I read claims that Nintendo wanted the OLED Switch to have a better chipset, but due to the chip shortage at the time needed to scrap everything but the better screen. The same rumor claimed that Metroid Dread was supposed to be the showcase game and that's why it has occasional frame rate drops. Hard to blame…

Nobody gets payed “what they deserve”. That’s not how compensation or pricing works. People get payed according to their leverage. If you are easily replaced in a day or two, you get payed little. If it takes months to hire a replacement and train them you get payed a lot more. If the success of a massive acquisition…

I know that's their historic behavior, but I still don't understand why. Doesn't all the big money come from the international market? Aren't their companies driven by the desire to make money?

I understand that part. I don't understand why business folks at Nintendo don't see the huge potential outside Japan. It's like they target Japan first and then think what to port instead of looking at their whole market of which Japan is a small part. Strikes me as bad business.

“No real reason to even keep your phone on unless you’re paying for in-flight wifi and spend the whole flight browsing or fidgeting”

I just was in first class on an international flight where they had full power outlets. However, the outlet was in bag enough shape that the springs(?) inside the outlet were so soft that the power adapter would fall out. I travel a lot though and always also have a wall charger with a built-in battery with me in…

Objectively the move from 2D to 3D resulted in a few years of worse games. The industry had come a long way on 2D games and needed to relearn so much when moving to 3D and the technology itself wasn't really there yet. It was super exciting at the time, but the vast majority of early 3D games held up terribly while…

Interesting. I was thinking about getting the Awakening remake. What makes it so bad?

The real problem isn't the name though, it's the content. Would a reality where the same mode has an innocent name better? IMI it might be even worse since it might be less clear that I really don't want to join that mode before trying.

The market has grown, but so has the cost of making most larger games. Mario Bros was made by a handful of people today is hundreds.

Wow, when this was a list, there actually was engagement...

“even Los Santos Drug Wars couldn’t pull me back into GTA Online”

It’s interesting how the clear sentiment in the comments is anti GTA online, yet Kotaku under G/O Media has become tone deaf. Top leadership at G/O should contemplate what they’ve done with the top US gaming news website.

Came here to write “Fuck GTA Online!”

I spent a lot of time with Vampire Survivors and Marvel Snap!, but honestly wish I hadn’t. Both games are highly addictive, but don’t create any “stories” that stick with me after I am done playing. There is nothing about these games I’ll think back to in the future other than how addictive they were.

Do you happen to know where I can get the full recording. Modern stacks have grown unpleasantly complicated, but there are good reasons. I'm genuinely curious to hear ideas how to make it simpler.

Many years ago I started tracking games on cheapshark.com. you sat a target price and get a notification when any online store hits that price. You can also see historical pricing. It's gotten a little noisy for me since I need to adjust too many prices down or remove some games.

The toning is what the Oscars get right. Wait till the year is over and then giver everyone some time to consume the nominees. It's even more annoying with algorithmically generated lists. Why are Nintendo and Spotify sending me lists of what I listened to/played most this year with several weeks left? Why not send it…

This and other, similar stock art is actually one of the more interesting use-cases for AI-generated art. The original creator is long dead. Only Getty Images benefits who is some oil-baron company’s scheme to benefit of copyright. The art itself at best will get minimal attention in the final product. Not having to…

Getty might have purchased a license from the city of London that allows them to resell.