What about if your hardware breaks down i.e Joycon drift?
This is something I learned a couple days ago and it still blows my mind. Those small pieces of shit cost $95 now. That is crazy.
What about if your hardware breaks down i.e Joycon drift?
This is something I learned a couple days ago and it still blows my mind. Those small pieces of shit cost $95 now. That is crazy.
I've always assumed risks with console hardware, at least for the last 25 years. "What if your 360 red rings?" "What if your PS3 gets YLOD?" "What if your PS4 gets YLOD or BLOD?"
One can talk themselves out of buying anything if they're so inclined. I bought all those systems and enjoyed them, even ones with hardware issues. And FWIW, I own 4 Switches and have had stick drift on not a single one.
Nintendo play it safe and have stuck to the same formula and franchises for decades, theres nothing there doing thats particularly bold or innovative IMO.
What im talking about is everything outside of the game. Do you really want to get into an ecosystem where they can brick your console if you use it in a way they dont like?
Are you happy Nintendo dictating fan tournament prices? Do you not mind Nintendo issuing baseless law suits regardless of legal position, just because they know companies and individuals can't fight back. What about an online infrastructure thats a decade behind other rival platforms?
What about legacy games been locked behind subscriptions?
What about if your hardware breaks down i.e Joycon drift?
Do you want to pay a company that will do everything it can to get out of its legal obligations? Do you want to play third party games that are worse than on any other platform (if you can play them at all). Do you like to be charged more than any other game publisher for your games? (that in no way justifs the extra cost).
What for? The latest Mario Kart? A handful of exclusives? Every game purchase is going to fund these wankers and those practices.
This is something I learned a couple days ago and it still blows my mind. Those small pieces of shit cost $95 now. That is crazy.
Hilarious take from someone who fanboys for a company that decided last gen every single game needed to be an open world AAA cinematic experience.
MS and Sony have done this since 360/PS3. Interesting how you made a thread about this with 66 replies of "wahhhh what do you mean Nintendo can brick my console if Ipiratechoose to mod it for optimum performance" while this thread about Sony's new social credit has 9 replies and you didn't make a peep about it. Not to mention they started recording chats back in 2020 to ban you if you said things they didn't like online. You seem to be selectively upset about things. I wonder why.
All shit, agreed.
Kinda like ps plus?
Anecdotal but I have been through 3 DS4 controllers because of drift and 0 joycons. That's not saying my joy cons don't have drift, they have very minor drift that shows up occasionally, but it's not bad enough for me to want to replace them. My DS4 controllers the drift made games unplayable. Super noticeable when playing MLB The Show since I used dual stick for hitting and the crosshair would move spastically all over the place. Also my first PS4 was broken brand new out of box. Bought the UC4 limited edition, it wouldn't boot up. Apparently a bunch of those units were fucked from what I saw online. I have never had a Nintendo system fail on me, I have had multiple Xbox/PS consoles bite the dust. And trust me, they don't offer to replace the unit for free if it's out of warranty.
There are trade offs to playing games on Nintendo consoles. You could have bought re4 on 360/PS3 that have shiny graphics. I'd rather play it on the Wii because the motion controls were fantastic and completely changed the game. Now the choice is if you want to play something on the go and have it as a portable option. The answer most of the time is yes, I would rather have something portable than being glued to my TV like a friendless loser whacking off over frame rate and other graphical buzzwords to distract you. And don't worry, your precious Sony will be charging $80 for games soon. They had no business raising the price to $70, but you don't seem to care about that. Only when Nintendo did it, then "THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!" Sony has also been steadily raising the price of PS+ for years with absolutely no justification but I don't see you getting upset about it. In fact, you seem to be ignoring these things entirely. Fanboying is a crazy thing
Somebody is upset that Nintendo outsold the TransStation 5 lmaoooo. I'd say go play some games but they keep canceling their 1st party offerings.
Hilarious take from someone who fanboys for a company that decided last gen every single game needed to be an open world AAA cinematic experience.
MS and Sony have done this since 360/PS3. Interesting how you made a thread about this with 66 replies of "wahhhh what do you mean Nintendo can brick my console if Ipiratechoose to mod it for optimum performance" while this thread about Sony's new social credit has 9 replies and you didn't make a peep about it. Not to mention they started recording chats back in 2020 to ban you if you said things they didn't like online. You seem to be selectively upset about things. I wonder why.
