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Don't get me wrong, I loved BF:1, but people need to stop pretending it was radically different from BF:V in terms of being a live service. It may not have launched with MTs, but they were introduced into the game, and in both games the MTs were dumb cosmetics. Biggest difference is that DLC maps were free in BF:V, but you had to buy them in BF:1.

I understand people liked BF:1 better substantively, mostly because they didn't play BF:V due to the bad press, and the ...

Sigh. Using shipped numbers for something like a console is a viable measurement, because the PS4s that are on store shelves are going to sell in the next few months. The same logic goes for a big game (i.e. if we see shipped numbers for Call of Duty in a few weeks, those will be reliable because the copies on shelves are going to keep selling).

Really the only scenario where shipped numbers aren't going to become sold-through numbers relatively quickly is when a game i...

It's not even that. Fake outrage is when people who aren't actually upset pretend to be mad. This is a case of people who want to criticize fake outrage pretending that the fake outrage is happening about Death Stranding PC, but it isn't. No one cares.

Unlike some people on here, I don't hate the idea of an all-digital option. However, to make it worth it, I feel like it needs to be cheaper (as in, it should have already been 200, and the sale should be 149 or 175 or something), and they need to have additional discounts. As in, if your primary console (I use PS4 but I'm assuming XONE has some sort of similar system where you can use your games on multiple systems but one is designated as your main system) is an all-digital version,...

Putting aside all the MT issues, I never saw anyone identify a reason to play this game rather than just continuing to play wildlands (assuming you want to play Ghost Recon at all). I mean, the consensus seems to be that it's just a worse version of that game.

I think we all expected delay to be a key component of streaming-based gaming.

Price drops are "moot"? That's probably the most significant factor I mentioned. The more Nintendo cranks down the price in the upcoming years, the more people who already have a primary console will be willing to take a "sure, why not?" Attitude towards the switch as a side console (again, not freaking out about power because they already have a primary console for higher end stuff). It's actually crazy that they've had this much success keeping the price for ...

The thing is, I don't think that many people strictly game on the Switch. I think that setting up as a side option, particularly with a staggered launch compared to the other manufacturers, is part of what has made switch so successful.

You really think streaming to a smartphone can replace the Switch? Because it doesn't. People don't want to stream games (look at the reaction to Stadia). I just don't see how people can't see that it's a side console. People aren't buying it instead of PS4, they are buying it in addition to PS4, and I'm sure the same will be true for PS5.

Price drops+exclusives+handheld factor that can't be replicated on Sony/Microsoft consoles. It's surprising to me how many people on here are so invested in hating on switch in comparison to those systems when it clearly is doing a completely different thing.

This goes to the opposite extreme. Is it somewhat overhyped because it is a Nintendo exclusive? Sure. If it had come out with a different title and different names for all the characters, etc on all three platforms, would it have gotten a lower score on average? Obviously. However, it's still a really good game, and obviously not the most overrated game of all time.

I don't really understand why devs don't downgrade visuals as much as necessary prior to release to hit a locked frame rate of 30 (or 60, depending on the game). I'd at least like it as an option. At this point, all games look good enough that I'd rather just take the resolution/detail hit to have a solid frame rate.

I definitely agree with you about GT from a numbers perspective (GT3 sold crazy numbers on PS2, especially, but most games in the series have sold well), but it didn't start a culture of sustained first party success in the same way Uncharted 2 arguably did.

Lol yeah and in the two years before it came out, about every few months there would be an article on here from some low tier site claiming that an insider had leaked an Xbox 360 version of the game, and my Xbox friends would gloat about it (though they naturally never touched Japanese games anyway) and then the article would get debunked a day or two later by Kojima.