Nintendo is entering the Jew phase of remaking remasters
I bought a lot of first-party physical titles for the Switch 1. I think the only game I bought for the Switch 2 is Terminator 2D. And I don't think I've bought any Switch 2 games digitally. Almost everything on the Switch 2 seems to be a remaster or remake, but then again, I haven't been keeping up to date with their announcements, so maybe there's something special I missed?
With Steam, however.... the only reason it's any good is because Gabe doesn't do anything. Just makes games available and stays out of the way.
But we all know that when he passes whoever takes over is not going to do that... they will fold. Gaben is an old-head like many of us here, and he grew up in a time where innovative was rife throughout the industry in the 80s and 90s, and saw all the burgeoning tech, the downfall of the dot com era, and the rise and fall of ownership amongst consumers as the gaming market went digital.
Some new-head is not going to understand the of being pro-consumer, about retaining software history, or preserving content. Heck, talk to most millennials and Gen Z'ers and they will argue to their dying breah that "you never owned anything anyways". All they have to spout is pro-corpo-slop bollocks they picked up from astroturfed reddit threads.
But you're absolutely right that Xbox and Sony are FUBAR. There is nothing else left. Hopefully everyone does the right proper thing and buy up all their physical PS3 and PS4 games before it's too late and dump the ISOs for emulation purposes, because the PlayStation brand is going to go extinct sooner rather than later.
I've noticed that for the Switch 2. I was just recently almost trying to justify buying one, i.e. talking myself into it. I still can't. They are just offering nothing I want, and the best shot they had is just a remake of an old Zelda game. It's one of those things I'd buy for $10 but Nintendo games will never be that.
It's also turning into why I quit the Xbox/PS already. I don't want game license on disc. I want to have the games so I can play them later, and I will play them later, and that could be 20 years from now when they've shut everything down for cloud slop only. So, I'll just keep my modded Switch. Nintendo has likely lost me too, and they had the best shot. Microsoft really screwed it up, I was all in on Xbox platforms going back a long, long time and I doubt I ever even buy another game for Xbox, and certainly not from the digital store.
The Switch 2 is sorely lacking any kind of killer apps. DK Bananza was neat, but it's no 3D Mario title. Mario Kart World is dragged down by its Open World design. Kirby Air Riders is niche and lacks replay value outside of couch co-op. There's just no big "Wow!" Title to pull people in. Everything is niche, a rehash, or otherwise too unimpressive to be a major system seller.
The problem, however, is twofold:
I bought a lot of first-party physical titles for the Switch 1. I think the only game I bought for the Switch 2 is Terminator 2D. And I don't think I've bought any Switch 2 games digitally. Almost everything on the Switch 2 seems to be a remaster or remake, but then again, I haven't been keeping up to date with their announcements, so maybe there's something special I missed?
With Steam, however.... the only reason it's any good is because Gabe doesn't do anything. Just makes games available and stays out of the way.
But we all know that when he passes whoever takes over is not going to do that... they will fold. Gaben is an old-head like many of us here, and he grew up in a time where innovative was rife throughout the industry in the 80s and 90s, and saw all the burgeoning tech, the downfall of the dot com era, and the rise and fall of ownership amongst consumers as the gaming market went digital.
Some new-head is not going to understand the of being pro-consumer, about retaining software history, or preserving content. Heck, talk to most millennials and Gen Z'ers and they will argue to their dying breah that "you never owned anything anyways". All they have to spout is pro-corpo-slop bollocks they picked up from astroturfed reddit threads.
But you're absolutely right that Xbox and Sony are FUBAR. There is nothing else left. Hopefully everyone does the right proper thing and buy up all their physical PS3 and PS4 games before it's too late and dump the ISOs for emulation purposes, because the PlayStation brand is going to go extinct sooner rather than later.
I've noticed that for the Switch 2. I was just recently almost trying to justify buying one, i.e. talking myself into it. I still can't. They are just offering nothing I want, and the best shot they had is just a remake of an old Zelda game. It's one of those things I'd buy for $10 but Nintendo games will never be that.
It's also turning into why I quit the Xbox/PS already. I don't want game license on disc. I want to have the games so I can play them later, and I will play them later, and that could be 20 years from now when they've shut everything down for cloud slop only. So, I'll just keep my modded Switch. Nintendo has likely lost me too, and they had the best shot. Microsoft really screwed it up, I was all in on Xbox platforms going back a long, long time and I doubt I ever even buy another game for Xbox, and certainly not from the digital store.
The Switch 2 is sorely lacking any kind of killer apps. DK Bananza was neat, but it's no 3D Mario title. Mario Kart World is dragged down by its Open World design. Kirby Air Riders is niche and lacks replay value outside of couch co-op. There's just no big "Wow!" Title to pull people in. Everything is niche, a rehash, or otherwise too unimpressive to be a major system seller.
The Switch 2 supposedly is lacking in game titles thanks to Nintendo treating the dev kit like the nuclear codes prior to it's release.