Love how consumer friendly gamepass is but how exactly dose it make them any money? Netflix has bad to raise its prices year after year to stay profitable and there production cost has to be less then making these AAA games microsoft throws on gamepass. Is it the plan to build a large sub base then raise the price? They cant make all the much off gamepass monthly then distribute shares of the profits across the various game devs that contribute that they don't own.
@WhiteTrashGuy wish they would let us store games on hard drives and move them over to the sd cards since sd cards top off at 1tb and i got at least 3 tb of games at this point
@Specter_of-the_OLED its well known that Numbered series suffer a sales slump the higher the number it gets. People not willing to buy into a series late in its run afraid to be missing something.
So to avoid this issue instead of numbering the future Monster Hunter releases in the main line series they have turned to subtitling it instead. World is offically Monster Hunter 5 and Rise is officially 6. Numbered monster hunter will not return best your gonna get is maybe a World 2 but id put my money on that being subtitled different possibly with World still in the Title alongside a secondary title.
There hasn’t been a numbered monster hunter since 4 and we have seen them have a huge successful run with the subtitled runs that have followed with Generations selling well, World selling massively and Rise selling Very well too.
These are not spin offs (Stories was and Generations was considered a fan celebration spin off.) World and rise are the beginning of Modern Monster Hunter and with the success of both it would honestly be dumb to go back to the old school numbering system.
@QuickSilver88 think its a modified x1 they list it as x1+ and its a updated smaller chipset with better power demand output and less heat output. Makes sense why nintendo is waiting when you explain it this way on a switch pro or 2. Think they had originally planned on it for this year and had arranged for the oled screen production alongside the new chip set coming around the same time then all hell broke loose last year. Now Nintendo was faced with all these new screens still coming on time but no new system ready for them so the adapted and just put them on the original system and released it as the oled. Doubt will see the next system until the chipset supply issues are settled and they reveal the next gen chipset. Probably no earlier then 2023
@YusseiWarrior3000 do you know your saying something thats five years old and was built with pretty much dated tech then is more powerful then pretty much state of the art chip sets? From pure power standpoint I guarantee most new phones are more powerful then the switch. But continue to make your fanboy arguments. Love my switch hell i got the oled but it’s honestly disingenuous and just kinda dumb to argue that its more powerful then the phones whose chipsets have advanced in the last five years the same chips that are used in tablets of witch the switch is a modified version of. The switch is literally built with a tablet chip set thats nearly 7 years old now one that has been advanced several times over since some of witch those very advanced sets are being used in modern phones
@YusseiWarrior3000 ya I acknowledge its a bit downgraded from the other ports but many on here are saying its a downgrade from the og games witch is ridiculous
@Gerald really hoping all the music survives ill consider not getting it if it don’t. The music alone made vice city and San andreas. And the original soundtrack of 3 was fun too
Those calling this a downgrade have a real rose tinted glasses thing going on. These look great i suggest re examination of your memory cause it’s definitely faulty if you think this is downgraded. Not as significant of a upgrade ill give you that but hell even without the visual being 100% equal to the other consoles the control upgrade and general polishing of the games makes this a upgrade in itself.
I bet we will see it as long as the Mario and Kong movies are successful followed by a Yoshi film maybe a Wario in a Mario sequel and more ultimately cumulating in a Avengers style team up Smash Bros movie
Id tell this dev to go play hyrule warriors aoc and tell me we dont need more power. The slowdown in that game is the perfect showcase for how outdated the switch is
Hoping that high nso price means they will have actually worth while games added to the service going forward. Surprised this has rumble out of the box and Nintendo didn’t try to justify selling separate rumble packs for “nostalgia” at a ridiculous price
They are a few generations behind still and have yet to release all of the ones from the last few generations they have dropped. More will be added before they catch up. And if all else fails they could do a Ultra Beasts type thing and release pokemon unique to GO that only show up in the go app
Theres been a few claimed Leaks saying it will be 9.99 a month. This is completely ridiculous itll cost more then the original plan at that point 20$ a year for the basic plan 120$ a year for just 64 and Sega really hoping Nintendo isn’t that dumb
Other reviews have stated that there are menu options that completely solve the sizing of text problem you point out and make it perfectly legible in handheld mode. Might want to check it out and maybe mention it in a edited review since if this is true that negative isn’t the games fault its your reviewers for not exploring the menu options
Thinking originally it was supposed to be open world Breath of the Wild type but they quickly realized that the Switch slowed way down when attempting to load so much so they split it into more manageable zones smaller maps probably helped stabilize the game.
