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Monopoly is a graphical powerhouse.



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mZuzek said:
caffeinade said:
Monopoly is a graphical powerhouse.

It only makes sense, since it's an adaptation of a board game, so its graphics must be lifelike.

It is a shame they messed that up though.
They had a chance to make a graphical powerhouse, but they failed.

Oh, Ubisoft made it.
Yeah, that sounds about right then.



Remember when people took Zelda battery time as the standar for the console? I keep telling them most games would have a better battery life than that one, they didn't believed me, well, here is the proof.



Goodnightmoon said:

Remember when people took Zelda battery time as the standar for the console? I keep telling them most games would have a better battery life than that one, they didn't believed me, well, here is the proof.

Console isn't even a year old, it's life has just started.
Best to wait until towards the end of the generation when the Switch has it's hardware pushed to it's limits by developers and has a ton more games out before we can decide who is right/wrong with that claim.



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Goodnightmoon said:

Remember when people took Zelda battery time as the standar for the console? I keep telling them most games would have a better battery life than that one, they didn't believed me, well, here is the proof.

I'd say it would be better waiting to see how everything unfolds the more time it passes. I'd say none of the games above I am Setsuna are that much demanding, which explains how the Switch is able to substain its battery much better. But then you have more recent games being released that fall short of Breath of the Wild's battery life (Mario Odyssey and Skyrim, with Doom being slightly marginally better than Breath of the Wild) and there's the probable hypothesis that demanding games will have a similar or shorter battery life than Zelda.

Whether one wants the Switch for games like Zelda and Mario, or Crimsonland and King Oddball would depend on the consumer, for sure, but I'd say the current trend and sales indicate that the former are more desirable, which are the ones falling short with the battery life. Games like Splatoon 2 are closer to Zelda's battery life than, let's say, Stardew Valley.



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feels about right. It felt like I was able to play Disgaea about 2x as long as Zelda on battery.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

Frankly, I see no issue with the battery life on games like Zelda, Doom and Mario Odyssey falling into the 2.5 - 3.5 hour range.

I mean, speaking for myself, it's very rare I am away from a power outlet for more than 2.5 hours in my day-to-day life.