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Yeah I have to admit I figured this would be selling for £20 by now but it's still 35-ish. Must be selling decently enough which is good.

Good point on the difference between publishing and developing @Julius, you would hope studios wouldn't have to wait until 2023 to start work! The franchise is so diverse there's so many different types of games that can be made, and opening it up to non EA studios would suit that perfectly. Story Group's Matt Martin's tweet a few weeks ago... I know there's probably some PR speak in there but it does sound like they're ramping up.

Nice! Really looking forward to this. 3D World is one of my favourite Mario games ever so I'm really excited by the port + new content. Nintendo continue to manage expectations with the whole "2 minute trailer" comment, just to stop people getting their hopes up it'll be a Direct style thing

Same here. I'll play Horizon but other than that it's Kena and Stray I'm really looking forward to the most. Not a bad year. Obviously there's no way God of War will make 2020, but in terms of big first party releases Ratchet and Horizon aren't too shabby as the tentpoles.

Discovery's very fond of telling us the crew are a family, or that we should care about these people, instead of actually earning it. The fact that they lay it on so thick makes it even more obvious, likewise Saru's "we are Starfleet." speeches, as a direct result of the backlash from season 1.

EDIT: Damn, beat me to it by seconds Hopefully that doesn't just mean the EA studios and they're looking to take the games side of things a lot more seriously.

Yeah feels like every big indie studio would say sales on Switch were more than all other platforms combined. I wonder if Gamepass has changed the situation though. I haven’t bought an indie on Switch for a while as they seem to end up on Xbox eventually.

Not a fan of the Pokemon/some Japanese devs thing of sticking a character PNG on a background.

Not sure I'd call a service that has all the content from the two biggest franchises in the world, Marvel and Star Wars + all of Pixar, Disney, Simpsons, documentaries etc all for £6/month as 'garbage' but I guess if you're not constantly watching stuff on it then it's not too useful in between original series. Not really a Marvel fan but Wandavision looks interesting, seems very different to the usual superhero stuff.

One third of the way through Light of the Jedi and it's fantastic. Couldn't put it down. Charles Soule's writing is so good. Definitely needed to make notes though as there's a LOT of new characters to learn. Refreshing to have a new time period to fall in love with. It also means meaningful things can happen, as opposed to new canon books that felt a bit safe and only there to pad out the films.

Yeah they've been going OTT lately but it must be tempting when you get an average 50K views for every daily news video, 50 quid for a 2 minute video. They do great work though, so it's pretty sad, especially as Andre has always come across as a great considerate guy. Be interesting to hear what he has to say about all this. The new team seem good though, hopefully conditions for them are better.

Love Andre and love Gamexplain, even the new guys are starting to grow on me. Hope this isn't true. The old crew certainly didn't give the impression they disliked working for GX at the time, their discussions were always great fun and full of banter.

The systems-driven sandbox is easily the standout aspect of the game. "Open-air adventure" as Nintendo calls it is spot on. They've got a great thing going, and with refinements the sequel could be even more special. Maybe that's why it seems to be taking a while. Also I feel like very few big name developers would have the balls of putting a game out where you can run to the final boss from the very beginning lol.

I don't think I chopped off any Guardian legs once in nearly 200 hours! Shield parry is the way, but the timing can be tricky at first, don't use wooden shields they'll just burn up with each attempt.

I'm sure I read that Smash Ultimate was built from the ground up. And the two Paper Mario's are completely separate games, regardless of a shared engine. But sure, Mario Maker and Splatoon are upgraded versions of Wii U games. It raises the question of what's being argued though. Creatively, absolutely, I can agree that Nintendo put out more original and innovative content on Wii U, but I thought what we're discussing is which console has better software, and going on that I'd rather play Splatoon 2 or Mario Maker 2 than the Wii U equivalents.

That's your own personal reasoning, no problem. I consider it differently.

I'm sure the Donkey Kong games are happy being called some of the finest 2D platformers ever made tbh.

I loved the Nintendo-published stuff on Wii U, frankly that's all there was. And the Switch has a similar line-up in terms of Nintendo published stuff in the first 3/4 years... Mario 3D World / Odyssey Smash Bros Wii U / Ultimate Mario Maker / Mario Maker 2 Splatoon / Splatoon 2 Hyrule Warriors / Age of Calamity Xenoblade Chronicles X / Xenoblade 2 Colour Splash / Origami King Yoshi's Woolly World / Crafted World Kirby Rainbow Paintbrush / Star Allies Wii Fit U / Ring Fit Adventure Ultra Smash / Aces Wii U has: Mario Kart 8, NSMBU, Pikmin 3, Donkey Kong Country TF, Wonderful 101, Captain Toad, Star Fox Zero. Switch has: Luigi's Mansion 3, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Pokemon Sw/Sh, ARMS, Pokemon Let's Go, Pokemon Snap, Nintendo Labo, Clubhouse Games, Astral Chain, Octopath Traveller (kind of, published by them outside of Japan) From a quality pov, Ultra Smash and Starfox Zero were pretty disliked, and NSMBU didn't get much love either. But throw in all the third party support, indie stuff and all the ports and Switch is miles ahead from a software pov. The hardware is obviously better too, that goes without saying. (Oh and Covid has obviously delayed stuff)

I couldn't disagree more. But that's fine. Obviously there's nuance to the situation like @Julius suggests, but I suspect if you ask someone in 20 years time "what console was Breath of the Wild" or "what console was Miles Morales", they'll answer Switch and PS5. No one thinks: Twilight Princess = Gamecube. It's fundamentally considered a Wii game... that was also available on Gamecube.

Wow I'd love to get anywhere near 6-8 hours! It genuinely feels like it lasts two hours at most while playing Sackboy. Like you say I guess it's a case by case basis, and I know I've said it before but I was just hoping it would generally be closer to 20 or 40 hours like the other two consoles.

This board wouldn't stop complaining how barren the console was in terms of software! That's literally all people talked about, how few games were coming out for it. It's hardly a port when it releases on the same day on both consoles. It's a cross-gen game. Would you call Spider-Man Miles Morales or Sackboy on PS5 ports? They're widely considered PS5 games, also available on PS4. Not seen that one. The last one I saw was for Animal Crossing. Probably Ring Fit and 51 Worldwide Classics before that. Disagree. It's supplementing it. Wii U never had a year like 2019, or even 2017 in terms of quality.

Is it just me or is the battery life on the DualSense even worse than the DS4? I can get a couple of hours out of it before it's telling me to recharge, ridiculous.

And the Wii U release schedule wasn't?! 14 million people owned a Wii U, what's the Switch up to now, 70 or 80 million? That's a huge amount of people loving the current output. Then add the amazing indie scene on Switch + actual third party support, GOTY quality games like BOTW, Odyssey and Animal Crossing... I loved my Wii U but there's a reason why it's the butt of jokes and the Switch is almost universally beloved.

I wish some of the bigger publishers would live by that rule once in a while.

Very clever! Makes sense, the art style lends itself to something like this.