Yeah, it might be like the Wii leading into the WiiU. Twilight Princess was originally going to be for the GameCube, but turned into a wii launch title and was followed by Skyward Sword late into the Wiis lifetime. That resulted in the WiiU never having its own Zelda, instead sharing BOTW with Switch during its release.

So it’s possible with BOTW released with Switch and TOTK late into the switches lifetime that we’ll see the same thing happen on the switch 2 (and it won’t get an exclusive Zelda).

Yeah, I think a lot of people forget that Google (and AI research like this) pumps out a lot of work like this that shows amazing new advances. However, that doesn’t mean any of this is near ready.

Here is a 2018 paper about using world models (a concept where a model is developing an understanding of a “world”) that used it to create an interactive Doom AI model - https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10122 just to show that this stuff has been in the works for a long time.

I was amazed at how well x64 emulation has gotten on arm. The chip in the Thor should be pretty decent, but definitely expect pain points and worse support than the steamdeck/Linux (on x64).

I haven’t had any game not load for me yet, but performance is inconsistent (especially in 3D games). Something that seems lightweight will be sluggish and other things run surprisingly smoothly.

This site - https://www.emuready.com/ - helped me research to see if I could actually play the games in my backlog.

Edit: Also, most phone chips have shared RAM (if I recall correctly), so higher ram in the device means higher gpu VRAM. So going cheap on ram could impact what games are playable.

It’s less powerful than a steamdeck, and runs arm, but the Ayn Thor might be what you’re looking for.

With things like Gamenative and Gamehub you can get pretty good windows emulation through box64. I’ve been messing around with it and it works pretty well (played dark souls remastered, BPM, Katana Zero, etc. on an arm handheld).

Edit: I don’t have a Thor, I’ve been messing around with Gamenative on another device.

I still have mine and it’s next to useless, from the start it was kneecapped by its weak processor and windows.

I think I tried to install a Linux OS recently, but the biggest issue is driver support and long boot times.

The person above you is wrong, while a generalist model will struggle to make valid pixel art, either a specially trained model or one with elements to force a specific structure could make generative pixel art.

This seems like a valid example - https://pixel-art.ai/

It was the best selling console in the US this holiday season, but not sure how it’s sales compared to previous years. It also was on a big discount which definitely helped.

To be honest I think BOTW has had a negative effect on Nintendos approach to game design. While BOTW had its highlights, TOTK doubling down on a very large empty world without real dungeons got boring fast.

Yeah, I’ve had the chance to play mission command and asteroid on an original arcade cabinet, its definitely a different experience and I’m sure for some worth this price.

I mean the price is high, but it is a unique device with controls you won’t find on other devices. Additionally, you’re not pirating the games this way (I know that’s not a plus for everyone). It’s obviously playing on peoples nostalgia, but I don’t think it’s that big of a ripoff.

I wasn’t saying it couldn’t be done, I was saying drones as vehicles doesn’t seem viable (economically or for safety reasons).

Also, when you put in bigger batteries you increase the weight, thus increasing the amount of power you need to fly the drone. If these ventures say their drones get 20-30 minutes of flight I would assume that’s got to be around the current sweet spot.

You’re idea for making it more bike-like might be able to help with flight time (if drag doesn’t become a larger problem), but I don’t think commercially anyone is going to want to fly unprotected from wind and the elements.

Yeah, that’s pretty much the same way I felt playing it.

Yeah, that’s what’s shown in the video, basically a large six propeller drone. The big issues seem to be safety, flight time (battery lasts 20-30 minutes), and air space regulation.

Personally, I don’t think drones are there yet and may never be. The range is probably always going to be limited due to energy density and at that point mass transit (like trains) will always be the better/safer option. Even if you can solve the energy issue I think you still run into safety issues including high wind scenarios.

I felt like this was a game that could be better served as a shot story. The gameplay is weak and the setup for all the mind copying is cool, but mostly irrelevant to the main philosophical question posed.

!Most of all what I don’t like about the game is it purposefully misleads the player about the “mind copying”. The fact is there is no gamble or uncertainty, when copying the person’s mind the original always stays where it is and a new consciousness is created in the new body. By changing control for all transfers but the last it seems to imply you got unlucky, but that’s what had been happening every time prior.!<

In the past I think they have, I remember the Quest 3 being a top selling console when it released.

The best I could find this year was this article, but I’m not sure if they’re just mentioning the VR headset sales in the same article.

