@Mgalens I mean on a technical level, sure, but as somebody who 100%’d DOOM and Outer Worlds on the Switch, it’s hard for me to empathize with people who are saying “WHAT IS THIS A JOKE” in the comments
@duffmmann I understand what you’re saying but other systems host amazon prime, HBO, sho, tubi, movies anywhere, etc etc etc.
Saying “Nintendo has 2 apps” isn’t quite the same thing as welcoming the transition to multimedia system. If anything, I’m willing to bet Nintendo threw Hulu on there as a test. If everybody on Switch was streaming video, they sure as heck would have noticed.
@BaronMunchausen frames per second is the gamer equivalent of gluten - people suspect it’s really important because they heard about it, without realizing if it was a real issue they’d DEFINITELY notice
@Gamer83 they will never add Netflix again because they don’t want to be a multimedia system - they stopped supporting Netflix updates when the Wii was still live, not surprised it never came to the switch
@Silly_G TBH the “vote with your dollar” stuff has rarely applied to Nintendo - if a bunch of subscriptions dropped they’d just end the service, not fix it. Very take it or leave it, most of the time.
@NRLPLSTCTY I bought it, and everytime I go to start a 64 game I’m like “ehh, not on the mood for this tonight” and start playing Dusk or Murder House - so it may be seasonal
@Friendly agreed - so many people expect Nintendo to follow the trends set up as everyone else in the industry does things - showing a complete misunderstanding of their entire history of business practices.
I mean, FFS, people truly thought a Switch PRO was going to come out with 4K.
Spitting my cereal across the room as I read the GYRO AIMING - whaaaaat I’m halfway through episode 2 and have been wishing for Gyro Aiming for 3 hours now - I need to check the settings
@clianvXAi because you clicked it and commented on it, so it drove engagement to the site which earns it ad revenue. Also it supports the media system by planting the “Dune good” seed in the brains of people who like games
@liljazzy2 I’m making a generalization as a joke, but also I worked at a place where the parent company also owned a developer that made the annual game for a professional sport and our marketing director pulled some internal usage reports we had access to for a cross promotional campaign and on Sony’s own reports people used their PS4’s for Multimedia (porn, Netflix) more than games (Xbox was not the same) and the number one game was FIFA by an incredible margin
I have literally never heard a gamer talk about FPS in the wild and I work in tech startup and have for years - people either have a switch and an xbox and love all games, or have a Playstation and only play FIFA and CoD
@LunarFlame17 I’m glad for your post because I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when people clamor for a VC after seeing all the online hate for the “stupid” and “slow” and “never updated” VC for Wii.
Then all these people who say “vote with your dollar and don’t subscribe” like Nintendo’s bean counters are reading comment sections figuring out how to make and extra $10k.
@Flashlink99 in the year 2000 we weren’t even at the stage of being easily offended by seeing a nipple ring at the super bowl so maybe get off the high horse
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Re: The Switch Is Here To Stay, Says Nintendo Boss Shuntaro Furukawa
@Snaplocket i read that exact same comment so many times in 2018
Re: The Switch Is Here To Stay, Says Nintendo Boss Shuntaro Furukawa
@impurekind Lmao don’t go feeling sorry for me, my $300 was well spent and has brought me over 700 hours of fun
Re: The Switch Is Here To Stay, Says Nintendo Boss Shuntaro Furukawa
@chipia I think that’s a plus, not a minus
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@Mgalens I mean on a technical level, sure, but as somebody who 100%’d DOOM and Outer Worlds on the Switch, it’s hard for me to empathize with people who are saying “WHAT IS THIS A JOKE” in the comments
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@duffmmann I understand what you’re saying but other systems host amazon prime, HBO, sho, tubi, movies anywhere, etc etc etc.
Saying “Nintendo has 2 apps” isn’t quite the same thing as welcoming the transition to multimedia system. If anything, I’m willing to bet Nintendo threw Hulu on there as a test. If everybody on Switch was streaming video, they sure as heck would have noticed.
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@RandomNerds same reason people complain when they’re behind a red light. Some people need everything perfect for THEM.