All shit, agreed.
Kinda like ps plus?
Anecdotal but I have been through 3 DS4 controllers because of drift and 0 joycons. That's not saying my joy cons don't have drift, they have very minor drift that shows up occasionally, but it's not bad enough for me to want to replace them. My DS4 controllers the drift made games unplayable. Super noticeable when playing MLB The Show since I used dual stick for hitting and the crosshair would move spastically all over the place. Also my first PS4 was broken brand new out of box. Bought the UC4 limited edition, it wouldn't boot up. Apparently a bunch of those units were fucked from what I saw online. I have never had a Nintendo system fail on me, I have had multiple Xbox/PS consoles bite the dust. And trust me, they don't offer to replace the unit for free if it's out of warranty.
There are trade offs to playing games on Nintendo consoles. You could have bought re4 on 360/PS3 that have shiny graphics. I'd rather play it on the Wii because the motion controls were fantastic and completely changed the game. Now the choice is if you want to play something on the go and have it as a portable option. The answer most of the time is yes, I would rather have something portable than being glued to my TV like a friendless loser whacking off over frame rate and other graphical buzzwords to distract you. And don't worry, your precious Sony will be charging $80 for games soon. They had no business raising the price to $70, but you don't seem to care about that. Only when Nintendo did it, then "THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!" Sony has also been steadily raising the price of PS+ for years with absolutely no justification but I don't see you getting upset about it. In fact, you seem to be ignoring these things entirely. Fanboying is a crazy thing
Somebody is upset that Nintendo outsold the TransStation 5 lmaoooo. I'd say go play some games but they keep canceling their 1st party offerings.
Wouldn't be a Nintendo thread without discourse! Repeating the same thing!
The numbers just prove normal consumers just like the Switch and wanted the successor. Normal consumers just don't care about modding their consoles, so they really don't care about the potential bricking. Because they don't mod or even know how to mod their consoles. Same with emulation. It doesn't affect them.
It's also further proof that the negative discourse about Switch 2 is just the loud minority. Even some of them went out and buy Switch 2!
I'm just over here enjoying my Switch 2 and laughing!![]()
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There's a little plaque on a wall in my home, saying "God, give me the willpower and fortitude to endure the things I cannot change; give me the strength to change the things that I can; and give me the wisdom to tell one from the other."
I wish upon you people wisdom, most of all.![]()
The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware in the U.S. in the four days following its release, according to a statement obtained by IGN from Nintendo.
Additionally, Nintendo Switch 2 sales in all regions were approximately twice those of the Nintendo Switch 1 across both consoles' first four days on the market.
This news comes on the heels of Nintendo's announcement yesterday that the Nintendo Switch 2 was also the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware globally, reaching over 3.5 million units sold in its first four days. For comparison, the Nintendo Switch 1 sold 2.74 million units globally in just less than a month on sale. Nintendo is projecting 15 million sales globally of the Nintendo Switch 2 for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
High sales are being attributed to high available stock at launch, something that isn't always guaranteed at a console launch. Nintendo of American head Doug Bowser previously assured that Nintendo would have enough Switch 2 units to meet demand in the U.S.
Love them or hate them, Nintendo schooling fools on how to launch hardware.
It is kinda crazy. I remember when a console launched with some first party games. Nintendo is like, we have 1.
Dreamcast had 18 (God, what a great launch. Rip to one of my faves).
PS 3 had 16. Xbox 360 had 18. PS 5 had 4.
But Switch 2 doesn't win. XBox series x launched with 0 first party exclusives.
Nintendo play it safe and have stuck to the same formula and franchises for decades, theres nothing there doing thats particularly bold or innovative IMO. What im talking about is everything outside of the game. Do you really want to get into an ecosystem where they can brick your console if you use it in a way they dont like? Are you happy Nintendo dictating fan tournament prices? Do you not mind Nintendo issuing baseless law suits regardless of legal position, just because they know companies and individuals can't fight back. What about an online infrastructure thats a decade behind other rival platforms? What about legacy games been locked behind subscriptions? What about if your hardware breaks down i.e Joycon drift? Do you want to pay a company that will do everything it can to get out of its legal obligations? Do you want to play third party games that are worse than on any other platform (if you can play them at all). Do you like to be charged more than any other game publisher for your games? (that in no way justifs the extra cost).
