TheRazor

@tourjeff Maybe they didn’t get developer consoles? 🤷‍♂️

/s 😄

@Blueyesowl83 I did. For real. I’m having a blast with my “broken” upgrade.

And just so you know, all that stuff in the code didn’t magically happen. Someone out in the work to get it there. Is it perfect? No. Whether there will be additional updates? Who knows. If so it wouldn’t be the first time a patch was released for a game.

@Samalik Fixed it just for you. Everything a business does has a budget attached to it. Some projects go over it, some under. Rarely do we know which does what.

I want games to be their best and for developers to improve their work whenever possible. If it means they need to collect additional funds to cover costs then so be it. If they have money left over in the budget to cover it, all the better. Ultimately consumers get to decide whether the investment was worth it.

Enough business 101 for you, I have some Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Switch 2 Upgrade to play.

@Dpullam Funny you should say that, I completely missed X during the Wii U days. Didn’t know it was a thing. I bought this thinking it was the original and it caught me off guard. I didn’t like it either at first, but it has grown on me.

@Samalik Yup. Bought it for the Switch. Awesome thing is that it works fine on the S2 and didn’t have to spend a dime! What’s cool was Monoliftsoft commissioned a team to make a new version of the game and only charge $5 for it, if you want it.

Nintendo isn’t a charity. They take calculated risks to provide a service they believe their customers are looking for. If they do a good job and people like it, they make money and the people remain customers.

They aren’t releasing these new projects out of the kindness of their hearts or to lose money. Only government can get away with taking someone else’s money to give you things for free.

@StorminNorman 😂 The only thing I found is that you feel everyone is entitled to their own opinion, as long as it aligns with yours.

I bought a copy in your honor. 👍

@StorminNorman Oh boy, another intellectual to provide a distinction without a difference.

Blow has been vocal on freedom of choice, and freedom of consequence from choice. He’s not a collective kind of guy.

You’ve made several responses to my post and have yet added anything to the conversation. Why do so many see him as a bad guy? Help us understand.

@Samalik I’d argue Nintendo is a a business and not a charity. Unless it’s a promotion, why would they give anything away?

@BLK_4EVER You are still able to play the original version. You are not forced to upgrade. That said resources were used to make the improvements and to test them. Those people did not work for free and are entitled to receive financial compensation for their time. Would you work for free?

@StorminNorman You couldn’t be any more vague. Where am I wrong?

How is EA Sports NHL 26 considered “new” when it’s been out for months?

@AgentGuapo From what I’ve been learing he’s not a communist or socialist and the hive mentality doesn’t like that.

@Deltarogue 😄 Identical situation. We must have bought it in the same deal. Mine is still sealed.

This looks terrible. I’m not a frame rate nerd, but what is it here? 10, 15 FPS?

Sony, just give us Hell Divers II.

@storyofalex That’s what I did. Although I have such a backlog that if there are any other bugs they’ll be fixed by the time I get to it. 😄

@MattmanForever ah, so he was shilling for those experimental jabs and breathing in your own spittle over and over? Yuck.🤮

@AussieMcBucket That one over there, next to those two.

@storyofalex I had this on my list but waited because of the issues. It’s also now on sale until the first of March. Have you played the update?

@FishyS No pain, no gain. 😉

@Fishmasterflex96 Correct, I was responding to your, “they could make playable games on disc if they wanted to.”

We might be saying the same thing. They could fit the entire game on a disc if they wanted to, but you would still have to install it on to your SSD. They chose not to do that at all for X-Box and only partially for PS5.

@Fishmasterflex96 The transfer speed of a S2 cartridge is roughly 4x (400MB/s) faster than the optical drives of the PS5 and X-Box whatever. Even if that were fast enough, toss in seek times, and it wouldn’t be playable from a disc. Now selling it on a disc and making it download to your SSD is another topic.

@jsty3105 😂 I had to look up “Loaded.” I obviously missed the news CDKeys is no more.

Confirmation from Bethesda.
https://x.com/bethesda/status/2019446765750022245?s=61&t=N1R5yjgnbMjsw4jsWg3Rsw

@antlion The scenery looks great, and the music and sound appear to be awesome, but from everything I’ve seen the animation looks like it came from late PS3/early PS4 days.

