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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nintendo hasn't even gotten a hold of being a game company in 2023. Maybe they should focus on catching up, as the switch has stagnated and the eshop is filled with trash

[–] donuts@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly I think Nintendo are killing it in 2023. I loved TotK and Pikmin 4, and have high hopes for Mario Wonder and the SMRPG remake. Yeah the switch is aging out, but it's no big secret that a Switch 2 is deep in development and probably coming next year.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hadn't touched my switch in about 6 months before TOTK came out and haven't touched it since I finished it. I notice I have been using my switch about as much as I used my Wii U. It's more of a dedicated Mario Kart machine that I occasionally use for a AAA Nintendo game like Zelda or Mario, but it's mostly just there for when I have friends over and we want to Mario Kart

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Your anecdotal experience doesn't really seem to match up with sales numbers.

Speaking personally, I go stretches not playing the Switch and then months where I play nothing else. There are a zillion great games for it, and if they don't interest you that's more about your interests than the Switch itself.

[–] donuts@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Sure. I absolutely use my Steam Deck more than my Switch. But still, my favorite releases this year have been Nintendo games (although I hear good things about Balder's Gate 3).

[–] DreamySweet@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every game store is filled with trash though.

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

yeah, but not like the eshop. the eshop is a dumpster fire of a store. it's what steam used to be before valve tried to build automatic curation systems. the eshop is 100x worse than every other game store available today. I don't even look at it because I know that I can't find anything interesting between all the crap

I can 100% look at other stores, i just look through the new releases on my playstation every few months and generally find something i want

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I have not owned a console in a decade or so, i only play on PC. I bought a switch for my nephew to play around when he visits. I literally only ever held a switch once and i didn't really know what to expect. I like a lot of the hardware part. Like controllers are super easy to pair, they even show up in the right colour, i like how you can use them in different ways. Docking and undocking, handheld mode, all very cool. But oh my, the eshop is a nightmare. The nintendo account thing took me a while until it worked for unknown reasons. What i absolutely despise tho is that i bought mario kart and i paid full price for that game that came out in 2014. It had dlc tracks (that was expected i guess) and they just show up as normal tracks with a slightly different symbol. These assholes know exactly what they are doing. Kids keep pressing these tracks until the parents spend 25 or so more bucks for some more tracks on a game from 2014 that still costs full price.
I assume they do that with smash as well an all of these games. I loved nintendo when i grew up, like a lot. But now i really just regret that i gave them money.