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@BaronMunchausen thanks 😊
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@BaronMunchausen frames per second is the gamer equivalent of gluten - people suspect it’s really important because they heard about it, without realizing if it was a real issue they’d DEFINITELY notice
Re: Nintendo To Invest Huge Sums In Game Development And Online Infrastructure
@Kimyonaakuma I’m imagining the boring white bread nightmare of a 2 hour Zelda movie
Re: Nintendo To Invest Huge Sums In Game Development And Online Infrastructure
@TSR3 AWS has PLENNNNNNTY of issues on its own, I hope Nintendo puts their egg in a different basket
Re: Nintendo To Invest Huge Sums In Game Development And Online Infrastructure
Some of that investment will hopefully be bringing Perfect Dark to the Expansion Pack
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@Gamer83 they will never add Netflix again because they don’t want to be a multimedia system - they stopped supporting Netflix updates when the Wii was still live, not surprised it never came to the switch
Re: Switch Online Surpasses 32 Million Subs, Nintendo Says It Will Continue To "Improve And Expand" Expansion Pack Tier
@Silly_G TBH the “vote with your dollar” stuff has rarely applied to Nintendo - if a bunch of subscriptions dropped they’d just end the service, not fix it. Very take it or leave it, most of the time.
Re: Random: This Is Not A Drill! Sea Bass Are Actually Useful Now In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
@Silly_G I release my sea bass into fresh water to try and thin the herd
Re: Celebrate Mega Drive Coming To Nintendo Switch Online With This Cool Sega-Related Merch
That charging mat is dope but it isn’t in the US store 😪
Re: The Horrifically Brilliant Mega Drive Shmup 'Gynoug' Is Coming To Switch
Glad I could pay for the NSO to provide free marketing and data to the rights holders of Genesis games to try and sell me games
Re: Soapbox: The Switch Online Expansion Pack Is Great Value – If You Love Animal Crossing
Picking up a white chip and it has the Nintendo Seal of Quality on it
Re: Nintendo Has Now Shut Down Its Dr. Mario World Mobile Game
@ATaco ewww that’s gross (digitally - the actual machine sounds cool)
Re: Nintendo Has Now Shut Down Its Dr. Mario World Mobile Game
Ok i’ll bite - what’s gacha?
Re: Nintendo's Lawyers Strike Again, This Time Against A Mario NFT Gambling Game
Gosh you rescue princess peach 20-30 times and all of a sudden you’re a simp?
Re: Stardew Valley's Creator Won't Release His New Game Until He's "Personally Satisfied That It's Very Fun And Compelling"
@sikthvash one would hope, but I’ve been let down too many times before
Re: Random: Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' Trailer Is Now Its Most Disliked YouTube Video Ever
@Thrallherd yes and no - if we all buy it and say WHOA this sucks! that will get their attention also
Re: Random: Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' Trailer Is Now Its Most Disliked YouTube Video Ever
@Mauzuri since that’s 0.5% of the amount of people that purchased ACNH I don’t know if Nintendo considers it a “lot” of people
Re: Random: Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' Trailer Is Now Its Most Disliked YouTube Video Ever
@NRLPLSTCTY I bought it, and everytime I go to start a 64 game I’m like “ehh, not on the mood for this tonight” and start playing Dusk or Murder House - so it may be seasonal
Re: Animal Crossing's Happy Home Paradise Update Will Be The Game's "First And Only Paid DLC"
@Mambitos I think you should research “dictatorship”
Re: Animal Crossing's Happy Home Paradise Update Will Be The Game's "First And Only Paid DLC"
@Friendly agreed - so many people expect Nintendo to follow the trends set up as everyone else in the industry does things - showing a complete misunderstanding of their entire history of business practices.
I mean, FFS, people truly thought a Switch PRO was going to come out with 4K.
