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.
$80+ per game for more recycled IP, now on PS4-level hardware. Plus you get to pay extra for modernization patches for all your old Switch 1 games, which will probably never be discounted since they are now officially “next gen”. Don’t forget all-new forms of DRM disguised as retarded features no one asked for. And to top it all off, a new quasi bloodborne game once again locked to an underpowered console.
This is peak slop. Nintendo fanboys will lap it up. I’ve seen real life people defending charging money for simple FPS and resolution unlocks on Switch 1 games because it’s “technically new content, so you shouldn’t expect it to be free”. But hey, these are the people who still pay to access the internet on hardware they already own. Console gamers have brain damage.
Pirat_Nation (like him or not) raised a point recently about how the casual piracy culture of the Napster/Limewire eras have turned into feverish corporate dick-sucking.
If anything, modern concepts of "you don't own it software as a service" already make the case that piracy IS the moral and ethical option.
I don't think anti-piracy messaging has been that effective (certainly not more than anti-drug messaging), so I do think there's a connection between the modern day virtues of obedience and boot-licking, particularly by NPCs, and slop like you describe.
Every time, I'll think back about this one parody in IT Crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg