@sdelfin the amount of people who blindly followed supermetal gamer and his ridiculous BS was hilarious. Even when credible sites like Eurogamer were exposing his BS, people still wanted to believe in this super powerful Nintendo home console. The day we saw Nintendo confirm he was full of BS was a good day.
@Heavyarms55 how can they have anything concrete unless it is actually announced by Nintendo themselves. You do realise it's people who actually work within Nintendo who leak out information right. Bloomberg and Eurogamer are not just making this stuff up. Why are you still in denial about this? Bloomberg and Eurogamer are credible. Switch pro is happening, fighting it tooth and nail is pointless!
@Lanmanna honestly think some people don't want a new switch to be released as they feel it will invalidate there current switch which is ridiculous. Only thing i am unhappy about is that getting the switch pro is gonna be near enough impossible!
@Snatcher so no switch numbers worldwide provided so saying it sold poorly is pure speculation. Also the PS4 version compared to trilogy sold way less. It was discounted pretty quick and never hit the numbers Activision expected.
@WOLF13 I don't think Nintendo just like MS or Sony care much about the fans. Difference between Nintendo and the other two is Nintendo do not devalue there important IP's by reducing RRP. It's remarkable how Nintendo games years later are sold full price.
@khululy who did Britain pay compensation to when slavery was abolished. Not the slaves they made millions from. The British were happy to pay off the slave owners so is it any surprise decedent's of slaves feel they should receive something. Oh and the fact that descendents of slaves in Britain saw there taxes help pay off Britain's debt which it borrowed to pay slave owners is immoral on so many levels.
I like what JP Morgan did. This is a step in the right direction.
J.P. Morgan Chase filed a disclosure statement with the city of Chicago on January 20 acknowledging that between 1831 and 1865, two of J.P. Morgan Chase’s predecessor banks – Citizens Bank and Canal Bank in Louisiana – accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as collateral for loans and ended up owning approximately 1,250 of them as a result of defaults.
The company apologized on its Web site and to employees and said it will provide $5 million over five years for full tuition for African American undergraduates from Louisiana to attend college in their home state.”
@Arkay I know every race owned slaves. Just making it clear that ending it after 400 years is not an achievement to be proud of. Wether it's whites, Blacks, Asians etc etc. Then to pay compensation to the slave owners rather than the slaves. Ultimate kick in the teeth.
This last bit is where the UK don't mention when they are whitewashing there history. freed slaves were compelled to provide 45 hours of unpaid labour each week for their former masters, for a further four years after their supposed liberation. Truly disgusting!
@Kalmaro er the Transatlantic slave trade was over a 400 period. My point was when you have had hundreds of years of free labour, freeing slaves after 400 years with no compensation is not any kind of achievement.
@Arkay nobody is saying non white peeps should be hired in race alone. What we want to see is non white peeps just get an interview.
I remember a study group a few years ago created multiple CV's identical in skills and grades. Each CV had a traditional white full name, black full name and Latino full name. They sent all of them off to different companies who were hiring. Guess which CV's were invited to interview? A simple study like that showed the blatant racism which exists.
@MarcusIsCool lot of people think we (black population) should be grateful we are not slaves anymore. If we dare ask for an opportunity to progress that's way too much for them to handle
@Zimon you gonna have to come with some actual evidence to prove that statement. also you know it's illegal for a public company to lie to its investors right?
@Heavyarms55 doesn't have to sell the same numbers as other systems to be a success. The Xbox version sold less than the PS4 version, nobody is saying it didn't sell well. You are crazy if you think this game won't do well on Switch.
@Mr-Fuggles777 you do realise lots of the population don't want to sign into a pay monthly console plan and rather buy outright. Using low interest credit to support your argument is laughable. Having people buy expensive items on low interest credit is not a good thing and to use that as a supporting argument is ridiculous.
