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@Wilforce They didn't buy FOX broadcasting/news, which would have been illegal. They bought the movie studios and IP, as well as some TV networks unrelated to news like FX.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/3/20/18273477/disney-fox-merger-deal-details-marvel-x-men

@Divinebovine you and me both. Like, 50% off.

@Ensemen What’s the point of saying someone is wrong about something if you haven’t experienced it for yourself?

@Aozz101x MS wasn’t at e3 in 2019 (they held an adjacent event before it started), so I’m not sure how their presence mattered.

@rjejr No, you made a huge, illogical leap there. There’s no benefit to buying them months in advance for a game coming out near mid May. You could literally preorder the night before and get the same benefit.

@rjejr since the vouchers expire after a year, there’s zero reason to purchase them this far in advance without knowing what games Nintendo plans to release after August.

@rjejr Steam is a digital-only platform, so the Deck is not a great choice for comparison.

Edit: and they brought the vouchers back to soften the blow of TotK being $70.

@Zuljaras while it’s true that there is a Zelda formula, I think you’re being more than a bit reductive.

Skyward Sword changed how combat worked by turning combat into a puzzle.

Majora’s Mask added a bunch of side quests and had the Groundhog’s Day mechanic.

Phantom Hourglass had the Zelda stuff where you had to manage both characters IIRC.

Most games added new items and abilities. ALBW ditched items in dungeons and made it so you could tackle dungeons in any order.

ALttP added the dark world.

We don’t really know enough about TotK to say what it is at this point.

Edit: whether or not these changes were successful is up to you, and it’s fine either way.

@Zuljaras Which Zelda brought nothing new to the table?

Love Splatoon 3. Side Order looks great. The first wave is a big miss; I barely spend any time in the hub world. If there's more to it than that, Nintendo didn't show it.

@Rockmirth Because the only reason they included paid DLC for a few games was to entice people to sign up. Now that they've expanded the NSO+EP offerings, moving forward I doubt any new paid DLC will be included.

@Friendly Not a chance they announce a new console in October of this year and don't launch it for months; when they did that last time, they discontinued the production of the Wii U in November of that year. Announcing a new console would drastically lower the sales of the current hardware during the holiday season; should the console be backward compatible, anyone looking to purchase the current Switch with a new one on the horizon would just be spending money on lesser hardware, price cut or no (and I don't think we'll get one since they're selling well enough without one and costs have increased around the board due to inflation and gas prices, etc).

@nocdaes They said they were mostly going to talk about the first half of the year, so it's not surprising at all that any post-August releases weren't mentioned.

Here's some actual gameplay for anyone interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_EAShZmqs

Emergent dungeons. Imagine walking through a jungle and just happening into a place where you suddenly realize, "This is more than an area to explore." There were a handful of locations in BOTW like this, but none were full-on dungeons.

@larryisaman Silk Song was in the Xbox showcase where every game was supposed to be out by the end of June 2023.

@Hayter They lose selling you a digital game at full price.

A lot of comments here about price cuts, as if others in the game space haven’t been raising prices due to inflation.

They have one of the most anticipated games releasing this year. They won’t be cutting the price unless sales fall off a cliff.

@sanderev

I disagree. What it did by merging traditional souls gameplay and a completely open world made it completely worthy of the accolades it received. The game delivered on its premise in ways few games today realize, and rewarded thorough exploration of its locales. The variety and scope of the world was incredible, and I found the vision of the devs to be something truly inspiring.

But you’re entitled to your own opinion.

@uptownsoul "my original statement was based on the WiiU's 2016" (comment #87)

My initial response was based off your original comment, #7, pasted below in its entirety.

"Looks like Zelda will be Switch's only giant big budget exclusive of 2023"

@uptownsoul which is obvious, because you mention the Wii U… oh wait, you didn’t.

@uptownsoul some bold predictions.

I replied because, quite frankly, your original statement was based on a lot of nothing. You misinterpreted what I said, so I had to respond again. Now you’re basing more predictions off a hypothetical new product launch and saying they will have zero AAA third party games for their next console.

