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Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay

SkullDragr

Same issue as those above - Just updated to 1.0.7. Will not allow me to purchase from the link in the game, just a repeated punch/kick sound effect and when pressed enough, an error message. This is hilarity at its finest. It's like a never ending April Fools joke.

Edit - I did as they suggested on their Twitter feed - From the "Get Mr. X DLC" link in-game, press A JUST ONCE. There will be no sound effect. Wait. All it took was about 5 seconds and it went to the page to purchase. All set.

Re: Feature: Remembering Robin Williams On What Would Have Been His 70th Birthday

SkullDragr

When I was 4, I loved the TV series Mork & Mindy. I watched it ritually, ever week it aired. Popeye hit the theaters and my mom took me to go enjoy. I didn't understand the concept of movies, of acting, it was just reality to me, so when the movie started and I saw Popeye, I knew something was up. After about 10 minutes of thinking, waaait, I'm confused here, I leaned over to my mom and said, "Why does Popeye look like Mork?" She couldn't stop laughing.

Re: Nintendo Denies Claims It'll Make Increased Profits With Switch OLED, "No Plans" For Other Model

SkullDragr

I assumed there were quite a few changes within since the system is overall a tiny bit longer. Unless they used the same exact size board and just made wider Joy-Con rails or beefed up the walls of the unit, something made this system wider, even if just 1 or 2mm. Add in a newly designed kickstand and what's required to make that adjustable, better sounding speakers, the newly designed dock and I could see the initial costs going up for the redesign beyond this "$10". Over time, they surely do stand to make increased profit, but they may be correct in saying right now, "no".

Re: Nintendo's Switch OLED Dock Can Be Purchased Separately

SkullDragr

@Cheez accessories and games are how companies make money. They charge $90 for a dock that costs $20 to make. They charge $79 for a pair of Joy-Con which surely don’t cost much. Microsoft and Sony have sold their consoles at a loss for years in order to get consumers on board, after which they gouge with overpriced controllers, headsets, remotes, etc.

I said, costs surely decreased from the original but this is slightly larger, so it’s a redesign. The chip is the same but internals may not be. May be a different board entirely.

Re: Nintendo's Switch OLED Dock Can Be Purchased Separately

SkullDragr

@Cheez $150? The whole thing is $349 and that’s with a HDMI cable that costs them maybe 79 cents, an AC adapter that costs them about 2 bucks, Joy-Con that cost them about 20 bucks each and a dock that costs them maybe 20 bucks. The system itself probably costs $150 to make at the very least. Back in 2017 it was reported by a company who did a tear down that the system with the dock cost $167. Now they did a small redesign and have a new OLED screen, so production costs that dipped in the 4 years since have surely shot back up.

If they sold the tablet alone, I would think $249 would be the going price.

Re: Eek! The Physical Copy Of Monster Hunter Stories 2 Might Require A Download

SkullDragr

@Tendogamerxxx False equivalency. Games for years have been on game carts. We all passed them around. The game can't be used by more than one of us at any time. If someone likes it so much that he wants to play it all the time, he has to buy one of his own. By your logic, OMG cancel Uber and Lyft, those people are cheating the system, offering others a ride while charging them, profiting off the hard work of those who designed and made the car! Let those riders go buy one of their own!

What right do you have to listen to the radio and enjoy songs free of charge, you leach? Purchase the album!

Do you watch TV? It better just be your own. If I catch you watching HBO at your friend's house, I'm telling the Motion Picture Association of America that you enjoyed a movie without ever paying anything for it and didn't even have the courtesy to go to Walmart and buy the Blu-Ray after. How will they possibly be able to make a sequel, you freeloader!

You're really bad at arguments.

Re: Eek! The Physical Copy Of Monster Hunter Stories 2 Might Require A Download

SkullDragr

@WallyWest Even if Switch game carts had no game data on them whatsoever and still required the user to download the entire game, I would still say they're better than a game purchased digitally. Why? Because I can pop the cart in my system and download the game and play. My buddy can pop it into his system, download the game and when he wants to play, borrows my game cart. His friend can as well. We just pass around the game cart for whoever wants to play that time. Digital? I bought it, it's locked to my system. Sorry guys. I'm tired of the game or dang, this game really sucks, see ya, it's up for sale on eBay. There are quite a few games I bought on impulse from the eShop, played a couple times and seriously regret now. Too bad, it's mine forever. That sucks.