How anyone can think that Nintendo releasing a handheld at the prices you quote would be a good business decision is astonishing. Who cares that the machine would bomb massively as long as you get your super high end Nintendo games console.
@Boldfoxrd you mentioned you didn't want to pay £45 for digital version. I just simply giving you a cheaper digital price which is cheaper than the £30 you think the game is worth. Now you are complaining about not being able to sell the digital version. And you do not need to create a Russian account by the way. Keep moving them goalposts dude. Lol
@Nintendo4Sonic cool, you failed to justify your poor performance claims so no problem. Not liking crash 4 @ 30fps does not equal crash 4 performance is bad. There is a clear difference.
@Balta666 you are clearly mistaken. If you have a current UK account for example you just change user info country to Russia. No need for separate Russian account, UK debit cards work and it's totally legal.
@Cikoltan a game that is 900p on base Xbox one should be easily 720p on switch in handheld. Where are you getting this madness from? Please explain how you come up with this theory.
@Nintendo4Sonic poor performance! How is stable 30fps poor performance? The base PS4 version was uncapped 60fps and has performance issues. Should have been locked to 30fps. I downloaded for switch last night and the game is great.
@WallyWest of course a portable console launched 4 years ago isn't as powerful as an base Xbox one. That was never gonna be possible 4 years ago.
@lokozar did you honestly just say that 1080p resolution on smartphones has no compromise on battery? You obviously are not talking about gaming I hope. If you are not talking about gaming it's totally irrelevant. Now if you are talking about mobile gaming you are not correct at all.
Go play PUBG on your phone right now with full graphical settings. Let me know how long your battery lasts or if the phone overheats before battery drain.
@Ogbert hid gameplay?? You do realise this is a fan made video and they creator has just used video from the trailer which was released for switch. The game has not been released on switch so how could the creator hide gameplay from switch. You are reaching hard dude!!
@CupidStunt yes and the correct decision. This is mid gen refresh so we are still gonna be looking at games hitting 720p max resolution. No point going with 1080p screen when hardly any games would hit native Res. 720p game @ native resolution will look far better on a 720p screen over 1080p.
@TheFullAndy I just try and look at the situation the developers were under. Multiple release with 7 people not easy and people should stop putting blame all on developers.
Nobody knows what time constraints they were put on by the publishers. For all we know the Devs didn't want to release the games at the time they were released but the publishers said no delay. Or maybe the engine for consoles was just a bridge too far for the Devs to optimize fully and they just couldn't achieve the results they wanted.
Doesn't mean they put in all the work they possibly could. I don't understand why the gaming industry is treated by some totally different than the real world. The concept that every developer should be the very best and shoddy products shouldn't exist is just not realistic at all.
Also shoddy software has existed since day 1 and will continue to exist as some people are just better than others at what they do. that's no different than any other industry.
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Re: Rumour: Switch Pro To Offer 'Surface-Style' Tabletop Flap, USB 3.0 And Ethernet Connectivity
@sdelfin the amount of people who blindly followed supermetal gamer and his ridiculous BS was hilarious. Even when credible sites like Eurogamer were exposing his BS, people still wanted to believe in this super powerful Nintendo home console. The day we saw Nintendo confirm he was full of BS was a good day.
Re: Rumour: Switch Pro To Offer 'Surface-Style' Tabletop Flap, USB 3.0 And Ethernet Connectivity
@Heavyarms55 how can they have anything concrete unless it is actually announced by Nintendo themselves. You do realise it's people who actually work within Nintendo who leak out information right. Bloomberg and Eurogamer are not just making this stuff up. Why are you still in denial about this? Bloomberg and Eurogamer are credible. Switch pro is happening, fighting it tooth and nail is pointless!
Re: Rumour: Switch Pro To Offer 'Surface-Style' Tabletop Flap, USB 3.0 And Ethernet Connectivity
@Lanmanna honestly think some people don't want a new switch to be released as they feel it will invalidate there current switch which is ridiculous. Only thing i am unhappy about is that getting the switch pro is gonna be near enough impossible!
