If there's one thing i hate more than the fast fashion disposablity of digital only games, its the continuing commercialization of the FGC. What used to be a wholesome collection of weebs playing Mahvel in a hotel lobby (with BlazBlue in the bathroom) has now become a seriess hyper sterilized, aggressively blue, extended commercial for the same 6 items over and over again.
It's the weird middle-ground we're stuck in that I hate: too commercial to have soul, not commercial enough to have some $&#+ VARIETY in the ads. I watch 30 minutes of Guulty Gear pools and I've already seen the same stupid add for overpriced monitors 5 times
@Spaceman44 No, that's still Microsoft. Xbox has gone all digital on their home turf, and won't tell people if a game on PlayStation is the actual game or a license check only. Key Cards may be only one step above Denovu on Steam in terms of lack of Consumer rights, but at least Nintendo is forcing publishers to be honest about it.
In fact, this forced honesty may be why we're still getting codes in boxes anyway. Much like cigarettes to vaping, Key cards are all forced to have the same big white disclaimer, while the code in boxes have no such standardization (yet) meaning The Three Presidents can hide the disclaimer in the background where it wont be noticed by the general, tech iliterate consumer
Embracing the term "Spin-off" tells me this will be a seperate exe from Splatoon 3, similar to Torna. We can only hope that it gets a proper, seperate release, cause I don't want to pay $80 for Splatoon 3 Again with an extra story mode.
Xenoblade X is the only time I'm going through that, cause I doubt Splatoon 3 will sure me the true form of Heaven's Light.
Also, you guys get notifications from Nintendo Today?
If we can't call it a sequel or remake then we need to start normalizing calling things "the Xenoblade X to (game) instead.
Also, this was originally a Kickstarter called Towers of Samsara that failed. Good for Illex for getting it made, but any references to the original search action game will probably feel tacked on.
Wonder if Wade will day and date the physical, or delay it some months like Breakout and Power Rangers
@Jaded_Alyx ...huh. I always just assume anyone of note involved in Saudi Arabia's sports washing scheme is somehow part of the royal family. What with how huge it is
I don't know who any of these celebrities are anymore. I stopped paying attention to new ones after Robin Williams died, and stopped watching live action all together after Norm went.
At present the Super Switch is the worst console since the Xbox One with an almost entirely digital only launch line-up, and more * and conditions to even boot the thing up than a car loan. I will be buying Rune Factory and Armored Core 7 to support Marvelous USA for being the only good third party publisher left (still no clue on who to credit Cyberpunk too since CDP doesn't do their own printing and distro) but I see no purpose to the Super Switch at this time.
In an effort to improve my Hater Efficiency (TM) I will be posting the same comment on every story relating to the Keighley Summer Vanity Sideshow and Discount Used Pretzels Show: I do not like Geoff Keighley as a producer, coordinator, or human being.
Marvelous USA is the only publisher that still does Manuals. Even LRG has pretty much given up on that. They will be the last domino to fall in the all digital future. Once not even they remain, THEN we're well and truly boned.
Phil Spencer has successfully trained the Xbox audience to expect only the worst customer service. Either they get a game key disc at Walmart, or they have to play the two year long game of darts that is waiting to see if your LRG package even shows up.
Things can't get any better. They only get worse and then you die.
If they ever show up at VGP or Amazon, then maybe I'll believe them. That's the only context in which I feel safe interacting with LRG. They are not an organization you want to be left alone in a room with.
... those puns are bad, and the title is very misleading, but at least it isn't directly calling them the anti-christ like every other Embracer headline.
I feel like SAG has no right to represent a dead man. Though I thought it was a bad idea at the time, Jones saw the writing on the wall and was simply too old to bother fighting what would happen following his passing whether he wanted to or not. At least this way his family gets paid (supposedly).
Plus, Fortnite is a non-union project to begin with. The ads have voice acting, but the characters are as silent as Kirby in game... unless the Rock Band mode somehow countsz but that's the ICA, not SAG
The good news, Jones thought ahead, and specifically outlined what could and could not be done with his voice in AI following his death. If dropping F's in chat wasn't allowed, his family has grounds to sue Epic. Which would almost make it all worth it
Oh THAT'S what Tribe Nine was? Honestly, the name just made me think ot was yet another Tencent and/or NetEase gacha and my brain automatically filed it under "lol. lmao."
