Where do the other ~1800 people work?

I assume Nintendo has various other divisions in other countries and regions that probably all add up. Monolith Soft, Retro, and Next Level are also not detailed so them too.

In his new video Modern Vintage Gamer highlights his frustration from a developer standpoint of the lack of upgraded internals on the new OLED Switch and his views on the current Switch hardware going forward.

Honestly what he's saying makes complete sense and is very similar to the frustrations I voiced in the Switch OLED thread earlier. The OG Switch is showing it's age and even a modest bump to bandwidth, ram and CPU could help smooth out performance issues across the board. I don't think we'll see Switch 2 until fall 2024 or March 2025, so an upgrade in 2022 should help appease both fans that want better performance and developers until then.

Please highlight how many developers took advantage of the N3DS' improved CPU or DSi's specs because I remember practically none of them because they all focused on the OG models anyway so this argument is just hot air about something that wouldn't have changed anything for any consumer. The is no upgrade coming it's time for people to come back to reality and stop believing the day dream of so called insiders who day dream of everything being 4k the NS will see out it's run and a proper successor will be released when Nintendo deems right.

Combat in Astral Chain has finally clicked; my mistake was that I was focusing too much on micro-managing my legion early on and getting overwhelmed by that. Now I have a fairly good feel for things; I'm still having a trouble with perfect dodges but that's not the game's fault, I just don't have great reflexes. Those finishers where you rip out a Chimera's core feel great.

The part that's surprised me the most so far is how extensive the non-combat segments are compared to other games by Platinum. The policework is quite fun and even picking up and binning empty cans is strangely addictive. The more I play, the more the art style is, well, not growing on me per se but it doesn't put me off any more.

I won't know for sure until I finish but so far, it's definitely on track to be a strong addition to Switch's shortlist of either great games or honourable mentions.

Anytime you see the combo counter reset on the right side it means your opponent would have had the chance to air dodge or DI out of the combo. It's a nice string though.

Yeah Xenoblade 2 was kinda similar in that regard.

I'm up to chapter 6 now. The main issue is less a problem with the game and more myself; I simply don't have the right kind of reflexes and brain wiring to be able to get the most out of the combat system in the way a better player would. The more advanced stuff is just too complicated for me to process at once in the heat of battle. Thankfully, I can get by on casual difficulty. I may not be able to maximise the combat system myself but I can still appreciate its brilliance.

Yeah I am really liking the policework, exploration, and other side activities that flesh out the world and add variety to the gameplay. In most games I just skip over the sidequests, but in Astral Chain I've completed quite a few as they're mostly satisfying little chunks that don't waste my time.

Honestly, I would never play Skyward Sowrd without the motion controls, they're part of the game's appeal to me.

Yeah, even if the option had been available in the original release, I would always opt for motion controls in Skyward Sword, the swordplay is just so kinetically satisfying and that feeling would be entirely missing with sticks and buttons.