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I'm fine with NBA 2K19. Yeah, rosters are pretty outdated now, but oh well.

I like retro collections, so Tomb Raider is cool.

Thousand Year Door looks awesome.

Might play that new Prince of Persia game down the road.

That F-Zero game looks too busy and chaotic.

We're getting close to Mario saturation.

It's pretty obvious focus has shifted to Switch 2/the next console.

This direct screamed "we're working on the Switch 2/new console" to me.

Not bad, but a lot of remakes/rereleases/smaller games and no major announcements.

F-Zero looks too chaotic and too busy to be fun. Just rename it "L.A. Rush Hour: The Game".

Nintendo is milking the success of the Mario movie. I love Mario games, but oversaturation is always a potential problem.

I think the next Direct will have something about the new console, maybe not a full on new announcement of it, but a teaser or something, This felt like the last Direct for the current Switch.

I really want to like No Man Sky, but I just don't jibe with it. The last couple of times, it's telling me to go find cooper, but no matter where I go or what I do, I can't find any damn cooper. While this happens, my energy drains, so then I have to refill my energy, and then to save I have to go all the way back to the spaceship. It's just a lot of slogging around for little return.

More power with better framerates, while having backwards compatibility, while maintaning strong battery life, will be a day one purchase for me.

At some point, Xbox is going to want something from Nintendo for this "partnership" to continue growing. It's been pretty one sided at this point.

The games that Sega decides to focus on continues to puzzle me.

There are plenty of Dreamcast games that would be awesome on the Switch. Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Nights, and yet, we get this.

No wonder they are a fading third party publisher that only makes Sonic games anymore.

The Switch is Nintendo's iPhone. Keep going with it, but beef up the specs every couple of years. Don't mess too much with the concept.

I got it. It's good, I wouldn't call it one of the best Switch games of all time, but still a lot of fun. The music is awesome and the sense of style is quite enduring. It stinks that Sega won't make modern versions of Crazy Taxi or Jet Set Radio, so we have to rely on other companies to make Taxi Chaos and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, but I appreciate it. Sega seems to only care about new Sonic games and sometimes Yakuza.

It always blows my mind that Capcom's Gun.Smoke is considered the "first" in the Red Dead Redemption series.

I'm playing RDR 2 on Xbox right now and love it. Great story telling, action, a lot of fun.

I'll probably get RDR for Switch at some point, maybe when there is a sale.

A Nintendo console that plays titles from 2K, Bethesda and Rockstar. Never thought I'd see the day, but we're here. If only EA would get their crap together.

I don't think a remake will win it, so Resident Evil 4 is out.

RPGs typically don't do well in this category, so Balduer's Gate III is out.

Fighting games are still pretty niche, so Street Fighter 6 is out.

Spider-Man 2 looks like a sequel to a fun action game, so likely it's out.

Starfield maybe has a chance, but we need to see if it lives up to the hype.

@johnedwin I plantinumed the game on Xbox, something that I'm actually somewhat proud of, due to the extremely hard nature of the game.

It's so strange to me that the Switch is now one of the best three selling consoles of all time, and yet not one NFL game is on it. Very short sighted move by the NFL to sign an exclusive deal with EA.

Splatfest mostly. Team mint chip!

The NES was such a revelation in the US. I
remember opening mine on Christmas Day 1987. That started my love for video gaming that continued when I got the Super Nintendo in 1991, the Nintendo 64 in 1996, The PlayStation 2 in 2001, before going on a gaming hiatus and then winning a Wii U at a Christmas party in 2012 and now owning a Switch and Xbox Series S.

Nintendo used to be notorious for their quality control. Now, it's not much better than Atari in their decline. I still think the Wii had much more shovelware and garbage games, but the Switch eShop does a great job of putting these games "on top", over the many great titles on the console.

The Switch is still selling like mad. Has a six year old console ever sold so well against newer consoles like this? Just blows my mind.

Xbox is all but dead in Japan.

Elden Ring is a fantastic game, but it's so different in many ways to Tears of the Kingdom. ER is much more combat focused. A lot of the game is overcoming daunting bosses and hordes of enemies. There is combat in Tears, but much more of the game is about puzzle solving and using creative intuition to overcome challenges.

