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@dimi they are not available in store anywhere. The semiconductor shortage is getting worse.

@Flashlink99 it's selling more than any launch console in the history of gaming, limited stock happens with all new launches. Delaying it would have just cost money and put them on the back foot against the competition. Their only problem is they can't make them fast enough.

@tntswitchfan68 10 days of sales against 2! Mmmm I wonder why it was number 1!

@Flashlink99 it's the fastest selling console in US history for the first 5 months. Top selling console in the UK Feb and March. Why should they have delayed it? 🤔

Really enjoyed the first game, looking forward to diving(😁) into the 2nd! I'm impressed it runs so well too, I played the original on a standard xbox and that had frame drops.

@SwitchForce which naysayers in this whole chat??? No one thinks the switch is doomed. That just seems to be a defense mechanism against anyone who dares say anything against the Holy Nintendo! It's just a chat about what the console is. I've had a switch since launch and have put a lot of money in Nintendos piggy bank. I love the switch. Though since the PS5 came out I haven't been playing it much, the last year games wise has held little appeal to me.

@SwitchForce who in this whole chat has said the switch is doomed? I think it's pretty obvious from the sales that it's the complete opposite. What people are talking about is what the machine is. Me personally, I think it's a handheld first with the ability to be played on the TV. Don't get me wrong it has some amazing games/franchises that the competition would kill for, but I just don't think it's powerful enough to be called a home console. You only have to look at all the games its missing, the latest resident evils and Assassins creeds, COD, battlefield, hitman(natively), madden, GTA5, a decent fifa, Marvel avengers, later final fantasy, RDR2, any of the latest Star wars games, borderlands 3 and a few more. And the reason is its just not powerful enough(and the gaps only going to get bigger when developers go next gen only). Now whether you care about any of those games is another matter, but millions do. Don't get me wrong it's a brilliant bit of kit and a great hybrid, but to many, a system that can't play most of the latest 3rd party games isn't much of a home console.

@Outerdragon these are only physical sales, and according to Sony's latest figures from the last financial year 65% of their sales are now digital. So who really knows the sales figures for either game. Pokemon was always going to be number 1, it will be a massive seller for Nintendo, and by the reviews it deserves it. Returnal is a very niche game so I'm surprised it did so well(I'm personally loving it). And I've read a lot of people won't buy it because of the price tag. Anyway it's nice to see some new games in the top 10.

@Outerdragon I'd make of it, one is a massive franchise on a system with a huge install base. The other is a new IP launching on a just released system.

@suikoden I paid £62 for returnal and don't regret it for a second. Amazing game with brilliant atmosphere. I've played 15 hours and I'm still only in the 2nd area. So I believe I'm getting my monies worth. I paid £50 for kirby a few years ago and my boy beat it in less than 6 hours, that was definitely not worth the money. Nintendo keeps releasing old games that are slightly spruced up and charge £50. This is a game built from the ground up over 4 years. Am I happy about the price going up? No. But at least we all get to choose whether it's worth it or not.

I've been playing 3D world with my youngest. He's 100% on bowsers fury so now wants to collect everything in 3D world.
And just started playing it Takes two with my wife. Very impressed so far, really creative and so much fun. Great game for the price.

@RickD that's the amount Sony sends to Japan. It sells out everywhere in minutes.

@NEStalgia according to some analysts, reports today are showing the switch will/ could have its biggest year yet in 2021/2022. The gaming industry is a juggernaut, easily bigger than movies and music now. I don't think it's going to slow down anytime soon.
On your other post, I'm the opposite with my PS5. I love it and am really enjoying the experience so far. And as for a road map, I already know I'm going to get returnal, deathloop, Ratchet and clank, Kena, the devil inside and maybe Stray(still not sure about that one). Plus all the 3rd party games coming. Then we know HZD2, GOW ragnarok and GT7(🤞) are coming in the next 12 months. What games do we know are coming to xbox in the next year apart from Halo? And I say this as a series x owner. Yes Nintendo have their identity, no one can touch them in their corner and I hope it stays like that. Sony's identity
is great exclusives and hopefully a brilliant experience with PSVR2(if it's a good as I'm expecting they can corner that market). And yes MS is certainly building theirs(I look forward to the future when the start delivering on all this promise), but I do wonder long term what their effect will be on the gaming space with the service model they have now.