Re: Team17 Switch Sale Slashes Game Prices By Up To 90% (North America)
Just got Blasphemous from russian eshop! Bargain for sure
Re: Rumour: Switch Pro To Offer 'Surface-Style' Tabletop Flap, USB 3.0 And Ethernet Connectivity
Still gonna get the usual guys lying to themselves on how this is not true and Nintendo life should stop reporting leaks
Re: Switch Hardware Sales Beat Xbox Series X|S And PS5 Combined, Unsurprisingly
@uptownsoul that's simply not true dude.
PS4 never outsold the switch for 24 months. MS held the longest consecutive months on top with 21 months from sales with 360 consoles.
Nintendo then broke that record with the switch. Not sure where you getting this PS4 outsold switch for 24 months data from.
Re: Feature: Toys For Bob On Crash 4 For Switch And The 'Dream' Of Smash Bros.
@Snatcher so no switch numbers worldwide provided so saying it sold poorly is pure speculation. Also the PS4 version compared to trilogy sold way less. It was discounted pretty quick and never hit the numbers Activision expected.
Re: Feature: Toys For Bob On Crash 4 For Switch And The 'Dream' Of Smash Bros.
@Snatcher please provide the switch and PS4 numbers to back up that claim. Without any hard evidence you are just making things up.
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Do More DLC For Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Or Just Release Mario Kart 9 Already?
@WOLF13 I don't think Nintendo just like MS or Sony care much about the fans. Difference between Nintendo and the other two is Nintendo do not devalue there important IP's by reducing RRP. It's remarkable how Nintendo games years later are sold full price.
Re: Talking Point: Should Nintendo Do More DLC For Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Or Just Release Mario Kart 9 Already?
@WOLF13 Nintendo have not released mario kart 9 as the current title is selling millions of copies.
Mario kart is a system seller. Nintendo waiting till there next hardware release for MK9 is what any sane business would do.
MK8 on switch is making Nintendo so much paper! I know it hurts seeing so much success for Nintendo but hey. Haters gonna hate!!
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@khululy who did Britain pay compensation to when slavery was abolished. Not the slaves they made millions from. The British were happy to pay off the slave owners so is it any surprise decedent's of slaves feel they should receive something. Oh and the fact that descendents of slaves in Britain saw there taxes help pay off Britain's debt which it borrowed to pay slave owners is immoral on so many levels.
I like what JP Morgan did. This is a step in the right direction.
J.P. Morgan Chase filed a disclosure statement with the city of Chicago on January 20 acknowledging that between 1831 and 1865, two of J.P. Morgan Chase’s predecessor banks – Citizens Bank and Canal Bank in Louisiana – accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as collateral for loans and ended up owning approximately 1,250 of them as a result of defaults.
The company apologized on its Web site and to employees and said it will provide $5 million over five years for full tuition for African American undergraduates from Louisiana to attend college in their home state.”
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@Arkay I know every race owned slaves. Just making it clear that ending it after 400 years is not an achievement to be proud of. Wether it's whites, Blacks, Asians etc etc. Then to pay compensation to the slave owners rather than the slaves. Ultimate kick in the teeth.
This last bit is where the UK don't mention when they are whitewashing there history. freed slaves were compelled to provide 45 hours of unpaid labour each week for their former masters, for a further four years after their supposed liberation. Truly disgusting!
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@Kalmaro er the Transatlantic slave trade was over a 400 period. My point was when you have had hundreds of years of free labour, freeing slaves after 400 years with no compensation is not any kind of achievement.
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@Arkay no he is saying that in his career he has only been interviewed 7 times. Has nothing to do with this game. Not the same study but very similar
https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@Arkay nobody is saying non white peeps should be hired in race alone. What we want to see is non white peeps just get an interview.
