4 april 2025
wow. months later & here we are -- my actual first post.
i need to bemoan the nintendy direct for the switch 2 ... it has left me feeling so grim. my opinion on it is like. i feel the prices of the console & the games are "fair", in that the materials & labor required to make these things have been downplayed for some time & it's a miracle we've been buying games for as "cheap" as we have been. like, people complain about games being regularly 60USD these days, but games have been that expensive since the 90's. they should have been more expensive years ago. but ...
at the same time, for the entire year i have seen nonstop posts about game devs being let go for cost-cutting measures. it has felt absolutely dire. nintendo keeps things under wraps, but they are no doubt following industry trends here ... so like, if it's not going towards fucking labor, where the hell are these inflated prices going to?? the answer is obvious, of course, but it's just like ... i don't know. it's so depressing.
who can afford to consistently buy games at that cost? is it really sustainable? do companies care?
also need to complain about the DRM shit nintendo is pulling, too. and how the instructional demo for the console ... costs an extra 10USD ... and how there is proprietary material out already, when there is only 1 new game for the console on release ... and how depressingly soulless the UI remains ... the triple-A scene is just a mess right now. people have faith in indie scenes, but indie scenes can only flourish if people have time & money to make games ... if people want to have a career in making them, there is no hope. idk. we're just in a weird spot. anyway. one final complaint i have is also about duskbloods. nothing new being said here, but 1) hilarious that fromsoft has made another IP console-exclusive, AND that it is very heavily derivative of bloodborne; 2) unbelievably miserable that this is the second "new" game they're releasing within a year that is mandatory online, and fucking battle royale PvPvE dredge to boot; 3) that they have made a console exclusive MMO game with a company who is NOTORIOUS FOR NOT SUPPORTING THEIR ONLINE SYSTEMS. every single nintendo online production has been squashed & destroyed within years of launch. this is such a poor fucking move on fromsoft's part, it is just ... so ... UGH!!!
in miyazaki's interview with nintendy, he did say that FS was still committed to making ~single-player experiences~ but it is really disheartening that they're stooping to this level. like, it's not like the game will be unfun or bad, nor that multiplayer games are bad inherently ... it's just that EVERYONE is making online multiplayer shit like this, and fromsoft was such a beacon of hope in an industry that was heavily pushing towards Games As Service As Standard, because it's the best way to milk money off of your player base ... it's just sad, you know. i don't know. it's just sad. well, we'll see as time goes on. new mario kart looks cute i guess ...
at the same time, for the entire year i have seen nonstop posts about game devs being let go for cost-cutting measures. it has felt absolutely dire. nintendo keeps things under wraps, but they are no doubt following industry trends here ... so like, if it's not going towards fucking labor, where the hell are these inflated prices going to?? the answer is obvious, of course, but it's just like ... i don't know. it's so depressing.
who can afford to consistently buy games at that cost? is it really sustainable? do companies care?
also need to complain about the DRM shit nintendo is pulling, too. and how the instructional demo for the console ... costs an extra 10USD ... and how there is proprietary material out already, when there is only 1 new game for the console on release ... and how depressingly soulless the UI remains ... the triple-A scene is just a mess right now. people have faith in indie scenes, but indie scenes can only flourish if people have time & money to make games ... if people want to have a career in making them, there is no hope. idk. we're just in a weird spot. anyway. one final complaint i have is also about duskbloods. nothing new being said here, but 1) hilarious that fromsoft has made another IP console-exclusive, AND that it is very heavily derivative of bloodborne; 2) unbelievably miserable that this is the second "new" game they're releasing within a year that is mandatory online, and fucking battle royale PvPvE dredge to boot; 3) that they have made a console exclusive MMO game with a company who is NOTORIOUS FOR NOT SUPPORTING THEIR ONLINE SYSTEMS. every single nintendo online production has been squashed & destroyed within years of launch. this is such a poor fucking move on fromsoft's part, it is just ... so ... UGH!!!
in miyazaki's interview with nintendy, he did say that FS was still committed to making ~single-player experiences~ but it is really disheartening that they're stooping to this level. like, it's not like the game will be unfun or bad, nor that multiplayer games are bad inherently ... it's just that EVERYONE is making online multiplayer shit like this, and fromsoft was such a beacon of hope in an industry that was heavily pushing towards Games As Service As Standard, because it's the best way to milk money off of your player base ... it's just sad, you know. i don't know. it's just sad. well, we'll see as time goes on. new mario kart looks cute i guess ...
mood: languishing 😫
