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@fafonio I remember when I first picked up Gen 1 and picked up Bulbasaur.

I walked through Brock and Misty. Sometimes the choices for your team make the game laughable.

Of course Pokemon has always been for all players. So maybe difficulty options would be good.

I feel Arceus leans too far in the wrong direction. The game has completed reworked stats where weaker Pokemon are artificially scaled up so sometimes a 50 level gap isn't enough to one shot, and your opponents can also move up to 4 times before you do if they play their cards right, and they can, especially in the post game. Heck, I've been one shot by stuff way lower level than me with a simple weakness, not even 4x effective. Work that out.

@fafonio So, it's well documented, but BDSP gets borderline unfair at the end game. I was in your boat, fighting every trainer and around 10 levels over everything with a full team of 6. I wasn't so overlevelled as everyone else claims to be, so I don't know what I'm not doing that everyone else is, but when you end up battling perfectly trained Pokemon with perfect stats, hidden abilities no in game trainer has ever used before, competitive movesets and items and team synergy, you'll be glad you're overlevelled.

Fun fact, if you don't want to get outsoed and basically one shot by Cynthia's Garchomp, you'll need a Pokemon with a speed stat of 235 I believe.

As for Arceus, in that game chances are you WILL be underlevelled, and you will get one shot. A lot. Trainers don't let you switch after koing a Pokemon, and several use multiple Pokemon at once against your one.

One trainer even has a team of 8.

So you know, pick your difficulty I guess 🤣

@dimi Frostbite does run on the Switch, ever since Plants Vs Zombies got ported.

Which then raises further questions as to why.

I suspect they made the initial FIFA on Switch and oast that initial investment whatever sales they make will just be free money.

@Silly_G Wow. Just wow. Humanity is a truly bizarre construct.

Reminds of the joke that if there is casual snoosnoo there must be ranked competitive snoosnoo.

Except this isn't a meme 🤣

It's a little worrying that he was charged with unlawfully assaulting his son.

Which would imply...

Remember when this was Switch exclusive?

@Dr_Lugae Colours Ultimate did best on Switch and we know how that turned out.

Heck Mania did too, and that game at launch was several updates behind for a while on Switch with some unique bugs.

@nukatha Ah yes.

Like Fortnite. And Google. And the Epic Games Store. And Disney +. All services impacted by this outage.

All those companies and services use Amazon servers too. However, not all eggs are in one basket. This isnt the days of Wii Connect that was on a service that went bust.

Heck, if Cloudflare ever goes down, it takes half the internet with it.

You can have your own server farms, but the tech will be owned by someone else. Just how it is. Look at Microsoft with Azure.

@Bobobiwan Hate to break it to you, but if you think the ultimate goal for Xbox isn't Game Pass only and streaming, you're mistaken.

You won't be buying games soon. It'll all be game pass.

@uptownsoul No, the Sony option was very much on the cards given they extended exclusivity with FF7 Remake past the initial date, as noted in the small print.

It was just the less likely of the two, but no less a possibility.

Regarding the MH Rise comparison, nice try, but the Capcom Megaleak that revealed the PC version before they told us, and Capcom's plans up to 2025 or so, noted Nintendo paid very handsomely for timed exclusivity.

So yeah, people blame Nintendo for Monster Hunter Rise taking a while to hit PC. Because we know factually its true.

Nice try though.

@uptownsoul That was the situation with more complex permutations and possibilities.

With Epic, based on what we know, it's a simple cut and dry reason as to why.

With the other option being Playstation, there are several reasons they would do it, hence it took more time to spell it out.

Y'all need to stop being so paranoid. Not everything has hidden meanings or purpose.

@uptownsoul Which is why I believe option 1 is the most likely, as I explained in that comment: Epic Games.

"the implementation of cross-play etc. is taking them a while on the back end, likely due to Epic Games integration and the like, after they were bought in the summer."

You get a small team being bought by that AFTER announcing these two versions, then doing all the backend changes for cross progression, Epic Accounts, eventual cross play etc etc. While making new content.

So as I stated in the initial comment, yes, I agree with you. It is one of the two possibilities I listed. Thanks for reading!

@Gamer_Zeus See, I'd make an argument in agreement that it's probably too expensive for Rockstar.

If this wasn't Rockstar.

You know. GTAV selling new copies + in app purchases every week, Rockstar. One of the most successful games ever, Rockstar. Remastering three of their classics too.

The fact the remakes feel so cheap, and they didn't spring the cash on proper physical copies despite the absolutely monumental slam dunk this game could have been...is hilarious.