@Magician Microsoft, EA, Take-Two, and Ubisoft may be large sections of the industry, but they aren't the entirety. More and more distributors have been popping building their entire sales pitch on "physical ownership cause you can't trust LRG" Red Art, iam8bit, the expansion of U&I. Meanwhile, I've been seeing a bunch of people STOP buying Microsoft games, most notably the one you listed, because it's just gotten to the point of being pure insult.
The only people who want consumers to think it's the standard are companies who hate the consumer.
I hope Third parties see a precipitous drop in sales on Super Switch if they continue to use Key Cards. Doug's excuse only applies to the biggest third party games, and the single biggest third party launch game is the ONE that's actually a cartridge so that's immediately thrown out the window before Doug even had a chance to say it
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Re: Street Fighter 6's Switch 2 Version Declared Tournament Legal By Capcom
@OwenGamer22 Well, Skullgirls is just cursed. This is why you get your coding and programming skills from Demons, kids. NOT Genies
Re: Street Fighter 6's Switch 2 Version Declared Tournament Legal By Capcom
If there's one thing i hate more than the fast fashion disposablity of digital only games, its the continuing commercialization of the FGC. What used to be a wholesome collection of weebs playing Mahvel in a hotel lobby (with BlazBlue in the bathroom) has now become a seriess hyper sterilized, aggressively blue, extended commercial for the same 6 items over and over again.
It's the weird middle-ground we're stuck in that I hate: too commercial to have soul, not commercial enough to have some $&#+ VARIETY in the ads. I watch 30 minutes of Guulty Gear pools and I've already seen the same stupid add for overpriced monitors 5 times
Re: Disgaea 7 Complete Is Launching Exclusively On Switch 2 In The West
And like everyone that's not Xseed it's Digital only. Well that's a shame
Re: Review: Date Everything! (Switch) - Stellar Final Fantasy & Persona Voice Cast Deliver A Bonkers But Buggy Sim
Still mad we didn't get Tokemeki HD
Re: Capcom Is Recording Switch 2 Game-Key Card Purchases As "Digital Sales"
@Spaceman44 No, that's still Microsoft. Xbox has gone all digital on their home turf, and won't tell people if a game on PlayStation is the actual game or a license check only. Key Cards may be only one step above Denovu on Steam in terms of lack of Consumer rights, but at least Nintendo is forcing publishers to be honest about it.
In fact, this forced honesty may be why we're still getting codes in boxes anyway. Much like cigarettes to vaping, Key cards are all forced to have the same big white disclaimer, while the code in boxes have no such standardization (yet) meaning The Three Presidents can hide the disclaimer in the background where it wont be noticed by the general, tech iliterate consumer
Re: Capcom Is Recording Switch 2 Game-Key Card Purchases As "Digital Sales"
Well at least they're calling a spade a spade
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game Card Cases
There are more Super Switch game caed holders than there are actual Super Switch cartridges
Re: Splatoon Raiders, A New Splatoon Spin-Off, Is Confirmed For Switch 2
@Sylamp But will it have box? That's the torture of the modern day: the ability to buy and own is not the default
Re: Splatoon Raiders, A New Splatoon Spin-Off, Is Confirmed For Switch 2
Embracing the term "Spin-off" tells me this will be a seperate exe from Splatoon 3, similar to Torna. We can only hope that it gets a proper, seperate release, cause I don't want to pay $80 for Splatoon 3 Again with an extra story mode.
Xenoblade X is the only time I'm going through that, cause I doubt Splatoon 3 will sure me the true form of Heaven's Light.
Also, you guys get notifications from Nintendo Today?
Re: Classic Atari 2600 Title 'Adventure' Is Being Revived As A Metroidvania
If we can't call it a sequel or remake then we need to start normalizing calling things "the Xenoblade X to (game) instead.
Also, this was originally a Kickstarter called Towers of Samsara that failed. Good for Illex for getting it made, but any references to the original search action game will probably feel tacked on.
