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@Wilshiire You'll notice when the game title changes to the Fixed but Whole

@jake1421 Well, the current state of the industry, combined with every new game (even establisheed franchises) getting boycotted by the anti-woke crowd, even if there isn't anything woke about it (Doom the Dark Ages being called woke due to accessibility sliders), a remake of a game that's over 15 years old, isn't all bad.

@Banjo- The issue with Ubisoft is simply a big chunk of their player base are the same ones that blindly upgrade their Fifa and CoD. Not saying they are terrible people or all of them are, far from it some of those are very vocal demographics while having a portefolio of 2 - 5 games they are actually informed about, rather than, let's say, you and I have been doing here today, a retrospective from a few generations back.

What I'm getting at, is I feel Ubisoft's revenue is very intertwined with Assassin's Creed and a big part of AC players doesn't really care about any other IP from Ubisoft.

Then there's the constant exaggerated hate towards Ubisoft. Ubisoft does something like they always do, again more of the same but when they try to do something with a new IP, it gets less of fair chance than games from other publishers.

Ubisoft gets more flack than EA in recent years, despite EA having a far greater track record of shoddy practices than Ubisoft. Not saying to go hate on EA instead but so much energy people spend on actively hating Ubisoft. Not saying they're perfect but there's worse things they can do than add a black samurai in the game, as far as I can tell, their games on release have a standard of not being broken (correct me if i'm wrong). And yea, the pre-order missions and pricing of deluxe editions have room for improvement but they aren't an essential part of the core game's experience.

What people (especially those loud and vocal demographics in the beginning) don't realise or don't wanna realise (Youtubers who rather rage bait than look with an objective mind) for everything that could be better, there's far more that could be worse.

@Banjo- Seeing as how protective they are of their IP, I doubt direct install to a hard drive without access restridtions is something they're fond off. They'd need a new department with people exclusively tracking and shutting down inappropriate mods lol.

But as long as they can keep doing what they're doing, keep costs low for hardware and software while having the publishing deal with The Pokemon Company, there isn't really a reason to get a piece of that PC pie.

Also, this generation, at least for Nintendo's core identity of games, really shows it's healing again. Honestly, the PS3/360 generation really caused quite a shift in trends. Every western company trying to make their CoD clones and the trend of yearly releases (outside of Fifa and co;), everything had to be this realistic and serious setting, Japanese games were all of a sudden not all that anymore and the Wii was mocked for being underpowered and being a kiddy console and why? Well it was underpowered but hey, motion controls also made it to the mainstream and both other companies made their own alternatives.

Now seeing that games can be fun and colourful again, is a step forward so as long as both these styles can be accepted side by side and Nintendo upholds their expertise on maximizing the possibilities with hardware that's already past it's experation, that special Nintendo vibe in their games and quality, there's no need to bother with PC. Sometimes, if a company is profitable, is good enough sometimes and this gen has been stellar for them so, you do you Nintendo, at least iimo

@Banjo- There's a slim chance the successor will be that successful but honestly, for a dedicated gaming device to have such success is already an anomaly. Sure the PS2 is still higher in numbers but I believe Switch will overtake it with time.

As it should tbh, there's always so much talk about the Nintendo gimmicks but for the PS2, the cheap dvd player was essentially the gimmick so for the sake of gaming, it should be dethroned by a device that's for gaming and pretty much only that.

The next outlier will be when a great idea comes with great execution and offers something that's just a game changer for a wide demographic, like the Switch's hybrid concept pretty much was. Also, would never be able to replicate it due to hybrid handheld pc's have started popping up everywhere so the novelty isn't all that impressive anymore.

