Why not allow normal 3D glasses for the TV. That would be the best way to enjoy these games, just sitting in the couch and have a giant 3D image on the wall. I would actually play that.
No one will buy a piece of expensive cardboard to replicate the feeling of the worst Nintendo hardware ever. Just make it output (optional) 3D signal, and let us use our TVs 3D glasses. It would be a much better way to enjoy these titles. But I think 2D is an even better way, once the novelty wears off.
@Koda1000 Who should otherwise pay for the storage cost? Non-consumers? All costs are passed on to the consumer, always, including taxes. Except some times temporarily companies will pay added costs to stay in the market, but eventually they must make consumers pay the price of what they consume. If somehow they didn't that would be a huge problem, as resources would flow arbitrarily to whom ever complained the loudest, without them being willing to sacrifice other consumption. It would make decision making arbitrary. There is no other possibility for most consumables than having the consumer pay.
Why not simply make some colored glass 3d glasses and have the option to simply play them without 3d? That could make it enjoyable to play these games. Who want's to strap their face in a machine to enjoy a game? It's ludicrous. And 3d adds next to nothing to any game. It's just a gimmick, fun for 10 minutes. But it's just a distraction from what makes a game fun, and they should show respect to the games from this machine by liberating them from the nonsense.
@Axecon There is no "supposed to" in prices. Energy and labor costs drive prices over time. There is no easy answer to what something should cost, it's a constant negotiation between a whole bunch of parties. When the foundation changes, e.g. by the energy availability going down, taxes change, etc, prices change. The different producers have to fight over limited resources, choosing between making food, medical items, games, etc. The way they in the end make a decision of whether to make this or that, is by adjusting prices to the point where the demand is exactly so high that they ship exactly so many units that justifies them using all these resources on exactly this thing over everything else they could be used for, such that the investment compares favorably to all other possible investments, basically meaning that the customer satisfaction to resource use ratio is the best, meaning higher profits for the investor. It's not instant either, so usually the price effects lag a bit behind the catalyst, because thousands of contracts need to expire.
How does it make sense that Cohen would himself sabotage the market cap to prevent himself from getting that payout? Assuming he actually is CEO, and thus in charge of such decisions. Unless the board have ordered him to, in which case I assume it's a breach of contract, and he could just sue them for the money regardless.
It's just so obvious it would fail. The reason Game Boy was good, was it's pocketability and whip-out-ability. No one would ever whip this thing on in public, obviously. Any parent observing their kids playing this, ought to forbid it immediately. It's bad in all ways, with no redeeming qualities of other game systems. The only think it has going for it, potentially, is that 3D might be fun for 10 minutes. I can understand being excited about it back then, but really, it just sucks, get's in the way of gameplay, and even if you like it, the way this works takes away the entirety of the social aspect and possibility to show off and look at your friends play. It's so anti everything that made Nintendo cool, it's super weird they ever released it. Trading carpal tunnel syndrome for neck and eye problems isn't worth it either, in my opinion. I'm sure if they had given a bunch of kids this thing and a GB, and asked which one they wanted to keep after a week, everyone would pick GB. Even today, the most boring time one can have, is to watch your friends in a VR headset, and then swap. While watching each other play on the TV can be great fun. Did Nintendo not think at all here? Did they perhaps ask some kids? If I were a kid I'd obviously love the idea of 3D back then and say I want it, but I also know I wouldn't be thinking of what actually made gaming fun, just be mesmerized about something new. It's the doing silly things together that makes it fun, the connection, the showing each other, looking at each other when something weird happens, etc. That's the fun, the tech involved is almost irrelevant, but a kid doesn't know this. As a grown up you'd realize after 5 minutes of watching a group of kids play this vs. a GB, I think.
The best short movie ever is a norwegian one called Arild and the invisible city, about a kid who plays lego even without the bricks. I don't think adding this tech will make lego better as a toy at all. It might make it a great learning tool. But as a medium for childrens imagination it won't do much but distract them to think of how it works instead of dreaming.