Both are amazing games, but I don't think playing one will prepare you for the other, or vice versa.

And yet it's still, in certain months, outselling the technologically superior and newer console the PlayStation 5. Unreal.

I'm still amazed that even with a new Xbox Series S console, I'm still putting in so much time on my Switch. It's truly the GOAT.

I hate the "wave your controller like an idiot" games that Nintendo likes to release (Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Sports, etc.) I get there is an audience for these games, but I am not it at all.

And yet, Microsoft told Bethesda, who wanted Redfall and Starfield on PlayStation, that they would only be exclusive to Xbox moving forward.

@nocdaes I don't agree with this.

125 million people have a Switch. If even 1% of the user base bought a title, that is 1,250,000 copies sold.

I'm telling ya, there are TONS of Switch owners, like me, who would love playing NFL football on a portable device.

And Fortnite, Rocket League, Overwatch, Apex Legend, big online games, are all on the Switch.

Blows my mind there is still no COD or Madden on the third best selling console of all time.

Hell, the Sims alone on the Switch should have raked in the dough for EA. What a bunch of shortsighted idiots.

Call of Duty is the McDonald's of video gaming. Mediocre, somewhat satisfying, but leaves you hungry after 3 hours.

Splatoon is so much more fun.

The Switch is becoming the all-in-one console, with gaming hits from Pong to modern day. Some great games, some that I have zero interest in, but good stuff all around.

Metal Gear Solid Snake Collection and (maybe) Batman Arkham Collection, as that has been rumored to be coming to the Switch for a while now.

For Nintendo first party titles, maybe a new Donkey Kong Country game, maybe something out in left field like a new F-Zero or Star Fox game.

And maybe, just maybe, something about Silksong.

I can't stand the Nintendo casual games. It's why I hate the Wii. Pass.

It sucks that the only way to play Arkanoid on Switch is buying the overpriced collection that has a bunch of stuff on it I don't want to play, but yes, I went ahead and bought it because I'm a sucker.

Collection I'm sure is coming to Switch, remake likely not. Konami has made a lot of money on retro collections for the Switch, and I'm sure they would again with Metal Gear solid. Plus, it would be odd to have Snake on Smash but none of his games on the Switch platform.

This game looks fantastic.

Nintendo has "won" the past two console generations. It won with the Wii against the PS3 and it won with the Switch against the PS4.

Sony still has the number one seller of all time in the PS2. The Switch needs to sell about 30 million more units to surpass that. It will all come down to when Nintendo announces their next new console.

Sony does a great job creating interactive movies. I'll give them that. Every now and then, they create great video games like Spiderman, Ratchet & Clank and Gran Turismo, but for great interactive movies like God of War, The Last of Us, Uncharted, and more, nobody is a better brand in that space than Sony.

@Krysus No, mobile gaming is not "the future." I heard mobile gaming was going to end consoles back in 2014. We're almost 10 years later, and consoles are still being produced. Major games like Tears of the Kingdom would not function on a mobile device. There is still a place for consoles and if consoles do get phased out, likely the next step is a streaming box or discless box like the Xbox Series S. Yes, casuals who love Candy Crush or Match Three now will play those on their phones or tablets over a console, but the console space is still massive and it's not going anywhere.

Looking forward to this movie, but no way in hell am I paying $25 for a digital rental. I'll give it a few weeks until the price drops.

I played the original Final Fantasy a few years ago when I got the NES Classic. I liked it, but it definitely has aged. It's quite a bit more challenging than the other FF games to come after it, despite it taking a much shorter amount of time to complete. I prefer the SNES games over the original. I enjoyed this series through X, though X has perhaps the most annoying protagonist in a video game in Titus. I lost interest in the series when it turned into more of an MMO game. Still blows my mind that Square created the game as their swan song to making video games (hence the "final fantasy" name) and now they are about to release Final Fantasy XVI. Unbelievable.

@old-dad RGT85 is painful to watch. Most of that Spawnwave crew is, outside of John himself.