Anyway, I predict you’re wrong on the first account. I guess we’ll know within the next six months who is right.

@uptownsoul I’m not hoping for a thing. I don’t care if TotK is the last AAA Switch game they release this year. But I doubt it will be.

@Goofonzo Your case is what I'd consider to be an outlier, then. Someone probably found a box during inventory.

@uptownsoul This is you commenting on the rest of the year, which includes November: "Looks like Zelda will be Switch's only giant big budget exclusive of 2023".

Now you're hedging your statements by saying "may not". They haven't announced their back half of the year yet. Nintendo previously had two consoles to support, and they stopped producing one of them by the end of the 2016. It seems like a moot point given that information.

@uptownsoul They still had the 3DS, so there was a Pokémon game released, as well as Paper Mario.

That's also around the time they discontinued the Wii U. Are you saying the Switch will be out of production in November of this year?

@Goofonzo where? They’ve been out of production since September 2020.

@uptownsoul

When have they not had a big fall game? That won’t be Pikmin 4; they know it’s not big enough.

Also, they’re not going to announce a bunch of new stuff without a Direct.

Doubt Hollow Knight Silksong gets shadow dropped on Switch when it's launching straight into Game Pass.

@-wc- I don’t tend to think of games in those terms anymore, honestly. For me, it’s more like, what are the best indie games on Switch? There are so many to choose from, and even more that I haven’t played, but either way, I doubt I’d mention a game you’ve never heard of.

As far as sports games go, Ollie Ollie World came out earlier this year and is apparently very good, so maybe that? Haven’t played it, but I think it reviewed very well and has even made some end of year lists.

@-wc- who says they’re new players and not the same people saying it over and over again?

When there were few games on switch, it’s easier to see why some would recommend it. Now? It’s like recommending Snake Pass or any of the other fine, but otherwise forgettable, eShop titles.

Golf Story was (and still is by many every time it goes on sale) overrated, so I’m not surprised at all. Sucks that there are a lot of performance issues.

@dojmin in what country? I was just on Best Buy earlier and it’s $29.99 right now, readily available.

@Sam_TSM Bayonetta 3.

@TheBigK

Having played it on GC, it’s hard to go back to on Switch. The camera is weird, and the controls feel clunky. You may be better off waiting for the updated/modernized version releasing in 2023.

@Fizza Nothing you pay for is free. It is included with your subscription.

@Abeedo it’s back compatible on Xbox.

Guess I’ll get to check it out on GamePass and decide if it’s a purchase.

Not really random or surprising; they built a guitar out of cardboard years ago.

I guess the broader question is, why shouldn’t all of their back catalog be made available in some form on the current device? There’s no need to single out one game as ‘needing’ to exist on Switch. This game is part of their legacy, same as any other.

@Saemon

He wasn’t selling/promoting a book before.

@NintendoHistory

He just published a book and is doing a book tour. It’s not surprising he’s in the news right now. He also did a show that airs weekly for the next couple of weeks.

@NotArmani

Bomberman is owned by Konami.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomberman

@SteamEngenius

Based on your description, it sounds like achievements are pretty pointless.

@Qphlat27

Probably not. The used game market makes them no money. Better to supplement your income by reprinting hard to find games than let resellers take all the available money.

@Ultimapunch Why would they be unavailable? Game Pass isn’t tied to the Xbox storefront. It’s not even tied to the Xbox—you can get it on PC only if you want.

@EVIL-C

I figured he was the author of that piece. Yet it’s mostly not about the 3DS vs Vita, it’s about the Vita vs smartphones, so it doesn’t really make the claims you’re implying it does.

@Bomberman64 @Atariboy

Yeah, I glossed over those for some reason (probably because they seem unlikely).

I guess I move on to the fact that those had standard retail releases.

@Bomberman64 is that a Nintendo published game? If not, it wouldn’t be on this list.

I don’t think so, but I do expect Splatoon 3 will be one of the titles that gets dlc added to NSO EP.