Wonder if Wade will day and date the physical, or delay it some months like Breakout and Power Rangers
Re: Doug Bowser Promises "Steady Supply" Of Switch 2s, Nate Bihldorff Plays Mario Kart With Jimmy Fallon
Someone tell me if they make a shy guy reference. Comcast videos don't like my ad block
Re: Review: Street Fighter 6: Years 1-2 Fighters Edition (Switch 2) - Just One Caveat Holds Back Capcom's Finest
I will never not be insulted by how Capcom distributed this
Re: Publishers Are "Thanking" Nintendo For Game-Key Cards On Switch 2
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All that I am is hatred
Re: Feature: "It Was Always About Surviving Together" - Why Konami Chose This Forgotten IP For Switch 2's Launch
Konami and Unity working together directly... I'm the guy who defended Konami through all the Kojima stuff, and even I think this can't end well
Re: Sega Says It Will Stop The New Virtua Fighter Project If It's Not "Good Enough"
@Jaded_Alyx ...huh. I always just assume anyone of note involved in Saudi Arabia's sports washing scheme is somehow part of the royal family. What with how huge it is
Re: Rumour: Zelda Live-Action Movie Eyes "Popular" Princess Pick
@batmanbud2 i know
Re: Sega Says It Will Stop The New Virtua Fighter Project If It's Not "Good Enough"
@Jaded_Alyx Go back and watch the original VF6 reveal direct. It ends with a sponsorship from one of the Saudi Princes, and Nvidia
Re: Rumour: Zelda Live-Action Movie Eyes "Popular" Princess Pick
I don't know who any of these celebrities are anymore. I stopped paying attention to new ones after Robin Williams died, and stopped watching live action all together after Norm went.
Get off my lawn
Re: Sega Says It Will Stop The New Virtua Fighter Project If It's Not "Good Enough"
I'm pretty sure the Saudi pronce funding VF6 is gonna want his return on investment one way or another
Re: Poll: With One Week To Go, What Are Your Switch 2 Launch-Day Plans?
At present the Super Switch is the worst console since the Xbox One with an almost entirely digital only launch line-up, and more * and conditions to even boot the thing up than a car loan. I will be buying Rune Factory and Armored Core 7 to support Marvelous USA for being the only good third party publisher left (still no clue on who to credit Cyberpunk too since CDP doesn't do their own printing and distro) but I see no purpose to the Super Switch at this time.
Re: Unleash Your Inner 'Hot Girl' With Pikmin Bloom's Latest Collab
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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
Re: Rumour: Iconic Studio Codemasters May Soon Close For Good
Correction: WARNER killed Monolith
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Listed As A Summer Game Fest 2025 Partner
In an effort to improve my Hater Efficiency (TM) I will be posting the same comment on every story relating to the Keighley Summer Vanity Sideshow and Discount Used Pretzels Show: I do not like Geoff Keighley as a producer, coordinator, or human being.
Re: Story Of Seasons Publisher Says Physical Switch 2 Releases Are "The Right Decision For Us"
Marvelous USA is the only publisher that still does Manuals. Even LRG has pretty much given up on that. They will be the last domino to fall in the all digital future. Once not even they remain, THEN we're well and truly boned.
Re: Street Fighter 6 Somehow Combines Game-Key Card And Code-In-A-Box On Switch 2
"This situation can't possibly get any worse"
"NONSENSE"
Re: UK Charts: Hold On Just A Little Longer, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Switch 2 Is Almost Here
Who the hell are all these people STILL buying Mario Kart 8 and Grand Theft Auto 5? Its gotta be some kind of long running money laundering scheme
Re: Hellblade Looks To Be Getting A Limited Run Physical Switch Release
Phil Spencer has successfully trained the Xbox audience to expect only the worst customer service. Either they get a game key disc at Walmart, or they have to play the two year long game of darts that is waiting to see if your LRG package even shows up.
Things can't get any better. They only get worse and then you die.
Re: Feature: Limited Run Talks Switch 2 Game-Key Cards, Huge Carts & Difficult Pitches
If they ever show up at VGP or Amazon, then maybe I'll believe them. That's the only context in which I feel safe interacting with LRG. They are not an organization you want to be left alone in a room with.
Re: Feature: Universal Won't Say Anything About A Zelda Theme Park, But They Don't Have To
I'll only care if they turn all of Lake County into the Bionis.
And I do mean ALL OF IT
I want Gaur Plains TOO SCALE
Re: Embracer Group Renames Its Lord Of The Rings-Themed Gaming Division
... those puns are bad, and the title is very misleading, but at least it isn't directly calling them the anti-christ like every other Embracer headline.
