This price jump is insane. They’re already getting $10/game when bought new, and the games given out with this price hike sucks.

Cancelled my PS+ Extra so it doesn’t renew in June and I’ll likely not sub again.

Ooooh big strong man is so angwy!

End of an era. Much love for Martinet and I’m happy Nintendo is still keeping him around in some sort of capacity! Hopefully this was mutual; him being in a video about it with Miyamoto feels like it probably was.

I just deleted Destiny 2 off my PS5 thinking I’d likely never get around to buying the DLC, and then it gets added to Extra. Welp, guess it’s time to redownload the game!

That looks absolutely delicious! I made chicken schnitzel about a month ago; while we were happy with the flavor, the chicken breasts were too thick despite tenderizing them. I’ll have to butterfly them next time, thanks for the explanation!

A buddy of mine loved OW1, ranked top-100 for Rein, and preordered OW2 a long time ago. Not only did Blizz not refund his $60 after they changed directions, he said he still has to pay for this content.

Obviously the main takeaway is another reminder to never preorder games, but that is so slimy.

I wonder if they’ll use this opportunity to sort of “relaunch” the games and include a huge performance patch at release. The DLC was the best part of Sword and Shield, and these look like they could be the same.

It’s also easier for me to get excited because I really didn’t have crazy performance issues. Definitely some bad slowdown in places, Pokemon battles occasionally had some interesting glitches, but I don’t think it ever crashed on me. I played mostly in handheld, so maybe that helped.

This was happening to me earlier, and logging in with an existing character then logging back out fixed the issue for me.

Sorry it hit you on a great night to play :(

I mostly don’t understand why they made so many different awards. I thought Gold was a cool way of a user supporting Reddit while also showing their gratitude toward another user. After all, users cared about karma even though it didn’t really do anything so an award was just an extra “tip” of appreciation.

It definitely lost its luster to me though once they changed it to awards and it became messy.

Incredibly strong month for standard PS+! Alan Wake is an excellent single player experience, and Cold War has some really cool zombie modes now too.

Manifest Destiny - Digital Edition

I completely forgot this was released! I have $33 in gold points, pretty sure I know what I’m using them on.

Mods are unpaid “workers” that make it possible for Reddit to be appealing to advertisers and be potentially viable to go public. Framing the story around them gives outsiders a reason to think that admins are doing something that will make their unpaid jobs harder (which is true) and gives them someone to feel bad for.

Otherwise the story is a bunch of non-paying users of Reddit are upset that a company wants to regain control over the ad revenue 3rd party app creators take instead, either through ads on their own platforms or premium memberships. Which I do think there is more nuance because Reddit is only as powerful as their user base so maybe they deserve some concessions, but the average news reader who isn’t on Reddit won’t understand that.

Just to clarify, I’m annoyed as well and not saying we shouldn’t take our contributors and lurkers elsewhere. I moved over to Lemmy as a RIF user and refuse to use the app. Just giving the likely answer to the question!

I’m not one to care much about graphics either, and I usually enjoy seeing Nintendo rise to the challenge in creating artistically pleasing games that are stylized to make the most of the hardware rather than pushing polygons and making everything look as realistic as possible. Games like Windwaker, Skyward Sword, and Super Mario 3D World are breathtaking despite being on comparatively under powered hardware.

However, there are other game play opportunities that show themselves with better hardware. Paths tend to be able to be more open, more enemies can be on the screen, and more actions can happen simultaneously. Even the lack of loading screens is huge! The freedom we get now in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is so immersive, it’s easy to get sucked into the game without it needing to load and breaking up the action. Another great example is the newest Ratchet and Clank game on PS5, the different environments you hop around to in that game is incredible.

But you’re absolutely right - Nintendo isn’t looking to compete anymore, not really anyway. They’re content creating the experiences they want to bring to their fans at a price point that is accessible but doesn’t cost them money. As long as their bottom line isn’t suffering, they’re happy to just keep doing what they’re known for. The lack of innovation with their online service is more than enough evidence of that.

I completely agree! I’m just interested to see if Nintendo thinks they need to innovate and change the continuously change the wheel to compete with the new market it created, or if they’ll just think that their software will do the heavy lifting for them. Asus isn’t making games, and Steam might as well not be…so minus portability and otherwise PC exclusives, Nintendo still doesn’t have much direct competition.

At least Nintendo doesn’t seem to need to feel the pressure of an adversary to innovate other than keeping their company alive, for better (Wii, Switch) or worse (Wii U).

Love the parallels you made of the Switch releases vs. Gameboy releases! This is exactly what I want too - bonus points if they can add some personality back into the consoles though with themes, optional menu/eShop music, etc. Maybe the new gimmick could just be online that works well!

I enjoyed the demo quite a bit, so it’s nice to see that it’s reviewing well! Definitely can understand why longtime fans could be put off by the combat system, but I really enjoyed the change of pace and I’m sure it’ll get more complex as the game progresses.

I’ll definitely pick it up at some point! Still jamming on Diablo 4 though and want to finish side quests in TotK. It’s crazy how many good games have been coming out this year, tough to play them all.

It depends on how they handle it. I don’t mind the passes where you can earn another battle pass by completing the one you bought. However, I do hate that they are timed; I’d prefer to buy “Battle Pass 1” and complete it at my own pace instead of losing the chance to get items that I paid for.

I wouldn’t expect the free currency though if they weren’t timed.

As always, it’s looking very stylish and fun. Kind of getting over P5 though, would have loved to see the P3 remake or Metaphor though.

Loved the scene where Mario enters the pipe but loses his hat and quickly grabs it. The flowers seem pretty funny and entertaining too. Definitely feels like there is a lot more love and attention invested in this one!