@Multi Yeah, I guess it's game related, but contracts come and go all of the time. A contract, by its very nature, has a beginning and an end. My heart goes out to people displaced, but this happens all of the time.
Why wouldn't it be fair to expect this type of game for $20? The fact people are putting out crapware for $20, is the real problem. You don't have to give it away but price it where it's equivalent to the gampelay and you'll move more product. The fact Steam and game keys exist, shouldn't mean higher costs.
Back when studios weren't afraid to take chances at a darker emotional game. You still get that on Steam games, but almost never on consoles. Even a game like Conker's Bad Fur Day, has almost no chance of seeing a greenlight on consoles, especially Nintendo.
DK and it isn't even close. Played both. MKW feels like MW8 with new paint and a few gimmicks, but that's the issue with the series. Insanely fun with a lot of people, but not so much for people who prefer to introvert.
As an adult gamer, I take offense to bashing adults for playing games but this is some very un-adult stuff. Imagine what kids must think watching adults behave like that?
Devoting all my attention to Death Stranding 2. Absolute masterpiece. I bought the first one and it sat on my shelf for year. Once I started I couldn't put it down. All of the reviews saying "walking simulator" are completely wrong. A story better than most modern movies.
Hooo boy, the Switch 2 good news train keeps on chugging. Not saying I won't buy one, but hasn't been a single thing thing I've heard that makes me want to drop everything and buy one.
I'm getting Wii/DS successor vibes. I'm always pleasantly surprised when video game companies succeed where I doubted them. Prior to the OG Switch, I thought Nintendo might be headed down the SEGA road. I was wrong then and hope I'm wrong now.
I plan on getting one but gonna let the silly season of launch run its course. Nothing yet that I see as a system seller.Side by side of Mario Kart 8 and 9 and I can barely tell the difference.Might just be my vision, but I can wait.
@Greenspan Getting really, really bad DS/Wii successor vibes here. (Sincerely hope Nintendo proves me wrong.) So far all I've seen is basically the Switch Pro, we all talked about for years, with no OLED screen. Calling this a Switch 2 is going to be chaos enough.
I don't know if I completely blame Nintendo, and really hope I'm dead wrong, but I really am starting to get some Wii U vibes based on cost and game lineup. I won't celebrate if I'm right, just looking to me like Switch 2 may be a victim of the times and extremely high expectations of a successor to its highly successful predecessor. (Sound familiar?)
I love my OG Switch but Dualsense, quirks and all, is the best controller I've ever used, hands down. Also, throwing drift stones from a Nintendo glass house?
Non-OLED makes no sense at launch. I'd rather have paid more and then you could launch a "lite" version later with non-OLED. Bypassing OLED makes zero sense in 2025. Especially considering you already launched an OLED on the predecessor.
I'm probably in the minority, but a little underwhelmed by what I've seen so far. It's probably fatigue from how long this game has been in the works but sort of feel like they might have been better off aiming for Switch 2, at this point.
Been trying to play XCX since it came out in March, unfortunately my mother got very sick and has been in the hospital, so gaming has been an extremely low priority, right below sleeping.
After playing Tales of Arise a couple of years back and just recently Tales of Grace F remastered, went back to find other Tales games and have been playing Tales of Berseria almost non-stop this past week. Great game. As an RPG fan, no idea how I missed out on these.
Finished Tales of Graces F Remaster. Loved it so much went back and got another Tales game I haven't played. Tales of Berseria (which interestingly doesn't show up in voting bar, but other Tales games do). Great game so far. DEVOUR!
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Re: Opinion: Resident Evil Requiem Represents A Turning Point For Switch 2
@Nailz It will probably perform just fine, with about 5x less graphical settings baked into the Switch 2 version
Re: Nintendo Of America Reportedly Cuts Loose Customer Service Contractors As It Looks To Outsource
@Multi Yeah, I guess it's game related, but contracts come and go all of the time. A contract, by its very nature, has a beginning and an end. My heart goes out to people displaced, but this happens all of the time.
Re: Nintendo Of America Reportedly Cuts Loose Customer Service Contractors As It Looks To Outsource
@CupidStunt That's pretty much standard service, these days. If you have to talk to a person, 9 out of 10 times, you are screwed.
Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer
I'm really hoping that was just lost in translation. If not, it might be the dumbest comment from the gaming industry in the last decade.