@NEStalgia Apparently 67% of games sales in the UK in 2020 were digitally. So really these charts only tell a tiny story of what's really selling the most on any given week. Though physical sales did rise in 2020 to 18.2 million.
All I know is Covid has made the gaming industry a lot of money.

@MS7000 when it was first announced that spiderman MM and HZD2 were coming to ps4 aswell as some others I wasn't a fan of that either. But looking at it from Sony's view, you have over 116 million loyal customers that would miss out on all your new games, so making some next gen only and others cross console makes sense. You still get a much better experience on the new console.
And I'd argue the PS5 does have its own identity. Its faster, plays alot of the old games much better. Control for instance playing at 60fps or RT in the other mode. Several games have 120fps modes. You get 20 of some of the best last gen games with psplus to download straight away. And the killer feature, the dualsense. Hands down the best controller I've ever used. So much better than the dualshock, adds so much to games and I've been amazed how many developers are using the features.
Yeah the 5 does have some issues(hard drive space being the biggest) but I would never go back to my pro.

@SpeedRunRocks my nine year old beat the game in just over 2 hours and 100% in less than 7. Though to be fair he is Mario mad and he loves it. He's played it through 3 times so he's definitely got he's moneys worth.

@johnvboy don't think there are any component shortages for the switch. But the semiconductor shortages and AMD problems are affecting the other two! Oh and I think both want to sell as many as they can for the subscriptions. But hey, I'm sure all three billion dollar companies will do just fine 🙂.

@HamatoYoshi Yeah Demon Souls, Godfall, bugsnax, Destruction Allstars and Maquette are the only ps5 only games. But games like Sackboy, Assassins creed Valhalla, Hitman 3, COD, Fifa, madden, Dirt 5 and Control UE are all better versions on the 5. And games like spiderman MM at 60fps with RT, COD at 120fps, WRC9 with the dualsense features all make it a better experience.
Resident Evil 8, returnal, deathloop and ratchet and clank are coming in the next few months, so plenty of reasons on own a ps5.
Plenty of reasons to own a switch as well, loads of good games coming. 🙂

@HamatoYoshi well yes, but also plenty of ps5 games and enhanced ps4 games that take advantage of the dualsense. Oh and the 10 games they've dropped on psplus the last 3 months.

@HamatoYoshi ps5 was biggest selling console in UK in Feb when stock came in. And I seem to have plenty to play on it. Strange 🤷

@Andrew5678 yes it's obvious that Japan loves handhelds and the switch is brilliant for that. Nintendo has Japan locked down so why would Sony try and compete head on. They are under delivering systems there because they want to focus on the regions where they sell well now. But the reports of the riots at a gaming store that had stock of PS5s (the police were called) shows there is enthusiasm for the console in Japan.

@Heavyarms55 I don't think they care to be honest, Japan is not their priority anymore. They've just shown that with the Japanese studio. They are sending nearly all the supply to the west because that is now their main audience, the main focus for the games. In the UK the PS5 was the top selling console in Feb because we got a big resupply. Nintendo have Japan with a brilliant hybrid design that Sony can't compete with so why bother. I'm pretty sure that sales number is every ps5 they sent to Japan, so don't think they are struggling at all.

@Andrew5678 I don't think Sony will try that hard to be honest, they will want to sell well, but the west is their mainstay now. I think the PS4 showed them that. Of the 116+ million they sold only 9 million were in Japan. Now of the 80 million switches sold so far, nearly 19 million of them was in Japan. Its crazy to think that nearly a quarter of all Switches sold are in one country! The Japanese must really love the hybrid design.

