This is marvelous. However, we can only enjoy you as long as you last, so please take care of yourself.
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December 2018 NPD Results: Switch highest selling console of 2018 by units and revenue, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate top selling game of December
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I know what you mean. I think I belong to a portion of people that didn't realize it's true potential until I put my hands on it at launch.
I'm a long time Nintendo fan so you would think I was biased, but I really barely touched the Wii U or 3DS. I played Super Mario Maker, Mario 3D World, and a bit of Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD, but that was about it for Wii U. 3DS I played a few Phoenix Wright games, Pokemon X/Y and a small amount of Moon, Virtue's Last Reward, and Luigi's Mansion 2... and that was it until after the Switch launched and I went back and played some Dragon Quest.
Switch though has been magnetic to me since first touch, right then I knew everyone had underestimated it after the reveal. It has really brought me back into console gaming from PC more than any other system. That was impressive and then my lapsed console gaming friends who play PUBG, League, and Overwatch non-stop all wanted one after the reveal without me pushing anything... that was when I realized how far it's appeal could extend.
I'm wondering what numbers the Switch could do next December. I don't think the INSANE 3.81 million from the Wii will EVER be touched. But I can see 2.5 or 2.7 million.
i am deeply disappointed. this is a fuckup in timing of donmattrickal dimensions.
your resurrection could have been the cliffhanger with happy ending the january npd thread would have needed so badly.
that's a missed opportunity that will hurt us in the long run. unforgivable.
nice to have you here, benji! that's the sugarcoat on my morning.
if it is too good to be true it probably is. If its $249, there's definitely something fishy (and turns out they were offloading the cost to the memory card).
But people were too emotionally driven to think of such possibility.
Btw I don't know if anyone noticed but :
The Switch has sold more software at retail than any platform in the past two years. Really impressive stuff.
Cheers MatPiscatella for your accurate prediction !
The Switch has sold more software at retail than any platform in the past two years. Really impressive stuff.
Cheers MatPiscatella for your accurate prediction !
Thanks. Being right on this predictions and $5 can get me a Chalupa Supreme Cravings Box at Taco Bell. So I have that going for me, which is nice.
I've been wondering the same :/ Hopefully they're ok, I really do miss their insight.
On that same note, I really hope you stick around. A lot of us have been quietly really learning a lot and appreciating insight from people like you and them. It would really be a shame if this place lost some of you guys. I've personally been able to learn a ton of things about this industry through the insight of people like you, and it's been incredibly valuable to me over time.
Always appreciated your thoughtful insights both here and on twitter. Keep being you :)
Me strolling back into the NPD threads with a new scorched Earth policy towards shit talkers
We appreciate your input immensely, throw the shitposters on your ignorelist without offering them a glimmer of satisfaction.
Thanks for staying with us benji. We highly value your presence in those threads.
This is Naruto Sage mode right here ! :P
This is basically how I see your return with your new outlook.Me strolling back into the NPD threads with a new scorched Earth policy towards shit talkers
Good to still have you around, man.
MatPiscatella Hey Mat just wanted to say it was great hearing you on Kinda Funny the other day when Greg called you up for insight.
Heck yeah grateful to still have you around Benji. You and Mat are awesome and your insight is very much appreciated by a lot of us. I know it's hard but just try to keep that in mind next time someone tries to get to you.
Yeah that was wild and a lot of fun. Great questions too. He wasn't kidding either, DMd me asking me for my number and then like 5 seconds later my phone rang.
Wow buddy, I'm really glad you had a change of heart. I didn't DM you or anything because I didn't want to bug you, but for whatever it's worth, you can consider me one more notch in the support column. Not even for the insider sales info, but for your fun attitude and great analysis. I'd want you to stick around even if you decided not to talk about the insider stuff.
This was never said on neogaf or Era 🤣 .xbox has been the least liked console on here for over a decade now
I wrote in the topic that you can't launch a demo like this and some folks even defended EA saying that it's not the official launch...
Can this end up having the cooling effect comparable to Fallout 76's beta?
We will have to wait and see. The FO76 Beta had a huge negative impact on that games launch. I dont think Anthems is recieved quite as negative as that was but it's certainly not helping
Massive shitshow. Servers were down for hours and i've read multiple reports about frame rate issues. Lot of bugs as well.
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Oh good lord, that sounds like another Fallout 76 styled fuck up.
The game is a technical mess. Infinite loading screens that get stuck, framerate on X and Pro diving down to single digits, loot disappearing, connection issues, hard crashes, etc.
It's really bad
Man this is giving me flashbacks to Mass Effect Andromedia's messy demo too. The optimistic side of me hopes that this means devs aren't gonna to be forced to rush out their games if they aren't ready, but I wonder if companies like EA are just not gonna have these kinds of demos anymore instead...
Granted, maybe a massive multiplayer game like Anthem not having a demo / beta would also be a red flag to consumers anyways. Regardless, its a shame Anthem seems to be in a miserable state right now, hope Bioware can survive this!
Is the core game actually fun though? It always looked like it would be.
If it heavily favours ps4 in the US the WW ratio will be a bloodbath.
I was only able to properly play with zero issues late last night. I had a good time. The game is ok. The exploration and flying don't seem to be as interesting as I first thought but I need to give it more time.
I don't think I would outright buy the game at the moment. I'm getting it via Origin Access Premier so I'll still play it.
At that point MH wasn't announced for 3DS yet. People were still expecting the series to continue on Vita instead and most were expecting a native MHP3rd HD port too.
Really the early 3DS price cut and getting MH3G/MH4 were sort of like the death knell for Vita. Sony couldn't match the price and they lost their one real system seller before they were even on shelves.
Its delusional to expect the series continuing on the Vita, considering the Vita's fate was sealed before launch. there's no MH announcement for Vita and people were cheering for its $250 price tag
Capcom did have MHP3rd at the Vita reveal to show off it's backward compat, including improvements like dual analog. It wasn't exactly delusional to think the series would be on Vita back then. They also had a Lost Planet 2 tech demo that went nowhere too.
The MH3G/4 megaton was actually what sealed Vita's fate but that wasn't until August/September 2011.
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Lmao, it's a pretty old build, you've just come back after spreading wrong information, probably best not to come straight back in doing the same.
Hardly aggressive pointing out facts here that's all, the game is an alpha demo, you should be expecting to see errors. If it's like this at launch, then that's when the remarks actually hold weight.
Lmao I didn't spread wrong information
Might not want to shit post and blocked
