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Re: Soapbox: NSO Isn't Game Pass, But Nintendo Is Learning The Benefits Of Subscription Models

MS7000

@Astral-Grain Regarding the grey area of ROMs, if the landmark case did happen, and the outcome was in favour of people being able to rip their own ROMs, I would agree with you completely, but until it happens, I would assume illegal even if highly unlikely to get caught as an individual.

Regarding the mini-consoles for Sega, that is fair, they are still being actively sold (although quality will vary).

Regarding NES and SNES mini, they are no longer sold, which means second hand is your only option, which could be stupidly expensive.

Virtual console on Wii U, I agree, but again, no longer actively supporting, no longer produced, not to mention, sooner or later the digital store will probably close.

If Nintendo chose not to release retro content at all, that would be one thing. Heck, I would probably even be happy to an extent since hopefully the resources would be put to new games rather than developing or maintaining an emulator. But since they are releasing retro content, again there is no choice bar subscription (outside the obvious of not subscribing and getting nothing full stop). I am interested but there is no way to obtain legally, and given the choice was there originally...

Re: Soapbox: NSO Isn't Game Pass, But Nintendo Is Learning The Benefits Of Subscription Models

MS7000

@KateGray If I only had $30 a month to spend on games, Game Pass is a better value proposition than... half a full-priced AAA game.

And that I understand. I understand that not everyone plays the same, and that in and of itself is okay. I don't expect every person who plays games to have the equivalent of a shrine of merchandise or anything like that.

What I am trying to say, is that there seems to be a push to making subscriptions the only model. Subscriptions don't seem to be another choice anymore, otherwise, why can I not buy the retro games individually on NSO for example, or why must I now pay for online? At least with something like GamePass, as you said, you can still buy those games separately.

I don't know, maybe I an overthinking it, but it certainly seems to be affecting all parts of entertainment, including TVs, film, and music. Like I said, general rant, not just NSO, but NSO I feel is a good example of why I despise subscriptions. I just feel that people not having choice is a problem that is only going to get worse.

Re: Soapbox: NSO Isn't Game Pass, But Nintendo Is Learning The Benefits Of Subscription Models

MS7000

"But I do think that Nintendo has finally cottoned on to subscriptions being not only the future of games, but the future of how people want to play games."

Why would you want subscriptions to be the future? Why would you want to pay for something you will never own? I am willing to bet most people wouldn't want to rent a house but own it instead. People only rent because they have to, because their is, for whatever reason, little choice. Same with people who would love to own the incentives of NSO, without paying for a subscription, but again little choice. People don't want to pay for online, but they do because little choice. Why are we so desperate to give away choice? I could agree that subscriptions expand choice, if it wasn't or this obsessive push toward making it unfeasible to be without it. Sure, you can argue Nintendo and other companies are trying to make money, but I am more than happy to give them money if the choice was there. The companies may argue that the programs themselves offer loads of benefits outside online, but in that case, why not make online free again? I don't get it.

This is not just generally against Nintendo, so I realise this comes off as a rant (which it is), but I hate the idea that we should just accept this and not having it full stop as a choice, when choice was offered freely before.

Re: Chrono Cross Is Getting A Remaster, And Boy Does It Look Rough

MS7000

@Crono1973 "Large PS1 game" doesn't mean much. The problem FF7 has is it is not just the original game, but Crisis Core and Advent Children and other aspects I am probably forgetting which Nomura is trying to cram into the remake. Cross does not have that problem. I doubt a Cross remake would take anywhere near the length of time to develop as FF7 Remake Part 1. Not to mention that progress on the FF7 remake was scrapped and development stalled multiple times from what I recall.

Re: Chrono Cross Is Getting A Remaster, And Boy Does It Look Rough

MS7000

@Crono1973 Of course not; that's a loaded question. But you have games like Trials of Mana that got remakes without the stupid segmenting they are doing for Final Fantasy VII. Would of been nice for Chrono Cross to get the same treatment. Especially since it would of been a good oportunity to gauge interest for a sequel in the series, or maybe even a remake of Chrono Trigger.