This is a very good move by MS, just adds more value to gamepass, which is all they care about now, subscriptions! I have all 3 systems so doesn't bother me really where they put the games. Don't think it affects Nintendo as they have their own corner of the market and they don't need Bethesda games to sell the switch. As for Sony, this gives them much stronger competition so will push them to make better games and not get complacent.
But with this, and other buyouts like ea buying codemasters, I do hope at some point regulators step in before we end up with only a few massive companies owning all the ip's.

@liverpoolvk you do realise that both Nintendo and MS have both done timed exclusives in the past and are still doing it now. Hell even epic do it on PC. They all do it. Do I like it no. But it makes good business sense.

@Baobab I suppose only time will tell if these reports are right, I just can't see it myself. Your pretty well talking about a whole new switch with a big power advantage over the vanilla one. And the cost would be high. Hell I'd buy it day one, but I just can't see it happening.

@Baobab I can see them doing an upgraded switch with better screen and battery life, but this whole 4k upscaling with DLSS 2.0 just doesn't make sense for a mid life refresh. Your talking all new tegra chip, tensor cores and more memory. Plus a much bigger battery as that's a big power draw. I dread to think how much all that would cost at this moment in time. To put all that into a hand held would probably end up costing more than a PS5 or series X. I'd put money that's what they are doing for switch 2.0 in 2024 but not right now.

Nintendo came up with a brilliant design that has mass appeal, it brought gaming to a while new generation of gamers and to people that had fallen out of gaming. My family have had many many hours enjoying the switch and some amazing games. I even talked a mate into getting one for his family. But for me the last year has seen my enthusiasm for the console slip quite a bit. In the first 3 years I bought over 70 games for the machine, but in 2020 i only bought 2, animal crossing and my eldest wanted among us. Yeah the PS5 is taking up more of my time but I hope Nintendo brings out some brilliant games this next year or two.

@TheWingedAvenger of course the switch will outsell them, there are households with 2,3 and even 4 switches in them. That's the genius of Nintendos system and the hybrid nature, Get one for all the family. You don't do that with a normal console. Disagree with the whole power thing, there is a reason both new consoles sell out in seconds, both have had big launches, apparently Sony's is the biggest in history. Lots of different gamers out there that like different things, room for everyone. I love my switch, but I also love my PS5 too. And whilst the switch is impressive, will be interesting to see what happens when 3rd party's start making next gen only games. That's why I think the switch 2 comes out in 2024.

Me and my boy have just finished off Good Job, such a brilliant fun coop game. Had a lot of laughs playing that. On PS5 been going through WRC9, brilliant use of the dualsense but such a hard driving game.

Wasn't blown away by it, but it did have a few games that got my attention. Mario Golf will be a must buy for family play. My youngest can't wait for Mario in animal crossing. And my oldest loves Splatoon so knowing the 3 one is coming has got him hyped. And Famicom Detective Club might be worth a purchase, but otherwise not the best direct. Still plenty of time left in the year for more announcements though.

@michellelynn0976 yeah Returnal, Deathloop, outriders and hopefully kena bridge of spirits will mean there's nothing to play. Not counting the 20 games that are somehow on my PS5! It's not Sony ponies as you call them on this site. Sorry to burst your bubble, but they don't care about Nintendo, its all Sony vs Microsoft over there. Everyone on here likes Nintendo, just some of us don't think everything they do is amazing that's all! Now with the Direct, I'm hoping for kingdom battle 2, Mario Golf and the Prime trilogy.

Excited to see what they are going to be bringing us, I think there will be at least one OMG moment and a couple of stealth drops. And being 10pm here in the UK, perfect time for a beer whilst watching. 👌

@Mountain_Man why would they be crying? Most don't seem to care about it. And I think consumers are buying everything right now, the other 3 new consoles sell out in seconds and are going for silly money on ebay. The gaming industry as a whole is probably in the best position its been in for years.

