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Damn, some of you guys, Pokemon and Smash Direct, and Metro Redux announcement, and something changed and doesnt look good for rest of year!? :)
Despite we always had some DLC announcements and 3rd party announcements even close to Directs.
We from start thought that Direct will be in January or February, and nothing rally changed, exept point that February Direct at this point look more likely than January, but personally I would wait for next week also if we talk about possible January Direct.
Despite we always had some DLC announcements and 3rd party announcements even close to Directs.
We from start thought that Direct will be in January or February, and nothing rally changed, exept point that February Direct at this point look more likely than January, but personally I would wait for next week also if we talk about possible January Direct.
honestly, what the fuck nintendo? pokemon expansion pass, byleth for smash and fire emblem story DLC could have all been in a direct (with longer videos for pokemon and byleth announced at the direct and released afterwards)
i'm just befuddled.
i'm just befuddled.
We won't hear or see any gameplay footage of Animal Crossing even after it's released.
nooooo don't say that
I'm HONGRY, and a BoTW2 trailer will feed me for MONTHS but i need it before mid feb or else i starve
And Brain Training (in Europe), and TMS#FE, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, and the Fire Emblem DLC.
and tokyo mirage sessions hashtag fire emblem featuring joker from persona 5
cuphead in smash cancels out both negative (if you want to call byleth in smash negative) news.
What sort of games do you play?
Edit: I wish I could take you all back in time with me to the 80's & 90's when basically all games were what we call "indie", when we were lucky to get a couple new games a year (1 for our birthday & 1 for Christmas), when games were shipped "as-is" bugs & all, when we were happy to pick up a magazine after E3 that showed a short list of upcoming games, when we were made fun of for playing video games, when we had to re-rent a crappy licensed game at Blockbuster instead of the game we hoped would be in stock, & when we had no idea what the future held for this amazing hobby.
I don't mean to sound like "Old man yelling at clouds" but I do want to impress upon y'all how far we have come.
I am endlessly astounded by the growth I've seen in this industry.
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But really, The Last of Us Part II, Cyberpunk, whatever is being cooked up by Nintendo... Things I've been looking forward to have been pushed off. There's a good possibility that something will sneak in and fill those gaps that I don't expect.
2019 was full of this kind of thing.
Well there it is
thats what it would look like if there was a direct next Thursday
Bruh.
Well there it is
thats what it would look like if there was a direct next Thursday
I hope you know this is a bannable offense.Well there it is
thats what it would look like if there was a direct next Thursday
Well there it is
thats what it would look like if there was a direct next Thursday
Not with that date formatting.
Well there it is
thats what it would look like if there was a direct next Thursday
You raise a fair point, but (unless there's a bunch of 15 year olds reading this) anyone over the age of 18 will have experienced the majority of these things.
Getting games once or twice a year is pretty much just a symptom of being a kid with very little of your own disposable income.
Games are still shipped with game breaking bugs.
The first Direct was in 2011, so aside from having good enough internet for youtube, gaming mags were still the norm in the 00's.
People still get made fun of for playing video games.
At least personally I was still renting crappy games from blockbuster in 2012.
You can still say we have no idea what the future holds.
In fairness I'm a 90's kid so your point does stand, but the madness we now inhabit is very much a product of this past decade.
But we were children then and our capacity for wonder and joy was infinite. We're old and jaded now. We're simultaneously spoiled and disenchanted. The real world has denied us fulfillment and fantasy doesn't hold the same power it once did. Complaining about video games has become a way to sublimate our profound dissatisfaction with life. We're lost.
Seriously though, I still have half a dozen or so games I wanted last year that I haven't even bought yet. The Direct can come in November for all I care.
Yep, this is actually how I feel.
What I've seen today during the Smash presentation was a bunch of children crying about a game they probably don't even play.
Pathetic.
History is written by the winners, and Team February will be the only winners here.
All fair points as well and I'll respond to each.
1. Kids get less games than adults - True. However, there are games coming out nearly every day now (quality not withstanding). I couldn't imagine a reality like that back when I was a kid. That was more the point I meant to make.
2. Games are shipped with bugs - True. However, those games can be and are patched (not to mention added content).
3. Game mags were around until fairly recently - True. Not much I can say about that other than that they are (mostly) gone now and we can get an announcement dropped in our laps at any moment these days.
4. People still get made fun of for video games - True though far less than when we were kids. It is now recognized as a larger industry than the movie business.
5. Renting crappy games was a thing until fairly recently - True. Boy, I do miss that sweet disappointment of re-renting the SNES Road Runner game because someone rented the only copy of FFVI. Also, I miss the even sweeter disappointment of finding my FFVI save data erased by someone who named Terra "Poop".
6. We still have no idea what the future holds - True. Except I know #TheGreatJanuaryDirect2020 is still building steam!
All of this to say that you & I probably agree that the gaming landscape is pretty dang awesome these days. I for one am happy I've been around to see (most) of the entire history of gaming.
The Switch has made me feel like I did with the SNES & N64...or at least as close as my jaded adult heart will allow.
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