Re: Randy Pitchford Defends Borderlands 4 Pricing Comment
Keep talking, Randy. It'll only fet worse for you, and that brings me joy
Re: SEGA Unveils New Sonic 'Racing Around The World' Campaign
Do drugs, children
Re: Mario + Rabbids Dev Is Hiring For A New 'AAA' Rayman Game
Oh, this won't end well
Re: Nintendo Shares More Artwork Of Diddy Kong's Brand New Design
Viva Las Vegas
Re: Two Samus Figures Based On Metroid: Other M Are Making A Return In 2026
FORESHADOWING
Re: Nintendo Files New Trademark For A DS Cult Classic
A reminder: ASW has a Super Switch exclusive due out for November with a project codename that can connect to grizzled detectives... or Goku.
Re: 'Thank Goodness You're Here' Headlines Physical Game Label From Lost In Cult
Thank you, PM Studio. For giving the world an answer to the question: what if LRG was consistent, honest, and for some reason British
Re: "If You're A Real Fan, You'll Find A Way" - Borderlands 4 Dev Gives Tone Deaf Response To Price Concerns
Now hold on a moment; Randy's an idiot. The more vocal he is about something, the more likely it is to be back pedaled or otherwise fail.
Let him keep talking about this
Re: Overwatch 2 x Street Fighter 6 Collaboration Goes Live This Week
I forget Overwatch is on Switch.
I hate this world a little more every time I'm reminded
Re: Fortnite Devs Hit With Unfair Labour Practice Filing Following AI Darth Vader Fiasco
I feel like SAG has no right to represent a dead man. Though I thought it was a bad idea at the time, Jones saw the writing on the wall and was simply too old to bother fighting what would happen following his passing whether he wanted to or not. At least this way his family gets paid (supposedly).
Plus, Fortnite is a non-union project to begin with. The ads have voice acting, but the characters are as silent as Kirby in game... unless the Rock Band mode somehow countsz but that's the ICA, not SAG
Re: Nintendo Is Opening Its Fourth Store In Japan This Year
OH COME ON!
Eh, it's at least a different island this time.
Seriously, how is there not one in City Walk? Is it because Comcast hates Animal Crossing?
Re: Video: Lizardcube On Bringing The Art Of Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance To Life
Still mad the game is rental only outside Japan
Re: Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles
@cvrator Some are less ballsy and active about it.
Re: Fortnite Turns To The Dark Side With New AI-Generated Darth Vader Chats
The good news, Jones thought ahead, and specifically outlined what could and could not be done with his voice in AI following his death. If dropping F's in chat wasn't allowed, his family has grounds to sue Epic. Which would almost make it all worth it
Re: The Hundred Line Director Has Already Announced A Brand New Game
Oh THAT'S what Tribe Nine was? Honestly, the name just made me think ot was yet another Tencent and/or NetEase gacha and my brain automatically filed it under "lol. lmao."
Whoops
Re: Opinion: I Hope Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter Doesn't Make A 'Big' Remake Mistake
Ultraviolence
Re: Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles
@Magician Microsoft, EA, Take-Two, and Ubisoft may be large sections of the industry, but they aren't the entirety. More and more distributors have been popping building their entire sales pitch on "physical ownership cause you can't trust LRG" Red Art, iam8bit, the expansion of U&I. Meanwhile, I've been seeing a bunch of people STOP buying Microsoft games, most notably the one you listed, because it's just gotten to the point of being pure insult.
The only people who want consumers to think it's the standard are companies who hate the consumer.
Re: Nintendo Has "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles
I hope Third parties see a precipitous drop in sales on Super Switch if they continue to use Key Cards. Doug's excuse only applies to the biggest third party games, and the single biggest third party launch game is the ONE that's actually a cartridge so that's immediately thrown out the window before Doug even had a chance to say it
Re: Nintendo: "Physical Games Are Still A Key Part Of Our Business"
I know not to trust Doug specifically. Especially not when we're hearing Take-Two call them "publisher friendly."
Take-Two's definitions are always "good for us worse for the consumer"
Re: Locomoto Lets You Become The Cutest Train Conductor On Switch This June
Huh... never realized THQ was publishing the console port. Well I feel stupid And yet still no console version of Scarf.