Re: Eek! The Physical Copy Of Monster Hunter Stories 2 Might Require A Download

SkullDragr

@Tendogamerxxx Nobody is saying go back to systems without internet connectivity and updates. What they're saying is, they want physical media. What are the negatives to digital?

1) Can not be resold. I'm almost fully digital, but there are certainly games where I wish I had bought physical first, which often times I do. If I'm not sure if it's for me or if perhaps it's one I want to play through once and that's it, I buy physical. When I want to get rid of it, I can put it up for sale.

2) Can not be traded/loaned to friends/family. I have Animal Crossing digitally. A friend came over with her daughter and the girl wanted to play "that game on the island". They weren't staying long, so she didn't have a chance to get into it. My friend asked me if it's a good game for her. I said, perhaps, but there's a bit of reading. I wanted to tell her, here, borrow it for a couple days and see if she enjoys it or not. She's only 5, so maybe she's not at that level for reading yet. I could not do so without either giving her my entire Switch or the password for my account. Why? Because it's digital and locked to me only.

3) Digital Switch games require an internet connection to confirm if the game can be played (if you haven't logged in for some time, a month or so). If you're just someone who likes to play while in the subway on the way to work and that's it, after some time, you'll need to remember to turn it on while home or where there's an internet connection or else, you'll be screwed when you're trying to play.

4) I have an OG Switch and a Lite. Obviously, I have the same user account on both. My roommate wanted to play a game in the living room on the TV. Ok, go for it. He got hooked, started playing often. I realized that when he's playing, I'm locked out, can't play ANY of my digital games at all.

There are obvious benefits of all digital. I do have a few carts, games I was either not sure if I'd enjoy or just want to run through once and sell, but I'm so used to digital that I just lay in bed and play. It annoys me when I click on one of the cart games and it says load the game cart. Argghhh! I don't want to get up to go grab that stupid thing. Also, for young kids, game carts are quite easy to lose. If the Switch gets stolen and you had a bunch of game carts in the case, all that is gone forever. With digital, you just deactivate that system and while you're out that console, once you buy another, you sign in and all your games can be redownloaded.

There are positives and negatives for both. While I'm nearly full digital (for this because it's a portable system), I don't ever want to see physical media go away for the reasons I stated.

Re: Eek! The Physical Copy Of Monster Hunter Stories 2 Might Require A Download

SkullDragr

People ask, "what's the point of buying physical then?" and while I understand what you're thinking, let me offer this.

1) The game can then be shared with friends/family. A digital purchase chains it to your account only.

2) The game can then be resold later.

It's not the ideal physical version if the game isn't actually on there, but these are two reasons why you'll still want the physical game if you purchase that way.

Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More

SkullDragr

@blecch You make it sound as if people are buying these in quantities to store away like gold coins. No, they're flipping them for more money. Look on eBay and you'll see them selling. They're selling far above MSRP, but they're selling. Those buyers aren't sitting on them, waiting for their value to increase. These aren't stocks. Those who are buying them for $850 are also gamers, just gamers with either far more money than you or ones who decided that that $850 in their bank account is better spent on a video game system than food or clothes.

Those of you complaining, face the facts, those who are buying have more disposable income than you. Most of them probably live in nicer housing, own their home, drive a nicer car, eat finer meals. Use your anger to motivate yourself into learning a skill or getting a useful degree and so when the PS6 or even PS7 comes out, if this is an issue, you can drop the money on the inflated price and not even think twice about it.

Re: Teenager Hits $1.7 Million In Revenue During Pandemic Reselling Pokémon Cards, Game Consoles And More

SkullDragr

All you whiners - "he's exploiting the ongoing health crisis!" Oh boo hoo. You and your first world problems. You don't NEED a PS5. You don't NEED a new 82" TV. You don't NEED that hard to find Pokemon card. And if you MUST HAVE any of them and paying the price someone asks, you just told the market that this is how much you value it at. It reminds me of when I sold my Ring Fit Adventure last June for $185 on eBay. Nobody NEEDED it. Nobody was going to die without it. Nobody's life was at risk. The buyer decided that it was worth $185 to him, so he got it. It wasn't worth $185 to me, so I preferred the cash.

The next time your brain tells you that you NEED a Ferrari Enzo, but don't want to pay the "scalper price" of over 2.6 million, try trading them your lightly used Nintendo Switch with 5 games and just a little bit of Joy-Con drift.

You all are so spoiled and entitled. The greedy ones are you who think the world owes you anything.