@jmvalone Disagree on that. With Dread and Prime Remaster, they are greasing the wheels for this game. It will either be a Switch only game or a Switch and the new console game, but it's going to be on the Switch in one form or another.

@NewAdvent The Steam Deck and that other thing that just came out (the Asus device) are competing with gaming laptops more than they are competing with Nintendo or PlayStation/Xbox. It's a more niche audience. The Steam Deck is more of giving PC gamers the power of laptop gaming on a portable handheld device. I tried it out. It's cool, but the battery life is bad and while portable, it's not the most fun device to play as a handheld as it's a little large and gets hot fast. Also, with certain games, you have to "tinker" with the device to even get them running. Most casual gamers don't want to do all of that. The Steam Deck is great for the PC gamer who doesn't want to haul around a Dell laptop for his/her gaming needs.

I still have plenty of games to catch up on my Switch. I have an Xbox Series S and while there are some great titles like Elden Ring and Psychonauts 2 that I know will never come to the Switch, I'm still playing my Switch a lot more. At the end of the day, it comes down to playing fun games in the most convenient way, and in that regard, Nintendo hands down still dominates. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm pumped for the next Nintendo console, but I'm savoring this time with what has become my favorite console of all time, the Switch.

As a middle aged man about the same age as the actor in the commercials, this resonated with me. I still love video games, but working full time, being married, supporting a family cuts the time down when I can play. That's why I love the Switch so much. It has knocked down the barriers to when I can play. It's perfect for nighttime when my wife wants to watch something on Netflix and I can pull the Switch off the dock and play an hour or two of something.

Also the ad touches on the truth that video games aren't just kid toys anymore. Adults more than ever are playing video games.

At 125 million units, the Switch is at a level I think no one expected. It's going to take 29 million more units to overtake the DS and 30 million to overtake the PS2. They are projecting that it will sell 15 million units this year. So that takes it up to around 140 million by the end of the year. Then let's say that drops down to 10 million next year and then 7 million the year after. Boom, you become the best selling console of all time.

The fact they are still projecting 15 million units for year number six is insane. That's still a ton of units!

I only see a price drop happening when the next console is launched, which I believe will be late 2024-early 2025.

@RareFan Puss & Boots was great. Encanto from 2021 was great. There are still great animated films being produced.

@Dm9982 Nothing screams pre 2015 trade shows than "booth babes." Amazed at how long that was a part of the trade show experience before #metoo put that concept to bed.

@sd7232 Not sure if a crash is going to happen, but it feels like the video game industry is heading for a "correction." The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S have been overall disappointing, despite a few good games, and the audience for online free to play games is starting to crater. eSports is realizing that the audience for people to watch others play video games isn't as large as they might have thought. More and more, studios release a handful of AAA titles over the years, with many of them not landing with players. Consolidation, such as the Microsoft acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, which WILL happen, don't kid yourselves, only continues to stifle creativity, choice and variety.

I'm still enjoying the hobby, but I do see all the red flags as well.

Trade shows are still a thing and they aren't going away anytime soon. GDC, PAX, CES, Comic Con, all still very much alive and events that gaming companies attend. So the whole "COVID changed everything" narrative is in the past. Most people have "moved on" from it (despite the fact it's still a thing, but ya know...)

It's just this one is too expensive, in an inconvenient location, and mostly announcements that are much easier to do for a lot less money via streaming.

It's ok if people have negative opinions, folks. Just like it's ok if people are excited and pumped. Or if people are neutral. It's just a video game after all. Let people think what they want and don't take offense to it. They aren't attacking you.

Underwhelmed. I'll likely get it in the end, but I'm not hyped about this like I was Breath of the Wild or Elden Ring. I'm not a fan of crafting, "fusing" or many of those sandbox elements. Weapons breaking was my least favorite part of BOTW, so if I do play this, I'll find a walkthrough that points out where I can find a sword that doesn't break and head there first.

I would love TG-16/PC Engine on Switch Online, or a compilation of the games on the eStore.

@-wc- I picked 2017. My first console was the NES in 1987. The Switch has become my favorite console of all time. It got me back into gaming after quitting the hobby around 2007.