Gaming and video streaming actually have a lot of shared interests in keeping people consuming in general. Their common enemy, if they both want to grow as large as possible is the same; The magic life, flowers, birds, the full moon on a clear night, forests, neighbors, church, singing, playing music, tea and a fireplace, camp fire, etc. The true components of our shared soulscape are the events of life we participate in.
Technically, this is an even bigger reason to use the physical cards. It would make this issue even less of an issue, if you put the game on the card and installed it from there.
Because then I could more easily load and unload the game to the ssd drive. And it would be a lot faster than with the optical media of other systems, and I wouldn't have to re-download all the time. Physical media would be a win win, technically.
It's the cost that is the reason. Or some weird policy from nintendo. Or both.
I might get galaxy 2. Once I finish the first game, which I have in the 35 year bundle thing. The price seems okay, especially if I enjoy the first enough to be excited for the second. I don't want to pay for the bundle, as I have the first game, so then its a bit steep. I realize that Nintendo has to offer what makes the most sense to the largest consumer base, and not always target me in every decision, so no matter what, its okay with me. I'm not so addicted I can't say no without anger.
People for some reason think there is such a thing as the "right price".
That is a total myth.
There is only people who make stuff, and what you are willing to pay for it. End of story.
If you are stingy on what you pay, you get less, simple.
Costs go up, for many reasons, not least of which is taxes.
Any business exists as one of many choices the people involved could devote their talents towards.
You have to pay to make it worth it somehow, for them to be engaged in doing the thing you want.
Personally, I only want to use my resources towards my local church and neighbourhood.
But I do other stuff, like find oil more efficiently, and devotw my time towards that, because in the end, that allows me to contribute better towards my local community and church.
If I had talents in game making, I would make what ever decisions gave me more resources towards participating in my local church, choir, etc.
If you want my time, pay so much that what I'm paid gives me more opportuinity to help my local community, choir, scouts, etc. than my time directly would be worth for my local community (which I often do, like refurbishing, etc., which is the joy of my life, along with singing).
When ever people complain about prices for this or that, I hate it. Prices of development of anything, are what I demand in order to prioritize something in front of direct involment in my community, which means in the end I have to end up with more value for my community than that involvement. And even then, it's a sacrifice on my part, as direct involvmelnt is a much more enjoyable and relatable experience.
Actually, ***** for complaining about the price I require for providing you services rather than doing what I really like to do, singing, scouting, etc.
As a developer, though not of games, I am offended by the whole discussion. Just enjoy what you get, if you get it, at the price you get it, or don't pay and do something else. We have more important stuff to do, really, I mean it.
Not to say that what I do is so valuable. But I'm fortunate enough to sell my time to someone who really appreciates it.
This was a rant. There's probably a lot of nuance to bring, etc. But there's so high expectations it's insane. Prices have gone up, either pay more, or expect less, and calmly get the stuff that is worth it to you, there's no two ways about it. The complaining just makes everyone angry or disillusioned with why they even bother.
It being registered, is not the same at it being valid. A judge can find it to not be a patentable thing, even though the patent office registered it. But that's in theory, and just the threat of it possibly being held up, can be enough to scare off anyone from developing their own game doing something similar. It's kind of a crazy situation. Patents should be for technology that is not understandable without the patent document, not for protecting ideas. And that's their intent, to encourage sharing the know how, not to monetize all kinds of random ideas you get while drinking beer.
@WoomyNNYes It has nothing to do with the game cards though. Other platforms have physical even though their physical medium is way slower.
It is apparently only because of Nintendo's policy to not allow installation of files from a card. Weird, as obviously it's allowed to install files from downloaded content. I wonder, ehy do they make this distinction?
@Jeronan The whole point of the article was that it was not about the cost of the cartridge, supposedly.
If the latter is true, that Nintendo prevents installing files, then the article should rather have focused on this. The fact that Nintendo has policies that prevent a game from installing anything onto local storage, which is forcing some to resort to key cards, even though they'd like to provide physical.
