Vidya Games Thread

[TKN_Lurker]

When the Duskbloods opening was starting, it was really obvious that was the From Software engine by the lighting. Then the guy is a vampire of some form. Then it's pretty clear it's not Bloodborne, but something else. It's Bloodborne for Switch Because Sony are Idiots.

They must hate making money. People wanted Bloodborne 2 for years now and they just did jack shit with FromSoft for over a decade. The retards at Sony have no clue what game actually sells anymore and would rather promote more DEI slop nowadays.

 

[Smelliest007]

You may want to temper excitement for the new fromsoft game, as it's a PvPvE multiplayer game.

Nice, sounds like a good time with friends.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

They must hate making money. People wanted Bloodborne 2 for years now and they just did jack shit with FromSoft for over a decade. The retards at Sony have no clue what game actually sells anymore and would rather promote more DEI slop nowadays.

This is the correct assessment. Sony ran all of their competent people away.

 

[chihirogumi]

They also want to charge you for a fucking welcome tour/tech demo.

Nintendo Expects You To Pay For Its Switch 2 "Welcome Tour" User Guide

Tutorial is a paid download

www.nintendolife.com

Even the PS5 has a free game with every system. This ain't the Nintendo from the Wii days. Terrible.

 

[Sankisei]

Ruuun its Bloodborne 2

 

[TKN_Lurker]

Well, that's an unfortunate discovery for Kiara.

 

[Saturnus]

Has that been confirmed somewhere?

Didn't read the fine print but I assume if you immediately discontinue your NSO+ subscription after downloading it it refunds the DLC. I wouldn't know how the DLC shit works because despite having NSO I've never used the DLC shit (because I already own what they put out).

 

[John Vtuber👁️]

Pokémon Legends Z-A at 4k/60 FPS, and the Pokémon SV patches for the Switch 2, are catering to me, specifically (I am going to put another 1000 hours in those games, and Legends Z-A alone, because I am mentally ill)

Bloodborne 2, on the other hand, is exactly what Sony gets for sitting on their most fan-requested IP in a decade. How many more Bloodborne-likes will release, even by FROMSOFT themselves, before they move an inch with the game?

 

[CalciumAnimal]

You may want to temper excitement for the new fromsoft game, as it's a PvPvE multiplayer game.

BLOODBORNE KART?!

Pokémon Legends Z-A at 4k/60 FPS, and the Pokémon SV patches for the Switch 2, are catering to me, specifically (I am going to put another 1000 hours in those games, and Legends Z-A alone, because I am mentally ill)

Bloodborne 2, on the other hand, is exactly what Sony gets for sitting on their most fan-requested IP in a decade. How many more Bloodborne-likes will release, even by FROMSOFT themselves, before they move an inch with the game?

I have a really dumb theory that lines up with what Sony has already done.

Bloodborne is a Break Glass in case of Bankruptcy port.

Also yall sleeping on the actual biggest announcement



time to get Gourmet Race stuck in your head again.

 

[Banana Hammock]

time to get Gourmet Race stuck in your head again

I prefer Item Bounce.

 

[Superduper Samurai]

I prefer Item Bounce.

my credit score got a buff after listening to this on loop, thanks Kirby!

 

[httn]

SILKSONG IS REAL

> 2025 release date

It's not real, i refuse to believe, it can't be true, i will not be fooled again.

 

[chihirogumi]

I prefer Item Bounce.

Background music during the executive meeting to determine Switch 2 monetization.

 

[reinigen]

The latest Trails game has been officially announced for the West. It looks like we're finally catching up with the Japanese releases fellas! I am still playing Daybreak 2 so I avoided watching the trailer, the most important part is that the game will come out in Fall of this year.

I've only just started playing the Trails series after reading about it for so long. I marathoned Sky FC over a week (I'm a working man with a child, gimme a break guys) and have immediately dived head first into SC. The combat improvements are already nice. And the mods that add the JP voices during the game are great too. I'm looking forward to finishing all the games some time in 2026.

Nintendo avoided giving price details on stream because they wanted to obscure how much they're jewing you.

