About your sidenote:

Yes. Microsoft bought Activision because they want to revive River Raid.

Wow. That must be very umami.

Great idea! Because limiting communication has never made anyone angrier. It always helps calming things down.

LOTR novels. Not movies.

Geez, calm down with the “it’s not fair” argument.

Certainly overcompensation.

“You can grab We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie, the second Katamari game, which was re-released on the Nintendo Switch on June 2"

“Just because people dont want a black actress to portray a white mermaid doesnt mean they are racist.”

Around a year ago I sold my Xbox One X in near perfect condition (I’m not especially careful with my consoles, but I don’t understand how people get so many scratches on their consoles). And the price was considerably higher than it would have been if it wasn’t in the original box.

This is the correct argument. It's all subjective.

Sure.

I was gonna write a bit, say that I disagree, explain stuff and all... But it’s easier to just say:

In fairness, we must assume Nintendo has already paid them for their creativity and intends to be rewarded for this in the long run. And assuming (and it’s a big assumption) that the whole system works, the fact that large companies can pay for creative work now to get money later and for a long time is the means and…

Which, to be frank, is about money.

Gotta say. Me and the wife finally started playing metal gear the other day. I’ve played MGS1 back in the day, and a bit of MG on my old NES. But we’ve never played the rest of them. We’re playing them in order of release and we’re on MGS3 right now and it’s fantastic up until now.

“most like you will cave when your choice is buy digital or don’t have games to play”

If they increase the profit margins on physical releases, all their “expenses” will be paid, and some people (like myself) who really like physical releases will still buy them. Some will stop doing so, but some will keep buying. Just look at vinyl.

Ok, people are discussing who’s right and who’s wrong.

That’s not exactly a pattern, though.