Re: Stardew Valley's Creator Won't Release His New Game Until He's "Personally Satisfied That It's Very Fun And Compelling"
@sikthvash i agree 99% (the 1% applies to the half life franchise)
Re: Feature: Spookiest Video Game Music - Halloween Playlist
This list is Zombies Ate My Neighbors erasure and I cannot stand for it in good conscience
Re: Review: Dusk - An Incredible Port Of 2018's Quake-Inspired Boomer Shooter
@Gavintendo i’m REALLY enjoying ‘82 as well - so intelligently designed and made with care
Re: Review: Dusk - An Incredible Port Of 2018's Quake-Inspired Boomer Shooter
Spitting my cereal across the room as I read the GYRO AIMING - whaaaaat I’m halfway through episode 2 and have been wishing for Gyro Aiming for 3 hours now - I need to check the settings
Re: Feature: The Scariest Game On Every Nintendo Home Console
I’ve been scared to death every time the Easter Ripper appears in MURDER HOUSE
Re: Digital Foundry Gives Its Verdict On Diablo II: Resurrected On Switch
@Vidikron ok that’s a good point and distinction - PC performance has definitely been talked about - just not console performance
Re: Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cloud Version - A Disastrous Way To Play A Great Game
cloud gaming is like my worst nightmare of the future of gaming - unless it’s “NFTs prevent you from playing a copy not purchased new at full price”
Re: Random: Turns Out Dune's Paul Atreides Is One Of Us After All
@clianvXAi because you clicked it and commented on it, so it drove engagement to the site which earns it ad revenue. Also it supports the media system by planting the “Dune good” seed in the brains of people who like games
Re: Digital Foundry Gives Its Verdict On Diablo II: Resurrected On Switch
@Vidikron lol ok ¯(ツ)/¯ i guess your anecdotal evidence defeats my anecdotal evidence
Re: Digital Foundry Gives Its Verdict On Diablo II: Resurrected On Switch
@liljazzy2 I’m making a generalization as a joke, but also I worked at a place where the parent company also owned a developer that made the annual game for a professional sport and our marketing director pulled some internal usage reports we had access to for a cross promotional campaign and on Sony’s own reports people used their PS4’s for Multimedia (porn, Netflix) more than games (Xbox was not the same) and the number one game was FIFA by an incredible margin
Re: Digital Foundry Gives Its Verdict On Diablo II: Resurrected On Switch
@Lordplops how often does frames per second come up in your daily conversation lmao
Re: Digital Foundry Gives Its Verdict On Diablo II: Resurrected On Switch
I have literally never heard a gamer talk about FPS in the wild and I work in tech startup and have for years - people either have a switch and an xbox and love all games, or have a Playstation and only play FIFA and CoD
Re: Lo-Fi Horror 'Mundaun' Is Getting Physical Edition
@kategray did you finish it tho? The REAL seal of quality
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games
@OldManHermit I’m probably about half done with the game I reckon (have cleared out half the rooms and basement) and MAN this game makes me PANIC
Re: Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games
@dartmonkey you bet add MURDER HOUSE to this list QUICK or imma flip out
Re: My Nintendo Physical Rewards Have Disappeared In North America
@MH4 i got the Mario 3D world catsuit keychain that I will never put on my keys because what if something happens to it haha
Re: The Switch N64 Controller Doesn't Play Nice With Everything, For Now
@nessisonett @AnorakJimi only way to solve this is you both fight
Re: The Switch N64 Controller Doesn't Play Nice With Everything, For Now
@sanderev what if instead of all that nonsense the workers seized the means of production
Re: The Switch N64 Controller Doesn't Play Nice With Everything, For Now
@sanderev illegal ≠ immoral
Some investment company bought the rights to Atari and changed their name to Atari as a cash ploy.
Why should I pay them for centipede?
Re: Soapbox: Nintendo's N64 Emulation Is Serviceable, But Treasured Memories Deserve Better
@LunarFlame17 I’m glad for your post because I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when people clamor for a VC after seeing all the online hate for the “stupid” and “slow” and “never updated” VC for Wii.
Then all these people who say “vote with your dollar and don’t subscribe” like Nintendo’s bean counters are reading comment sections figuring out how to make and extra $10k.
Re: Rumour: Switch Online Datamine Uncovers Plans For "At Least" 38 N64 Games And 52 Sega Genesis Titles
@gamefan37 maybe Perfect Dark
Re: GTA Trilogy's Physical Edition On Switch Appears To Require A Download
@Flashlink99 in the year 2000 we weren’t even at the stage of being easily offended by seeing a nipple ring at the super bowl so maybe get off the high horse
Re: GTA Trilogy's Physical Edition On Switch Appears To Require A Download
@EliteXeos after LA Noire I think we can say this is an established pattern of behavior from R* and extrapolate
Re: Rumour: Warner Working On A Smash Bros. Imitator With Batman, Gandalf And, Er, Shaggy
@Helloworld117 oh that kind of stuff doesn’t really bother me too much