Hero-of-Time

I love that game. Bought it on both the Switch and PS4 because I enjoyed it so much. It's one of my favourite indie games.

A new console with very little compelling software. So....sod all.

Played through this today. Picked it up on sale as I missed it back when it was part of PS+. It was a nice, chilled out experience. Kinda reminded me a little of A Short Hike. It was great to have the DLC as part of the package as well. Apparently the base game was updated with the extra level and it was just given away for free. It's amazing that Indie developers do this quite often and yet the big publishers charge for such things.

B&M are great for getting Lego sets at a cheaper price. My mate got a lot of his Star Wars diorama sets from there.

I feel @BowserBasher is gonna be the one to finish all of his pledges first.

Seeing as I won't be getting a Switch 2 in the near future, I'll be buying it on the original Switch.

Yeah, will do. I'll fire a picture of all of them to you via the PS app before I start selling them.

Haha. I noticed that when I typed it. My phone kept auto correcting Odama and was like "Nah. I'm keeping that in"

Made another £200 today off Gamecube games. Took about 30 in this time, all of which were lower priced games. I didn't want to be hanging around while they tested them and so made sure they were all under £30 each. I went up the attic today to get the outer boxes and microphones for Mario Party 6 and 7. Insane how much they go for complete. Those will be going in my next trip, alongside other big packages such as the Donkey Konga/Jungle Beat games, the Mario dance mat game, Obama and Crystal Chronicles. I'll probably have to wait a long time while all of that stuff is tested. I think two more trips should be enough to finish off my Gamecube collection. One for the console (Resident Evil 4 edition) and a few games and another trip for 20 or so games that will all need to be tested due to their value. Methinks the N64 collection will be next on the cards. It was always going to be a hard first step to take but people are right when they say once you've got rid of the first batch it becomes very easy to keep going. It's crazy how much space I'm creating.

It was readily available pretty much from the start. I didn't get one until a few weeks after launch and just walked into a shop and bought one. I didn't preorder and contemplated getting one on launch day and Argos had plenty of stock in my area. Scalpers are a lot worse now though.

It's just from my own experience but yeah, that has defiantly been the case. The amount of times I've sent emails to UK based companies about various things and heard nothing back is ridiculous. Makes me wonder how these places stay in business. Whereas the companies I've dealt with in China have always been prompt and polite.

After this week, I have zero interest in the thing. Considering how long it's been in development there is a massive lack of compelling software at launch, with many of the games being available elsewhere for years. You've then got loads of games being rereleased or being upgraded for a cost. It speaks volumes that a Wii U game (BOTW) is being pushed as a big game for the console. The whole industry just feels stagnated and ridiculously money driven to the point where I've lost a lot of love for the hobby over the past year or so. Sad times.

It's mainly down to cost. Businesses want higher profits and you aren't going to get that in a country where you have things like workers rights, a minimum wage etc. You ship or sell the business to the likes of India or China and you bypass these things. Raw materials cost more over here as well. For example, I work for a company and we do R&D work and make synthetic diamonds. The cost of various chemical powders and other materials we need to do this is crazy over here in the UK. Go on places like AliExpress and you can get it for a fraction of the price from China. Surprisingly, their customer service is far more responsive and caring compared to companies I've used in the UK. I don't use the sites myself but many use the likes of Temu or Shein for the same reason when buying personal goods. The majority don't think or want to think of the ethical side of things as long as they are saving money. Given the way the economy is, I honestly can't blame for just wanting to get theirs.

I thought you were in Durham area?