Re: "I Can't Afford To Give It Away For Free" - Silksong's Low Price Is Causing Devs To Re-Evaluate Their Own Games
Why wouldn't it be fair to expect this type of game for $20? The fact people are putting out crapware for $20, is the real problem. You don't have to give it away but price it where it's equivalent to the gampelay and you'll move more product. The fact Steam and game keys exist, shouldn't mean higher costs.
Re: Opinion: No One Told Me 'Chibi-Robo' Is Traumatising
Back when studios weren't afraid to take chances at a darker emotional game. You still get that on Steam games, but almost never on consoles. Even a game like Conker's Bad Fur Day, has almost no chance of seeing a greenlight on consoles, especially Nintendo.
Re: UK Charts: Nintendo's First-Party Switch 2 Games Continue To Dominate
Hmmm, wonder why they are holding off sending those dev kits??
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd August)
Just been collecting bananas last few weekends
Re: Mario Kart World Wins "Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game" Of Gamescom 2025
DK and it isn't even close. Played both. MKW feels like MW8 with new paint and a few gimmicks, but that's the issue with the series. Insanely fun with a lot of people, but not so much for people who prefer to introvert.
Re: Pokémon Scalpers Set Their Sights On World Championships Merch
@Handy_Man Greninja is on the scene
Re: Pokémon Scalpers Set Their Sights On World Championships Merch
As an adult gamer, I take offense to bashing adults for playing games but this is some very un-adult stuff. Imagine what kids must think watching adults behave like that?
Re: Hands On: Forget The Name, Square Enix's New Action RPG Is A Lovely HD-2D Take On SNES-Era Zelda
I see no Zelda here
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (19th July)
Devoting all my attention to Death Stranding 2. Absolute masterpiece. I bought the first one and it sat on my shelf for year. Once I started I couldn't put it down. All of the reviews saying "walking simulator" are completely wrong. A story better than most modern movies.
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: "We Prioritized Fun And Playability"
@GrailUK That's the important part, it's not the 80s or 90s and this is supposed to be the more powerful successor to a console released in 2017
Re: Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: "We Prioritized Fun And Playability"
Hooo boy, the Switch 2 good news train keeps on chugging. Not saying I won't buy one, but hasn't been a single thing thing I've heard that makes me want to drop everything and buy one.
Re: Poll: How Many Hours Have You Spent In Mario Kart World So Far?
zero, No Switch 2 yet
Re: Review: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour - Surprising, Delightful, And You Know Where It Belongs
Nintendo cashing in on the Switch U, while it can
Re: Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma Lets You Hop Between Timelines To Date Multiple Characters
People complaining about cheating in timelines, you probably shouldn't play 100 Line Defense Academy.
Re: The First Review For Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Is In
@darkfenrir or do I??? hmmm
Re: The First Review For Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Is In
@MrDocena That is probably a 100% on the mark. So, saying probably might reduce the 100%, but it definitely isn't far off
Re: UK Charts: The Calm Before The Nintendo Switch 2 Storm Continues
I'm getting Wii/DS successor vibes. I'm always pleasantly surprised when video game companies succeed where I doubted them. Prior to the OG Switch, I thought Nintendo might be headed down the SEGA road. I was wrong then and hope I'm wrong now.
Re: Random: Hideki Kamiya Joins Masahiro Sakurai In Securing A Switch 2
@BirdoDidNothingWrong I reported you for being happy about something
Re: Poll: After One Month, How Often Are You Actually Using 'Nintendo Today'?
Never even heard of it
Re: Opinion: Switch's Secret Best Couch Multiplayer Game Won't Be Playable On Switch 2
April Fools was 26 days ago. This is a little late.
Re: Poll: GameStop Offers A Tempting Switch 2 Trade-In Deal, But Is It Really Worth It?
Trading in an OLED handheld for an LED one? Go home Game Stop, you're drunk.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of 'Drag x Drive' For Switch 2 Are In
If you played a handful of Switch 2 games and this stood out. My fears about the Switch 2 have just been confirmed.
Re: Gallery: Here's A Sneak Peek Of The Nintendo Switch Online Menu UI For Switch 2
I plan on getting one but gonna let the silly season of launch run its course. Nothing yet that I see as a system seller.Side by side of Mario Kart 8 and 9 and I can barely tell the difference.Might just be my vision, but I can wait.
Re: It's Official, Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks
@Greenspan Getting really, really bad DS/Wii successor vibes here. (Sincerely hope Nintendo proves me wrong.) So far all I've seen is basically the Switch Pro, we all talked about for years, with no OLED screen. Calling this a Switch 2 is going to be chaos enough.