Still, people can say about the Switch's hardware what they want, can't deny the Switch is at the forefront of the growth in recent years developments on the entire hybrid concept. Valve all of a sudden releasing the Steam Deck is a very clear result of Switch's success. And to an extent Wii U's faillure.

on a side note: I have both a Steam Deck and a Wii U and the ergonomics Wii U tablet and Steam Deck share a bunch of similarities that makes me wonder if there wasn't a Wii U tablet present when designing the Steam Deck

@Banjo- One of the biggest advantages Nintendo had this generation is due to the old hardware, the technology has been figured out long ago, which also keeps the production cost down, compared to Series X/S and PS5, it's still some trial and error when developing games, which in turn just adds to production cost (at least, an assumption about the latter systems mentioned).

Thanks to Nintendo being Nintendo, they were actually covered against the inflation and long production cycles due to the company's philosophy when it comes to their hardware.

Also, I'm not sure it was really luck, imagine this, the home consoles were hit (kinda) or miss but where Nintendo truly always shines, is their handhelds, those also do well but this generation, they essentially unified both those markets, which is another contributor to this generation's success.

All in all, I don't believe it was this big 200 IQ move they were making but the way Nintendo does things, combined with events from recent years, the stars simply aligned which amplified it's success to quite an extent.

@GrailUK When you read what the cost is to make some games, it's only natural you maximize possible revenue streams.

Hell, Spider-Man 2 with a cost of 300M, having to sell at least 7 million units just to break even.

Also, GaaS are just best multiplat, otherwise you're just handicapping your game. For instance, Foamstars was an exclusive GaaS and look how that turned out.

But exclamation marks are very important in coding

@EvenStephen7 This is exactly what I believe is the reason for this happening, now I'm actually curious, the people streaming TotK before release see how they are responsible for this turn of events and if so, they feel remorse about this being the result.

@Broosh Well, there are rumours the Switch 2 delay is in favour of some extra game development time, this might be the game specifically so yea, the extra oven time might be this.

@Kirbyo Basically a hack 'n slash, like someone before said. The combat is deep, if you want it to be but the real standout features are both the music and story. It's a roller coaster of emotions, really, if you enjoy a good story, you'll love it but you'll have to put in a few playthroughs. First playthrough is from 2B's perspective, second playthrough is from the second character, 9S. Third playthrough is continuation of the first 2. After that you get chapter select and can go wherever you want.

All playthroughs give info about the complete story. And there's specific side quests for both characters. At first I found the game overrated and didn't get the appeal but after finishing the game, honestly, it's amazing. It's philosophical themes, the emotional journey and how the music is implemented with those themes, is honestly, amazing.

You'll also find the typical mix in genres you come to expect from PlatinumGames. The gameplay isn't it's selling point, the plot and music is.

@PLATINUM7 I share your sentiment but replace BG3 with Cyberpunk

@WeLiveInASociety Great, same thing as FF then, the last 2 entries are between 100 and 105GB

@WeLiveInASociety How big are CoD downloads? I'm most of the times pre-traumatized when having to download the recent Final Fantasy games on my PC.

@Coolmusic Whatever you do, call it Princess Peach: Showtime, not PP showtime.

Cover more ground and reach more exclusive areas now, on Pokemon Go.

@Ogbert What's a WIP shooter, tried to google it but trouble finding results.

@Dman10 I liked the Wii version more than the pc version due to the motion controls, which was much more interactive force use tho, Wii version I finished, the pc version can't be bothered.

@Savage_Joe Definitely, the customisation was also quite good with dead zone options etc.

@JeanPaul Small price to pay for salvation.

@StarPoint Seeing this, is it even possible to not get better?

@Tasuki Since they're transitioning into Xbox ownership, this is probably the first step in the direction of the necessary changes.

@Snatcher Bobby messed around too much with the OW dev team, he gave them things to do on things that eventually didn't even see light of day. My guess is, he was trying to hold down OW so it would make less competition for the Call of Duty cow within Activision Blizzard.

@JR150 Gonna keep an eye out, my name is mari0wana.

@JR150 What's your username on OW?