Are we getting a true physical release or just a crappy key card?

I’ve just been buying store cards at Sam’s, Costco, etc. when they have decent discounts. Not necessarily huge savings, but rarely is on Nintendo stuff.

@Strawblaze If I had to guess, I’d say somewhere around 50% after you figure in all the engineering time required to get the games running, the hardware design, and making it all work together.

Not saying this is you, but most people don’t realize the amount of R&D that goes in to something like this. Especially for what is basically a limited run for nostalgia nuts like myself. Don’t forget to include packaging, advertising, and freight, both from the factory to the warehouse, and from the warehouse to your door. Material costs are low, engineering costs are high.

A lot goes in to “a simple piece of plastic.”

@Dimjimmer My guess, this is probably work reserved for in-terms and/or junior developers. Once they prove themselves here they move them on to bigger and better projects. Until someone new comes along this work just sits there.

@Strawblaze it does seem crazy at first, but not when scale of manufacturing and purchase of additional content are added to the equation.

To simplify things, Nintendo is going to sell a lot of these, but probably not in the same numbers as the Meta headset. Also, Meta headsets are sold at a loss (or low profit margin if any profit at all) in the plan that owners need to purchase games for it to function. In addition they get to collection more information on you and turn around and sell that to advertisers.

As we all know Nintendo will not sell anything at a loss. There are no additional purchases to cover for a loss/low profit margin. So they need to make a profit up front on each unit sold.

FYI, it’s available now.
https://x.com/ballxpit/status/2015832864084934817?s=61&t=N1R5yjgnbMjsw4jsWg3Rsw

It’s a mess out there. Thank you accountants, business managers, and often hiring the lowest common denominator staff to work on these projects.

@Dr_Awkward who said anything about the sex of the character? Save the make believe battles for the games. This game failed for the same reasons Disney Star Wars has failed. Characters no one cares about, and poor quality control.

Anything else exists purely in your head.

So help me out here. You have VII Remastered, which was just released with VIII in a dual cart in December. How does this differ?

@Dr_Awkward Screeching? That’s what you want to go with? People said their piece about them. And the people weren’t wrong. The QC on SW was a complete joke. And let’s be honest , if you’re going to have a Han Solo game, put Han in it.

@Twilite9 Pro tip, when you don’t properly cite your sources you lose your credibility.

@Pillowpants I wouldn’t say corporate greed, it’s more like corporate decisions. Give the people what they’re not asking for, and do it as lazily as possible. I wouldn’t call that greed. I think corporate arrogance is more fitting.

@Phelaidar I want to go to that grocery store! Where is it?

@Yoshi3 Nah, we like both. Fortunately for us we get to have them both, just sometimes with a little more covering them up than normal. 👍🏼

@TheRazor Oh man, I'm sorry I thought you were joking around. I hope that you are. Need a buddy to talk to?

@Zeebor15 Sounds like a good time down there in Marlboro country.

Surprised, no honorable mention for Hitman: World of Assassination?

Generally speaking I’m fine with Nintendo charging for updates when there’s work to be done. That said, charging for the upgrade when the games were developed side by side, and you know there’s going to be a ton of Switch2’s underneath the Christmas tree, just feels wrong.

Don’t know what I’m more surprised at. Nintendo Switch Sports Made the list, or that it moved up a spot.

@electrolite77
You think the number is that high? I think most of the gaming world will continue on not realizing they’re supposed to be outraged by that. 😉

@gcunit

Special edition, next fall.

Hardware update, 2-3 years? Maybe longer if it continues to sell as well as it does.

@foursider Nintendo needs better leaders. What’s between their legs doesn’t make a difference.

@Jimmy_G_Buckets Agreed. Why would she need a bike when she has a ship?

@montrayjak 😂 Mine was in there for years. I think they finally canceled it a year ago.

For that kind of money just get the official Pro 2 controller and be able to wake the consol, NFC, and a headphone jack. (Don’t know if you can replace the battery in it.)

@Ellie-Moo I literally am in the process of doing what you’re thinking. I am getting my butt handed to me in Battles. Despite being top 2-3 in my group, I’ve only won one game. I hope this patch helps. Still fun though.