The smugness of some of these idiots championing the all digital future is amusing, especially when they're factually wrong. "ItS jUsT aN eMpTy DiSc" "pLaStIc CoAsTeR" Lol some of the internet's brightest.
the whole industry sucks right now, but it's wild that Nintendo is coming out of this relatively more unscathed than their competitors, although i'm not getting my hopes up that things won't start to get worse on their end in the near future (beyond console price increases)
Just so awful to never be able to borrow a game or get a used game at a discounted cost, as now all digital games are in total control of the company. Just really really bad for consumers, and you know prices for these games (despite no more disc manufacturing costs) will still go up
it's definitely really bad that Nintendo went the $80 route (and i'm afraid to see what other new first-party games get that price beyond MKW and Fire Emblem), but the fact that they're still printing/planning to print physical copies – many below that price point – while also not laying off tons of employees or pricing their hardware in the same range as Microsoft, Sony, and Valve probably gives them a little more goodwill than their competitors. not defending their business decisions by any means, and like any company, they'll definitely make ones that will upset their consumers (i'm unfortunately assuming the full switch to digital by Microsoft and Sony will set a precedent for them as well). it's just funny to me that it seems like the pushback they've received hasn't felt as massive as other companies. maybe we're all just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Interesting to think there might be a scenario where Switch 2 just sweeps the console market like the Wii did during its generation assuming it remains considerably cheaper and continues to get physical games
it's also just been a reasonably great platform for third-party right now, GKC aside. the fact that Square Enix and Capcom have committed to day and date releases for their bigger titles, combined with better optimization and the ability to fit some games on a full 64 GB cartridge, makes it a great option if graphical fidelity isn't your biggest hangup.
The 80 dollars you pay for Nintendo games almost seems reasonable when you look at how few layoffs they’ve had.