@anoyonmus its really not like Fox was doing very good with either Alien or Predator before though. Neither have had a great movie in years and Disney through Marvel has actually produced some decent comics already with the Alien Franchise
@DreamerZ they wont give me free content after i buy a 100 plus hour game wahhh wahhh man the people coming from World are entitled as hell. Happy to get free content but to expect more and more for absolutely free or act like its a slap in the face is ridiculous.
So i just had a thought. This game is launching on October 8th right? So why would Nintendo dropping the Smash final reveal on the same day? Why pull focus from there next big release like this? What if the final character is being announced on the same day as Dreads release because its tied together as marketing for both! Ie the final Smash character is
E.M.M.I
With the dread amiibo acting as its smash Amiibo as well
@Zyph ya no gaming pc here and having one that makes it easy for me to play pc games as easy as a console for basically the same price of a high end console im in. Portability is a huge plus as well always been a more portable centric gamer.
@Zyph plan on grabing a steam deck portable whenever i can get one and this will be definitely played on it. Get all the pc bells with improved graphics while still portable
Thinking about replacing my lite with this is it gonna be difficult to transfer over to it? Am i gonna have to redownload all my 1 tb of games? Or can i switch my full micro sd card over?
@Xeno_Aura wouldn’t you still need a headset on PC? Plus vc is troublesome on switch unlike the other systems. Guess the only place you wouldn’t need a headset is phones.
You mean they haven’t abandoned it more then they already have. Doubt will see anything we actually want (Earthbound Super mario rpg Chrono) since most are shared ip with a company that would rather release them at a premium instead of handing them out on this service
@HalBailman my point is that the difference between a “pro” or a “2” will probably be moot. It’ll ultimately still be just a beefier Switch when they release it. Itll play all the same games ie bwc but have its own library as well. Though i could see Nintendo wanting to make even those games playable on the og models as well since they wont want to abandon that huge pool of possible purchases. Witch would effectively make it the pro even if it is a sequel.
The clean generation break model is a nearly dead one. Hell even look at the competition… most of the PS5 games are also released on PS4 making that generation break very muddy. I suspect so will the Switchs successors will also be.
@johnvboy while its not completely common for Nintendo to do they did do it with the 3ds with the New 3ds model so there is precedent. While it will probably be the switch 2 or Super Switch (witch is the name i like most myself) it will be basically a upgraded switch all its existing library playable on it. But ya i agree itll be mostly a new gen version not really a pro upgrade with its own library that will be unplayable on the older models.
But who knows really its all just speculation at the moment. Doubt Nintendo would be dumb and create a next generation that isn't completely backwards compatible with the switch library though.
@LocalPenguin a oled lite makes more sense to me then the one there giving. The oled models only upgrade is the screen so its only a portable upgrade so why not put it on the portable?
@johnvboy its not a delusion its probably not coming like anytime soon like so many want but there will be one. Thinking Nintendo won’t release a new improved switch is delusional itself what there gonna stick with this model and its limited power forever? Nintendo has a console life span of 6-9 years max and has released a new one within that timeframe every generation and we are going on the 6th year of the switch.
I understand your attitude though cause so many have predicted its arrival over and over for like the last three years now. But I guarantee you there will be some sort of one sooner rather then later my guess purely a guess is its 2022 or 23 and they might have it already ready just waiting for the chip set cost to go down and supply to stabilize. My theory is this oled model was originally gonna be the pro but chip set issues disrupted that plan but they had already purchased and ordered the oled screens in mass so they decided to use them and release this slight upgrade. Surprised honestly they didn’t just put them on a modified lite though wouldn’t be shocked if a oled lite model follows next year since the chip shortage is expected to continue until next fall.
