Except the things you don’t like aren’t changing.

Yeah but they won’t.

Yeah, absolutely. I’m playing Mass Effect 3 on my XB1 right now, for god’s sake; I put upwards of 400 hours into the game on the 360, but I’m playing it again because my purchases and save files transfer from console to console. I’d do the same if I had a PS4 (I will at some point).

Meanwhile, in online illegal-but-no-real-consequence emulator land...

I get that Chris and others want to wash away the doom and gloom over this announcement, but knowing Nintendo and seeing the possible alternatives, I’m not optimistic. Having to rely on game collections, while usually a bargain, will undoubtedly exclude a lot of great classics and hidden gems that don’t fall into…

This is basically my biggest fear. All the classic, lesser-known gems that appeared on the VC to my delight, like Ogre Battle 64 from the know defunct company Quest, have a snow ball’s chance in hell of making it on to a game collection or appearing on the new netflix-style offerings. And yes, collections are a…

First of all, I want to say the tone of this article is disgustingly and unwarrantedly optimistic. Virtual Console was by no means perfect. But the newest iterations did have save states, which is absolutely essential in retro game rereleases, in my opinion. Plus, we’ve already seen the chaotic world of uneven…

I am not a fan of this model. I don’t want to have to buy collections to get a specific game. I just want to buy specific games. I also don’t want a incredibly slow drip-feed of special collections just based on what Nintendo is promoting at a time. I also don’t want to have to subscribe to a Netflix-style service…

The Virtual Console was a lot more than just old Nintendo games. It filled a legal niche of conveniently purchasing products that Nintendo and publishers will likely never re-release. Publishers that no longer exist or whose IPs have been gobbled up by other companies may not feel like reviving interest due to poor…

• Games will still be drip fed. (See Arcade Archives, Sega Ages, NeoGeo Station, PlayStation 1 and 2 Classics, or any other classics initiative.)

I can’t. I absolutely hate them for it, because it makes my life unnecessarily difficult as a consumer, but it’s their way or the highway if I want to enjoy some of their excellent games. I resent that. I’d love nothing more for them to go the way of Sega. I had a brief resurgence of hope with the Switch that they…

Xbox: “Feel free to play your old games again!”

If Chevy had made a flying car every year, and had millions of flying car users expecting the next one like always, and suddenly stopped without getting in front of messaging.... Then this would be an analogy.

1.) Make a console with 32 gb built in storage.

It’s called customer service.

See also: Trump University

It’s funny that the only time I see people referring to “slippery slopes” is when they are defending repugnant shit. I’ve never heard anyone say “keeping your hands to yourself is a slippery slope that will lead to women not being harrassed”. And starting off by say “I’m not defending...” is usually followed by some…

A new paradigm of not grabbing people’s asses (who don’t like it) seems like a good paradigm to me.

You know what’s a slippery slope? Thinking that literally anyone deserves to NOT get called out for this behavior.

“Because if not then we are walking a fine line.”

What fine line do you imagine we’re walking here? Because I don’t really see any goddamn problem with calling out every single guy who grabs your ass. I don’t. The fact that this guy is doing so IN PHOTO SHOOTS THAT ARE LITERALLY SET UP IN ORDER TO GENERATE PUBLICITY…