On top of that you have to pay to upgrade your switch 1 games to 60fps like the Zelda games.

The console price is about what I was expecting. $50 over for the new Mario Kart bundle seems like a no brainer. Glad to see they lead with the new Kart because that tends to be one of the biggest system seller games for Nintendo. I'm excited to play around with a Burnout Paradise version of Mario Kart.

It was nice to see such a huge emphasis on major 3rd party games. The ones I'd be interested in playing I would just pick up for PC anyways, but it's good to see its available for people who are purely consolefags. Eldin Ring, Cyberpunk, and Madden/Fifa being the most obvious ones for the normie audience. A huge improvement from the staggering THREE launch titles that the Switch originally had after the Wii U absolutely slaughtered Nintendo's 3rd party support.

As well, this isn't even all the 3rd party shit we can expect to see. Articles have been out saying Dev Kits were kept to only select devs, and even denied for one major studio due to "instability" (rumored to be Embracer). We should start seeing more games coming out around the holidays.

Many Developers Rumored To Not Have Switch 2 Dev Kits, Even This One Big Publisher

The Nintendo Switch 2 dev kits are a rarity.

screenrant.com

Surprised to see Nintendo is the one to finally make digital games cheaper than the physical ones. I'm a big physical edition guy for 95% of games, so I'm a little disappointed to see this. But I know it's something that's been coming for a while, so I guess we'll see if Sony will follow suit.

You don't have to pay up if you're a Switch Online Member.

I might still just pay for the BoTW/Tears upgrades outright so I just have them. I'm hoping they follow the $10 standard that Sony did for PS4->PS5 upgrades. But it wont' surprise me if Nintendo charges more than that.

I'll be overall interested if there will just be generalized performance improvements with games overall, and these just unlock "further" upgrades. There are some games that still kinda run like ass (Looking at you Astral Chain) so I kinda hope we'll get some word on at least FPS/performance boosts on other Switch games from some reviewer before launch.

SILKSONG IS REAL

 

[Thomas Talus]

lol @ Siegmeyer with a jetpack.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

>$450 launch price when the Switch was $350 and the PS4/PS4 Pro were $400. Even the Steamdeck is $400
>$80 price for digital games, a whole $10 jump from Sony's retarded $70 push
>$90 for physical "games" that aren't really games, just licenses to download the actual games to kill people sharing games
>Unlike Sony's price hike, these price hikes won't ever go down because Nintendo refuses to discount their older games
>$500 for Mario Kart bundle when a Switch and 2 launch games was $470 without a bundle
>$90 joycons you'll have to rebuy when they inevitably break because they're shit quality
>have to pay to upgrade your Switch 1 games or pay for their online subscription (no news on whether those upgrades disappear when you cancel your membership)
>Their online will likely still be a dogshit slideshow presentation whenever you deal with multiplayer stuff like the inevitable Mario Maker 3
>their tech demo tutorial game isn't free
>this is all coinciding with them ending Nintendo Gold points
DID THESE RETARDS LEARN NOTHING FROM THE PS3??? ARE COMPANIES THAT DOMINATE A GAMING GENERATION HONORBOUND TO NUKE THEIR NEXT CONSOLE?
PS2 TO PS3 YEARS TO FINALLY DROP THEIR PRICES
XBOX 360 TO XBONED
WII TO WII U ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

 

[Abomination]

I've only just started playing the Trails series after reading about it for so long. I marathoned Sky FC over a week (I'm a working man with a child, gimme a break guys) and have immediately dived head first into SC. The combat improvements are already nice. And the mods that add the JP voices during the game are great too. I'm looking forward to finishing all the games some time in 2026.

Enjoy the journey. FC was great, but SC is really where the series hooked me and made Estelle one of my favorite protagonists. Easily my second favorite game in the series.

A little down the line in Azure is when the series was cemented as my favorite video game series, with Azure becoming one of my favorite games of all time.

Over time, the series has added in quite a few nice additions gameplay-wise too. Just an all-around great series if you have the time to invest in it.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

They also want to charge you for a fucking welcome tour/tech demo.