Re: Random: Feast Your Eyes On Universal Orlando's Stunning Zelda Stained-Glass Windows
@Ryu_Niiyama Hope everything is okay.
Re: Opinion: A Few Too Many Questions & Unwelcome Surprises Are Taking The Shine Off The Switch 2 Reveal
I don't know if I completely blame Nintendo, and really hope I'm dead wrong, but I really am starting to get some Wii U vibes based on cost and game lineup. I won't celebrate if I'm right, just looking to me like Switch 2 may be a victim of the times and extremely high expectations of a successor to its highly successful predecessor. (Sound familiar?)
Re: Talking Point: Zelda: Wind Waker Is On Switch 2 - Do You Still Want A WW:HD Port?
@Max_the_German Yeah, the sailing didn't really do much for me. Seems to be a new trend again. (Ys and Yakuza)
I like my feet on the ground.
Re: Opinion: A Few Too Many Questions & Unwelcome Surprises Are Taking The Shine Off The Switch 2 Reveal
If your biggest concern in life is waiting for everything to settle down to buy a Switch 2, you are doing something right. We'll be fine.
Re: Opinion: No One Is Talking About The Switch 2's Best Feature
I love my OG Switch but Dualsense, quirks and all, is the best controller I've ever used, hands down. Also, throwing drift stones from a Nintendo glass house?
Re: Hands-On: Finally, Super Mario Party Jamboree Let's Me Scream At Bowser
@Lord Don't forget Xbox's complete failure in this department
Re: Hands On: Rock Surfing And Boulder Bashing - 'Donkey Kong Bananza' Is Brilliantly Bonkers
@Cia It is a pretty big MSRP for a handful of AAA games. That said, people will still buy the crap out of it, complaints, or not.
Re: Switch 2's Jump From OLED To LCD Wasn't A Decision Nintendo Took Lightly
Even ChatGPT could have come up with better marketing speak
Re: First Impressions: Nintendo Switch 2 'Wows' Most When You Go Back To Your Old Switch
Non-OLED makes no sense at launch. I'd rather have paid more and then you could launch a "lite" version later with non-OLED. Bypassing OLED makes zero sense in 2025. Especially considering you already launched an OLED on the predecessor.
Re: Video: Metroid Prime 4 Looks Great, But Here's Why The Latest Trailer Isn't Switch 2 Footage
I'm probably in the minority, but a little underwhelmed by what I've seen so far. It's probably fatigue from how long this game has been in the works but sort of feel like they might have been better off aiming for Switch 2, at this point.
Re: UK Charts: Old Favourites Keep Nintendo In The Race As Xenoblade Plummets From Top 10
Been trying to play XCX since it came out in March, unfortunately my mother got very sick and has been in the hospital, so gaming has been an extremely low priority, right below sleeping.
Re: 'Persona 4 Reload' Seems Imminent, But We Still Need The Third Entry
@batmanbud2 I think the royal treatment will be more cutscenes, social interactions, etc. Which, I'm all here for
Re: "I Felt Totally Overwhelmed" - Balatro Dev Releases Development Timeline
Sounded it more like sleep apnea than his heart
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st March)
Playing the same game anyone with a PS5 is playing...
Re: Feature: Strictly Limited Responds To Switch Delays And Discontent, And Details An Ambitious Target
Seems legit to call it vaporware until proven otherwise
Re: Poll: Will You Trade In Your Switch When Switch 2 Arrives?
No, I like to keep my systems
Re: Nintendo "Establishing Ways To Respond" To U.S. Tariffs, Says Furukawa
@Mando44646 Pretty sure the sleeping dog before him did a pretty good job himself
Re: Switch 2 Units Are Reportedly Selling For $40,000 On The Chinese Black Market
The people that put the time into chatting with an obvious scam, is completely mind blowing.
Re: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Physical Release Confirmed (Japan)
@VoidofLight You're probably going to run out of game companies to buy from, in the near future
Re: Critically Acclaimed Survival Horror 'Sorry We're Closed' Comes To Switch Next Month
This looks like eslop
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th February)
After playing Tales of Arise a couple of years back and just recently Tales of Grace F remastered, went back to find other Tales games and have been playing Tales of Berseria almost non-stop this past week. Great game. As an RPG fan, no idea how I missed out on these.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (1st February)
Finished Tales of Graces F Remaster. Loved it so much went back and got another Tales game I haven't played. Tales of Berseria (which interestingly doesn't show up in voting bar, but other Tales games do). Great game so far. DEVOUR!