I remember a study group a few years ago created multiple CV's identical in skills and grades. Each CV had a traditional white full name, black full name and Latino full name. They sent all of them off to different companies who were hiring. Guess which CV's were invited to interview? A simple study like that showed the blatant racism which exists.
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@Kalmaro ending slavery after 400 years of free labour. Then instead of paying the slaves, it was the slave owners who got paid riches.
That's no achievement to be proud of.
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@BloodNinja so you think he is lying. Why doubt him?
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@MarcusIsCool lot of people think we (black population) should be grateful we are not slaves anymore. If we dare ask for an opportunity to progress that's way too much for them to handle
Re: Feature: Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
@BloodNinja yeah cause the Black man is obviously lying right. GTFO with that BS dude!
Re: Soapbox: An Anniversary Ode To Okami, The Best Zelda Game That Isn't
I love the game but feel it didn't need to be so long!
Re: Nintendo Still Isn't Totally Confident Switch Production Can Keep Pace With Demand
@Zimon you gonna have to come with some actual evidence to prove that statement. also you know it's illegal for a public company to lie to its investors right?
Re: UK Charts: Super Mario 3D All-Stars Sees Huge Sales Spike Ahead Of Its Removal From Stores This Week
@Minecraft_Master So Nintendo put a gun to people's head? Nobody was forced to buy anything.
Re: PEGI Rating Suggests XCOM: Chimera Squad Is On The Way To Nintendo Switch
@TimboSlice it's not just switch by the way. Xbox one and PS4 have same issues.
Re: Activision Confirms Original Dev Is Handling Tony Hawk Switch Port
@Heavyarms55 doesn't have to sell the same numbers as other systems to be a success. The Xbox version sold less than the PS4 version, nobody is saying it didn't sell well. You are crazy if you think this game won't do well on Switch.
Re: Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - RPG Action That Really Shows Its Age
@UltimateOtaku91 it isn't though and you know that
Re: Samsung To "Aggressively Position" OLED Tech Across Promising Market Sectors Including "Gaming Console Segments"
@Mr-Fuggles777 you do realise lots of the population don't want to sign into a pay monthly console plan and rather buy outright. Using low interest credit to support your argument is laughable. Having people buy expensive items on low interest credit is not a good thing and to use that as a supporting argument is ridiculous.
How anyone can think that Nintendo releasing a handheld at the prices you quote would be a good business decision is astonishing. Who cares that the machine would bomb massively as long as you get your super high end Nintendo games console.
Re: So, What's Happened To Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's Physical Version In Europe?
@Boldfoxrd you mentioned you didn't want to pay £45 for digital version. I just simply giving you a cheaper digital price which is cheaper than the £30 you think the game is worth. Now you are complaining about not being able to sell the digital version. And you do not need to create a Russian account by the way. Keep moving them goalposts dude. Lol
Re: So, What's Happened To Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's Physical Version In Europe?
@Boldfoxrd so buy the game for your wife from the Russian eshop for £25 if you really want her to have it.
Re: Video: Here's Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch
@Nintendo4Sonic cool, you failed to justify your poor performance claims so no problem. Not liking crash 4 @ 30fps does not equal crash 4 performance is bad. There is a clear difference.
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@Balta666 Nintendo allow people to use this feature. There is no bans going on. All European cards work for each European region Nintendo operate in.
Re: So, What's Happened To Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's Physical Version In Europe?
@Henmii just buy from russian eshop
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@Balta666 you are clearly mistaken. If you have a current UK account for example you just change user info country to Russia. No need for separate Russian account, UK debit cards work and it's totally legal.
Re: Video: Here's Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch
@Gs69 you can use UK debit card.
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@WallyWest my brother has Xbox series X and bought crash on switch instead as portability is a big plus for him.
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@Cikoltan a game that is 900p on base Xbox one should be easily 720p on switch in handheld. Where are you getting this madness from? Please explain how you come up with this theory.