Nintendo Expects You To Pay For Its Switch 2 "Welcome Tour" User Guide

Tutorial is a paid download

www.nintendolife.com

Even the PS5 has a free game with every system. This ain't the Nintendo from the Wii days. Terrible.

Of all of their choices, this is the one that confuses me the most. Just include it with the console. You're asking people to pay for a 3D Manual.

Didn't read the fine print but I assume if you immediately discontinue your NSO+ subscription after downloading it it refunds the DLC. I wouldn't know how the DLC shit works because despite having NSO I've never used the DLC shit (because I already own what they put out).

It seems Nintendo is actually committed to their Cloud setup. Whether it works well is a completely different issue. This is, after all, a Japanese company and high-end technical infrastructure. Things can definitely go wrong.

>$450 launch price when the Switch was $350 and the PS4/PS4 Pro were $400. Even the Steamdeck is $400
>$80 price for digital games, a whole $10 jump from Sony's retarded $70 push
>$90 for physical "games" that aren't really games, just licenses to download the actual games to kill people sharing games
>Unlike Sony's price hike, these price hikes won't ever go down because Nintendo refuses to discount their older games
>$500 for Mario Kart bundle when a Switch and 2 launch games was $470 without a bundle
>$90 joycons you'll have to rebuy when they inevitably break because they're shit quality
>have to pay to upgrade your Switch 1 games or pay for their online subscription (no news on whether those upgrades disappear when you cancel your membership)
>Their online will likely still be a dogshit slideshow presentation whenever you deal with multiplayer stuff like the inevitable Mario Maker 3
>their tech demo tutorial game isn't free
>this is all coinciding with them ending Nintendo Gold points
DID THESE RETARDS LEARN NOTHING FROM THE PS3??? ARE COMPANIES THAT DOMINATE A GAMING GENERATION HONORBOUND TO NUKE THEIR NEXT CONSOLE?
PS2 TO PS3 YEARS TO FINALLY DROP THEIR PRICES
XBOX 360 TO XBONED
WII TO WII U ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

While there's a lot to like about what Nintendo is doing, my thought is they're going to run into more of the issues with the PS4->PS5 transition more than the PS2->PS3. This is effectively just an extension of the Switch Library that can also play anything that worked on the PS4. I think the 2nd year sales are going to be sluggish because people will just keep buying Switch 1s. This happened with the PS2 that kept selling like 500k consoles a month through almost the entire PS3 life.

Hmm... 30k Yen to 50k Yen increase from 1 to 2. That's a bit more than I expected. $450 USD is a price that'll work in the States, but that JP price says there must be a lot more going on with the cost basis. They know $399 USD was the price to hit, but either they were very concerned about weird currency issues or they know it's going to be a slow grind upgrade path type of release.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

While there's a lot to like about what Nintendo is doing, my thought is they're going to run into more of the issues with the PS4->PS5 transition more than the PS2->PS3. This is effectively just an extension of the Switch Library that can also play anything that worked on the PS4. I think the 2nd year sales are going to be sluggish because people will just keep buying Switch 1s. This happened with the PS2 that kept selling like 500k consoles a month through almost the entire PS3 life.

Hmm... 30k Yen to 50k Yen increase from 1 to 2. That's a bit more than I expected. $450 USD is a price that'll work in the States, but that JP price says there must be a lot more going on with the cost basis. They know $399 USD was the price to hit, but either they were very concerned about weird currency issues or they know it's going to be a slow grind upgrade path type of release.

I was honestly expecting $400 as the price. It's really wild they're selling it for $350 in Japan to maintain their stranglehold over the JP market considering about a fourth of all their Switch 1 hardware sales were in JP. It feels like they know $450 is a little pushy but they are more concerned with closing up JP for Sony, especially with that Fromsoft exclusive, so they upped the worldwide price to subsidize JP's price.

 

[Banana Hammock]

Good thing the code is almost exactly the same as the Switch. It'll make emulation less difficult, assuming they don't get scared off by Nintendo's lawyers.