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CaptainExplosion on 07 April 2025
KLXVER said:
Wyrdness said:

It's clearly not an issue for them because the platform and its games are geared for their tastes they know they'll get value out of the games they buy, as much noise as what is being made those who buy Mario Kart for example will be playing it for years to come it's not like it's some yearly release title in fact same goes for a number of first party titles. Yeah price rises are annoying buy they've been going up since the 80s it's not a new thing, when I started gaming games cost £30, it's just something that comes with each gen however prices do come down after a while and the will be sales that allow purchases at lower prices.

Yeah, I just have to take advantage of certain deals. In one store I get 10% off new releases. In another I get points when buying games to use in future purchases. And I can trade in games at a local gaming store. It sucks, but there are options at least.

I put two games on my Yule List.



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BasilZero on 07 April 2025
Zippy6 said:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/04/its-official-switch-2-joy-con-will-not-feature-hall-effect-sticks

Switch 2 confirmed as not hall effect. But hopefully there won't be drift problems anyway.

Why did drift suddenly become an issue with controllers? I don't remember it ever being a thing before the Switch and then PS5. I never had issues with older consoles. Did anyone else?

But I do wonder why all the console manufacturers are allergic to hall effect. It can't be that expensive when reasonably priced controllers from 8bitdo EasySMX etc have them.

My Dualshock 3 (from 2011) and my Gamecube controller (from 2001) both had drift.

Dualshock 3 back in 2018 and my Gamecube controller back in 2013.



SAguy on 07 April 2025

Touch wood but I guess I'm lucky in that I've never experienced joy-con drift. I've had the same pairs of joy-cons since I bought the Switch in 2017.



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Zippy6 on 08 April 2025

Several unreleased switch 1 games have leaked from a devkit someone got hold of.

A ridge Racer prototype, a Lego Civilization Game, and early builds of Splatoon 2, Rime and Arms.

Here is early footage of a cancelled game by retro called project harmony.

https://streamable.com/2mkoof

Ridge Racer:

https://youtu.be/aEcDXk5NXho?si=yLiD25jaWOkWk3k0

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Zippy6 on 08 April 2025

The Switch 2 Camera is 1080p but unfortunately the piranha plant one is only 480p.



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Shaunodon on 08 April 2025
Zippy6 said:

The Switch 2 Camera is 1080p but unfortunately the piranha plant one is only 480p.

Explains why it's cheaper. Still a nice asthetic if you're playing in a well lit living room, which according to Nintendo is apparently everyone.



Zippy6 on 08 April 2025
Shaunodon said:
Zippy6 said:

The Switch 2 Camera is 1080p but unfortunately the piranha plant one is only 480p.

Explains why it's cheaper. Still a nice asthetic if you're playing in a well lit living room, which according to Nintendo is apparently everyone.

I wonder how the AI features like the background removal work when the AI has a 480p image to work with instead of 1080p. But yeah it explains the price difference as it didn't make much sense before.



Zippy6 on 08 April 2025

Hoping we'll see updates for some pixel art switch 1 titles so they keep pixel perfect scaling rather than stretching a 720p image to a 1080p screen and blurring the pixels. Stardew Valley the GOAT for example.



Wyrdness on 08 April 2025
Zippy6 said:

Several unreleased switch 1 games have leaked from a devkit someone got hold of.

A ridge Racer prototype, a Lego Civilization Game, and early builds of Splatoon 2, Rime and Arms.

Here is early footage of a cancelled game by retro called project harmony.

https://streamable.com/2mkoof

Ridge Racer:

https://youtu.be/aEcDXk5NXho?si=yLiD25jaWOkWk3k0

How has this not happened yet? It's the perfect combination.



firebush03 on 08 April 2025

idk about you guys, but I’d throw down as much as $2,500 on a NSW2…maybe one or two years after launch. If we’re talking at launch? I’d go as high as $1,500.