I mean, I'd like to think there's a fair amount of people who were interested in the game but not "will buy a PS4 for that" interested. Or maybe that's just me?It's not about console warring and who gets the port when. It's about the fact that most people who had interest in playing the game did so in April 2017. That's more than 5 years ago! If that's not a late port, then what are we doing here?
For youtube commentary streams of directs or stuff: good vibes gaming. they know all the stuff well enough. but if you want a stream where nobody is talking over stuff... well then there is the option to watch just the video i guess.OK, so after all the fuss... that was actually pretty good. 6/10 on a more general scale, and 8/10 in the context of a Partner Direct/Mini Direct. I'm in for Portal (at that price? 100%), Mario + Rabbids 2, maybe Persona 5 Royal, and the game with the two animals. I might get Sonic Frontiers... but definitely not on Switch lol. I'd go for NieR: Automata but I think my days of buying late ports simply because it'd be cool to have them on Switch are over.
It genuinely felt like Nintendo simply removed the first-party stuff from a General Direct and stuck all that was left into this. The volume of announcements, the type of announcements and more just scream that to me; it didn't seem like something Nintendo just threw together due to a few pre-existing third party deals. If I were more hopeful, I'd believe that Nintendo's got something big cooked up. Since I'm not, I'm just gonna believe that Nintendo's gonna do a few Twitter Drops between now and a possible September Direct.
Just wish it was live-streamed, so we could have watched it together. Instead I, perhaps foolishly, went onto the youtuber Nathaniel Bandy's stream (it was the first one to pop up on Youtube), and that was painful. Guy knew absolutely nothing about anything and was talking over everything.
There are basically two types of Nintendo fan reactions to this kind of direct.
The ones for whom late ports (or any ports) can be a welcome surprise, and those who have zero interest in any ports ever, for whom they are an entire waste of time.
I'm the latter - I don't replay games and don't buy ports. So you can imagine how that was for me.
List of games and platforms:
MH:Rise Sunbreaker (PC/NSW)
Nier:Automata (late Switch port)
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (PC/NSW)
Super Bomberman R 2 (NSW/PS4/XB/PC)
MEGAMAN BATTLE NETWORK COLLECTION (NSW/PS4/PC)
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-Pac (NSW/PS/XB/PC)
Blanc (NSW/PC)
Return to Monkey Island (NSW/PC)
Mario+Rabbids Sparks of Hope (NSW)
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise (NSW/PS4/PC)
RAILGRADE (NSW/PC)
RPG Time: The Legend of Wright (NSW/PS4 late port)
Sonic Frontiers (XB/PS/NSW/PC)
Disney Dreamlight Valley (NSW/PS4/XBone/PC)
Live A Live (NSW)
DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Great Kingdom (NSW/PS5/PC)
Minecraft Legends (PS/XB/NSW/PC)
DRAGON QUEST TRESURES (NSW)
Fire Emblem: Three Hopes (NSW)
No Man's Sky (Switch late port)
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Cloud Version (NSW, native port all other platforms)
Portal: Companion Collection (Switch late port)
HARVESTELLA (NSW/PC)
Persona 3/4/5 (Switch late port)
Does anyone have a JP only direct list so I can update it?
Nier looks to be $40
I find it hard to believe that with an install base of 110m that Japanese game fans who like JRPGs or Atlus games wouldn't have bought a PS5 by now if they were genuinely enthused at the idea of playing Persona 5.I mean, I'd like to think there's a fair amount of people who were interested in the game but not "will buy a PS4 for that" interested. Or maybe that's just me?
That’s exactly where I am. I’m interested in both Nier and P5 to see what all the fuss is about but I wasn’t going to buy a home console just to play them. They might as well be new games to me, late ports on portables is nothing new.I mean, I'd like to think there's a fair amount of people who were interested in the game but not "will buy a PS4 for that" interested. Or maybe that's just me?
Maybe. Let's at least give it a few days, lolGiven the recent speculation of a July showcase, we might need to open that thread earlier than usual lol
Lol. Lucky form me that’s my size, but pretty tone deaf decision. Usually these things are in XXL or S though. Not sure why they couldn’t at least have a selectable size and then just grey out the selection when stock depletes.lmao in a forced size L??
Solid 2B presentationSolid B presentation. Not many surprises but good games overall although there was a heavy lack of Bayonetta 3 and Silksong.
How have you left offSo, you mean to say you enjoyed nearly 80% of the show? Here is what was a port:
bolded for clarity that's 5 late ports relative to other platforms, and 1-2 ports to the current gen in general
out of 24 total announcements
lmao in a forced size L??
So that us big boys can feel sad and self-conscious about our appearance, just like Emillmao in a forced size L??
$19.99 USD and worth every penny.I've heard so many good things about Portal but I'm still hesitant to buy it. How much is the collection?
In the UK it's £13.49. way cheaper than I expected, bought it straight away. They're like the only games from the ps360 gen I've wanted to catch up onI've heard so many good things about Portal but I'm still hesitant to buy it. How much is the collection?
These games are old but the Legacy Collections themselves are 'new releases', it's not like the collection itself has been out on PS4 for years. The post you quoted referred to late ports relative to other platforms. The only other way to play them would be an original GBA, Wii U VC or PC emulation.How have you left off
MEGAMAN BATTLE NETWORK COLLECTION (NSW/PS4/PC)
Bro Railgrade looks genuinely awesomeUh #TrainGang assemble
While yes the PCC is a late port from the PC it is exclusive to Nintendo at the moment. So I wouldn’t necessarily call it a late port.So, you mean to say you enjoyed nearly 80% of the show? Here is what was a port:
bolded for clarity that's 5 late ports relative to other platforms, and 1-2 ports to the current gen in general
out of 24 total announcements
lmao in a forced size L??
The whiplash I got from something interesting being published by Epic Games.Bro Railgrade looks genuinely awesome
I said that there were 1-2 ports to current gen, to which I was referring to Megaman and Plague Tale (I didn't know enough about the latter to say, hence the range).How have you left off
MEGAMAN BATTLE NETWORK COLLECTION (NSW/PS4/PC)
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-Pac (NSW/PS/XB/PC)
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Cloud Version??
All old games, or am I mistaken? So about 10 old games out of the 24 announcements. Shame that I literally just beat Plague Tale last month.
And I'm going to be honest - I thought Return to Monkey Island was Secret of Monkey Island, lol. I'll give you that one! Skipped ahead when I saw it.
Have you ever considered people that can't afford to have two consoles?I find it hard to believe that with an install base of 110m that Japanese game fans who like JRPGs or Atlus games wouldn't have bought a PS5 by now if they were genuinely enthused at the idea of playing Persona 5.
Okay, I imagine there are quite a few people who are Switch owners who weren't aware of Persona 5 "back in the day" who are now interested. But there can't be any big persona fans who were into the series in 2017 who sat patiently for 5 years. At that stage, how interested are you, really?
And anyway, my point was that you said that it wasn't really a late port. The original launched a month after Switch, and the port launches as we're all sat here 5 years later speculating about whether Switch 2 / Switch Pro will drop early next year. It's late! That's all I'm saying.
Feels like Monsters with action RPG battles and open world platformingWhat genre is DQ Treasures looking like? At first it looked like a DQ 3D platformer with the Monsters spin-off elements but now, it’s an action JPRG?