As it stands, the article gives the impression that there is some good hardware reason to not provide physical, that it has something to do with the read speed of the physical media, etc. Which isn`t relevant technically, as this particular developer would like to provide it on cart, it's relevant only because of Nintendo's weird policy.
Everyone should charge as much as makes them the most profit. Try to use the least resources and sell to as many for as high a price as possible. Drop the price if it ain't reaching as many people as needed to increase your profit.
I don't think octopath traveller invented 2D. I can distinctly remember games from my childhood who also employed more than one dimension for the visuals.
I enjoyed DKC3 the most playing together with a friend. But nothing will ever beat the anticipation and awesome mystery of the original DKC as an experiance as a kid. There was something special about the event of that game arriving, seeing the commercials, saving up money, finally buying it, and being amazed. The music is sooo good, the athmosphere of the levels, amazing.
But DKC3 was so awesome in it's secrets and item swap and secret world and all that, so gameplay wise I must admit it is a better game, although it doesn't have the same athmosphere, nor does DKC2 for that matter. but they are all amazing games.
Bah, this is seriously making me consider not getting a Switch 2.
You could buy a used game, and years later it could be blacklisted because someone has suddenly used a copy of it.
Sre, it CAN be unblocked, but then you'd have to go trough a big hazzle, and they might not believe you, otherwise why wouldn't everyone just claim to have bought used their cart and then copy it?
The whole reason for having a Nintendo isto own the physical durable carts, have a used market, etc.
If it's going to be like this, I'm starting to lean towards a steam deck or similar.
The defining characteristic of games are rarely art, if at all. They are more like the rules of a sport. It's about how the rules allow an interesting challenge to execute moves within, where mastering it is the key component that makes it fun. This is essential to understand to make a fun game. I don't see how they are art, in the capacity of being a game.
However, many games fruitfully contain art like beautiful music, scenes and stories. And the game part can very much enhance the art experience, and vice versa.
It's sort of like playing chess in a beautiful garden with sculptures and music. It could very well be an improvement, but the art isn't the game. The art would remain if you did something else. And the game would remain if you removed the beautiful stuff.
But I'm a fan of mixing the two things together. I don't like it when the game is dumb and the art is beautiful though. That only distracts from the art.
It should be legal for anyone to do what ever it takes to get their thing running again, including copyright infringement (for that purpose only), if official support destroys the ability to consume something you bought. Not for games only. Potentially even to the extent of requiring companies to provide the information necessary.
Other than that, I think it's fair that buying a game that requires services, is a risk. You can't force people to provide what doesn't make sense. If you're the only one who buys a game and want to play it, a company can't be forced to keep million dollar budgets for you alone. That would mean no indie developers could ever take the risk to make an online game.
However, there ought to be a label that differentiates games where the main experience is meant to be self contained in the medium you buy, and once where you are really just buying access to an online service.
I don't like forcing behavior on anyone, but I support requiring proper labeling as to what is really being sold.
@sethfranum In general gas price increases lead to bad things downstream from it. But its my expectations that higer games prices will lead to a better games market, at least for my preferences. I could very well be wrong. We'll see.
@sethfranum That won't lead to good things, no (though it is good in a way as it leads to better resource management of the harder to get to resources, so in that sense, but that is another matter entirely). But in gaming I think it will lead to less shovel-ware, more prioritization, and for me personally, more incentive to buy only the stuff I'm going to actually play, whereas in recent years I've been kind of fatigued by overwhelming choice. I remember when I was a kid, most people could only afford a game a year perhaps, and we'd visit each other for the chance to play one of them. Now everyone buys so many games it seems. To me it's s worse situation. There's less life and excitement, I feel. Could be I'm the only one though.
Just bought Remake on Steam playing on my Linux on Mac, the only PC game I played in many years. Love it so far. If Rebirth comes to Switch 2, I'd much prefer playing on that system.
I feel this is simply returning prices to what they were when I was a child. Of course not the number on the tag, but measured in my wages vs my parents wages, its probably still much cheaper than it was. Prices in tech has been kept low by outsourcing to low wage countries.That is ending for several reasons. In addition economies output is lower, meaning those who have surplus must out down more resources to justify spending it on entertainment overload.
