travo said:

Nope, haven't collected any games in years. I have two physical copy Switch games and the only reason I have those is because GameStop would not accept them.

gamingeek said:

Bought Yakuza Kiwami switch 2 as the GKC versions are mysteriously not availible here.

Hope I enjoy this. It does look like it has a fair amount of Shenmue like jank which could swing either way for me.

travo said:

Same here. I prefer digital which is interesting because a decade ago I would have hated this.

robio said:

I do. That was the main reason I went with a PS5 instead of a switch 2. I've made a pretty sizable investment in both digital and physical games for my PS4, and I would rather carry those forward than have them left on a shelf, only to be used when I hook up The PS4.

Plus, I actually do still play my older games. I'm glancing over my shoulder at my game shelf right now, I see three games I wouldn't mind playing right now. So it's just nice to have those ready to be played if the mood strikes.

robio said:

I think you'll enjoy it. The combat is better than Shenmue, and the story is pretty good too. The real draw of the game though, is the characters, who are generally very interesting and fleshed out, particularly in the Kiwami versions of the game.

gamingeek said:

Do you remember when Phil Spencer put out some memo saying that "we lost" the most important generation?


That being the PS4 generation? I think he was saying it because that's when mass digital game ownership started. And now people feel entrenched with whatever collection they've built up over the years.


I didn't really feel it before, but now having bought so many Switch 1 games and being able to carry it across to the following platform.


I do feel entrenched. How about you?

Yeah, that’s definitely what he was talking about. Nowadays people have a user profile attached to any given company’s ecosystem. Contains a whole host of things such as digital games, friends list, achievements/trophies, etc. The longer people stay in that ecosystem building all those things up, the more entrenched they’ll get and won’t want to give them up. This is why I think Nintendo would be wise to implement their own achievement/trophy system as well.

travo said:

That new Metroid preview was pretty awesome. This was informative: "Abilities include power beam. The ability to jump."

Metroid Prime 4 looking and sounding very good. Only 3 weeks away now. Woo hoo!

Played around a bit on a couple of new purchases:

Cloudpunk is good, its a narrative chill out game. If you like Cyberpunk environments and like the voxel art you're already going to enjoy it. I like the different camera perspectives you can flip through in 3rd person. Lots of voice acting too.

Aragami reminds me of Tenchu. What's cool is that you can kind of turn into a spirit to switch between cover points and move through the environment. Its almost like Portal with ninjas and a lot less disorientating.

Yakuza Kiwami is 60fps and looks very cool. Japan is one of the few places in Asia I've always dreamed of visiting but have not been able to. So walking through these streets is a virtual slice of a dream come true. The fighting is quite fun and instant, nothing too complicated. The cutscenes are good, some are overly long, it almost feels like watching a movie at times, the Switch 2 auto dimming kicked in twice because I hadn't touched the controller in so long.

Anyhow, I'm heading back into Hitman WOA, there's a lot of walking to be done.