I think the Oled priced where its at is a test for a future pro model. Nintendo wants to test the water on if it can charge more for a smaller unit upgrade if it sells well they know they could charge more for the pro. Having a tier at 350 makes a 400 model look less extreme.
@Rhio2k think there saving everything for the expansion dlc. They said from the beginning they where treating this game as a complete game minus the content they where late for (the ending) not a service game like World. People rushed through the game thinking it was gonna be like world with constant added monsters for a year and not like older games where they gave dlc challenges and collaborations. Still got several hundred hours of play time and will get more when they release the expansion.
@Dirty0814 the issue i have is that people are ignoring the cost of development. How are these small indie devs supposed to sustain themselves at that price point? 30$ seems plenty reasonable hell i grew up in a time when there was no budget gaming if you wanted a game you paid the same 40-60$ as any other game (the price margin is so wide based on system and time think gb games where typically 40$ some of the earlier nintedo console games where 50 and then 60 became the norm) so getting cheaper titles is nice. Plus this game is what a ten plus hour game 3$ a hour of entertainment isn’t bad where else are you gonna get that deal not movies not really anywhere. Im gonna get it myself when i get paid just to support the creative new indie devs.
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Re: First Activision, Now EA? FIFA Publisher Is Tipped For Takeover
Love how consumer friendly gamepass is but how exactly dose it make them any money? Netflix has bad to raise its prices year after year to stay profitable and there production cost has to be less then making these AAA games microsoft throws on gamepass. Is it the plan to build a large sub base then raise the price? They cant make all the much off gamepass monthly then distribute shares of the profits across the various game devs that contribute that they don't own.
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.2.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@WhiteTrashGuy wish they would let us store games on hard drives and move them over to the sd cards since sd cards top off at 1tb and i got at least 3 tb of games at this point
Re: Ocean's Heart Is A Cute Zelda-Inspired Adventure Destined For Switch
@Mr_Fox they where pretty much Trying to make a Zelda like game. Why would they take this advice and basically no longer be making there goal?
Re: Capcom Is Adding Screen Filters To The PC Version Of Monster Hunter Rise
@Specter_of-the_OLED its well known that Numbered series suffer a sales slump the higher the number it gets. People not willing to buy into a series late in its run afraid to be missing something.
So to avoid this issue instead of numbering the future Monster Hunter releases in the main line series they have turned to subtitling it instead. World is offically Monster Hunter 5 and Rise is officially 6. Numbered monster hunter will not return best your gonna get is maybe a World 2 but id put my money on that being subtitled different possibly with World still in the Title alongside a secondary title.
There hasn’t been a numbered monster hunter since 4 and we have seen them have a huge successful run with the subtitled runs that have followed with Generations selling well, World selling massively and Rise selling Very well too.
These are not spin offs (Stories was and Generations was considered a fan celebration spin off.) World and rise are the beginning of Modern Monster Hunter and with the success of both it would honestly be dumb to go back to the old school numbering system.