The prices have been subsidized and effectively going down, with cheap Chinese labor and lack of environmental concerns, for some time now. It is ending, and we'll return to a normal economy, where we will have to do productive work also in the west.
It's insane that MKW doesn't cost 10 times as much as the original Mario Kart. Development teams are much larger. Now that costs are rising, it's to be expected that costs will rise. The only reason they haven't for so long, even while all other prices have, is that tech costs have gone down, partially because of increased efficiencies, partially because of offloading production to China. Both of those are ending. Those who want to survive have to start olanning for how to survive. Nintendo has never been one to subsidize sales, so of course they are the first to raise prices. It's coming, wether we protest or not. All we can achieve by protesting loud enough is to postpone it a few months, and perhaps cause some smaller companies to go bust because they don't have big enough credit or savings to subsidize their sales. Alternatively to cause quality or length of games to be less, perhaps.
If you've payed for expansion pack for at least a year, you'll be allowed to purchace titles that you have also had on the Wii shop, for only 19.99$ per title. And you'll be able to own it until Switch 2 comes, and then 6 months. Now, that's what we call excitement!
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Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Team Consistently Aiming For 30fps On Switch 2 "Wherever Possible"
Are they consistently aiming, or aiming for consistency?
Re: 'Can You Use Labo VR Goggles For Virtual Boy Games On Switch?' & Other Nintendo Classics VB Questions Answered
Why not allow normal 3D glasses for the TV. That would be the best way to enjoy these games, just sitting in the couch and have a giant 3D image on the wall. I would actually play that.
Re: Nintendo Clarifies That Labo VR Will Not Work With Virtual Boy For Switch Online
No one will buy a piece of expensive cardboard to replicate the feeling of the worst Nintendo hardware ever. Just make it output (optional) 3D signal, and let us use our TVs 3D glasses. It would be a much better way to enjoy these titles. But I think 2D is an even better way, once the novelty wears off.
Re: PSA: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Surprisingly Cheap On The UK eShop Right Now
@Koda1000 Who should otherwise pay for the storage cost? Non-consumers? All costs are passed on to the consumer, always, including taxes. Except some times temporarily companies will pay added costs to stay in the market, but eventually they must make consumers pay the price of what they consume. If somehow they didn't that would be a huge problem, as resources would flow arbitrarily to whom ever complained the loudest, without them being willing to sacrifice other consumption. It would make decision making arbitrary. There is no other possibility for most consumables than having the consumer pay.
Re: Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy
Why not simply make some colored glass 3d glasses and have the option to simply play them without 3d? That could make it enjoyable to play these games. Who want's to strap their face in a machine to enjoy a game? It's ludicrous.
And 3d adds next to nothing to any game. It's just a gimmick, fun for 10 minutes. But it's just a distraction from what makes a game fun, and they should show respect to the games from this machine by liberating them from the nonsense.
Re: Poll: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Has A Final Title, But What Could It Be?
FFVII: Rehash
Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Follow In PlayStation And Xbox's Footsteps This Year With "Global Price Hike"
@Axecon There is no "supposed to" in prices. Energy and labor costs drive prices over time. There is no easy answer to what something should cost, it's a constant negotiation between a whole bunch of parties. When the foundation changes, e.g. by the energy availability going down, taxes change, etc, prices change. The different producers have to fight over limited resources, choosing between making food, medical items, games, etc. The way they in the end make a decision of whether to make this or that, is by adjusting prices to the point where the demand is exactly so high that they ship exactly so many units that justifies them using all these resources on exactly this thing over everything else they could be used for, such that the investment compares favorably to all other possible investments, basically meaning that the customer satisfaction to resource use ratio is the best, meaning higher profits for the investor. It's not instant either, so usually the price effects lag a bit behind the catalyst, because thousands of contracts need to expire.
