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@SwitchForce you really stressing over 70MB?

SO PUMPED. I'm up early working so I can take off early on FRIDAY!

Here we go again...

@Silly_G I would play 2 first, then Torna, then 1 if you have time.

@BomTomdabil For all intents and purposes Nintendo owns Monolithsoft. I'm pretty sure they have a direct say in release cadence for the studio.

@mariomaster96 I'm guessing BotW2 was delayed at least partially to get this out sooner since Monolithsoft works on both of them. SO PUMPED!

@OldManHermit I don't know you but I love you.

Something from monolithsoft I hope (and not just BOTW2). Xenoblade chronicles x remake would be amazing. Or Xenoblade chronicles 3. Just some Xenoblade. PLEASE!!!!’

@ReWane I laughed way too hard at this comment.

@HenHiro you must be fun at parties.

"We don’t comment on future product releases." just once I wish someone would divulge their entire product roadmap when asked a questions like these.

While I’m not a huge bayo fan it gives me great pleasure to see these jokers wringing their hands hoping for the impossible. Schadenfreude at its finest. Someone call the wahmbulance.

@Mando44646 TLOU isn’t exclusive. Aside from that that’s about the same number of exclusives as this generation. This is just how it goes.

@BloodNinja I believe the covid related unemployment benefit is coming to an end this month, at least in the US.

@BloodNinja Demand is WAY up. I think the manufacturers are producing exactly what they forecast several years ago. All this Just-In-Time Lean manufacturing ethos that has been around for a couple decades is coming around to bite them all in the ass. it will work itself out but it might take a year or so longer to stabilize.

@Mando44646 at least for the playstation 5 sales are higher than they were at the same point in the PS4's lifecycle. It's the fastest selling sony console to date. So it's not like they aren't pumping them out. The reason there aren't many exclusives is because the consoles are less than a year old. How many XBONE and PS4 exclusives were there at this point in their lifecycles?

@UglyCasanova Hey guys, I found the troll.

Jim Halperin and co. Should go to prison if this is true.

I want what @Mips is smoking.

@Jey887 Ha, came for the comments, left satisfied!

@Specter_of-the_OLED I didn't realize that about not being able to collect coins on limited releases I've run into that several times and I never figured out why.

@Ogbert Kirby is too fat.

Man these comment sections are nothing if not predictable.

@Maxz As a typical American I assumed the world ended with our borders. That sucks for PAL people.

@moodycat "but the DS version is outrageously expensive" What are you talking about? You can pick it up for less than $20 on Ebay.

@Zach1122 hear hear! This is correct! All us consumers should be celebrating having choice. The more options the better it is for us and the harder companies have to fight to win our dollars.

I call BS no way this sold 30 million.

@Realness you do know you can swap the battery on the switch for ~$40

@TheWingedAvenger wow dude. You need to lay off that Nintendo kool aid. I assume most of us here have a soft spot in our hearts for big N but you’re really taking things to the next level. And not in a good way. Your tastes in video games are just that. YOUR tastes. Not everyone else agrees and that’s a good thing. Variety is the spice of life. Life would be so boring if everyone liked exactly the same things.

man can't wait to pick up one of those new PS4 consoles!

@UltimateOtaku91 lol, I guess all commerce is a rip off.

Man people are crazy if they think a $40 mark up is too much. This is JUST the BOM, doesn't include R&D or any other overhead Nintendo definitely has. Not to mention it matters not what things cost but what people are willing to pay for them. I bet they could have charged $400 and people would still be buying it in droves. I would buy this in a heartbeat if my switch bit the dust. EDIT: @RupeeClock beat me to it

@OrangeSoda yes

@Ravenmaster you're comparing a $3000 computer with a $300 console that can run BOTW for 4 hours on a small battery and then also display it to a large screen. Maybe the switch just isn't for you. Nintendo aren't magic, they can't make performance per watt just appear out of thin air.

Even in your lower end example the GPU alone is as big as the entire switch and consumes FAR more power. You can't make a device as small as a switch and expect it to have performance in line with a desktop computer. Performance takes power (and physical space).

@Ravenmaster why are you even commenting here if you hate the switch so much?

@TourianTourist that makes a lot more sense. Game would be basically unplayable if it explained every item every time you picked it up.

@IronMan30 Nov 2022

Whatever it is they are working on I will buy it day one.

Definitely lots of fluffing going on.

I have a switch but never picked this up. I have Game Pass so I'm pleased to be able to play Octopath Traveller there. Microsoft has really been killing it when it comes to game pass content recently. I still don't think I will renew game pass once my promotional offer expires (got it for the $1 per month upgrade from Xbox Live Gold) but if you're into subscription services it's really quite good.

Chrono Trigger?

@Yodalovesu "Digital Foundry is a scourge on this industry. Human eyes are perfectly capable of determining if a game is attractive or not. DF, on the other hand, encourages people to judge how attractive something is based on a list of numbers and tech jargon."

I strongly disagree, I really love watching DF videos and find them to be very helpful helping inform my opinion on games/consoles. I would never solely rely on DF to make a decision but I absolutely use the information they present to decide whether or not I want to buy something on a particular platform.

@HamatoYoshi while @Wavey84 s comment made me roll my eyes a bit they’re not entirely wrong. Doubling FPS halves the minimum possible floor for input lag. Increasing FPS also reduces the need for motion blur though I would argue that 60FPS is already pretty good without motion blur. I have a PS5 and an OLED as well and it IS pretty dope to play on but for me personally there are diminishing returns past 60 FPS. Don’t get me wrong - All other things being equal a higher frame rate is better. The jump from 30 to 60 is very noticeable. The jump from 60 to 120 in my opinion is really nice but not nearly as noticeable. 30 to 60 is like going from DVD to Blu-Ray(1080p). 60 to 120 is like going from Blu-Ray to 4K blu ray.

Edit: before I get ***** for my analogy I know that resolution and frame rate are totally different. But the feeling I get from increasing the frame rate and the delight I experience from that jump are similar to how I felt when switching from lower resolutions to higher. This is, of course, subjective.

Edit x2: also since we are talking about the switch here I’m talking about docked resolution. For a tiny screen I think 720p is totally fine.

I see so much hate for ports but I'm totally cool with getting ports as long as they are good games.

@CammyUnofficial just checked eBay. You can get Rayman physical for less than 20 so I would probably end up doing that since I like physical! My aim this year is to spend net 0 on games. If I want something new I’m gonna sell something I’ve already played!

This looks terrible to me.

Tempted by Rayman. Played the demo and liked it but had forgotten about it. Actually scratch that - I will probably pass on all of these since I have a backlog that won't stop.

@tadams587 you plug the hdmi into the switch. You plug the USB cable into the laptop.

LOL at all these people crying about high prices of games on switch. It's really incredibly simple. If you want to play The Witcher (or any other game) handheld, you're going to purchase the Switch version. Otherwise you will purchase a different version. CLEARLY the market is bearing these prices with no problem. People are willing to pay a premium to be able to game on the go.

@Doofenshmirtz feel bad. What a joke!