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Of course I'm reading, lol. Every game that's been tested is least ballpark 60fps at high/very high/ultra settings, or could be easily be brought there with some minor tweaks and dynamic resolution scaling for heavy sections. That's good enough to call it a 4k60 card, IMO.

Was Inafune responsible for giving them Dead Rising? Just curious.

AMD? Aren't we talking Nvidia? Oh, I see, I didn't specify RTX. Stupid gfx lingo. The TI card makes sense if you're wanting to spend $1000+ for: - 4k 60fps for new games in the next ~2 years. - 4k 30fps for next-gen games. - Option to play at lower res/fps if you really want raytracing. That's the investment. My biggest issue with it is the price. Unlike the X, you should be able to use it for next-gen games.

Counterpoint: Some of the best kart racers of that era, like CTR and Diddy Kong racing, are absolutely worth revisiting.

Like any gen, some NES games have aged better than others. Kirby's Adventure is one of the highlights, for sure: I also think SMB3 and most of the Megamans hold up very well.

To that edit: Buying a $500 console for 2, maybe 3 years of use isn't saving money in my book. You might as well just get the low end RX card. Or better yet, put that money in the bank until price cuts or something better worth spending it on.

Console generations.

I usually buy 1 card per gen. So I look at it from that angle. This gen is winding down.

Not all that surprising. If current gen games can barely manage that, you can bet next gen games won't. Still might be good for 4k 30fps though for future titles. I'll wait to see what the consoles offer by comparison.

Totally agree. The PS1's library was huge. You could find several dozen games that have aged well enough to deserve inclusion. My worry is actually that they'll pick games of semi-'significance' over sleepers that are worth revisiting. Also, I don't think there's any excuse not to up the resolution from PS1 native. Or at least to give the option. It looked like those games were untouched.

Something to do with Europe apparently

Last I played it was the PC demo back in 2015. It relied pretty heavy on mouse aiming. So actually I'm thinking PC could be the way to go. Portability is nice too though.

Game is supposed to be fantastic. I had no idea it was releasing this week. Consoles too, at some point.

This all would have costed $175 to own on the Virtual Console. Though only maybe a dozen are worth playing ($60 worth). Not an amazing deal. But it actually holds up fairly well to a NES classic for $20 annually, especially with online play added and with new (old) games likely continuing into 2019. Doesn't justify the BS surrounding the Switch's online paywall, cloud save deletion, phone voice chat, no SNES/N64/etc games, etc. But in of itself... it's not so bad.

PC gamer, or are you only in it for offline modes?

That is some shit too, especially when they're the holdover. Know what else would be as easy as flipping a switch? Making XBL online play as free on consoles as it is on PC. All three of the console manufactures are duping us. I'm ready for Microsoft to nix XBLG fees and keep Games Pass as their only subscription. It'd make up for all their past sins in my book, and throw egg on Sony and Nintendo's faces. It would be great! ... Though admittedly, I'm still wary about what Games Pass may inspire other big publishers to do.

That save data is still stored locally. So yes? ...Sounds like you need a refresher on the whole Microsoft thing. A burn against what Microsoft initially proposed. Let me know when you're no longer able to play a physical copy of Mario Kart 8 on a friend's Switch. With Nintendo, you'll have to subscribe to their online walled-garden paywall to access your saves on another Switch. That's still bullshit, layered on top of the bullshit that these services represent for every console now. But hey, at it least it isn't always-online DRM that renders physical copies completely obsolete. Clearly, things could be much worse.

That's the real issue from my understanding. They've given no fixed period. They aren't saying how long. Better resubscribe ASAP since you'll be in the dark! This too - but it's only $20!

$29.99 for the expansion pass, $39.99 for physical standalone (both include Torna and other DLC for X2, should you own it) Destructoid 8/10: Nintendolife: 85/100 Expansion pass content also included for original Xenoblade 2: Free updates also included New Game+, Japanese voice pack, easy mode, various QoL changes, additional blades, etc.

Yes, they did. Or rather, clarified: You can't keep it (ie: recover it) without resubscribing. But it can be recovered before they erase it on their end. They'll keep it for a 'time' after your subscription ends. How long that is would be anyone's guess.

... Are you trying to compare this to the lead up to the Xbox One's launch? Locking out a subscription library of NES games after a week of no internet is very different than always-online DRM'ing the whole console, retail disks included.

Oh, there's no doubt that you can play it and upgrade without buying VC. Some people will spend dozens of hours trying to earn upgrades that others will pay for straight up. Its still bad game design which doesn't belong in a retail game you already paid $60 for. I've always felt that way about in-game purchasable currency. It encourages unreasonable grinds and dangling carrots everywhere.

They've only said that they won't hold onto it indefinitely. If I'm not mistaken, PSN+ deletes cloud saves after 6 months w/o a subscription. Nintendo hasn't given a timeframe. "We are unable to guarantee that cloud save data will be retained after an extended period of time from when your membership is ended. However, you can continue to use the save data that is saved to your system memory." - Nintendo's FAQ Might want to take another look at reactions in this thread. I don't think Microsoft has announced something similar. Games Pass / GWG requires a digital handshake afaik, and cloud storage is free.

If he wants new games portably, then sure, Switch is perfect, and still is. If this is all about playing retro games on the go, the 3DS is a better option. Much better back catalog in its Virtual Console. If he's just sore about being left out of the NES library ... a (hacked) NES classic is the way to go. It's not like he'll be playing online anyways.

PC version is $48 at the same site again. Not quite enough to match the launch discount, but close enough. https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/dragon-quest-xi-pc/