Re: GameStop Kicks Off 2026 By Reportedly Shutting "Hundreds" Of Stores
How does it make sense that Cohen would himself sabotage the market cap to prevent himself from getting that payout? Assuming he actually is CEO, and thus in charge of such decisions.
Unless the board have ordered him to, in which case I assume it's a breach of contract, and he could just sue them for the money regardless.
Re: Opinion: The Nintendo Console Nobody Wanted To Review Returns Soon, And I'm Here For It, Again
It's just so obvious it would fail. The reason Game Boy was good, was it's pocketability and whip-out-ability. No one would ever whip this thing on in public, obviously. Any parent observing their kids playing this, ought to forbid it immediately. It's bad in all ways, with no redeeming qualities of other game systems.
The only think it has going for it, potentially, is that 3D might be fun for 10 minutes. I can understand being excited about it back then, but really, it just sucks, get's in the way of gameplay, and even if you like it, the way this works takes away the entirety of the social aspect and possibility to show off and look at your friends play. It's so anti everything that made Nintendo cool, it's super weird they ever released it.
Trading carpal tunnel syndrome for neck and eye problems isn't worth it either, in my opinion.
I'm sure if they had given a bunch of kids this thing and a GB, and asked which one they wanted to keep after a week, everyone would pick GB. Even today, the most boring time one can have, is to watch your friends in a VR headset, and then swap. While watching each other play on the TV can be great fun.
Did Nintendo not think at all here? Did they perhaps ask some kids? If I were a kid I'd obviously love the idea of 3D back then and say I want it, but I also know I wouldn't be thinking of what actually made gaming fun, just be mesmerized about something new. It's the doing silly things together that makes it fun, the connection, the showing each other, looking at each other when something weird happens, etc. That's the fun, the tech involved is almost irrelevant, but a kid doesn't know this. As a grown up you'd realize after 5 minutes of watching a group of kids play this vs. a GB, I think.
Re: Lego Is Launching An Evolutionary 2x4 Smart Brick Featuring A Tiny Computer
The best short movie ever is a norwegian one called Arild and the invisible city, about a kid who plays lego even without the bricks.
I don't think adding this tech will make lego better as a toy at all. It might make it a great learning tool. But as a medium for childrens imagination it won't do much but distract them to think of how it works instead of dreaming.
Re: Opinion: No One Told Me 'Chibi-Robo' Is Traumatising
It's not money, but stuff, that is tight. There's more money than ever floating about.
Re: This Adorable Hand-Drawn Cat Adventure Looks Packed With Classic Disney Charm
Looks a lot like The Aristocats. Everybody want's to be a cat!
Re: Review: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Samus Returns In Prime Form
Not for me, because of the amiibo thing. Hope that makes it fun for the target audience.
Re: Preview: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Is Great, But I Want To Kill One Of Its Characters
Prediction: The guy turns out to be the baddy, and you spend the rest of the game trying to kill him.
Re: Microsoft On Its Gaming Business Going Forward: "We Want To Be Everywhere"
Gaming and video streaming actually have a lot of shared interests in keeping people consuming in general.
Their common enemy, if they both want to grow as large as possible is the same;
The magic life, flowers, birds, the full moon on a clear night, forests, neighbors, church, singing, playing music, tea and a fireplace, camp fire, etc. The true components of our shared soulscape are the events of life we participate in.
Re: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Director Highlights The Speed Problem With Switch 2 Game Cards
Technically, this is an even bigger reason to use the physical cards. It would make this issue even less of an issue, if you put the game on the card and installed it from there.
Because then I could more easily load and unload the game to the ssd drive. And it would be a lot faster than with the optical media of other systems, and I wouldn't have to re-download all the time. Physical media would be a win win, technically.
It's the cost that is the reason. Or some weird policy from nintendo. Or both.
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 For Switch?
I might get galaxy 2. Once I finish the first game, which I have in the 35 year bundle thing. The price seems okay, especially if I enjoy the first enough to be excited for the second.
I don't want to pay for the bundle, as I have the first game, so then its a bit steep.
