Mine’s just arrived but I’ve got some admin I need to do before I play.
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Anyone have any suggestions for a decent cozy Stardew Valley type game?
There's a lot going on for me at the moment and i need a good portable cozy but engaging low-stress game.
There's a lot going on for me at the moment and i need a good portable cozy but engaging low-stress game.
edin just reviewed Fantasy Life i on RPG Site.
My full review of Fantasy Life i is up covering why it is one of my favorite games in a long time. I scored it 10/10 on RPG Site.
It's supposed to be getting a Switch 2 performance update patch.
I'm completely over the moon for it myself. Also finding it incredibly cozy & mentally therapeutic.
I played Mario Kart World for about an hour and uh, it's kind of trash. I don't see an option to do old fashioned 3-lap races online. Considering that's how I spent 95% of my hundreds of hours in Mario Kart 8, I'm severely disappointed. The intermissions to race to the main track and do one lap isn't fun at all. I hope Nintendo patches it in the future, otherwise I won't be playing this much.
I decided to get the Switch 2 mainly because my brother was getting one for himself and my nephew for Mario Kart World. I didn't pre-order but I just went to Target a few minutes before opening and I happened to be the second to last person to get a Mario Kart bundle. I did the system transfer from my Switch OLED to the Switch 2 but my Switch 2 does not show as my primary system for some reason.
I’m not sold on MK World at the moment. None of the tracks have given me that wow moment that I got from MK8.
I played another 2ish hours of Mario Kart. You can get traditional 3 lap races online, but only if Random gets selected as the track. It's a baffling decision from Nintendo as the intermission tracks seem suited for Knockout Tour and should have been contained to that mode.
I haven't really had a chance to play the tracks because of the intermissions. From what I've seen, the weakest part is they're so wide to accommodate 24 players.
Well, after getting my Switch 2 and setting it up i ended up spending way more than i wanted to on the eShop sales and most of it is "comfy" gaming as that's what appeals to me for Switch right now.
Atelier Lulua ~The Scion of Arland~
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
DREDGE
FAR: Lone Sails
The Last Campfire
No Man's Sky – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition
Nora: The Wannabe Alchemist + Mosaic Chronicles Deluxe
Rune Factory 3 Special
Rune Factory 4 Special
Rune Factory 5: Digital Deluxe
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
SEGA AGES Phantasy Star
Bus Driving Simulator 24 - City Roads
Together with the stack of Switch games i have still sealed on unfinished, i think i'm good for a while
Atelier Lulua ~The Scion of Arland~
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
DREDGE
FAR: Lone Sails
The Last Campfire
No Man's Sky – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition
Nora: The Wannabe Alchemist + Mosaic Chronicles Deluxe
Rune Factory 3 Special
Rune Factory 4 Special
Rune Factory 5: Digital Deluxe
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
SEGA AGES Phantasy Star
Bus Driving Simulator 24 - City Roads
Together with the stack of Switch games i have still sealed on unfinished, i think i'm good for a while
People have been asking for a Splatoon spinoff for a long time. Happy to see this.
I still haven't played Splatoon 3 (and also Splatoon 2's octo expansion) so I have no idea what's happening in the universe. Not sure if I will pick them up in the future, but I will certainly keep an eye on Raiders.
I still haven't played Splatoon 3 (and also Splatoon 2's octo expansion) so I have no idea what's happening in the universe. Not sure if I will pick them up in the future, but I will certainly keep an eye on Raiders.
Switch 2 sales top 3.5 million in first four days
Switch 2 sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in the four days following its release on June 5, Nintendo announced. This is the highest global sales level for any Nintendo hardware within the firs…
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For some reason my youtube feed has been inundated recently with channels saying how terrible the Switch 2 is and that you're a dreadful person for buying one and that the pre-order hype was manufactured by Nintendo because some people were able to get one on Day 1 without a pre-order.
I can't wait to see how they spin this news.
... oh, hand i can wait. I don't care what these rage-bait channels say lol
Sure there's discussion to be had about pricing and their clunky account and online experience but youtube must be desperate for engagement if they are pushing this guff so heavily. I am not logged in but still the feed was relatively sane until about a week or so ago.
I can't wait to see how they spin this news.
... oh, hand i can wait. I don't care what these rage-bait channels say lol
Sure there's discussion to be had about pricing and their clunky account and online experience but youtube must be desperate for engagement if they are pushing this guff so heavily. I am not logged in but still the feed was relatively sane until about a week or so ago.
Neither do i usually but they seemed to shadowban or do something to my account on PC a few months ago. I could not get videos to reliably load and play when i was logged in but when i was logged out they played fine... so i stayed logged out.
I do want to try logging in again but i'm so buys lately i can't be bothered to try.
It was always obvious Switch 2 would not be a Wii U situation. The available stock is because they’ve been making them for nearly a year before release.
Worst case scenario for S2 is 3DS-level of install base, which is still very healthy.
