Skewed and Reviewed have posted an Opinion Piece covering why they are not on the hype train for the Nintendo Switch 2 and will not be buying a system while recognizing it will appeal to Switch fans.
Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry lead Alex Hutchinson explains that Nintendo will get away with their awful Game Key Cards.
people here forget that Sony sells Collector's Editions of games (God of War, Horizon, etc) that give you a steelbook with no disc. Just a code on a piece of paper. But because some 3rd party devs are choosing this route it's all Nintendo's fault.
If the option was a physical cartridge or a game key card then that would be the best possible situation. However it’s looking increasingly like game key cards will totally phase out physical media and that is really disappointing. I have a huge physical Switch libary and was looking forward to doing the same for the Switch 2.
@Neonridr
But it was Nintendo, who introduced this game key thingy. So it's 100% their fault.
yes.. they could pay full price to put their games on a cartridge, or pay less and provide a digital code and save money.
Which do you think devs would opt for?
It wasn’t about distribution… 🤦♂️
The irony being him criticizing what creates of the loss of making gaming feel “special.” You know, annual releases with a paint-by-number blue print, monetization, and in general just Ubisoft practices for the last decade.
Sorry that one went over your head.
Then maybe you should do a better job of making your point instead of readers assuming what you’re trying to say.
Yet most games these days on Blu-ray's don’t even contain the full game or the game at all. But he wasn’t complaining when he was at Ubisoft tho.
Kind of normal to not want to get fired for public complaints about your company, though.
Buying a physical box, just to open it for a glorified QR code is a shitty practice but I can absolutely see it becoming the norm sadly.
The enjoyment of owning something physically is going away, now its just a paid trial of services you never really "own".
except this is still a physical cartridge that you have to put in your console. You just have to download the entire game. But instead of it just being a code in a box (which is a one time use), you could still sell this or lend it to your friend.
It's not great no, but it's nothing like what we had with some Switch games.
Fair, its better than a one time use code but it I agree with the point in the article. It still takes away from the overall experience (especially from a nostalgia perspective).
@Duke19 - I mean we have digital edition only consoles now from MS and Sony. That's ok?
Seems like this is just a physical vs digital conversation, you can't exactly single out Nintendo here as everyone seems to be doing it.
thisnis definitely gonna bite nintendo in the arse in some way.
kids mostly use the consoles and not all parents know what to do with it.
also, what if u dont or cant use wifi ? lol
Hogwarts Legacy 2 could benefit from an expansion of the first game's enemy roster, and luckily, it has a large pool of creatures to draw from.
Couldn't go 2 sentences without bringing up JK Rowling's viewpoints (which are now acknowledged and supported by the UK Supreme Court). Time for all the "progressive" whiners to latch back on to reality.
Marvelous Entertainment released an extensive trailer of the upcoming mecha action game Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, focusing on combat.
Best thing, it's not exclusive to an overpriced and underpowered console. Marvelous has been learning.
Oh yeah, the best thing is definitely that this sequel doesn’t come with the whole five-month hostage situation the original had. Clearly, that was the real issue all along, and thankfully someone actually learned from it.... Now we just have to cross our fingers and hope Sony eventually learns that lesson too.
Not fond of the explosions, but arc raiders spoiled me. Looks interesting though.
This article reads like it was written by a 15 year old fan boy.
Jesus.
"There are also concerns about the P.R. side of things as their P.R. firm has a history of playing bait and switch (no pun intended) with us and other sites but that does not factor in for me it is simply a mater of I am not a fan of mobile gaming and for me, the Switch 2 is an overpriced and under-powered system compared to my PC and PS5 and I would rather wait and see what is offered by Sony for my next console as I believe there will be far more compelling titles that are going to feature more advanced graphics and online play."
the longest run-on sentence ever.
Good article.
I have zero interest in any of the Nintendo consoles. I view them as family console.
I think, as the author says himself at the end of the article, this system isn’t aimed at him, fair enough. If you prefer PlayStation and PC gaming and flashy graphics over portability and Nintendo first party games, then you are certainly not the target.
Personally I can’t wait to get my hands on it. I have a PS5 Pro, PlayStation Portal, Series X, gaming laptop, Steam Deck and Legion Go in the current generation and I like them all for different reasons.
The Switch 2, much like its predecessor will primarily, but not exclusively, be for Nintendo first party games. Having spent well over 200 hours with Breath of the Wild on Switch, not to mention dozens of other games I’ve really enjoyed at home and away from home, I don’t doubt there will be similarly enjoyable games in the S2 lifetime.
To start, Mario Kart World, Fast Fusion, Donkey Kong Bananza and even Cyberpunk (despite already owning it on 3 other platforms), have all been pre-ordered and Metroid Prime 4 has been a long, long wait but I’m glad it’s almost here.
I enjoy a beautifully rendered, fully ray-traced game world as much the next guy, but hell, I started with Pong in 1978, graphics take a distant second place to enjoyable gameplay to me, then and now.
I didnt find the switch 1 amazon, its still Nintendo doing what Nintendo does. So after a year of owning my switch it went in a draw and did not get used much.
I much prefer the route of the steam deck, so i don't see myself getting a switch 2 any time soon.
I like Nintendo console/handhelds generally. The 2 problems for me is not the console itself but the game prices and the key cards with no games on them. That’s a big turnoff