I realize that Nintendo has to offer what makes the most sense to the largest consumer base, and not always target me in every decision, so no matter what, its okay with me. I'm not so addicted I can't say no without anger.
Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer
People for some reason think there is such a thing as the "right price".
That is a total myth.
There is only people who make stuff, and what you are willing to pay for it. End of story.
If you are stingy on what you pay, you get less, simple.
Costs go up, for many reasons, not least of which is taxes.
Any business exists as one of many choices the people involved could devote their talents towards.
You have to pay to make it worth it somehow, for them to be engaged in doing the thing you want.
Personally, I only want to use my resources towards my local church and neighbourhood.
But I do other stuff, like find oil more efficiently, and devotw my time towards that, because in the end, that allows me to contribute better towards my local community and church.
If I had talents in game making, I would make what ever decisions gave me more resources towards participating in my local church, choir, etc.
If you want my time, pay so much that what I'm paid gives me more opportuinity to help my local community, choir, scouts, etc. than my time directly would be worth for my local community (which I often do, like refurbishing, etc., which is the joy of my life, along with singing).
When ever people complain about prices for this or that, I hate it. Prices of development of anything, are what I demand in order to prioritize something in front of direct involment in my community, which means in the end I have to end up with more value for my community than that involvement. And even then, it's a sacrifice on my part, as direct involvmelnt is a much more enjoyable and relatable experience.
Actually, ***** for complaining about the price I require for providing you services rather than doing what I really like to do, singing, scouting, etc.
As a developer, though not of games, I am offended by the whole discussion. Just enjoy what you get, if you get it, at the price you get it, or don't pay and do something else. We have more important stuff to do, really, I mean it.
Not to say that what I do is so valuable. But I'm fortunate enough to sell my time to someone who really appreciates it.
This was a rant. There's probably a lot of nuance to bring, etc. But there's so high expectations it's insane. Prices have gone up, either pay more, or expect less, and calmly get the stuff that is worth it to you, there's no two ways about it. The complaining just makes everyone angry or disillusioned with why they even bother.
Re: Nintendo's Patent On 'Sub Characters' Could Have Some Dire Ramifications
It being registered, is not the same at it being valid. A judge can find it to not be a patentable thing, even though the patent office registered it.
But that's in theory, and just the threat of it possibly being held up, can be enough to scare off anyone from developing their own game doing something similar.
It's kind of a crazy situation. Patents should be for technology that is not understandable without the patent document, not for protecting ideas. And that's their intent, to encourage sharing the know how, not to monetize all kinds of random ideas you get while drinking beer.
Re: Ubisoft Employee Explains Why Star Wars Outlaws Is A Game-Key Card
@WoomyNNYes It has nothing to do with the game cards though. Other platforms have physical even though their physical medium is way slower.
It is apparently only because of Nintendo's policy to not allow installation of files from a card. Weird, as obviously it's allowed to install files from downloaded content. I wonder, ehy do they make this distinction?
Re: Ubisoft Employee Explains Why Star Wars Outlaws Is A Game-Key Card
@Jeronan The whole point of the article was that it was not about the cost of the cartridge, supposedly.
If the latter is true, that Nintendo prevents installing files, then the article should rather have focused on this. The fact that Nintendo has policies that prevent a game from installing anything onto local storage, which is forcing some to resort to key cards, even though they'd like to provide physical.
As it stands, the article gives the impression that there is some good hardware reason to not provide physical, that it has something to do with the read speed of the physical media, etc. Which isn`t relevant technically, as this particular developer would like to provide it on cart, it's relevant only because of Nintendo's weird policy.
Re: "I Can't Afford To Give It Away For Free" - Silksong's Low Price Is Causing Devs To Re-Evaluate Their Own Games
Everyone should charge as much as makes them the most profit. Try to use the least resources and sell to as many for as high a price as possible. Drop the price if it ain't reaching as many people as needed to increase your profit.
Re: Ubisoft Employee Explains Why Star Wars Outlaws Is A Game-Key Card
@Jeronan So, then my point is, why not include the game on the cartridge?
