything to do with it. The game isn't a limited time thing & it's not particularly hard to find either.

@SilentHunter382 There were 22 games released for the VB, but only 14 came to North America.

I am not at all interested in any of these Dynasty Warriors style games, but this box art is awesome.

@Cyrax77 It appears to only be physical for Switch 1, but you can still upgrade it to the Switch 2 version.

@WaveBoy I only meant physically. There is an upgrade pack for Switch 2 that you can use if you buy it digitally or physically. There's just no complete physical Switch 2 version. Sorry if my original comment was unclear.

@SillyG It's because it's a Switch 1 game. There's no native Switch 2 version.

@OrtadragoonX I'm aware there are things they can do to reduce the file size, but not everyone plays handheld, so your suggestion isn't a good one because those of who don't play handheld obviously wouldn't be happy about it. My point was simply that it's probably unrealistic to expect them to cut the file size by about a third & still have the game be as quality as it is.

@Truegamer79 It's 86GB on PS4 & 81GB on PS5. Sure, they could compress it, but I don't think it would be realistic to expect them to get it down to less than 60GB, which would be required to fit on a 64GB cart & not have the game suffer in multiple ways.

@GoldenSunRM I think by saying it's "almost surely" coming to NSO, you're overestimating N here. There are many GB, GBA, NES, SNES, & N64 titles that had a much bigger footprint than ED that still aren't on NSO. I'm not saying it won't come, but it's far from a guarantee.

@PikminMarioKirby May or may not change your perspective, but most standard USB cameras work just fine with the Switch 2. I'm sure most people have one in the house somewhere & if not, you can get good ones on Amazon for around half the price of the official one.

@Indielink You might & that's fine, but let's not act like this is the type of game that would do big numbers on the Switch.

@Ichiban Agreed. This game will do well on X-Box. Switch 2, not so much.