I buy whatever physical games I can.

Switch 2 moved 10m in four months while Switch 1 is only 10k behind the DS, tbh has probably overtaken the DS at this point as these number are by the end of September.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/hard_soft/index.html

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Reviews for Age of Imprisonment are in… and it’s doing about as well as all the other Hyrule Warrior games. (HW:DE [78MC], HW:AoC [78MC], HW:AoI [78MC].) Not much to say here.

Also, apparently reviews are not allowed to talk on the story of the game until launch? Which kinda stings esp since that’s the only thing I was curious about: everyone knows what to expect from the gameplay loop.

How the DK Bananza sales numbers make me feel.

So with Nintendo announcing they’re gonna buy studios I’d imagine a safe bet on who would be studios they have a good relationship with like HAL, Good Feel, Int Systems. Possibly a risky purchase (given their current condition) maybe Platinum Games. I would love them to buy Game Freak and get some quality control on the Pokemon franchise but I wouldn’t be surprise if somehow they legally can’t.

I hope they acquire MercurySteam, assuming MercurySteam is good at genres besides 2D Merroidvania.

It's gonna be level 5 or Grezzo that get bought. I can't see them even looking at say Sega or ubisoft. Sega has to many non gaming divisions and ubi has a whole host of other issues

PG are the obvious targets tbh as they've been in collaboration with Nintendo since the Wii, they make a type of game Nintendo doesn't have an in house equivalent for as well as utilize a gameplay/mechanics first approach, it may be nothing but Astral Chain had Nintendo staff actively working on it with three of the lead design team being Nintendo employees. Often such a move is to nurture talent that specializes in that field I can see PG just being acquired or a Retro Studios like scenario where some PG staff leave to form a first party studio (Original members of Retro were originally the Turok Team aka Iguana).