Re: Ubisoft Employee Explains Why Star Wars Outlaws Is A Game-Key Card
@Jeronan I meant to refer to the CD/blueray/whatever it's called drives.
Re: Ubisoft Employee Explains Why Star Wars Outlaws Is A Game-Key Card
I don't get how that fixes anything. Disk drives of other systems are way slower than switch carts.
Re: Rumour: Resident Evil Requiem Could Be Heading To The Switch 2
Good to know that they won't be in the vicinity of the bush, at least.
Re: Best Pixel Art Nintendo Switch Games
I don't think octopath traveller invented 2D. I can distinctly remember games from my childhood who also employed more than one dimension for the visuals.
Re: Nintendo's LEGO Game Boy Officially Revealed, Releasing October 2025
I totally bricked my Lego NES though.
Re: Best Donkey Kong Games Of All Time
I enjoyed DKC3 the most playing together with a friend. But nothing will ever beat the anticipation and awesome mystery of the original DKC as an experiance as a kid. There was something special about the event of that game arriving, seeing the commercials, saving up money, finally buying it, and being amazed. The music is sooo good, the athmosphere of the levels, amazing.
But DKC3 was so awesome in it's secrets and item swap and secret world and all that, so gameplay wise I must admit it is a better game, although it doesn't have the same athmosphere, nor does DKC2 for that matter. but they are all amazing games.
Re: PSA: You Might Want To Be Careful Buying Pre-Owned Switch 1 Games For Your Switch 2
Bah, this is seriously making me consider not getting a Switch 2.
You could buy a used game, and years later it could be blacklisted because someone has suddenly used a copy of it.
Sre, it CAN be unblocked, but then you'd have to go trough a big hazzle, and they might not believe you, otherwise why wouldn't everyone just claim to have bought used their cart and then copy it?
The whole reason for having a Nintendo isto own the physical durable carts, have a used market, etc.
If it's going to be like this, I'm starting to lean towards a steam deck or similar.
Re: Miyamoto Views Games As 'Products', Not 'Works Of Art', Says Ex-Nintendo Dev
The defining characteristic of games are rarely art, if at all. They are more like the rules of a sport. It's about how the rules allow an interesting challenge to execute moves within, where mastering it is the key component that makes it fun. This is essential to understand to make a fun game. I don't see how they are art, in the capacity of being a game.
However, many games fruitfully contain art like beautiful music, scenes and stories. And the game part can very much enhance the art experience, and vice versa.
It's sort of like playing chess in a beautiful garden with sculptures and music. It could very well be an improvement, but the art isn't the game. The art would remain if you did something else. And the game would remain if you removed the beautiful stuff.
But I'm a fan of mixing the two things together. I don't like it when the game is dumb and the art is beautiful though. That only distracts from the art.
Re: "It Will Have A Chilling Effect On Game Design" - EU Group Responds To 'Stop Killing Games'
It should be legal for anyone to do what ever it takes to get their thing running again, including copyright infringement (for that purpose only), if official support destroys the ability to consume something you bought. Not for games only. Potentially even to the extent of requiring companies to provide the information necessary.
Other than that, I think it's fair that buying a game that requires services, is a risk. You can't force people to provide what doesn't make sense. If you're the only one who buys a game and want to play it, a company can't be forced to keep million dollar budgets for you alone. That would mean no indie developers could ever take the risk to make an online game.
However, there ought to be a label that differentiates games where the main experience is meant to be self contained in the medium you buy, and once where you are really just buying access to an online service.
I don't like forcing behavior on anyone, but I support requiring proper labeling as to what is really being sold.
Re: Switch Port Specialist Believes Switch 2 Can Surpass Its Predecessor's Success
@Scapetti Also forgot the The Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS
Re: Of Course Mario Kart World Is Being Review Bombed
Reviews are not worth much, unless you know that particular reviewer's tastes.
Aggregate scores are dumb.
Re: Sega Knows You Hate Mario Kart's Blue Shells
To hate on the blue shell is part of the fun of the game.
