I have been gaming since the Vic-20 and Intellivision. When my parents bought me games for my birthday or Christmas, I always had a blast playing Intellivision Baseball or Space Armada. Inside the big cartridge box was always a nice manual telling you exactly how to play the game. Most of those games were fairly simple, and did not require a huge manual to play.
In the 80's, games became more complicated. Wizardry, Bard's Tale, RPG's became common, and the instrution manuals did too. If a game required a manual with 200 pages, it was printed and shipped with the game. I remember flight simulators that came with books that were massive!
The trend in the 90's and into today seems to be less is more. There are still massive games being created, but you may receive a manual that is 20 pages! When I picked up my copy of Madden 09, the book gave the very basic commands. Yes it told me how to throw and run, but it did not show me how to do the things that make you WIN! Why not tell me how to do everything?? World of Warcraft is a great game, but the book should help a noob out more than it does.
I understand that publishers want to save money by cutting back on printing pages, but if I am paying $60 for a game, give me the knowledge on how to play your game properly! Most games do not need huge books, but the ones that do, well do the right thing and DO IT!
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The Nintendo Switch 2 may receive support for docked mode 4K and 120 Hz output at some point in the future.
hopefully VRR via a firmware update is released for docked play as well (like the PS5 did post release)
Not a knock on Switch 2 but it’s not made for it. Maybe a lower resolution at 120fps or 4k at a low fps but it’s not capable of both.
There's actually a pretty long list of games on PS5 that support 120hz. Even more with 60+hz unlocked, and that isn't even counting PS5 Pro.
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Yes, according to the dock teardown. It contains HDMI hardware chip of Realtek RTD2175N that supports 4K 120hz. And the HDMI included on the Switch 2 is HDMI 2.1.
Nintendo Switch 2 breaks US launch sales record, selling over 1.1 million units in its first week. This breaks the record set by PS4.
Could be a 3DS though. 3DS outsold DS by 2:1 in its first year in the United States yet lifetime sales ended up being less than half.
I'm happy for Nintendo. Even though the Switch 2 has received so much hate just to bring it down, it hasn't won. Even though some are saying they'll boycott Nintendo, it hasn't affected sales. Especially now, with word of mouth that the system is good, demand for the Switch 2 will definitely increase more.
Considering the record sales the Switch 2 is seeing around the globe its clear a portion of the loud minority clearly bought the device.
But But the internet told me the switch 2 was going to be a failure.
Such a good system im having a blast with it and really enjoying my first ever playthrough of yakuza 0
Sold through or to the stores? Asking because they're tons of them at my local Best Buy. When the PS5 and Series consoles launched, you couldn't find them anywhere.
The article clearly says sold. If it were shipped, it would say shipped.
Nintendo had been saying the last year or so that they would be flooding stock so that scalpers would not be an issue. They've followed through with their word. It's not cutting edge tech, so it's been easier for them to sit on stock for a while until it accumulated to a massive number available to be shipped.
Companies often use shipped and sold interchangeably. Regardless of what it is, supply hasn't been an issue at all.
What is the location of the Best Buy you speak of? We can find out if they have units or not. If they do, I can put something out there on Twitter/X for those in the area looking for a Switch 2.
Good for them, I'm still not buying.
Looks to be a pretty safe and boring upgrade over Switch 1 which I don't think they can top it on how plain looking it is design wise.
Shame since Switch Lite showed they still know how to make a handheld that looks good and is actually portable in a classic Nintendo sense.
That's why I got one over Switch 2's block of charcoal.
Then there's the prices of it all and the whole Key card thing destroyed any sense of game ownership.
There'll be a number of revisions for the s2 like a s2 lite or oled also seems inevitable
Unless they drop the prices and actually has a more portable variant that can also dock then maybe I'll reconsider but as of now, nope too big too boring and expensive to make it worth this early, not enough of its own games atm as well.
Who knows removing the dock capabilities would lower the cost of the unit pretty significantly.
The cost of the dock, reduction in shipping costs etc bug savings which will enable a cheaper system
I agree. I used to be able to sit down for than a few mintes and be able to read the manual for the backstory of every main character, a good description of the most common enemies, a description of weapons, and the back story of the game itself.
Now all you get is basic controls, maybe a paragraph on the backstory and nothing else. I used to judge wether or not to buy a game based on what the manual said about the game, now I just have to play it.
Soon it will be a single sheet of paper folded in half with the pic of the game on front, a warning and a advert inside and copyright stuff on the back =D
The reason new games don't require a book detailing the entire back story is because games now have long cinemas explaining the back story. Games used to not be able to cover that in game so it needed a book explaining it.
I agree, give me something to get excited about before I pop the disc in.