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@QuickSilver88 think its a modified x1 they list it as x1+ and its a updated smaller chipset with better power demand output and less heat output. Makes sense why nintendo is waiting when you explain it this way on a switch pro or 2. Think they had originally planned on it for this year and had arranged for the oled screen production alongside the new chip set coming around the same time then all hell broke loose last year. Now Nintendo was faced with all these new screens still coming on time but no new system ready for them so the adapted and just put them on the original system and released it as the oled. Doubt will see the next system until the chipset supply issues are settled and they reveal the next gen chipset. Probably no earlier then 2023
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@YusseiWarrior3000 rock i am leaving? Dude you cant even get the saying right thats how Wrong you are
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@YusseiWarrior3000 do you know your saying something thats five years old and was built with pretty much dated tech then is more powerful then pretty much state of the art chip sets? From pure power standpoint I guarantee most new phones are more powerful then the switch. But continue to make your fanboy arguments. Love my switch hell i got the oled but it’s honestly disingenuous and just kinda dumb to argue that its more powerful then the phones whose chipsets have advanced in the last five years the same chips that are used in tablets of witch the switch is a modified version of. The switch is literally built with a tablet chip set thats nearly 7 years old now one that has been advanced several times over since some of witch those very advanced sets are being used in modern phones
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@YusseiWarrior3000 ya I acknowledge its a bit downgraded from the other ports but many on here are saying its a downgrade from the og games witch is ridiculous
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
@Gerald really hoping all the music survives ill consider not getting it if it don’t. The music alone made vice city and San andreas. And the original soundtrack of 3 was fun too
Re: Gallery: Rockstar Shares First Screenshots Of The GTA Trilogy For Nintendo Switch
Those calling this a downgrade have a real rose tinted glasses thing going on. These look great i suggest re examination of your memory cause it’s definitely faulty if you think this is downgraded. Not as significant of a upgrade ill give you that but hell even without the visual being 100% equal to the other consoles the control upgrade and general polishing of the games makes this a upgrade in itself.
Re: Metroid Dread's Producer Would Like To See Samus In Her Own Movie One Day
I bet we will see it as long as the Mario and Kong movies are successful followed by a Yoshi film maybe a Wario in a Mario sequel and more ultimately cumulating in a Avengers style team up Smash Bros movie
Re: From The Makers Of 'Piano', 'Drums', And 'Guitar' Comes... 'Handpan'
Needs more Cowbell
Re: World War Z Swarms Onto Switch In November, Gets A Glitzy New Trailer
@Rayquaza2510 almost all file sizes are loads smaller on switch.
Re: Sony's Censors Strike As Switch Gets '20 Ladies' While PS4 Gets '20 Bunnies'
The opening of this article sounds like the contrived set up for a stuck in porno 😂
Re: Review: Fatal Frame: Maiden Of Black Water - A Ghostly Wii U Treat Resurfaces On Switch
They really need to make a pokemon go like game from this series. Give us a Camera Obscura app and let us hunt Ghosts in the world around us
Re: "I Don't Think The Switch Needs A More Powerful Version" Says 'World War Z' Lead Designer
Id tell this dev to go play hyrule warriors aoc and tell me we dont need more power. The slowdown in that game is the perfect showcase for how outdated the switch is
Re: "I Don't Think The Switch Needs A More Powerful Version" Says 'World War Z' Lead Designer
@sanderev and Nintendo doesn’t sell you the same games again and again? Umm what universe do you live in?
Re: Suda51 Says It Would Be "Really Cool" To Reboot Or Remake Nintendo's Older IP
He would be perfect for a Eternal Darkness reimagining
Re: Yes, The Nintendo 64 Controller For Switch Has Rumble
Hoping that high nso price means they will have actually worth while games added to the service going forward. Surprised this has rumble out of the box and Nintendo didn’t try to justify selling separate rumble packs for “nostalgia” at a ridiculous price
Re: So, What Happens When Pokémon GO Runs Out Of New Pokémon?
They are a few generations behind still and have yet to release all of the ones from the last few generations they have dropped. More will be added before they catch up. And if all else fails they could do a Ultra Beasts type thing and release pokemon unique to GO that only show up in the go app
Re: Poll: What's A Fair Price For The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack?
Theres been a few claimed Leaks saying it will be 9.99 a month. This is completely ridiculous itll cost more then the original plan at that point 20$ a year for the basic plan 120$ a year for just 64 and Sega really hoping Nintendo isn’t that dumb
Re: Capcom Says It's Unable To Add Cross-Save And Cross-Play To Monster Hunter Rise
Why ask this in the survey if its not possible?
Re: Review: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut - Still An Absolute Triumph On Switch
Other reviews have stated that there are menu options that completely solve the sizing of text problem you point out and make it perfectly legible in handheld mode. Might want to check it out and maybe mention it in a edited review since if this is true that negative isn’t the games fault its your reviewers for not exploring the menu options
Re: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Won't Actually Be An Open-World Game
Thinking originally it was supposed to be open world Breath of the Wild type but they quickly realized that the Switch slowed way down when attempting to load so much so they split it into more manageable zones smaller maps probably helped stabilize the game.
