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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not buying Nintendo at all, so many shitty policies from that camp

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

i buy physical because i genuinely think nintendo is one of the last good game devs remaining. but switch 2 is just download cards. i will not be purchasing it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"one of the last good game devs" brother there has been so much drama with nintendo being a god awful company the past year ALONE.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Their games are genuinely fun though, and they work offline

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you can say that about a lot of games and their devs. tons of great indie games out there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Can't argue with that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not in 10+ years when you can't download the rest of the game from the servers because they don't put the whole game on the cartridge anymore. Not to mention patches and DLC aren't on the cartridge either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They do put the full game on the cartridges, for example I can play TOTK on a new switch with just the cartridge without ever going online.

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/these-nintendo-switch-2-titles-have-the-full-game-on-the-game-card/2900-6508/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you read this article? It literally says this:

As you can see, the number of Switch 2 titles not on Game-Key Cards is very slim.

The only games that will be fully available on the cartridge are the ones explicitly singled out. There are 10. How is that significant?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The article literally says

All of Nintendo's first-party Switch 2 games have the full game on the Game Card. That includes the $80 launch title Mario Kart World.

We were talking about Nintendo as a game dev.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But just judging by quality of games they are still the best

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

have you seen any of their pokemon releases the past years? its actually embarassing how bad the games are in terms of quality and polish, for a game that is the biggest IP in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nintendo has not developed those. Blame gamefreak.

Check out the new pokemon snap which isn't that dev. It is legit a 9/10 game. I play it a ton.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they do own the pokemon IP though, so even though they dont develop the game, i'd argue its still their fault if the game turns out ass. its time they put some stress on gamefreak to do better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh yeah fuck nintendo for real. But as long as they keep making quality games I'll keep coming back, unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

it do be like that. cant stop a gamer from enjoying good game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

i think that's a myth, switch 2 will have real games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's already happening on other platforms. Doom dark ages only has something like 28 megabytes on the disc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not even aware of any ps3/xbox360 games that are fully contained on discord. Maybe Orange Box?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

AFAIK, most PS3 (and even PS4) / Xbox 360 games will play and function with just the disc, an internet connection will just let them download updates to the game.

It was PS5 and Xbox One where the discs became glorified physical download codes, and did not actually contain the entire game.