What for? The latest Mario Kart? A handful of exclusives? Every game purchase is going to fund these wankers and those practices.
You're retarded.
Dont fight against the people wanting to make your gaming experience better. That's how corporations get away with so much.
I'm pretty sure there's at least one folk tale out there, about some brave guy who wanted to go fight and kill some monster that kept taking a toll from the village, that the whole village kept telling him not to try and do, and he goes and tries anyway, wounds the monster, and the monster gets angry, levels the village, and moves on.
With the moral probably being, that if you're up against an insurmountable power with nothing but ideals to back you up, you're probably better off just enjoying what you have, lest you have even that taken away from you - because the insurmountable power always has that option, and merely chooses to stay its hand until you give it a cause.
I'll never understand how users can look at a businesses shitty behaviour and be like "its the users pointing it out that's the problem." It really shows how easy it is for users to punch down for a few second dopamine hit, rather than punch up, at the people taking away their rights. Crazy world.
Local consumer finds out other consumers are stupid.
Right but if the whole village says "Hang on a second this monsters behaviour is wrong", they could do something about it. If everyone was like the village in the story we would have no rights, not own anything and be completely at the mercy of megacorporations.
I'll never understand how users can look at a businesses shitty behaviour and be like "its the users pointing it out that's the problem." It really shows how easy it is for users to punch down for a few second dopamine hit, rather than punch up, at the people taking away their rights. Crazy world.
Right but if the whole village says "Hang on a second this monsters behaviour is wrong", they could do something about it. If everyone was like the village in the story we would have no rights, not own anything and be completely at the mercy of megacorporations.
I'll never understand how users can look at a businesses shitty behaviour and be like "its the users pointing it out that's the problem." It really shows how easy it is for users to punch down for a few second dopamine hit, rather than punch up, at the people taking away their rights. Crazy world.
It is kinda crazy. I remember when a console launched with some first party games. Nintendo is like, we have 1.
Dreamcast had 18 (God, what a great launch. Rip to one of my faves).
PS 3 had 16. Xbox 360 had 18. PS 5 had 4.
But Switch 2 doesn't win. XBox series x launched with 0 first party exclusives.
You treated the users pointing out DEI practices in Dragon Age Veilguard and Naughty Dog games as the problem.
I agreed with them if you remember correctly. I just wanted all aspects to be able to be discussed in a games OT.
I remember correctly.
It's no coincidence that you're concern-trolling yet another thread and then trying to play naive.
LOL I see we've reached the point where we are blaming the consumer. Good times!
LOL I see we've reached the point where we are blaming the consumer. Good times!
Where are you getting these numbers from? The PS3 launched with 9 games, only one being 1st party exclusive. 360 had 17 games, only two being 1st party (Kameo and Perfect Dark). Also worth noting these launch titles were mostly sports games or other cross gen multiplatform titles. PS5 launched with Demon Souls (a PS3 remake), Sackboy (cross gen), Spiderman remastered and Spider Man Miles Morales (cross gen expansion pack).
I just googled it. I just think it's amazing that Nintendo can release one game at launch and still be this successful.
It's just embarrassing at this point.
People actually believing that they are out there trying to make the consumer experience better for all of us.
Or actually believing that other consumers are just stupid because they willing pay a set price for an item that they want.
Every single business in the world is looking to make a profit.
Every single discount, freebie or investment in customer service is designed to get more money from the customer.
People are basically arguing "Sales Strategy X doesn't work on me" while they are absolutely being worked over by Sales Strategy Y.
People will lament the Dreamcast and the loss of Sega as a big player but the fact of the matter is that Dreamcast just didn't find it's audience in the same way that other consoles did.
You can have 100 games at launch and sell them for $10 each but if you don't have enough people willing to make a purchase then it's done.
3.5 million units in 4 days suggests that Nintendo is offering something that people want to buy.
It'll be interesting to see how the numbers go over the next few years.
"One game" Ignoring all the BC upgrades that feel like brand new games(BOTW,TOTK and Pokemon games)
I just googled it. I just think it's amazing that Nintendo can release one game at launch and still be this successful.
Jesus Christ you Nintendo fans!! Do I need footnotes and a bibliography before making a post. Yes, ONE GAME.
I just googled it. I just think it's amazing that Nintendo can release one game at launch and still be this successful.