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@nocdaes They who shall not be named and inhabit the Upside Down

@CharlieGirl lol so true. I tuned out when he went on the rant about "left, everything is now racist, sexist, offensive, bigoted and problematic, everything from the past". Like the auditions for GB News were back in June dude.

"I was shocked, and indignant, that there was something out there, unregulated and freely available to our kids, which was considered highly dangerous but nobody was doing anything about it. It was like someone was coming into my son’s bedroom at night and injecting him with an addictive drug."

Translates to:

In between episodes of Love Island and Grand Designs, I looked up from behind my oversized wine glass to check if my offspring was still alive. He was suitably entertained with a videogame so I didn't bother to engage as a parent and actually converse with him. Then came the credit card bill and a £1000 charge for vbucks. What the heck are vbucks? I was incensed I now actually had to get off my backside and do some parenting and googling. I was very upset and looked for someone to blame for my own failings. Videogames seemed like the easy target. So I wrote an unresearched and educated piece for a propaganda outlet masquerading as a legitimate newspaper, to stick it to the lefties. Yay me. Back to Love Island.

Calling the Telegraph a newspaper is insulting to actual newspapers.

@RupeeClock Ah ok thanks Might pick up the Switch physical version upon release.

Is it even out in the UK yet, I thought not until Aug?

I have the OG Switch, Pokemon Let's Go Switch, Switch Lite, Animal Crossing Switch, and Monster Hunter Rise Switch.
Will probably get the inevitable Zelda Edition.

@Gio0207 They do indeed, more so for mobile devices/smartphones (AMOLED) as they are the current market leader. LG obviously make the majority of the larger panel OLED screens. For example, Samsung's latest S21 phone has a 6.2" 120hz OLED screen with 421 ppi. So if this rumour is even remotely true, a 7" Samsung AMOLED screen say 90 - 120hz with 400+ ppi will be amazing on this rumoured switch revision.

Four years, and four Switches later (OG switch, Pikachu let's go edition, MH edition & switch Lite), I split my time between the backlog of Switch games and PC gaming. Just finished Age of Calamity and debating whether to start Animal Crossing, Hollow Knight of Xenoblade Chronicles DE.

@UltimateOtaku91
I must be the exception to that rule. I used to do over an hour rush hour commute within London for work pre-pandemic, and my switch was out on every journey from the train to the tube. Had many a interested parties asking questions, and saw maybe at least a dozen people over a year playing with their Switch on the commute. Headphones on, tune out, made the commute more bearable

Mario themed switch in Feb, Monster Hunter themed switch in March. Probably be a Zelda or Pokemon themed switch at some point this year. No need for a switch revision until 2022, which will probably tie in to showcase BOTW2, which I'm predicting will be a March 2022 game heading, into the 5th year since launch.

Game are absolutely horrible in general tbh. I refuse to buy anything from them anymore.

Was tempted but I can't with the price on these. Nostalgia has it's limits in this instance.

Oh scratch that, it's up on game already.

Can't wait for the UK preorders, think I'll get Collector's on PC or PS4, and Deluxe on Switch.

Didnt fancy waiting until May 10th so I ordered it from Amazon US. Arrived in the UK 2 days later. Pretty enjoyable so far. I play it mostly on the daily london commute and the PS4 version at home. Only annoying thing so far is the game constantly asking for an internet connection. Defeats the purpose of portable play. Even during the tutorial it pops up trying to connect. Hopefully they fix this in a future patch.

@frabbit nothing wrong with ports. As you can see the best selling game on the Switch is a port and half the Switch's userbase has bought the game. And with NSMBU DX and others showing there is a market for Wii U ports on the Switch especially for those that never owned a Wii U or didn't purchase the game the first time around. The more the merrier.

That's 12 million copies in 23 days up until the 31st of December.
If we count sales for January when they are announced, it's not that much of a stretch to say nearly half the Switch user base has bought Smash Bros.
And Pokemon selling 10 million units about one and half months, considering the hate leveled at that game, shows the strategy worked. Expecting colossal Pokemon 2019 sales.
Great news all around.

Makes sense to me, whilst a revision will eventually come, in it's current form, the Switch is selling, breaking records and tracking at Wii levels. Why break with a winning formula.

@Evilworm Haha I was letdown, I didn't realise you had magical powers to determine my very thoughts and feelings. Please continue to make a yourself look ridiculous, while I grab my popcorn whilst simultaneously using the ignore button.

@Evilworm lol so much salt in your comments based off your own personal tastes rather than facts. Just because something doesn't wow you, doesn't automatically make it a failure. You are one out of millions of people who enjoy all types of games and systems. If you don't like it go whine somewhere else and let the rest of us enjoy the site in peace.

Great year, great games, Pokemon Let's Go & Smash were the icing on the cake for me this year. Happy Gamer

@westman98 Even better news, I didn't know they had outsold in Germany

@Equinox LOL a lost cause...really. Whilst certainly not as strong as germany or france, Nintendo is doing well in the UK mate, let's not get it twisted.
Don't let facts and figures get in your way or the definition of a lost cause. Over 1.4 million consoles sold in less than two years, Smash Bros Ultimate fastest-selling Switch game in the UK and been at the top of Amazon videogames charts for weeks, Mario Odyssey & Mario kart 8 DX with over half a million sales and still holding strong in the charts, yet a lost cause. Get real.

