@HeadPirate : That is what third events need folks to suppose. They solely care about their backside line, therefore why they typically rush unfinished crap to cabinets and “bodily” releases with little to nothing on the provided media, no matter platform.
It is the truth that the lots lap up their anti-consumer slop that third events proceed to get away with it. One thing’s bought to offer, and I am glad that individuals listed below are being vocal about their disdain for “key playing cards”. The relative minority of releases that had been launched as such on Swap 1 had been problematic sufficient, however there must be pushback if we’re going to see any materials distinction to the way in which that third events do enterprise going ahead.
Nintendo deserves an excellent chunk of the blame for even permitting the observe to happen on their platforms within the first place. I think about that had Nintendo nonetheless been dominated underneath Iwata’s thumb that we’d by no means have seen such disdainful practices propagate on their platforms, even on the expense of pushing aside the much less scrupulous of third occasion publishers.
Nintendo had been additionally extraordinarily short-sighted for not permitting Swap 1 cartridges to be repurposed for Swap 2 video games, notably these that don’t require the (rumoured) 64GB storage or elevated learn speeds. Releases resembling Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S, Octopath Traveller 0, Shadow Labyrinth, Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac, all of those ought to have had correct Swap 2 bodily releases, cross-compatible with the Swap 1, with out the necessity for the upper capability/velocity media.
@Medic_alert : LRG/Sega’s bodily launch of Yakuza Kiwami shipped on a 32GB cartridge for a mere US$35. That is price range value territory for much, far smaller video games.
We routinely get third events skimping on cartridges after they cost $60, and now even $70! I refuse to imagine for a second that these cartridges are wherever close to as costly as some have been speculating if a 32GB cartridge will be offered for as little as US$35.
