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@Samalik isn't that just the same as all the centuries of work that woodworkers, machinists, and mechanics lost to automation?

I'm not saying I'm pro generative AI, but as someone from a poorer area of the US, there's just something very elitist about the outrage over it. Every time I see someone posting about art "making us human" I feel a small bit of indignation. I'm pretty sure the guy honing a cylinder block was pretty human, but he was told robots did it faster and he needed to go get a "smarter" job by going back to school. I don't think you're more human than that guy just because you can use a pencil.

Why did he get shoved to the side, but now we all have to clutch our pearls because a painter had a machine learn from his work?

Like I said, I understand all of that rambling from me is emotional and not necessarily logical, but it still irks me and I felt a need to express it.

@sixrings no worries! I'm fairly positive about them in their current state, but obviously they're not perfect and I can understand why others don't approve of some of their decisions.

Hopefully they take a turn you'll enjoy more in the future, but if not, hopefully you can go back and still enjoy their "oldies but goodies."

@sixrings I'm not really sure why you're being aggressive in your response, it seems a very unhappy way to converse with others.

I have no idea who should be credited for Kirby's DLC. I didn't purchase it or the base game. For what its worth, I didn't purchase it because I didn't see the value in it for myself. I also never claimed by purchasing a Nintendo game you were supporting a charity.

All I did was point out that pricing strategies have to take into account the overhead of producing a game. For Nintendo/HAL, that is a different equation than for a team with a very small team comparatively. As a consumer, you can also take a look at that and view it as your purchase supporting the wages, insurance, and retirement of a large group of people or a few.

I'm not making a judgment on anyone one way or another, choose to spend your money how you want and enjoy what you want to enjoy. I'm far more likely to end up with Silksong than I am Kirby, by the way.

Either way, despite the unpleasant tone in your discourse, I hope you have fun with whatever games you're playing this weekend!

@CasualTalkRadio I'm not sure who you are quoting with "at the end of the day," and I'm not really looking for any respect from anyone here, just talking video games.

And the fact is the price tag is for the game, not the medium it's delivered on.

Personally, I've not been gouged on any games I can think of. I wait for sales.

@seinfeldfanatic https://na.store.square-enix-games.com/octopath-traveler-0

@CasualTalkRadio I'm a fairly intelligent person, so I'm not sure suggesting otherwise does anything to help with your argument.

I'll just point out again that your pricing strategy would hit the Internet meat grinder and be spit out into 80 billion misinformation videos and headlines almost immediately. Charging multiple different prices for the same product will always be more confusing to consumers than charging one.

Also, once again, you're paying for the game, not the medium it's delivered on.

@sixrings I get this point, but at the same time I also feel like it gets lost in the sauce that Nintendo has over 8,000 people on staff and Team Cherry has...10ish?

While it might be easy to say, "not my problem," it is worth thinking about how many people your purchase is supporting.

This isn't a knock on Team Cherry, by the way. It's just something to think about.

@DiamondJim yes because they can choose not to be. They can not buy the product.

@CasualTalkRadio this would fail terribly in the market place from the sheer confusion alone. You're paying the same price for the game, not the medium that it's delivered on.

People couldn't even keep pricing straight on a single Mario Kart World game. Imagine trying to announce this one?

@LastFootnote that's fair and I'll hear someone out on that one.

@Medic_alert I found myself thinking about this the other day. My most fond gaming memories were with StarCraft and Diablo on a laggy Internet connection. I didn't even know what frames were back then.

@DiamondJim they've let everyone know ahead of time so the customer can be informed. Nothing about this is anti-consumer.

Bad business? Maybe? That's up to each individual, but I don't think it's anti consumer.

The Game Key Card people are starting to remind me of a dragon hoarding gold and jewels. It isn't about enjoying the games, it's about saying you "own" them.

@Axecon My wallet feels good after buying it. And quite a few games from this direct confirmed that for me as well.

@SpontaneousOutburst Raising prices isn't anti-consumer, especially when they're making a big announcement letting everyone know they're doing it.

If you wanted to argue raising prices is going to price people out, that isn't anti-consumer, its just bad business.

@Pat_trick Switch 2 probably won't come close to Switch 1 sales, but that's more to do with the fact Switch 1 will most likely be the best selling console of all time.

PS4 isn't going to sell as many units as PS2, but I'd hardly say that makes it unsuccessful.

I'm not sure why fans are stuck in the Wall Street mindset of "numbers must always go up!" for this console.

@RemyMartin I disagree.

But I also remember the first 3 months of the Switch when it really only had BotW. I mean, I loved "I Am Setsuna," but I don't think it was moving a lot of units.

And even then, I'm not sure BotW had MKWs attach rate.

@WhiteUmbrella The 1.27 million is as of June 30th, since that's when the fiscal quarter ends. I assume the "storming past" 1.5 million used the publicly available Japan sales data.

Not everything is a conspiracy to make Nintendo look good.

I think I need to move on from this site and comments in general. I thought the direct was pretty good and I'm excited. Yet everywhere on the Internet insists I not be. It kind of seems like the obvious solution is to cut out the Internet part and just enjoy what I want without judgement or expectations.

@axelhander this site has been highly critical of Welcome Tour being a paid game. Alex had a video on their YouTube channel talking about how it was fantastic to play, but still ended on the note that it shouldn't be a paid game.

Maybe your past posts were less to do with their feelings on Welcome Tour and more to do with your treatment of those who want to purchase it? For what it's worth, I'm not one of those people either.

That said, I hope you don't get permabanned and have a pleasant rest of your day! And happy Father's Day if that applies!

@DennyCrane this was a really thoughtful and well done post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm looking forward to finally playing TotK!

@USWITCH64 that got a literal "lol" from me. Thanks!

@nessisonett hey, I hope things get better for you soon. Money troubles are so soul crushing. Sorry to hear you're having them.