• @rabber@lemmy.ca
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    2429 days ago

    that’s why i dont buy digital games on nintendo. one day the service ends and it’s gone forever.

      • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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        429 days ago

        i buy physical because i genuinely think nintendo is one of the last good game devs remaining. but switch 2 is just download cards. i will not be purchasing it.

        • Owl
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          1229 days ago

          “one of the last good game devs” brother there has been so much drama with nintendo being a god awful company the past year ALONE.

            • Owl
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              1129 days ago

              you can say that about a lot of games and their devs. tons of great indie games out there.

            • gonzo-rand19
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              229 days ago

              Not in 10+ years when you can’t download the rest of the game from the servers because they don’t put the whole game on the cartridge anymore. Not to mention patches and DLC aren’t on the cartridge either.

            • Owl
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              429 days ago

              have you seen any of their pokemon releases the past years? its actually embarassing how bad the games are in terms of quality and polish, for a game that is the biggest IP in the world.

              • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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                229 days ago

                Nintendo has not developed those. Blame gamefreak.

                Check out the new pokemon snap which isn’t that dev. It is legit a 9/10 game. I play it a ton.

                • Owl
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                  329 days ago

                  they do own the pokemon IP though, so even though they dont develop the game, i’d argue its still their fault if the game turns out ass. its time they put some stress on gamefreak to do better.

                  • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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                    129 days ago

                    Oh yeah fuck nintendo for real. But as long as they keep making quality games I’ll keep coming back, unfortunately

        • @Sabin10@lemmy.world
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          329 days ago

          It’s already happening on other platforms. Doom dark ages only has something like 28 megabytes on the disc.

            • ProdigalFrogOP
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              29 days ago

              AFAIK, most PS3 (and even PS4) / Xbox 360 games will play and function with just the disc, an internet connection will just let them download updates to the game.

              It was PS5 and Xbox One where the discs became glorified physical download codes, and did not actually contain the entire game.

    • @leave_it_blank@lemmy.world
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      1229 days ago

      That’s why I only buy games on GOG. After purchase I archive the installer, and it’s mine forever. On console you are really fucked.