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Switch 2 Edition games will be complete on the card without a download, Nintendo confirms (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have you priced SSDs, relative to... slots?

I don’t see how that’s a bad thing.

Bad, no. Hard, yes.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It...already has an SSD? Have you contemplated the costs of slot + game cards + shipping + third-party sales fees vs. SSD?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It has an SSD sized on the assumption that games go in the slot. It has an SSD that's the price of a game, and will only hold a dozen. And they could probably get away with less, thanks to focusing on the negligible cost of a hole and some pins.

Nintendo is only now figuring out that Virtual Console purchases should be transferable... at all. They are not qualified to handle a digital-only console. I think the idea of deleting a game and re-downloading it, for free, was a recent surprise to some of these people. The same way Sony's still trying to repeat the PS2, Nintendo's been trying to repeat the Famicom Disk System.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have you contemplated the costs of slot + game cards vs. SSD?

They are not qualified to handle a digital-only console

I mean they're one of the most profitable companies in the business. There's no reason they couldn't become qualified...

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They could.

They haven't.

They won't.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Well I never tried to speculate what they were going to do...

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Commenting on what they're doing right now is not meaningfully different. This started with you second-guessing their commitment to cartridges.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're mistaken. My statement was simply that it was wild that they were still doing it.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Distinction without difference.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It isn't.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My guy, if remarking that it's "crazy" isn't commentary on whether it makes sense, what is it?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

My guy, commenting on what makes sense is not the same thing as speculating about what they're going to do or second guessing their commitment to cartridges.

Anything else you'd like to make up?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My apologies for remembering the words you wrote.

If you don't like speculation, don't say things like "there’s no reason they couldn’t become qualified." Because that, in itself, is speculation. As surely as calling this situation "crazy" is commentary on whether it makes sense.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because that, in itself, is speculation.

🤣 No it's not.

Have a nice night.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

"They can" isn't, but "they can't" is.

Sure dude.