Re: Video: Why Didn't Square Enix Port The Kingdom Hearts Collection To Switch?
@anoyonmus its really not like Fox was doing very good with either Alien or Predator before though. Neither have had a great movie in years and Disney through Marvel has actually produced some decent comics already with the Alien Franchise
Re: Feature: So, Who Will Be The Final Fighter In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
When was this written? Wonderful 101 rumored switch port? Ive had it for switch for like a year?
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.4.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@DreamerZ they wont give me free content after i buy a 100 plus hour game wahhh wahhh man the people coming from World are entitled as hell. Happy to get free content but to expect more and more for absolutely free or act like its a slap in the face is ridiculous.
Re: Metroid Dread Report Volume 9 Outlines Some Tweaks To Key Features
Would be nice if they would release Fusion alongside it.
Re: Metroid Dread Report Volume 9 Outlines Some Tweaks To Key Features
Hmm 🤔 thought for sure it was the 8th well there goes my theory… but still i could see it
Re: Metroid Dread Report Volume 9 Outlines Some Tweaks To Key Features
So i just had a thought. This game is launching on October 8th right? So why would Nintendo dropping the Smash final reveal on the same day? Why pull focus from there next big release like this? What if the final character is being announced on the same day as Dreads release because its tied together as marketing for both! Ie the final Smash character is
E.M.M.I
With the dread amiibo acting as its smash Amiibo as well
Re: Want Cross-Play And Cross-Progression In Monster Hunter Rise? Let Capcom Know In This Survey
@Zyph ya no gaming pc here and having one that makes it easy for me to play pc games as easy as a console for basically the same price of a high end console im in. Portability is a huge plus as well always been a more portable centric gamer.
Re: Want Cross-Play And Cross-Progression In Monster Hunter Rise? Let Capcom Know In This Survey
@Zyph plan on grabing a steam deck portable whenever i can get one and this will be definitely played on it. Get all the pc bells with improved graphics while still portable
Re: The First Switch OLED Comparison Video Has Surfaced
Thinking about replacing my lite with this is it gonna be difficult to transfer over to it? Am i gonna have to redownload all my 1 tb of games? Or can i switch my full micro sd card over?
Re: 'Dandy Ace' Looks Like Hades X Persona, And It's Out On Switch Today
Gambit the sorcerer supreme the game
Re: Mini Review: Project Winter - Social Deduction That Survives But Doesn't Thrive On Switch
@BoBFiSh nice you never know with switch Nintendo just refuses to get with the time
Re: Tetris Effect: Connected
Dont think so im guessing 40$ but ya its odd theres no price
Re: Mini Review: Project Winter - Social Deduction That Survives But Doesn't Thrive On Switch
@Xeno_Aura wouldn’t you still need a headset on PC? Plus vc is troublesome on switch unlike the other systems. Guess the only place you wouldn’t need a headset is phones.
Re: Feature: Tackling A Timey Wimey Virus In Doctor Who: The Edge Of Reality
Any idea how much this is gonna be?
Re: Don't Worry, Nintendo Isn't Abandoning Switch Online's SNES And NES Libraries
@SmaggTheSmug Earthbound is also square
Re: Don't Worry, Nintendo Isn't Abandoning Switch Online's SNES And NES Libraries
You mean they haven’t abandoned it more then they already have. Doubt will see anything we actually want (Earthbound Super mario rpg Chrono) since most are shared ip with a company that would rather release them at a premium instead of handing them out on this service
Re: Talking Point: The Switch Is Following Nintendo's Successful Portable Playbook
@HalBailman my point is that the difference between a “pro” or a “2” will probably be moot. It’ll ultimately still be just a beefier Switch when they release it. Itll play all the same games ie bwc but have its own library as well. Though i could see Nintendo wanting to make even those games playable on the og models as well since they wont want to abandon that huge pool of possible purchases. Witch would effectively make it the pro even if it is a sequel.
