• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    That’s so old!

    Now they work with “why delay a game when you can release it half-assed and just fill the void of content later as free updates?”

    See splatoon, animal crossing, mario spin-offs…:

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        3 days ago

        I’m talking about the updates with the content that should be in game at launch. You know, those that, after they released them all, make the game feel like the 1.0 release.

        The dlc’s are those they launch later with what everyone else call “qol updates”

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      3 days ago

      With Splatoon 1, it’s worth noting that the first few content updates were already on the disc, and would be automatically activated over time without actually downloading anything. Some of the maps from the first wave even appeared in story mode. So it wasn’t a matter of them rushing an unfinished game, but a calculated move to drip-feed content as a way of keeping players coming back on a regular basis.

      A lot of Splatoon’s design decisions can be directly attributed to a fear that a Wii U multiplayer game might not sustain a critical mass of players, and doing everything they can to ensure it stays populated.

      For S2 and 3, those games launched with a reasonably sizable amount of content out of the gate, building on the foundation from their predecessors. They still withheld some stuff, the way S3 handled kits was annoying, but I don’t think it’s fair to call it half-assed.

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      3 days ago

      All of those games were excellent out of the gate…what are you even talking about?

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    3 days ago

    Tangential, but I’m feeling pretty good about getting Dolphin and Cemu working on my Linux desktop over here and playing all these Wii and Wii U games for free. I am a patient gamer. Bayonetta is rad, ngl.

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      2 days ago

      The original quote (which didn’t involve pricing) was from a poster on the wall @ Nintendo, and was never said by Shiggy directly. I think it originated from an article in the 2000s and got incorrectly attributed. I dont remember exactly though.