That said, I have not played this before due to it never being released on Europe, so I am excited to finally play this.

Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The February 2022 Nintendo Direct?

MS7000

Definitely one of the strongest directs recently. Quite a few announcements that really spoke to me, such as Mario Strikers and Chrono Cross.

I feel like MK8D DLC is Nintendo's replacement for the Smash DLC packs.

It feels like they are trying to push NSO really, really hard by including DLC in the expansion pass, not to mention, showing off lots of online multiplayer games such as the Wii (Nintendo, but really Wii) Sports game and Splatoon 3's Salmon Run. Admittedly, and regrettably, I feel they are starting to make the pass more worthwhile, but it still has the problem for me of not keeping the content when subscription ends. I might suffer for it, but I am still not coming back to NSO.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 excites me in theory as it seems to have quite a bit of connection to 1, but I still cannot convince myself to play 2; I just cannot gel with the battle system.

Somewhat surprised they didn't smash Breath of the Wild 2 news in our face. I am not personally excited for it, but given the reputation, I was expecting to hear about it. Also, no Pokemon which surprised me.

I was hoping for a new Fire Emblem and kind of got it with Three Hopes? I like it in theory, more than Age of Calamity as I quite enjoyed the world of Three Houses. That said, I did not enjoy the first Fire Emblem Warriors all that much, so cautiously looking forward to it. I am also kind of concerned that the story situation will be similar to Age of Calamity. Those who have played will know what I mean.

Still no F-Zero or Wario Land... get it together Nintendo.

Overall though, pretty good. Even now, remembering smaller announcements like Force Unleashed coming to Switch. And almost forgot Klonoa, which really came out of left field for me.

Re: Poll: It's The Year Of Splatoon 3 - Are You Excited?

MS7000

Meh, I stand by what I said when it was first announced; this is too soon.

My personal circumstances have also changed as I have not been subscribed to NSO for a few months now, so I would not be able to play the main bulk of the game (unless Online becomes free again... which it won't).

Only thing that would save it for me is if the single player content was expanded bigger than ever.

Re: You Can Get Your Official 'Year In Review' Switch Stats Now

MS7000

Just had another look, and saw the hourly break down every month. I spent 6 hours on my Switch in May and 10 hours in June. Damn, the drought was real. Skyrim really did carry my Switch this year. For context, it looks like I put 87 hours in on April, but looking through my monthly summaries, I can blame a spate of Minecraft.

Re: You Can Get Your Official 'Year In Review' Switch Stats Now

MS7000

720 hours, compared to 635 last year. I am amazed I played that much on either year. My most played game this year was Skyrim with 200 hours coming mostly from July...

Looking at these figures makes me sad. I am hoping my PS4 playtime looks better, though I think a good chunk of that will go to P5 Strikers...

Actually, mentioning that makes me wonder how much time I have spent in total playing games over the past few years.

Re: NEO: The World Ends With You Has 'Underperformed Expectations', Square Enix Says

MS7000

Most of Squenix's current output doesn't interest me. TWEWY passed me by; I did buy the switch version, tried it once and noped out very quick. I did not like the controls at all. Bad controls ruin games; it is why I still haven't gotten back to Kid Icarus Uprising.

The only game that I haven't picked up yet which I want to play is Nier, but otherwise, I could not care less for the line-up.

That said, I am awaiting new Dragon Quest games and if the rumours are true regarding Chrono Cross, I will buy that at launch so I can finally play it.

Re: Shin Megami Tensei V Outshines Other Popular JRPGs At UK Retail

MS7000

@Strumpan I am not sure if I am going to stay off at the moment, but I am certainly going to be more cautious of which videos I look at for the time being.

@Quizler I've never been subbed to him, but his videos are everywhere in my recommended. I've watched a couple before for other games so I guess Youtube thinks I am interested in only his vids or something, heck knows.