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I bloody love the spines! They listened! It's just a shame I'll not be buying key cards lol.

This month is going soooo sloooow...

@WiltonRoots They were probably confused because they aren't realistic images.

Of course DF weighed in. Any opportunity to bash Nintendo...

@Glasso In handheld mode. Dock mode is equivalent of 2 PS4s ducktaped together. THEN you have DLSS to help it punch above that weight.

Just goes to show how out of touch investors are. They should be jumping for joy because there isn’t a single fan moaning about a more powerful Switch! Jeez, say you were late investing in Nintendo after they struck gold without saying you were late! Sounds like a small child whining they aren’t doing it again. That’s called being taken for granted, which Nintendo often are.

Whislt the OG Switch can't run Gamecube NSO, I', not ruling out GC HD ports released physically.

One card for all NEO GEO games would be reeeally expensive! It would be amazing, mind...but eye wateringly dear. Which to be fair would echo the originals asking price hahaha!

I get what this chap is saying, but on the other hand, there is very little imagination in making something realistic. It's almost just copying. So how about everyone just gets on without measuring erm...price tags.

Made in the USA I guess...

Here's to the next 8 years. Cheers!

@Rykdrew Of course because you game on multiple systems. I would slap you if you would! But pipe down for the people that don't. The game is new for them aaaand will come down in price after the initial sales exactly how they did for Steam. If they were going to sell it for $25 from the get go...I can't imagine they would feel it worthwhile to bring it to Switch 2. They aren't running a service for people lol.

My biggest change (that's already happened) is not watching Youtubers or reading those forums. I know what I'm going to buy and play. I can happily sit digital games out and don't need the noise of them all saying the same sh-stuff trying to ramp up hype for something (or anger at something.) I just want to play games with people I like playing games with. So, no more buying games for my backlog. No fear of missing out. I'm done with all that.
So, my game decisions have changed; they have been made easier. There were too many games anyway. We've all been saying it for years. So disregarding digital and key-cards is actually quite the Godsend. And I'm sure there will be some good games I don't get to play...but there will be plenty of good ones I do. And those are the point. Appreciate what you have. And stop listening to people pointing out the stuff you don't.

I'm sure I'm not the only one saying this, but Cyberpunk and Daemon X Machina are day one for me. (DXM looks awesome!)

Does he not have the internet? Everyone hates them.

I can't wait. Barring Cyberpunk and Daemon X Machina, if third parties want to go all digital counter to Nintendo still pushing physical, then that's on them and they won't take full advantage of being on the Switch 2. I don't think they are reading (a good chunk of) the room. More than happy to just play Nintendo games to death. I'm sure we will still see the odd physical game (and companies like Limited Run may support it - would be nice to get some communication of how they mean to go on.) and that will probably garner loads of media coverage in of itself lol.

I think some canny boutique publisher could do well out of securing licensing rights and selling a physical version of this. I mean, let's face it (speaking strictly third party here) in 2025, collector's edition basically will mean complete on a cart. I think most can do without the gumpf.

@DadJKP You sell them on before you die numpty. That's the advantage of owning something. It's an asset. Something that billionaires / huge corporations don't want us to have anymore...

@Medic_alert Yeah, I reckon you are right mate. I can't think of any other arguement. What you said is especially true in these 'uncertain times (tm.)' The burden will fall on some brave boutique publisher, and then it's a case of negotiating rights etc. I'm glad Nintendo are still sold on physical. And their games will generally fall into whatever capacity cards they are willing to manufacture. Definately a sign of the times.

@Medic_alert It depends. They get sold to retailers. So from their perspective, that cuts the risk down. Then it's up to the retailers to sell them. It's genuinely a profiteering exercise. If they were more widely adopted, the cost of producing them would shrink (economies of scale etc.) So I don't thinkit's that black and white. The boardroom know exactly what they are doing...

The fact companies don't like to even mention if it's a key card betrays that they themselves know how negative it is. But do it anyway to cut costs - yet not pass that on to the customer. Absolutely digusting behaviour.

Eek, they better make an accessory to keep things upright in a hurry...because they don't have a leg to stand on.