Then again, it's not like Rockstar doesn't have history here. L.A Noire was a huge download and less than 4GB on the card.

Or on the disc, as was the case on the other systems too. Downloaded most of the game there too.

@OnlyItsMeReid In my mind it's one of two things.

Either the implementation of cross-play etc. is taking them a while on the back end, likely due to Epic Games integration and the like, after they were bought in the summer.

The other, is PlayStation. Exclusive PlayStation costumes have been popping up very heavily recently, and it wouldn't shock me if they pulled a FF7 Remake and actually extended the timed exclusivity here.

The other option, also tied to PlayStation, is cross play itself. Epic in court revealed the PS cross play policy, wherein if they provide loads of players, but the in-app purchases on other platforms are not proportional to what PS THINKS they should be getting for providing those players, they demand compensation.

Given Sony paid for Fall Guys to launch on PS Plus, and thus be free, and was also the most downloaded PS Plus game ever at the time, that's a LOT of players, and now cross progression is a thing, purchases dont have to be on PlayStation for those players.

Would the Ocean Gate be those giant horns sticking out of the ocean on the Arceus map?

@nintendoknife I mean, currently, since I own a digital PS5 (Which I had on order and obviously couldnt change BEFORE Sony announced the new prices) the actual cost of first party PS5 games is....still really high, even on sale. Some are maybe £20 off now....which is £50. Some only get £5 or £10 off in initial sales, if that.

I'd argue it's worse than Nintendo in that regard, because at least on the eShop you know it's going from £50 to £34 in a sale.

@Dragonite89 It's not an excuse.

It's how the world has worked for decades.

We end up paying more for the same or less. Look at Sony. £70 games that used to be £50. Are they necessarily doing more? No. Half of them are also available for that lower price but sell at the higher price.

Why? Consumerism.

We don't like it, but it's how the world works my friend.

We're very similar. We both inherently disagree with this. However, after studying economics and business for years, working my way through a discount retail store for a few years, and just seeing different markets grow and shrink, I became numb to it.

This is the way the world works. Yep. It sucks. It's scummy. It's exploitative.

Can't do anything about it though. So spend your money you earn from producing goods and services that may or may not be overpriced for what they are, or used to be, on other goods and services you deem worth it to you.

That's all we can do. You can't tell other people what to do with their money. Put needs before wants, beyond that, everyone is on this ride for a different reason.

@Dragonite89 But you did get what you paid for.

The companies produce goods and services, set a price they deem the market will accept, the market purchases the goods and services at that price.

You would have made the choice to buy it, at that price, knowing what it is. You literally got what you paid for.

Clearly this strategy works. It's worked for decades in gaming, hundreds of years for everything else.

Yeah, it sucks. We all know it sucks. Games often cost more to buy than we believe they are valued but....there are billions of people who think otherwise. I think bread is too expensive for what it is but tough that's the market price people are willing to pay for just a load of processed grains.

Again, life sucks, money sucks, consumerism sucks.

But we also ain't gonna change it having a screaming fit on a forum now are we?

I think a lot of people in these comments may have a problem with a society built around profit and mass consumerism or something.

Seems like a response to Smash no longer being in EVO

This has been known for...a long time. Slow news day I guess?

Also, its meant to be lions, much like classic architecture. It just so happens lining those sprites up in that way looks like Mario.

What's more notable about Marble Zone is those damn UFO things.

@DomGC The website says it's a Poketch app that calls on wild Pokemon. Get the HM in your app, use it, wild Pokemon on hand to do it.

I mean in the UK version of the Direct the game boxes shown did say PAL Version so ...

No duh?

I mean, the Switch is now the only console that lets you pair almost any third party Bluetooth devices. Apple Air Pods, my earbuds, Xbox headsets.

Heck with the way people talked about "Why doesn't it allow Bluetooth audio?" I figured wow, this must be standard on other systems. I get my PS5, grab my earbuds and no...it's not.

@SmileMan64 @zool It's also SquareEnix. They are hilariously bad at accurate sales projections.

Tomb Raider didn't make it's money back because it didn't sell multi-millions, the whole Outriders situation?

Heck, the Hitman games sold really well and "didn't make enough money to be a success" so they drop the developers who make Hitman 3 on their own and it's profitable in a week.

So yeah. This game probably hasn't done well enough for them yet.

I'm sure like in times past, they'll also announce he's gay or some such and go "Look, inclusive" like they did the last time they got in hot water

@RupeeClock I remember hearing WATA once graded a fake copy of a game because the box looked that good.

Contents were fake, but the box looked legit. And the guy who had it graded later called em out on it.