It's nice to see Little Nightmares 2 in the charts, such a beautifully made game. I still have 3D world on the wii u so ill wait for a sale as id like to try Bowsers fury at some point.

@michellelynn0976 so spiderman MM being the 3rd highest selling game in the NPD charts for Jan means nothing is selling. OK. Oh and I'm not defending Sony at all, don't care about them as a company, just like playing their games, same with Nintendo. My dualsense controllers are fine, new hardware can have problems, we'll see what happens. But I have fixed 2 joy con's sticks and have third that's just started to drift. Nintendo has multiple lawsuits for drift, so does Microsoft. You say Nintendo has learnt but they are earning billions a year and after 4 years are still manufacturing a faulty product. They would rather deal with the lawsuits than change the joy con design. And let's not go there with the terrible net code. I remember when my boys first got Mario maker 2, couldn't wait to try the online play, playing against other people! Was awful, almost unplayable. Yeah Nintendo learnt so much about gaming online! Nintendo are doing so amazingly
well because they came up with a brilliant design and still make some of the best 1st games out there, but in other ways they are miles behind the competition. All 3 deserve criticism for different things they have done and are still doing. Anyway I'm sure over the next year we'll all have great games to play on the systems we like, so everyone will be happy.

@michellelynn0976 how do you know they won't sell to the PS5 players, who made you the oracle of ps5 owners? You might be right about 70 being to much, but the market will decide, the players will decide. That's the beautiful thing about free markets, if people don't buy then they'll have to change. But I've been gaming over 30 years, and the price of games hasn't changed in years. Producing these games costs more and more every year, so games prices are going to go up at some point. Hell, halo infinite production costs are around 500 million apparently, things cost more these days. Anyway I'm sure Sony is not going to miss your 500 dollars, you spend it on Nintendos great games, plenty to pick from. I'll also buy the next great Nintendo games when they come out and carry on playing my ps5 that somehow has a hard drive full of varied games!

@Nintendo4Sonic is it worth getting for bowser fury? My boy wants to play that but has no interest in 3d world again.

@michellelynn0976 so they're 70 bucks, who cares? As long as you get value for money. I paid £50 for kirby and my boy beat it in 5 hours? Super Mario wii u deluxe was full price and he beat that in 9. Bless you saying Sony haven't been good for 10 years when they've just sold 116 million consoles and have had game of the year nearly every year. Some of the best games I've ever played we're on ps4, you don't like them fine that's your opinion. Its all silly anyway as they are 3 very successful companies worth billions, all have shady practice's, and all only care about the money. I'll play great games on whatever system they are on, don't care about the shape of the box.

@Jedge396 is worth buying the two DLC's for horizon 4, the lego one is a right laugh. My favourite driving game of all time now.

@Dezzy70 it is worrying that Microsoft has the money to literally buy anyone. And I say this owning a series x as well as the other two. Will be interesting to see what happens when the EU antitrust regulators decide on the Bethesda deal in March. If Microsoft keeps going this way they will have a Monopoly and that's not going to be good for anyone.

@HamatoYoshi the stock issues are because of a world wide shortage of semiconductors, Microsoft are having the same problems. Both are making them as fast as they can. Hard times for everyone right now. Plus Sony have given us the best controller I've ever used and makes certain games feel amazing to play. And games wise, I've just had 6 great games dropped on PS plus in the last 2 months. All the 1st and 3rd party games since launch and now I have Returnal, deathloop, Kena Bridge of spirits (all exclusives), outriders and Resident Evil to look forward to before Ratchet and clank comes out. Its great Nintendo are doing so amazing, long may it continue, I want them all to do well because then we all win as gamers.

@michellelynn0976 you can't help but mention ps5 in nearly all your posts. I find it funny. It's great that Nintendo are doing well but the game output since animal crossing (180hrs and counting) has been poor in my opinion. Its obvious ratchet and clank got delayed by what's happening in the work is at the mo, I don't mind, rather have a great finished product. And we have Returnal, deathloop, Kena Bridge of spirits, Outriders and the new Resident Evil coming before that so think I'll have plenty to play.