If you are reading this Ubisoft, bring PoP Sands of Time to Switch2. Preferably phsically, buuuut looks like Nintendo, CDRed and Marelous are the last companies to give a damn about that.

As an aside, was Steep any good eventually? It got cancelled on Switch so never played it. I wonder if there is an unfinished project floating around.

If it comes to Series S it will come to Switch 2

I’m not boycotting, I’m just not interested in them. I do however think Nintendo have managed to address the biggest problems with digital. But I’m a physical guy.

Jeez, who cares whether it's better than Steam Deck or not. You have a console, you hope a game gets a good version of it. Most normal folk don't own every single console or don't think they better buy a different console to play a game. I don't own a Steam Deck so I'm not bothered. I love Cyberpunk and I'm sure Steam Deck owners are happy enough with their version. Now can everyone shut the heck up and let me hope I'm happy with our version in peace!

So much to praise. None of that awful shadow draw distance we got on Switch and the neon signs look to have a decent draw distance (possibly because of the SW2's internal memory?) I'm very happy with how it's looking. Last thin I need to see addressed is population density. Doesn't need to be super high.

Ha! He echoed my sentiment at the end. Having the game complete on a chip is so Cyberpunk!

Because the big third parties can circumvent physical media now, they don't have to optimise compression. Cost cutting init. Bane of the modern world. Gone beyond effieciency and actually a detriment to quality of life i reckon. Anyhoo... with EA, I'm surprised it's not a code in the box...

I check it quite regularly in case I miss something breaking.

I think it looks more than likely to set a new record.

This is possibly going to be the most common thing I say this generation but...

if it's on the cart, I'll pick it up. If not, I'll play something else.

Switch sales still good.

@carlos82 I didn't like to say (but hinted as much lol!)

Most successful console launch ever? I reckon it's going to break records, this thing!

If it’s not set in the 80s about a light hearted road trip, I’m not interested!

Midway Arcade Treasure 1, 2 and 3

Hmm, I'm wracking my brains for which game I want to come to the cube but can't think of any at the moment...you would have thought I could have though of 1 or 2 O.<

So first party games, proven third party titles, indies and the odd miracle port.

Pretty much everything I wanted.

The music is much more forgettable than Morrowind. I'm happy for everyone who I would imagine this was their first Elder Scrolls game. For me, I wasn't enamoured with it half as much as it's predecessor. Still, I might give it another go. Thankfully the grphics won't look like they have been smeared in vaseline in the remaster (God, what an awful time for graphics that was! Bouncer was awful for it!) If this is a remaster, then Morrowind deserves a remake

@datamonkey They probably lost count of how many beats they borrowed lol.

If it's been in development since Odyseey, then it's going to be an $80 game lol.

I don't know if it's Sony training (certainly more mainstream thinking) but you don't expect Mario games. They come out when they have a new idea or hardware concept. So I wouldn't be expecting Cappy in the next one. Look at Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2 (Mario was baby in that!!)

So as a long time Nintendo fan, DK releasing is no more surprising than Luigi's Mansion on the cube. You appreciate the games that Nintendo make...but don't start exoecting stuff. They don't work like that. Gameplay ideas come first not 'let's make another Mario game.'

He absolutely nailed his original facial expressions. Quite remarkable!

Hi. Dave from Digital Floundering here. Thought I'd share an interview we did with the developers.
"So, apparently you guys are using DLSS."
"Yes, we are using the features of the NVidia chipset."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure, we couldn't see it."
"Yep."
"...but really, though?"
"YES! Accross four modes."

So there you have it. We have no evidence the game is using DLSS at this time. Thank you for reading.

DLSS is like the ghost in the machine!

Well, I wanted an NES to SNES type next gen. Seems like Nintendo did too haha

I fear the writer is hanging her hat too much on the word escapism (or experience.) Removing any jeopardy in a video game would make them feel too safe, maybe even boring. And that's not escapism. But I do get it, dying from merely traversing a game world is a bit lame. But is that on the player or the game?

@WiltonRoots Ooooh, I try to not do the whole top this and that thing lol. Takes up far too much of my day wondering about it

@WiltonRoots One of my fave consoles. Still own it

Nice to see another developer use physical. Bodes well for Deamon X Machina