I was looking at getting a Switch 2 MicroSD card for a gift and shit’s bonkers, yo.

I get they changed the standard for the Switch 2, but $300 for 1TB?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQJBDLZY

If the disc exists, yes, but I’m talking about going to a store on launch day and not being able to find the big new release.

Yup!

If it goes all digital next generation I won’t be bothering. I didn’t leave gaming, gaming is leaving me.

Cool, cool, plenty of backlog to get through…

This is about physical sales, not digital.

For physical software, it’s super hard to buy it if stores aren’t stocking it.

The Xbox section doesn’t really exist at Target, Walmart, or Costco anymore, and it’s on the way out at Best Buy. Naturally that’s going to have an impact on sales.

Further, Microsoft doesn’t seem interested in physical sales anymore. I probably would have bought Avowed if it existed in meat-space, it doesn’t. I had a really hard time sourcing Indiana Jones and Outer Worlds 2.

On the hardware side, I already have this generations worth of hardware (PS5, XSX, Steam Deck), and I’m not interested in all the baggage on the Switch 2.

Plus, hardware prices are up.

So the surprise would be if sales hadn’t gone down.

Bought the game on the strength of the “Mouse Guard” inspired imagery.

Finished it tonight, it’s a delight and anyone complaining about “wokeness” clearly has not played the game. Demo is free guys, rest of it plays out just like that.

The worst part is, late in the game they reveal a tunnel system… that does nothing. You can’t access it, it’s just two holes in the ground. LOL.

Still a delight to play!

Read the plot summary of the play Equus linked above.

Like I say, this sounds like the gaming equivalent of Equus, which, when performed, involves a character supposed to be 17 doing exactly that.

The horses on stage are supposed to be “real” horses, but are performed by human actors. The male actor in these scenes is also typically nude.

NGL, it’s a HEAVY play to read and even heavier to watch, but it also won the 1975 Tony Award for best play…

Sounds like the gaming equivalent of the play “Equus”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equus_(play)

I can see why some would shy away from it, but banning it is the sort of thing that will keep gaming from becoming a unique art form. 😟

“No weapons” Melee combat only.

And Infinite is likely the end, at least for me…

I still say Enclave was a great game. The reviewers at the time absolutely misunderstood it.

Most of the complaints from 2003 are things people love about the Souls games now…

HD version:

https://cogconnected.com/review/enclave-hd-review/

So what’s a PC with the same level of performance?

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine

CPU
Semi-custom AMD Zen 4 6C / 12T
up to 4.8 GHz, 30W TDP

GPU
Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3 28CUs
2.45GHz max sustained clock, 110W TDP

16GB DDR5 + 8GB GDDR6 VRAM
512GB NVMe SSD OR
2TB NVMe SSD

$1,000?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698874/powerspec-g527-gaming-pc

You have been eaten by a Grue.

You have been eaten by a grue.

“11+ years of service — 36 months’ salary”

Man, I wish my company would do that, I’d resign, pay off my house! 😉 I’d even have money left over!

Blows my mind that Sony was supporting the PS1, 2 and 3 in 2006.

They are still making PS4 games. Just because a new gen launches doesn’t mean the previous gen is cut off.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps4/ps4-games/

The long generation got extended because of the 2008 financial crisis, if anything I’d have expected a covid extension on the PS4.

Seems likely given the overlap between generations.

PS1 - 1995 to 2006
PS2 - 2000 to 2013
PS3 - 2006 to 2017
PS4 - 2013 to 2025
PS5 - 2020 to 20???

So 11 years, 13, 11, 12…

PS5 is 5 years in. Don’t expect it to shut down until at least 2031, maybe even 2033.

Paramount/Skydance put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News.

Weiss is known to be problematic for a variety of reasons:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2025/sep/10/bari-weiss-cbs

Pulling for Disney:

The rumor a few weeks ago was Paramount/Skydance… you know… this Paramount:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bari-weiss-editor-in-chief-cbs-news-paramount-the-free-press/

In case you don’t know who that is:

(34 minutes, NSFW)

https://youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ

I wonder how many people were layed off multiple times?

Your studio closes, you go to another studio which gets merged in with another. That kind of thing?

Good luck with the tarriffs…

The last time a console generation lined up with a giant economic crisis we got the Kinect and PlayStation Move instead and a proper console release was delayed until 2013.

I could see this being pushed to 2030, easy, if it happens at all.

It was hilarious, and less of a control issue and more of a “2 death scenarios executing at the same time.”

The last Target I was at only had Xbox games in their clearance section and they were last years sporto titles, nothing current.

Small selection of Playstation and Switch games.

Way back in the day, Tomb Raider, there was this pit, with a break away floor, and water beneath it.

Fell, hit the platform breaking her neck, then the platform dropped her in the water, twitching and drowning. It was horrifying!

Yup. This. To the point where, playing FFVII the first time I was like “Oh, shit, better not give Aerith anything important…”

This is in line with what I’m seeing locally. Weird they aren’t doing a fire sale like Sam’s Club:

Weird how what was once applicable to Switch 2 news now applies to Xbox.

Thank god I’m multi-platform…

You might even be able to sell it for what you paid for it…

Even if you make an excellent game that makes money you can STILL be on the chopping block. See Hi Fi Rush. 😟

“Of the 1,431 games released last year that garnered more than 500 reviews — an indication that they were played by at least a few thousand people — more than 260 were rated positively by 90% or more of the players. More than 800 scored 80% or better.”

Problem - You can’t trust Steam reviews. Steam users will give top ratings to “Click the Duck”.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3110500/The_Best_Duck_Clicker/

From what I hear from people actually able to play the game, it’s better than 3.

Something like:

2 > 4 > 1 > 3 > Pre-Sequel

DF is who I’m waiting on, but from what I’m hearing, they didn’t send reviewer codes so it’s all delayed and that’s never a good sign.

How is it on console though? Better on PS5 or Xbox?

Picked it up on Saturday, finally! For some reason it’s been super hard to find!

I don’t need to personally be an engineer to call out a train wreck when I see one…