@Mr-Fuggles777 I wouldn't say you need another console. We know the PS5 can't do 4K at 60fps all too often without upscaling techniques. Even the upcoming PS4 enhanced Ghost of Tsushima port only targets 4K and aims for 60fps. Ratchet and Clank can't do 4K 60fps without cutting ray tracing out. Returnal rendered natively at 1080p and then upscaled.

If you want actual next gen graphics and experiences, you need a PC. The PS5 is an exclusives box, and even then we know where those games look to end up soon.

Personally, I either need a portable system for work, or an actual 4K capable machine for home. So for me, I need a Switch to supplement my PC. The PS5 I own is barely touched. What it does well, it does well, but it's not giving me the performance it claimed it would.

And this is the crux of the issue. Of course developers can build with Switch first. If they manage to do it between PS4 and PS5, or even PS5 and PC, they can do it for Switch up to PC.

@Mr-Fuggles777 He said to start making the game with the Switch in mind and then work up.

So instead of making the game at 4K etc and downgrading, make the game in Switch's spec and upgrade the assets to higher specifications.

@Silly_G I dunno if I'd call Diamond and Pearl done and dusted at launch given how the Gen 4 game engine made getting out of bounds and crashing hilariously easy, the games crash if you cycle too fast between specific areas, the engine couldnt run at a decent speed until HG/SS, it had to completely rewrite save data whenever the PC was accessed until Gen 5, it had the ability to misalign battle sprites with a single move by one pixel per use.

Oh and the official censor system in the game stopped you trading Pokemon like Nosepass unless you nicknamed them. And they then repeated this mistake in Gen 5.

It wasnt a total broken mess like RBY was, but Diamond and Pearl certainly didnt spend all the time in the oven they needed to.

@Clyde_Radcliffe He was in Rivals 2 and did work for Generations.

I mean, they barely marketed the damn thing, and this makes the PS4 release look like a potential waste of time.

@JamesR You're two years late then buddy.

Looks too good. Has to be shown on a Switch Pro clearly. /s

@MarcelM The steam deck wont make a profit per unit. Not from cramming all that into a small form factor in a brand new APU from AMD with modern GPU tech inside.

Even Gabe Newell said that yeah, getting the prices that low was painful, but they have Steam: The money will come from there.

This sounds like what was said in 2017 when it was to be revealed at the Game Awards.

And in 2018.

And in 2019.

Metroid Prime Trilogy HD is done. Its been done. It'll keep being done until Nintendo actually makes the thing and releases it one day according to this broken clock.

I think a good example of this is Life is Strange.

Announced for everything except Switch.

And when shown off later, same again.

And at E3 with SquareEnix. No Switch.

Two days later at E3, oh there it is, we found it behind the sofa. It's coming the same day we just didn't want to tell you.

I don't get that.

So is SEGA going to release anything in 2021 that they dont leak before hand? Because so far it has been literally everything

@T0mizawa My highest possible speed in my area, and most of my country, is far slower than that. Its not dialup, just around 80mbps. Gigabit is rolling out but not for years.

@T0mizawa Getting 1Gbps LAN in a console is laughable.

Mostly because most of the planet doesn't even have internet connection speeds that can reach that yet.

What's with the resurgence in "play it x days early" again? They're doing it with Sonic Colours too

I remember when this game had too many rats to run on Switch and they refused to compromise.

Guess the cloud can render rats though

@link3710 According to the above list, it's not even 150,000 digital units

I mean it took them 5 years to make 2 and that was including finding a publisher in the first place.

I think the concern was when Platinum crowdfundednan already complete game, and then Babylon's Fall ended up looking worse than it did three years ago at reveal with still no release date, and they have several other games in the works.

To many, seeing a game announced after Bayonetta 3 resurface with still no date and looking worse than it did initially and seeing other games of theirs being announced, it makes people think it's low priority for them.

I keep saying, it'll be called a Switch XL regardless. You dont make a Lite and not offer the counterpart in similar branding.

Switch XL: XL screen on the go, XL resolution on the TV.

The new employees are probably the Monolith Soft staffers they keep hiring, and the addition of Next Level Games, if they count those companies.

@the_beaver Monster Hunter Rise won't, as it's a third party game Nintendo can't release those figures.

Look at the bottom of the Chibi-Robo amiibo for a surprise.

Banjo for sentimental reasons regarding a lost friend, and Terry, my main.

What I want to know is if a manufacturer simply intends to put existing storefronts from other businesses on their platform as the only way to gain games, surely they'd end up making far less money outside of selling their hardware.

Plus, all that for $300 doesn't sound like much profit to me.