It was bleak when they came in 4th in a 3-console race last holiday season.

I’ve been having a fantastic time with mine. Kirby Air Riders is an excellent sequel to one of my favorite childhood games. Cyberpunk went on an accidental super sale and I was able to get the complete edition for $17 USD. Fortnite doesn’t run like dogshit anymore. The console feels more sturdy and premium compared to Switch 1. An extra charging port on the top makes extended tabletop play possible now.

However I’ll always welcome headlines like this because the more Nintendo struggles, the better they get. Wii Sports was incredible and everyone had it. Switch 2 Welcome Tour should have never been a paid game and none of my S2 friends own it.

“Never discounted” is just factually untrue, though. The biggest hitters don’t reach Steam-sale levels, sure, but I’m looking at $70 Tears of the Kingdom for $47 USD right now on Woot. I’ve purchased a fair number of Switch 1 games for around $40 in the last year and some (like Mario & Luigi Brothership and Super Mario RPG) went for as low as $25 USD around Black Friday.

Microsoft could justify a $1000 console if it can also be used as a full desktop computer. I couldn’t see Sony doing something similar unless they miraculously brought back Linux mode.

But I also wonder if Microsoft will take a legit attempt at salvaging the Xbox brand next generation since they’ve completely blown this one now and are making no steps to remedy it.

okay go ahead and ignore the company’s official statement answering your question then

https://screenrant.com/next-gen-xbox-console-confirmed-2026-release-window/

Speaking to Variety, Xbox president Sarah Bond notes that the company is working on hardware. While some of the interview focuses on the recently-released ROG Xbox Ally devices, Bond does outright confirm that Microsoft has “next-gen hardware in development.”

Looking forward to the new leadership under Lars Wiggler

How many “not buying it” comments will this post get before someone realizes it’s a free game?

How’s the battery life?

The screen thing is really overblown. Yes, there are technical analysis that point toward issues. However most people, including myself and several of my friends, don’t notice anything wrong in real life. Maybe if you’re an absolute snob about display tech you’ll notice something is off but that’s it.

If you are planning to play docked with family then the battery life isn’t really an issue.

If you are only going to use it for Switch 2 games then there’s no hurry to buy one now. There’s hardly any. But there’s a big catalog of fun Switch 1 games you can play on it that make it viable to buy now.

It was fun! It was good take on the 4v1 genre and included characters from all eras of the Evil Dead franchise (except maybe the 2013 movie, I stopped playing before the updates finished.)

My least favorite part though was the progression was severely limited if you only played private matches with friends. My friends and I played for days and barely earned a few levels. We played one match against randoms and got tons of XP.

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Meta sucks on the whole but I love my Quest 3.

Let them ruin their own experience? Or it’ll make Elden Ring much more accessible to casual players.

I’m very curious to know how many people in this thread disparaging the game have actually played it.

Because despite the bitching it still has a very respectable user base, at least purely looking at the Steam stats:

It’s a decent game but a terrible one if you are comparing it to the original Overwatch.

This is the second time I’ve seen someone say this. Tenacious D is not broken up. Where are you getting this information?

Jack is gonna be the best part of this, you just wait.

It’s likely because the Quest runs Android and we already have Android ports of San Andreas, which would have expedited things theoretically.

Garry isn’t even technically building an engine from scratch, right? I thought S&box is heavily modified Source 2.

They should open up the consoles to have the ability to run full versions of Windows, I bet that would boost sales a little bit.

The Nitronic Rush soundtrack is some really awesome techno. It feels very Tron-esque at times.

The FTC is specifically pissed that Microsoft was allowed to acquire Activision and then this price increase happened. It flies in the face of all the shit MS said wouldn’t happen to get the merger approved.

Finally, GateSplit

Well hopefully it can recover from its horrible initial impression then. It would be a shame for a perfectly good game to die from one bad trailer.

I would love a remaster of Nitronic Rush, although I have no idea if it’s content is included in Distance already.

Last few? I just browsed the front page of the Eshop and there was only one $70 Nintendo title.

It does

Robocop for half off is a good deal. That game was fun as heck.

I’m referring to the base game which has been out since December.

I don’t know a single person- friends, family, extended friends, streamers- who have played this game.

KILLER BEAN

The reveal video looks really good! Definitely some solid competition for EA and their upcoming Skate game.

Choose your next words carefully or risk invoking the wrath of the fediverse.

officially the cringiest thing I’ve ever read on lemmy

I would argue that someone saying “every piece of media” doesn’t care about that distinction.

Soooo people shouldn’t get paid for taking time to create books, movies, music, textbooks, newspapers?

Damn, this was a fun game when it was on Stadia but the $20 price tag was a tough pill. Shame they repeated the same mistake.

It’s honestly a smart idea, especially when waiting around at a charger while on a road trip or something.

I’m just confused why people are downvoting the person for giving their observation of the update. Should they have lied and said the graphics look worse? Lemmy is so shitty sometimes.