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/ps5-ea-sports-fc-26-and-hogwarts

Switch 2 was selling super well, but it was out competed by the PS5 (probably due to sales) and almost lost to the Nex Playground (probably due to cost again) according to news reports.

https://gamerant.com/video-game-hardware-consoles-sales-2025-switch-2-ps5-xbox/

That seems to be a sign that the console/games are priced too high.

The biggest issue for me with the Xperia Play was that the lack of thumbs ticks kept it stuck as an emulator for retro consoles (it could play ps1 and N64 games, but inputs held it back). This will fall into the same spot, where you can only really play games that don’t require a thumbs tick. So if it’s your daily driver, you end up with a device that’s making sacrifices as a phone and gaming device.

I still liked my Xperia Play, but I don’t think I would have recommended it to people.

Just a note, I’m pretty sure Arm is only “efficient” in low power modes. I’m not sure there is much (if any) energy saving when running heavy loads.

For example, running heavy ML workloads on a Apple Silicon still burns through battery.

It’s 2D, but the fire mechanic is pretty fun - Wildfire

I mean he’s not wrong, it’s like saying we’re going to have a flag for whether the game uses stock/bought assets or like saying whether an animated movie uses cgi.

The real issue is that many are using AI poorly, but as developers become more familiar with the tools and work them more seamlessly into their workflow, it can be beneficial.

Lies of P did a great job of color coding things (and generally being more leinent/realistic with timing). It can still be a hard game, but the most approachable parrying based game of that ilk.

*for me at least

It’s definitely more interesting than 4. It’s been a while since I played either, but remember thinking 5 felt like a better game all around.

Yeah, it was. So it had more features than most controllers at the time and I think was still cheaper.

I mean the original controller had gryo, track pads, USB dongle and Bluetooth, haptics, and buttons on the back.

However, I do agree the controller felt cheap (I think really just how light it was).

We’ll have to see. I think they could pull it off as they’ve been more aggressive with pricing than other companies.

The original steam controller was $50, I would hope they’d be able to keep it under $100.

Not to mention a steamdeck is $400, and that’s got a lot more going on than just a controller.

Yeah, I’m surprised the original commentor is getting downvoted. This console generation has been terrible, PC is doing better, but really only due to smaller indie games.

I think you get access to mobile games through your Netflix subscription. I know they released some games that were only playable on android through them.

I mean, the issue is these lines aren’t as concrete anymore. Is the Ps5 a console or a locked down pc?

Hell, this is probably controversial, but Apple and Google actually have the monopoly on PC gaming. Android and Ios make the most money out of any gaming ecosystem.

I think the issue is, that if we’re going to call steam a monopoly (and maybe they are), then we’ve got to call Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo monopolies.

What I don’t want to see is legal attacks against steam while letting worse behavior off the hook.

Based on this we’d expect the PS6 by 2027, meaning there is only one year left for the Ps5 as “current Gen”.

Sure the “lifespan” of the console will be longer, but most people think of it in terms of the console being the current generation of consoles.

I absolutely agree with you, I got to a point where I had solved the “main” puzzle, but was struggling to complete other puzzles (that I knew the solution to) simply due to room draws.

I wanted to love the game, but it held itself back on the RNG design. It can be so detrimental to the game that I wouldn’t recommend it to most people.

It was a surprise hit for me. It feels more approachable than most souls likes and has a pretty decent story.

It’s 20% off right now on Steam. I’ve been eyeing it but during the fall sale I decided to go with Lords of the Fallen over this.

Oh god, I actually played this year’s ago. Great game!

When you want a trpg and end up with a weird school Sim.

I agree with you, it was too much walking Sim for my liking.

Little Kitty Big City is a much more fun cat game in my opinion. Slight mix of collectathon, platformer, puzzle game that does a good job of making you feel like a cat.

I agree with you, the game seems mediocre at everything it does (platforming, puzzles, etc.) and there are much better “games as art” out there.

http://www.gorogoa.com/ always comes to mind (although it’s definitely a “harder” puzzle game).

What shooters does she recommend, as I’ve had a hard time finding games with good multi-player and movement/controls as Cod (in my personal opinion).

It’s possible you like the risk-reward elements of rougelites? If so (and with some gambling themes) you may like these:

• Dungeon Clawler -Peglin

Note: Like Balatro both these games have android/ios versions.

Yeah, it’s possible that the group who would buy gamepass arent the norm and they’d normally buy 10+ games. But even then, they’d have to be buying 10+ games a year within the gamepass library to be canabilizing sales.

Either way, they picked a really bad time given the state of the world to be raising prices by 50%.