@michellelynn0976 you do realise that botw came out on the wii u the same day? The only really good launch game for the switch! Having cross green games isn't hurting Sony at all, the demand for their system is mental. There were riots at a store in Japan the other week when they had stock, and the police had to be called. They don't NEED to get customers to buy the system, they can not make them fast enough.
We will have to agree to disagree about the ps5 having nothing, Demon Souls though not my type of game got a 92 on metacritic and is loved by the fans. Spiderman MM is a great game and well worth the money, and though Sackboy is not as good as Odyssey is still a very very good platformer with a great sense of humour. 3 great launch games.
Anyway it's great to see Nintendo doing so well in the UK and the rest of the world, I'm hoping for some big games from them this year to keep the momentum going.

@michellelynn0976 wow you take the word fanboy/girl to the next level! A massive rant about how bad the other systems are and how amazing Nintendo is! I love my switch as much as the next person(my massive games list shows that) but I also love my series x and ps5, because I just love playing the best games.
You say the ps5 is a door stop, I wonder what I've been playing the 200 hours I've played on it so far? Sack boy was great fun with my kids, spiderman looked amazing and was a great time, astros playroom really showed how amazing the dual sense is, same with COD and the different trigger pulls for the weapons, borderlands 3 is great at 120fps, and cyberpunk ran brilliantly on it, 67 hours to be correct. Oh and Dirt 5 and Wrc9 both run great and make great use of the dualsense.
You say they should have delayed it? Why? They just had the biggest console launch in history, they can't make them fast enough, same with the series x. And don't forget 87% of ps5 buyers subscribed to psplus giving them 20 of the best games of last gen. Plus 6 great games to play in the last 2 months. I'm struggling to play all my games. And that's not counting the games coming this year I want - GT7, horizon 2, Kena Bridge of spirits, deathloop, ff16, God of War 2, Returnal and of course Ratchet and Clank. And that's just the exclusives, never mind the 3rd party games coming.
Personally I'm very happy both released last year, loving both consoles. Microsoft lineup has been light but gamepass makes up for that. There is room for all 3 systems and I reckon they are all going to do great, it's a brilliant time to be a gamer.

@Clyde_Radcliffe I have no problem people liking a console and it's games, it's why I read this site everyday. I love most of Nintendos first party games and the switch is a brilliant piece of kit. I'm just tired of the toxic nature of some gamers, from all sides.

@Heavyarms55 offended? Ha ha ha. No mate , far from it. You said they have a problem, I say they don't. You can't buy either system anywhere on the planet right now, they sell out in seconds. Sony has 8 first party exclusive games I want coming in 2021 alone, games won't be a problem, making the systems fast enough is. I just hope Nintendo brings games this year because my switch sits unused most of the time. Even my kids don't play it anymore.

@Heavyarms55 they have no issues right now, apart from that they can't make they're consoles fast enough. PS5 just had the biggest console launch in history, in a year with a pandemic where they had to start manufacturing them! Bless you and your Nintendo fandom, loving a billion dollar company that doesn't give a dam about its consumers, just like the other two. They just want to make money. I own all 3 because I love playing the best games, personally don't care what box they are on. Its great that Nintendo are doing amazing, I hope it continues, but I also hope the other two do great because then everyone wins.

@sanderev I've put 67 hours into it on my PS5 and it runs great. I had one game breaking bug that they patched out and since then no problems. Personally love the game and the world they created, just think it should have been PC and next gen only. I could see them stream it on the switch, but natively it would be a slide show.

@Octane it is overpriced at £60 but I have to say its very inventive, has great music and some of the levels just make you laugh. It's challenging at times too. Co op upto 4 players and some of the side levels you have to play together. It's not as good as super Mario Odyssey but in my opinion it's better than 3D world.