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@Mocznik Mario is more well known globally than Mickey Mouse.

Woof. This comment section. If these people were around in 1998 Ocarina of Time would have been panned for running at an incredibly inconsistent 20fps.

“we prioritized fun and playability.”

And that right there is why Nintendo has been king of the gaming landscape since 1985.

@ShieldHero that sucks. Thankfully I managed to load up my Wii U with virtual console games before the eshop shut down.

I use a crt for my non HD consoles. Playing the OG Super Mario Bros just looks right on one.

All NSO games should have an option for individual purchase. Period.

Game companies are raising prices while replacing real work and workers with AI. They obviously think gamers will let them get away with that. It remains to be seen if they do.

y'all really seem to want it to be $700.

“Put your hands together if you wanna clap. As we do not credit the writer of this rap. Huh!”

2% of voters hate video games.

So we're finally here. Performing for you. If you know the words you can join in too. Put your hands together, if you wanna clap. As we do not credit the writer of this rap. Huh!

So Nintendo is making the Switch 1 even worse to try and get me to buy a Switch 2. Nice.

Bros can’t be both complaining about the price and the lack of an OLED screen.

@Medic_alert game companies want you to switch to all digital. They want to be able to completely control the prices of games without second hand physical versions keeping the prices lower. You do what you want. But the industry will be worse off if physical versions completely disappear.

This is really dumb. That means when Capcom joins the chorus of game companies trying to force the death of physical media they’ll point to how 100% of their Switch 2 sales are digital. Which isn’t really true.

Game companies do not care about preservation whatsoever.

I think I'll pick up Prime 4 on Switch 1 and then take a good break from gaming for a while. It's too expensive and too time consuming. And I've honestly just not been enjoying it as much as I used to.

I think the Switch 2 will end up being my last Nintendo console. By the time the Switch 3 comes out physical games will not exist at all and most games will probably have substantial generative AI contributions in development. I ain’t about all that. It really feels like my future participation in the hobby is starting to wind down.

Right. And I'm sure game companies raising prices within a month of new tariffs has nothing to do with said tariffs. Total coincidence. Sure.

@Jester676 I'd agree with you. If I hadn't already been deliberately avoiding smart devices for years. I do have a phone. But that's the one device I have and I know where it is at all times and just assume it's recording me constantly. That might seem a bit paranoid. But it's probably not that far from the truth.

If they follow up raising their game prices with using AI generated art in their games. I'd be done with them. I am not ever giving my money to a company that outsources creativity to AI ever. Period. I may as well type my own prompts into AI for free at that point.

Can we get a real release date for Metroid please?

I don't know why people would want to put a tech company's camera in your house.

I'm convinced that if tariff man didn't win these things just wouldn't exist at all. Or at least be way less prevalent. These obviously exist to keep the costs of physical versions as low as possible. Now why would companies suddenly need to think about keeping physical goods from costing so much? What recent occurrences have made all three main gaming companies raise their prices? Gee I wonder.

@DiggleDog Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo have all raised prices since Trump enacted tariffs. That's not politics. That's reality. People want to burry their heads in the sand and pretend politics doesn't impact real life. But inevitably reality's waves will wash up onto the beach and drench everything there, whether buried in the sand or not.

@Medic_alert Can you explain how game key cards are worse than buying a digital game, then? One is resalable until the servers shut down. One is not. Both become unusable once the servers shut down unless you already have the data downloaded on your system. I just don't get the anger. Still better than full digital. Probably will be cheaper too since used game key cards will be around for at least the next 10ish years until Nintendo closes the servers.

It’s so odd to me that people are so upset about these when Nintendo has literally been charging for games you don’t get to own at all on NSO and people are totally fine with that.

So it sounds like after you use the system transfer tool you’ll lose all your data on the Switch 1. I don’t like that. I plan to keep my Switch 1 around.

"I don't think they ever really liked DK 64 that much"

Yet they decided to bring back the "Ooooh Banana!" from it.

@Chimichanga Do you know what the tariff rate the EU had on the US was before we started the trade war with them?

Guys. Everything is getting a price hike. When costs go up prices go up. And tariffs by definition raise costs.

Why we getting charged for NSO then?

Why support 120hz without VRR? Don't make no sense.

@dequesi gamechat has existed on Xbox since 2001.

@johnvboy I forgive. But I never forget.

Remember when NSO was free for like the first two years of the Switch’s life? Good times.

It’s 80 dollars because 80% still gonna buy it.

@A_WINNER_IS_Mii Sometimes the more accurate translation is actually the one that is less of a literal translation. A lot of people don't seem to get that.

Switch 2 is gonna go up to $500 and $550 with Mario Kart in the US. Just watch.

Hot take. They're still better than full digital. Because they aren't at all linked to your account they still have resale value like a normal physical game. Which means you'll be able to buy used versions at a discount. I still like that better than price locked digital versions.

The best launch lineup for a system ever is the PS2.

"We're also in a very different economy now than we were in 2013"

True. Back then Trump hadn't yet overseen the start of two different recessions. Never thought I'd yearn for the days of tan suits.

If AI makes development so much easier why the prices going up?

Is there a button to turn of tariffs? Because that's really all I want at this point. My 401k can't handle much more.

I don't blame Nintendo for the pricing at all. The most powerful person in the World has been talking up his tariffs for a while now. Uncertainty costs. And anyone paying attention has been uncertain about how tariffs will be implemented since at least last summer. You add to that the entire World's post covid inflation. I know it hurts people's feelings, but Nintendo isn't a charity. They're here to make money. And when you price in the inflation and uncertainty around tariffs (not to mention the actual cost of tariffs). None of this is remotely surprising. It's why the entire Post War era was built on stability and predictability. It makes doing business cheaper and makes prices for consumers lower. Maybe someday we'll get back to that.

Us Wii U adopters ain't looking so foolish now.

Want: Individually purchased GameCube games

11/12

Got the Oracle question wrong. Those are the only two Zelda games I haven't played yet.

People cannot complain about the price of the console and the lack of OLED. How do you think costs work? A more expensive screen means a more expensive console. Add tariffs and a shaken world economy to that mix. Frankly I'm shocked the system is a cheap as it is.

Well. The US just increased the prices of physical goods. So the alternative is that they also raise the price of digital games to match physical. I'm willing to bet most people aren't in favor of that either.