The clean generation break model is a nearly dead one. Hell even look at the competition… most of the PS5 games are also released on PS4 making that generation break very muddy. I suspect so will the Switchs successors will also be.
Re: Talking Point: The Switch Is Following Nintendo's Successful Portable Playbook
@johnvboy while its not completely common for Nintendo to do they did do it with the 3ds with the New 3ds model so there is precedent. While it will probably be the switch 2 or Super Switch (witch is the name i like most myself) it will be basically a upgraded switch all its existing library playable on it. But ya i agree itll be mostly a new gen version not really a pro upgrade with its own library that will be unplayable on the older models.
But who knows really its all just speculation at the moment. Doubt Nintendo would be dumb and create a next generation that isn't completely backwards compatible with the switch library though.
Re: Talking Point: The Switch Is Following Nintendo's Successful Portable Playbook
@LocalPenguin a oled lite makes more sense to me then the one there giving. The oled models only upgrade is the screen so its only a portable upgrade so why not put it on the portable?
Re: Talking Point: The Switch Is Following Nintendo's Successful Portable Playbook
@johnvboy its not a delusion its probably not coming like anytime soon like so many want but there will be one. Thinking Nintendo won’t release a new improved switch is delusional itself what there gonna stick with this model and its limited power forever? Nintendo has a console life span of 6-9 years max and has released a new one within that timeframe every generation and we are going on the 6th year of the switch.
I understand your attitude though cause so many have predicted its arrival over and over for like the last three years now. But I guarantee you there will be some sort of one sooner rather then later my guess purely a guess is its 2022 or 23 and they might have it already ready just waiting for the chip set cost to go down and supply to stabilize. My theory is this oled model was originally gonna be the pro but chip set issues disrupted that plan but they had already purchased and ordered the oled screens in mass so they decided to use them and release this slight upgrade. Surprised honestly they didn’t just put them on a modified lite though wouldn’t be shocked if a oled lite model follows next year since the chip shortage is expected to continue until next fall.
Re: Talking Point: The Switch Is Following Nintendo's Successful Portable Playbook
I think the Oled priced where its at is a test for a future pro model. Nintendo wants to test the water on if it can charge more for a smaller unit upgrade if it sells well they know they could charge more for the pro. Having a tier at 350 makes a 400 model look less extreme.
Re: Monster Hunter Rise Adds Mega Man's Rush In New Collab
@Rhio2k think there saving everything for the expansion dlc. They said from the beginning they where treating this game as a complete game minus the content they where late for (the ending) not a service game like World. People rushed through the game thinking it was gonna be like world with constant added monsters for a year and not like older games where they gave dlc challenges and collaborations. Still got several hundred hours of play time and will get more when they release the expansion.
Re: Review: SkateBIRD - A Chirpy, Charming Tony Hawk-Alike That Fails To Stick The Landing
@CharlieGirl more a description really not really a pun.
Re: Review: SkateBIRD - A Chirpy, Charming Tony Hawk-Alike That Fails To Stick The Landing
They really missed a good punny name and should of just called it Tiny Hawk and made the main skater a small hawk
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.0.0 Is Now Live
Wasted money on the adapter
Re: Review: Ultra Age - Surprisingly Satisfying Devil May Cry-Style Hack-And-Slash Action
@Dirty0814 the issue i have is that people are ignoring the cost of development. How are these small indie devs supposed to sustain themselves at that price point? 30$ seems plenty reasonable hell i grew up in a time when there was no budget gaming if you wanted a game you paid the same 40-60$ as any other game (the price margin is so wide based on system and time think gb games where typically 40$ some of the earlier nintedo console games where 50 and then 60 became the norm) so getting cheaper titles is nice. Plus this game is what a ten plus hour game 3$ a hour of entertainment isn’t bad where else are you gonna get that deal not movies not really anywhere. Im gonna get it myself when i get paid just to support the creative new indie devs.