It’s just a shame that they failed to see what made the original Wii Sports so successful: it came with the console.

If they had Switch Sports available on day 1, free for all Switch owners, and then added DLC on top of that, they’d have made a mint.

the main difference in many third party Switch games compared to their MS/Sony counterparts is mostly just running at 30 vs 60 FPS with no other major graphical or gameplay changes.

I would disagree on this point.

Many third party games that release on Sony/Microsoft consoles and Switch do feature noticeably downgraded graphics, even comparing PS4/Xbox One to the Switch. Whether that prevents someone from enjoying those games is entirely down to personal preference, but I think it is disingenuous to say that the framerate and resolution are the only differences.

Take a look at the Digital Foundry comparison between The Witcher 3 on Switch versus (standard) PS4 and you’ll see a good example of all the optimizations and trimming that they had to do to get the Switch version running at passable framerates. It still runs well, and it’s still a fun game, but if someone is looking for high visual fidelity, they’d be better served with any other platform (and notably, the PS5/Xbox Series received visual enhancements to take advantage of the better hardware for their respective ports of the game).

It’s not as common as the Wii days, but the Switch still does see neutered versions of some games ported to the system. Kingdom Hearts 3, for example, doesn’t even run on the console. The Switch just streams it from the cloud. So when those servers eventually go down, that’s it, no more game. It’ll be effectively un-released. EA never stopped the old strategy for their FIFA games either (while they still had the rights to that franchise) where the Switch versions of the game were simply missing features available on other platforms for some arbitrary reason.

…to singularly focus on a cheaper model, The Information reports.

They always gotta leave the important bits out of the headline.

This was the surprise of the Direct for me. Beautiful style, and the gameplay seems very reminiscent of Ori, which I loved.

They didn’t say that though, they said the only game.

I don’t think we’ve heard enough about Metroid Prime to bet on it being a Switch 2 launch title. I am thinking the upcoming Pokemon Legends is the likelier option, which already has a 2025 release window.

Ouch, my sympathies. That’s the point where I’d unapologetically use the built in cheat modes and auto battle back to catch up, but even then that’s a pain to work back through. At least it was just 2 and not one of the longer ones like 5 or 6.

If you love the older FF games, I do recommend the Pixel Remasters. They don’t come with the extra content they added for the GBA/DS re-releases, but they are very good remasters that do a great job of keeping the pixellated look and feel one might (generously) remember while visually improving everything in just about every regard.

And the redone soundtracks are phenomenal.

It’s “great” when you search for the name of an app verbatim and it is like #4 or #5 in the search results.

That one studio maybe, but the majority of their games are still third party.

Assuming she bothers to wear the damn thing. My grandmother on my father’s side once had a fall incident that led to a hospitalization, so the family chipped in to buy her an Apple Watch because it has fall detection. But she’s too embarrassed to wear it, so it lives permanently on her nightstand, even though so many of us have smart watches of our own.

Tetsuya Nomura approves.

Yes Google pays Apple billions of dollars each year to keep Google Search as default.

Their launch target in the leaks was 2026, but that was also back when Starfield was supposed to be coming in 2021.

Does it come in rose gold?

My previous laptop was a MacBook. It lasted me 10 years and had barely any issues. I’ve never owned an iPhone, but I imagine the integration features are quite nice for those who do.

While MacBooks are overall reliable and the user experience is good, there’s no denying they’re pricey. If all she is doing with it is going to be writing, I would get (at the most) an entry-level MacBook Air, and maybe only with a discount if you can manage one.

Otherwise, something cost-efficient like a Chromebook would be more than sufficient, as basically anything can act as a good text editor. George R R Martin famously writes all of the A Song of Ice and Fire books using Wordstar on a DOS PC from 1987 (though given how long he takes between books, maybe that is a bad example after all).

With that in mind, the decision is ultimately dependent on your own situation. If it doesn’t break the bank to get the MacBook, sometimes getting something nice that costs a little bit more is better than getting just what you need. But for the situation you described, I’d say just about any laptop would do.

Sure, for mobile games. But there not going to compete with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in the console space. They should probably be treated as separate markets because there is really not much overlap between the two in terms of audiences.

No way, you just don’t get it.

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My thought as well. The reveal stream itself was barely more than an hour long in its entirety. Could probably get the same information in less time just scrubbing through the original upload on YouTube, though I guess this video cuts out much of the dead space.

The logo reminds me of the opening of Foundation.