Not that different to what they mentioned at the last sales briefing. Considering Smash Bros sold over 5 million copies worldwide in 3 days, and as of September 2018, they were at 40-45% of their 100 million target, I think it's entirely within reach to sell another 40-50 million units of software by the end of March 2019, and hit or surpass that 100 million target. Great to hear the continuous train of sales records being broken and Nintendo on their way to achieving their sales goals for this financial year.

@Prizm It's not unheard of, my original switch sits unused now, as I bought the Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu version , which I now use as my main Switch.
Nice story though.

@LUIGITORNADO I stopped reading at a child's play thing. Please have several seats before you hurt yourself from your own ineptitude.

@johnvboy Hopefully gone for good so the rest of us can enjoy the site without their negativity.

And there's still the rest of December and January to take into consideration for the holiday period. Smash is going to continue to sell well and boost Switch hardware sales well into 2019. Loving the game and loving the success.

@Lemmy_the_Koopa Lol and flood the game with adverts and loot boxes probably.

@TheBigN93 Seems to be physical only from what I can tell.

And they said Smash wasn't a seller.........it's all quiet on the western front.
Adding the Japanese numbers to the US, this is over 4.2 million copies in less than two weeks.

@Scottwood101 Yup saw one the other night advertising the game and bundle, and also seen a few here and there across various channels. I went to my nearest Smyths the other day to pick up Pokemon Let's Go Eevee for a christmas present (cheapest around), and 3 smash bundles were purchased while I was queuing. Plus some crazy lady with 3 copies of Just Dance 2019 lol.

@goggles789 Yeah that makes sense, you know everything about me and my life. Keep viewing the world from your rose tinted glasses. The rest of us live in reality

@Helix87UKNOW In Japan, Smash a single platform game posts record numbers for the series. Switch sales increase more than two fold. Game has been on sale for less than a week, yet somehow it's still not popular. Ok mate, maybe you should go back to playing your PS4, and leave the rest of us to enjoy Smash.

@johnvboy That's the one that gets me. The switch has no games. It's like unless you are living in a cave with no electricity, on what planet does it not have games. Not every game maybe to everyone's liking but there is enough selection for everyone. But alas, people always have something to complain about

I bought 3 limited editions of Smash, one for me, two for my nephews. My youngest neph unlocked all characters in about 30 hours, he couldn't put the Switch down

It's an amazing game and rightly so it's reflected in the sales.
And the inevitable hardware boost as well. Great news all around, and egg on the face for all the "Smash isn't a system seller" doomsayers.

@goggles789 Not sure what planet you are living on, by stating "Most "bad" law enforcement officials get disciplined internally". More often than not, very little if anything is done to discipline their own and covering up or diminishing the actions of bad law enforcement is prevalent.
Anyway as stated by others, it's nice this story ended positively. There are countless examples of deadly encounters with the police, especially for ethnic minorities, after having them be called on people, for doing every day activities.

@Likethepear Yet you felt the need to comment. Keep reaching while the rest of us enjoy Smash.

@electrolite77 Don't waste your time bringing facts to a conversation with the resident numpties mate

@westman98 Yeah just read that, Famitsu preliminary figures clock it in at 1.3million copies in Japan alone. Hopefully we will see the corresponding Switch hardware boost to go along with it.
But crikey, that pretty much much 1.45 million if count the UK sales and physical only. The numbers must be well of 1.5million if you add in digital sales and that's two countries reporting....Great news

Seeing unconfirmed reports of about 135,000 physical units sold, also beating the combined launch sales of Pokemon Let's Go. Add in digital sales to that and it is an amazing launch.

Some sad people are giving Smash a one star review on Amazon because it didn't come with a Steelbook. I was under the impression the Steelbook was a Nintendo store exclusive. Even so, if Amazon did list it as such, and then made a mistake, is that worth a one star review...I smell Waluigi fan(anatics).

@Ryzaerian Haha, overhyped, fidget-spinner trash .lol that made me chuckle 😂👍🏾.

With the hardware boost the Switch has seen just with the release of Pokemon Let's Go and Smash not even out yet, I think it's premature to say the wont hit their sales target of 20million units for the financial year 2018. Considering they do 60% of their business between November and January, and only need to shift 15 million units by end of April 2019, its doable especially with the two aforementioned heavy hitters. As for Pachter, his credentials or lack thereof, speak for themselves.

@Kriandis Dude, those are literally my 3 fav dreamcast games . Powerstone 1 and 2 and Tech Romancer. I spent hundreds of hours playing that Tech Romancer, still to this day.
Id pay for all of those again in a heartbeat on the Switch

40 ultra balls and a ton of berries it took to capture this bad boy, but well worth it

It's worth noting that during development of the Switch version, Panic Button's work was so good, they were able to optimise and improve the other platform versions as well. These guys really understand the intricacies of game development, so hats off to them. Third party support in general has been amazing this year for the Switch.

There was a deal for Nintendo Labo just after midnight this morning, dropped from £59.99 to around £27 for normal pack and the robot pack. Probably all gone by now.

Absolutely loving the game. 17 and a half hours in now, so much nostalgia, so much fun. Haters gonna hate.