@Ogbert It's mostly Gen 1/Gen 2 and then the third form of starters, if I'm not mistaken, the only actual starters in their first form I see, are from Gen 1 (correct me if I'm wrong of course).

Glad to see Bulbasaur quite high tho, the underdog of Gen 1 starters.

@Ventilator Ngl, this story touched me like no other Zelda ever did.

@sikthvash True, ZombiU was great

@Wesker RE4 not that scary compared to REmake, more action than horror.

Not better than any of the first 3 actually, the first one, the first dogs, the second one the first licker and my god the third game, the first encouter with Nemesis. And Nemesis popping up everytime randomly was just terrifying.

In the first games the random sound that caught your attention and didn't know that it was a sound queue that lead to some kind of an encounter. The first ones were so much scarier because you had to solve puzzles, revisit places where you were already "traumatised" from before so you were already tense backtracking.

RE4 was just an amazing evolution from the tank controls to over the shoulder view and was nothing more than the gimmick of the game. The puzzles werd dumbed down as well and everything was so linear you never had to revisit any kind of level.

@Benexcelsior It's not only the size but the totally non ergonomical grip as well tbh, there are joycons with a pro controller like grip out there and even an extra button on there.

@m0i Also, my bad for the rant, this announcement just got to me a bit lol.

@Linux7055 Is that a good idea tho? Timing wise, let's be honest, next gen has rolled out for nearly a year now? And I agree, Nintendo has a different demographic yet they've also been getting a lot of third party support, which now they also have to maintain pretty much or the console will again get ignored by third parties. Oled should have been in Switch lite, the console that already was handheld only where they could have rolled out this seperate dock as well. There are third party cross play games where Switch runs 20 to 30 fps and have to compete against 120 fps. The game where cross play was recently added, the Switch community is marginalised bc of it, the Xbox/PS users look down and bully Switch users. Imagine playing a competitive game and you get kicked out of the groups bc you play on Switch. Switch oled is a slap in the face for a lot of Switch users bc it's a cash grab and if we have to wait another 2 years for a new console then Nintendo is again gonna wind up ignored by third parties or get simple ports.

@nessisonett Lol, same story, started on Wii U as well, although it did have good games, I bought a PC for third party games and bit by bit drifted away from the Big N but now got my Switch and I'm starting to like it again. Also Switch gets a lot of third party support which is a better incentive to play it.

@nessisonett Had a similar thing last couple of years but more with gaming in general and I must say, it's finally starting to come back on Switch, maybe you're a little bit burnt out on the Nintendo style of things, for me the greatest shock in my burnout was I didn't even get into BotW whil I'm a huge LoZ fan but now I started playing LInk's Awakening and I'm starting to like it.

@nessisonett A tad of a Nintendo burnout or games in general?

@MeloMan let's hope the princess mushroom doesn't show up on his head now

@Grumblevolcano So in love with that game

Kortrijk, West-Flanders

@StephanDLW Ah a fellow Belgian here, where are you from?

@Sanangelo89 Ow yea, DB Kid Goku, DB > DBZ

@GrailUK Great, my profile pick is ruined now

Reminds me of Mr. Iwata

@DThrow_UAir Silent Hill, the first movie

@Ketchupcat Yep, thought it looked familiar

@Donutman Then there is a possibility you are one of the people (and probably Nintendo too this time around) responsible for the great third party support we get

@SpookyMeths Is already in third place of all MH titles released => http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=monster+hunter&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

@SuperMalleo Blending is so passé, the question is, will it bend?

Had already experienced Gameboy with Pokemon but this is where my home console gaming begun and haven't skipped a home console since then "nogstalgic goosebumps"

@Nintendo_Ninja The Fennecar evolves when it has 15.000 km and for the Pikacar you have to drive into an electricity cabin.
@eviLaTtenDant Does that mean the fennecar loses speed in rain and the Pikacar doesn't drive as fast on ground terrain?

Really need to play this one again, Claire is one of my favorites in the RE universe