I like the 0.01% still calling for silksong
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Democrats could win if Nintendo added 150$ to the Switch 2 price and publicly blamed Trump
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And Nintendo should also fund a candidate
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split between “these are are children who are divorced from market realities” and “you cannot explain inflation and other things away when people hand over X amount of money”
I’ve come to terms that going “actually games have been historically resilient to inflation” doesn’t make people feel better about having to pay an extra 10-20 bucks per title
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kinda feeling like DK is the only game where I’m going “okay I see why they need a Switch 2”
also I guess Treehouse localized this game because that’s the only reason I can think of why it has “Oh, Banana!”
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For the rest of time, new consoles will be followed by the company’s own self-congratulatory Digital Foundry episode.
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wow i can’t wait to pay upper DLC premiums for this incredible difference
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Messed up how DK’s design is revamped while this kong still has the Rare design. He really is retro now……
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I feel disconnected from the general sentiment because I’m not overreacting to the pricing stuff
and then I start thinking about how old I am and
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a Switch OLED is £240-ish new. information that is making it easy to come to a decision
waited all this time for GC emulation that I worked out how to do it myself
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New Donkey Kong has the current objective shown on screen at all times…………
It looks awful tbh but disclaimer I haven’t enjoyed a DK since Donkey Kong Junior for the Game and watch
Wondering who’s making this at Nintendo exactly
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it’s almost assuredly the Odyssey team, even the UI design and general graphical vibe seems similar
they also made Jungle Beat, the best DK game, so
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I like how the bloodborne 2 trailer looks like someone at Nintendo got mad at them and told them to turn the brightness/contrast up at the last minute
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bloodborne 2 devs saw smbhax’s thumbnails and were like ‘yes more of that actually’
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The Retroid 5 is roughly the same price and fullspeed emulates ps2 and gamecube.
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I am driven nuts by the people going “30 years ago games cost $60 which is like… $120+ in today dollars!” as like… Nintendo games maxed out at $60 a few years ago and that feels like the much more relevant bit of info. A $20/25% increase in prices in just a few years time is a ton, that people got an awful deal literally generations ago has almost nothing to do with that.
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it’s also dumb because 1) purchasing power has not kept pace; 2) the cost of games in the early-mid 90s was tied to the cost of physical media (first party PS1 games were often $35, and huge amount of games were rereleased at $20 with the green greatest hits label, a big reason for the PS1 outpacing the N64 that is never mentioned anymore); and 3) the game market today is far larger and far more diversified, you can play an unlimited number of games at any price point you want, which makes a random ubisoft map painter at $75 a bit less appealing. nintendo might be playing with fire a bit, here. a squillion people bought mario kart to play with their kids, at $80 do they just say fuck it and let them stick with fucking minecraft?
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