I was referring to where they said

Bro, it’s a YOSHI game

Going based on the expectations set by Yoshi’s Island, one wouldn’t be off to expect challenge in Yoshi’s Story, its follow-up.

I dunno, Yoshi’s Island can get pretty hard…

Thanks for sharing! Never would’ve known about this otherwise.

There’s a difference between a small penis and a micropenis.

I’d be interested in seeing marketing of ChatGPT as a competitive boardgame player. Is there any?

In the context of what I posted, you’re talking about Amazon delivery boxes…ahaha

But yeah, game console boxes are collector’s items! Especially for people who preordered the darned things! Lol

They said target audience, not the only customers.

In one article (maybe not this one), the reasoning was that these were preorders, and they needed to ensure that each preordered console was saved for someone who preordered it.

In that state, plastic bags are illegal and haven’t been replaced by paper bags, so that’s out.

Generally, they’d tape the receipt to the box. But it was especially hot in the store on that day, and the receipts were being blown off by the AC/fans despite the tape.

They didn’t have stronger tape, but they did have a stapler.

Perfectly logical for someone who doesn’t realize the box is part of the purchase. I hate it, but I get how it happened.

EDIT: clarity

Minimum wage workers who have a problem they need to fix.

For a lot of people, the box isn’t much different from an Amazon delivery box. You throw it out after you’ve got what’s inside.

I’d be asking for a different box though, lol

Not sure why you got downvoted, but buy and download is key to GOG games

Survival Kids is freakin’ cool!

Well, wage goes up, but inflation goes up faster

Well, families on NSO have a limit of 8 users. So I thought 1 could play online, and 7 offline at most.

Interesting – I thought they always restricted it to only one user playing the same game online at a time!

That wasn’t directed to you, just in general. Sorry about that! Haha

Yeah, I can definitely see Twilight Princess being a system seller! Plus the Wii had a completely new playstyle, and was basically a GC with the controller ports and memory card slots. If you didn’t have a GC, it made sense to get a Wii.

It was also a lot cheaper than an S2 IIRC…

Yeah, I didn’t get the hype for those consoles either, lol

Not that there was much for the new Xbox…

Yeah, exactly. The post is about the launch date, but I guess I still should’ve clarified that I don’t get the excitement for the Switch 2 on its launch date in particular.

Yeah, new Nintendo console. But new consoles haven’t really been particularly exciting for a while imo – they aren’t really doing anything new. The Switch did new stuff (the first “hybrid” console/mobile device), and the Steam Deck made PC gaming (and the Steam library) handheld.

But since then and aside from that? I really don’t understand what’s to be excited about a new console launch at such a high price point, especially when they’re setting a new standard (high) price for games. I’m not seeing anything new that hasn’t been done before.

…and the downvotes are not changing my mind, lol…that suggests to me that it’s just fanboyism. And that’s great for those who are excited. To me, it seems like successful brand marketing with little substance behind it.

Used consoles have been cheaper though. And with such a high launch price, I could see it having “room” to drop. Tariff fears and such may have been priced in.

Of course. I do expect the price to drop significantly over time though.

I’m not seeing what makes it worth that much money to have on launch day.

You can point to many consoles throughout history and ask “wHaTs tHe PoInT???” based on their launch titles.

Yeah, exactly. Some consoles had a killer app, like Super Mario 64. Or 3D graphics. Or the console doubled as a DVD player. Or it had some other sort of new tech.

I’m not really seeing what the killer app the Switch 2 has that makes it worth such a high price.