Feel like it's worth making this post, especially in light of the last Switch 1 Presentation only a while ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTVeYm4iIM
Personal Thoughts:
Really, it does just seem to be an attempted linear upgrade of the switch. I had a suspicion a while ago it might be hard to top the Switch era in some respects, so this seems to be more just a matter of new hardware... though for a lot of hardcore gamers (and people of scored), that probably won't do much for them.
I feel like Nintendo at least seems to be subconsciously trying to do a convergent evolution with PCs to some degree, at least with the new mouse controls. I've heard similar things about the next Xbox effectively being a PC, so if they are smart they might try this too.
Raidou Remastered and the New Professor Layton are the only new games that stick out at me right now, and those were announced before this point.
The New Donkey Kong and The Duskbloods seem to be the only real things that might grab major attention.
I hope the freeze in the middle of the stream isn't an ill omen of things to come.
Otherwise, not much of note here, at least to my eyes. Maybe they will pick up from this period of little note once the Nintendo Switch 2's successor arrives next decade, but for now it seems rather quiet.
EDIT: I did just see on that they have seemingly joined the 80$ for a game bandwagon with Mario Kart World Tour. Let's hope this isn't a sign of a worrying trend to come... though fate doesn't seem so kind these days.
imagine not pirating... truly unthinkable
I'll buy shit to support devs, but 90$ base price is too fucking much for me.
yeah 90$ for just the BASE GAME is NUTS
and that's just the BASE game, not including DLC or expansions which could be half of that amount
not to mention Nintendo is going full EA on game ownership
Nintendo will also be putting the games upgrade on S2 hardware behind a paywall.
yeah i heard the rumor, 20$ per game last i heard
it would be pretty insane if they try to pull this off, its more likely the console will bomb in sales much like the Xbox One did when it had mandatory online and Kinect
Especially since Nintendo doesn't do price drops like other developers.
Unless it's to drop the price of the 3DS by 32% from release price because almost nobody was buying it ( and the massively lowered price made it one of the most successful ''console line'' ever ).
Same, supporting developers if they're not trying to reciprocate is just going to lose consumer loyalty. $90 USD is bonkers.