/games/ - Video Games★

I only care about Mario, Kirby and maybe Animal Crossing. I sold my Switch and all my Switch games because I wasn't playing that much on it anyways. The screen is too tiny and I'm too old and my eyesight is too shitty for it. I also only care about portable mode because playing on my bed feels better than playing on my desk. Besides, I already have a gaming computer and to be honest, the last Animal Crossing sucked so that's 1 franchise out of 3 I don't care about anymore. Nintendo has also been ultra scummy lately with their prices and attacking fan projects and emulation. Honestly fuck Nintendo, they're greedy assholes.

Remember when physical games were $60? Yeah…

I only pirate Nintendo games at this point.

I doubt it will be hard to emulate switch 2 on a proper gaming pc.
So they can charge whatever, I ain't buying regardless.

>>62316 (OP)
I tried watching the direct yesterday and could not make it past the first 5 mins. All that nintendo shit is so childish to me now, it's just impossble for me to care about it anymore. And I don't understand how there are adults who genuinely enjoy those games other than the ones they grew up with.

>>62320
>childish

That's exactly why they stay popular and sell well. Nintendo knows who they should cater to, and they never forget it. This is a lesson that companies like Marvel failed to learn, which is why they went from being the absolute kings of the children's market with their IPs at one point to not even showing up in the charts anymore, completely obliterated in the publishing business by manga and titles like Dog Man. They're relegated to ever diminishing returns, trying to appeal to ever more bitter, jaded old fucks like myself. Now that they've milked all the good stories with the movies, there's nothing left but to roll off to the side and die.

One of Nintendo's biggest triumphs is knowing with crystal clarity that children are their primary customers, not manchildren. Attach yourself to a single generation, and you're doomed.

>I don't understand how there are adults who genuinely enjoy those games.

What's there to understand, really? A game can be simple and have a cutesy exterior while still being fun. Games are all similar at the end of the day, they're all just braindead distraction. Play enough of them, and it doesn't really matter if it's Donkey Kong, where all you do is press A to break a barrel in front of you, or a Paradox game where you have to compare numbers on a spreadsheet. It's just a way to waste hours on this miserable planet. Mario Kart, for example, is a very enjoyable game, and when my sibling comes to visit, we always end up playing it. We pirate all that stuff, of course. There's no way we're actually paying the prices they ask for. That's another advantage of catering to kids. They don't know any better.

I have never understood the appeal of handhelds. Even as a child.

Wouldn't you rather game on a non-portable machine at home? Why unnecessarily use hardware that is optimised for portability? Do you actually play games outside on a tiny screen in sunlight?

>>62318
I have an old JC Penney Christmas catalog from 1996, which includes a video game section. A new SNES game then was $69.99, which adjusted for inflation was $140.81.

>>62329
When I was a child in the 90s I had Gameboys (original, color, etc.) which I mostly used for Pokemon. I did use them when I was out of the house, and I had a few friends so we could use a link cable and battle each other. Also we didn't have a TV in every room, so being able to play games without having to hog the TV all the time was convenient. I did play it on the TV too, though, since you could get an adapter for SNES that would let you play Gameboy games with it. That being said, I wouldn't bother with any handheld systems today.

just shit