Sega don't understand what Nintendoes!
Re: Talking Point: How Are You Finding Mario Kart's Open World?
I was expecting Diddy Kong Racing style story mode.
Re: Video: We Put The Switch 2's Battery Through Its Paces With A Full Timelapse
5 hours of portable super Mario? That's in improvement.
I have a 2 hour a wek limit, anyway.
Re: Capcom Is Recording Switch 2 Game-Key Card Purchases As "Digital Sales"
I buy physical for the ability to sell it later. If they offered that with digital, I'd go for digital more often.
Re: Nintendo Shares Video Detailing New N64 Features For Switch Online
Button remapping might make it fun to play Goldeneye.
Re: Randy Pitchford Defends Borderlands 4 Pricing Comment
@sethfranum In general gas price increases lead to bad things downstream from it.
But its my expectations that higer games prices will lead to a better games market, at least for my preferences.
I could very well be wrong. We'll see.
Re: Randy Pitchford Defends Borderlands 4 Pricing Comment
@sethfranum That won't lead to good things, no (though it is good in a way as it leads to better resource management of the harder to get to resources, so in that sense, but that is another matter entirely).
But in gaming I think it will lead to less shovel-ware, more prioritization, and for me personally, more incentive to buy only the stuff I'm going to actually play, whereas in recent years I've been kind of fatigued by overwhelming choice.
I remember when I was a kid, most people could only afford a game a year perhaps, and we'd visit each other for the chance to play one of them. Now everyone buys so many games it seems. To me it's s worse situation. There's less life and excitement, I feel. Could be I'm the only one though.
Re: Randy Pitchford Defends Borderlands 4 Pricing Comment
I think increased prices will lead to good things only.
Re: Final Fantasy VII 'Creator's Voice' Implies Rebirth May Also Come To Switch 2
Just bought Remake on Steam playing on my Linux on Mac, the only PC game I played in many years. Love it so far.
If Rebirth comes to Switch 2, I'd much prefer playing on that system.
Re: Shuhei Yoshida On Higher Switch 2 Game Prices: "It Was Going To Happen Eventually"
I feel this is simply returning prices to what they were when I was a child. Of course not the number on the tag, but measured in my wages vs my parents wages, its probably still much cheaper than it was.
Prices in tech has been kept low by outsourcing to low wage countries.That is ending for several reasons. In addition economies output is lower, meaning those who have surplus must out down more resources to justify spending it on entertainment overload.
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Composer Explains Why He Thinks Another Game Is Unlikely
Which other games composer has more followers?
Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide
The prices have been subsidized and effectively going down, with cheap Chinese labor and lack of environmental concerns, for some time now. It is ending, and we'll return to a normal economy, where we will have to do productive work also in the west.
Re: Opinion: Steam Deck Fans Are Seriously Underestimating The Switch 2
If you want couch multiplayer, the real fun of gaming, there is only one option.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
It's insane that MKW doesn't cost 10 times as much as the original Mario Kart. Development teams are much larger. Now that costs are rising, it's to be expected that costs will rise. The only reason they haven't for so long, even while all other prices have, is that tech costs have gone down, partially because of increased efficiencies, partially because of offloading production to China. Both of those are ending. Those who want to survive have to start olanning for how to survive. Nintendo has never been one to subsidize sales, so of course they are the first to raise prices. It's coming, wether we protest or not. All we can achieve by protesting loud enough is to postpone it a few months, and perhaps cause some smaller companies to go bust because they don't have big enough credit or savings to subsidize their sales. Alternatively to cause quality or length of games to be less, perhaps.
Re: Mario Kart World's 'Free Roam' Is Much More Than Mindless Open World Driving
Hoping it'll be as fun as DK racing
Re: Switch Online's Expansion Pack Promises "Excitement" In 2025
If you've payed for expansion pack for at least a year, you'll be allowed to purchace titles that you have also had on the Wii shop, for only 19.99$ per title. And you'll be able to own it until Switch 2 comes, and then 6 months.
Now, that's what we call excitement!