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@Balta666 why not just change account region to Russia and the game is yours for £25. Can't complain at that price
Re: Review: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time - Better Late Than Never
@gcunit they have lowered details alongside resolution to get the game running on switch.
Re: Video: Here's Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch
@ModdedInkling base Xbox is 900p. The game was never gonna reach that on switch.
@BlueOcean someone is gonna be disappointed when they see the Xbox series X performance issues. It isn't locked 60fps!
Re: Video: Here's Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch
@Gs69 £25 Russia eshop my friend
Re: Video: Here's Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch
@Nintendo4Sonic poor performance! How is stable 30fps poor performance? The base PS4 version was uncapped 60fps and has performance issues. Should have been locked to 30fps. I downloaded for switch last night and the game is great.
@WallyWest of course a portable console launched 4 years ago isn't as powerful as an base Xbox one. That was never gonna be possible 4 years ago.
Re: Talking Point: Here's Why You Shouldn't Be Worried About The Rumoured Switch Pro's 720p Screen
@lokozar did you honestly just say that 1080p resolution on smartphones has no compromise on battery? You obviously are not talking about gaming I hope. If you are not talking about gaming it's totally irrelevant. Now if you are talking about mobile gaming you are not correct at all.
Go play PUBG on your phone right now with full graphical settings. Let me know how long your battery lasts or if the phone overheats before battery drain.
Look forward to seeing your play test results
Re: Video: Check Out This Side-By-Side Comparison Of Crash Bandicoot 4 On Switch And PS4 Pro
@Ogbert hid gameplay?? You do realise this is a fan made video and they creator has just used video from the trailer which was released for switch. The game has not been released on switch so how could the creator hide gameplay from switch. You are reaching hard dude!!
Re: Rumour: Nintendo To Reveal New Switch Model With Samsung OLED Display And 4K Support
@CupidStunt yes and the correct decision. This is mid gen refresh so we are still gonna be looking at games hitting 720p max resolution. No point going with 1080p screen when hardly any games would hit native Res. 720p game @ native resolution will look far better on a 720p screen over 1080p.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo To Reveal New Switch Model With Samsung OLED Display And 4K Support
@Gio0207 Samsung have oled screens they need to shift so Nintendo will be getting great deal and sumsung will be happy to shift stock they not using.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo To Reveal New Switch Model With Samsung OLED Display And 4K Support
@BabyYoda71 more like same size just minus the bezels
Re: Soapbox: It's Time For WWE No Mercy To Make A Comeback On Nintendo Switch
@Brad_Hogan you never played king of Coliseum II then.
Re: Rally Racer WRC 9 Slides Onto Nintendo Switch Next Week
@Brummieendo90 April release date for physical
Re: Rally Racer WRC 9 Slides Onto Nintendo Switch Next Week
@Rayquaza2510 WRC 9 is better than Dirt Rally for me. Shame they have lost the licence as they developed an awesome rally game with WRC 9
Re: Review: Hellpoint - A Sci-Fi Soulslike Which Suffers From Hellish Technical Issues On Switch
@TheFullAndy I just try and look at the situation the developers were under. Multiple release with 7 people not easy and people should stop putting blame all on developers.
Nobody knows what time constraints they were put on by the publishers. For all we know the Devs didn't want to release the games at the time they were released but the publishers said no delay. Or maybe the engine for consoles was just a bridge too far for the Devs to optimize fully and they just couldn't achieve the results they wanted.
Doesn't mean they put in all the work they possibly could. I don't understand why the gaming industry is treated by some totally different than the real world. The concept that every developer should be the very best and shoddy products shouldn't exist is just not realistic at all.
Also shoddy software has existed since day 1 and will continue to exist as some people are just better than others at what they do. that's no different than any other industry.
Re: Review: Hellpoint - A Sci-Fi Soulslike Which Suffers From Hellish Technical Issues On Switch
@ModdedInkling to be fair I think the development team is like 7 people. Stretched thin with PC, PS4, Xbox and now switch.