Worst case scenario for S2 is 3DS-level of install base, which is still very healthy.
Famitsu Sales: 6/2/25 – 6/8/25 [Update]
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for week of June 2, 2025 to June 8, 2025.
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I've played about 20 hours of Mario Kart World. It's good! The driving took awhile to get used to compared to 8, but it feels great after y0u get used to it and the tracks (when you get to drive them) have a lot of wacky shortcuts. I like the item balance changes, although bagging is still too strong. My main issues are (still) the lack of a traditional racing mode and the small number of tracks, both of which can be fixed with a patch and future DLC.
Yep, that's a GOTY contender right there.
This looks like a fully interactive Disney movie. The final boss battle and the theme is going to be epic, isn't it?
This looks like a fully interactive Disney movie. The final boss battle and the theme is going to be epic, isn't it?
Kind of frustrating, Nintendo being one of the most scummy companies in gaming, but I still really want a switch 2! Like I feel playing the Zelda games is exactly what I need in my life right now.
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Follow these steps to update Mario Kart World, or review the software's update history.
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This means you can now get intermission tracks in online lobbies via Random instead of being guaranteed a 3-lap race.
This pretty much kills the game for me. I was pretty happy that the community was wholesale rejecting intermission tracks and Nintendo forces people to eat their shit sandwiches.
What if I told you that Mario Kart World was commissioned by the Central Intelligence Agency as a tool to identify and hone the abilities of those with Precognitive Senses as part of their Next-Generation Special-Forces program?
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I made this clip for the Whatcha Been Playin' thread so I may as well throw it in here too.
I love this Mario Kart World shortcut. One of the most satisfying things to learn and execute I've ever done in game: https://cdn.steamusercontent.com/ugc/11069825499626211284/C52FC288543723E85DEC72D08F10706252844A20/
I love this Mario Kart World shortcut. One of the most satisfying things to learn and execute I've ever done in game: https://cdn.steamusercontent.com/ugc/11069825499626211284/C52FC288543723E85DEC72D08F10706252844A20/
Reason: Renewed the clip
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Been building out my physical game collection for PS5, PS4, PS3, Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS and Switch, and began to wonder what's next as I'm nearing completion.
I don't have a massive library, but I like to have physical copies of games that I love or really want to play, and looking at what's available physically I think my collection is in a great place.
I'm currently looking to buy:
PS3
But I've been thinking of going back a bit further. I'm considering getting a HDMI modded PS2 and GameCube, some wireless controllers and bolstering out my library on those.
However, my girlfriend is likely to kill me.
I don't have a massive library, but I like to have physical copies of games that I love or really want to play, and looking at what's available physically I think my collection is in a great place.
I'm currently looking to buy:
PS3
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing
- House of the Dead Overkill: Extended Cut
- Puppeteer
- Civilization: Revolution
- Ratchet & Clank: Q-Force
- Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
- Ratchet & Clank Nexus
- Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
- Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
- Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy
- GTA IV Complete Edition
- Monkey Island Special Edition Collection
- Deadly Premonition
- Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Team Sonic Racing
- Dead or Alive 6
- Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
- Steins;Gate Elite
- House of the Dead Remake
- The Last of Us Part I
- Pokemon Diamond Version
- Elite Beat Agents
- Pokemon Black
- Pokemon Black 2
- Pokemon SoulSilver
- New Super Mario Bros
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Mario Kart DS
- Civilization: Revolution
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions
- Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater
- Pokemon X
- New Super Mario Bros 2
- Mario Kart 7
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
- Pikmin 4
- Pikmin 3: Deluxe (already have the Wii U version digitally)
- Super Mario Maker 2
- New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe
- Bayonetta 3
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- Bayonetta
- Bayonetta 2
But I've been thinking of going back a bit further. I'm considering getting a HDMI modded PS2 and GameCube, some wireless controllers and bolstering out my library on those.
However, my girlfriend is likely to kill me.
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I grabbed an Analogue Pocket the other day, loaded some cores for classic 2D systems on it (GB, GBC, GBA, Game Gear, NES, SNES, Turbografix-16, Master System and Mega Drive) and I've been exploring some of the 8-bit library with an eye of getting some more classic systems and building a small physical collection. Budget permitting, I might pay through the nose and grab the Analogue systems if I decide there's enough games I want for each system (I'm thinking it'd have to be at least 5 all-time greats I cannot get physical copies of anywhere else before I consider buying a console).
There are some absolutely amazing 8-bit games (Mario, Zelda, etc.) but I find most of the games from that era to be basically unplayable. I started playing games as a kid on PC (FPS and adventure games), and while we had a NES in the house the first consoles I really got into gaming on were the SNES and Mega Drive (especially the Mega Drive), so there may be a bit of "before you time" bias to it, but I really don't think 8-bit games stand the test of time in the same way that 16-bit games do.
The notable exceptions for me so far seem to be the Game Boy/Colour games. I know some of them are NES ports, but it seems like Nintendo and other developers really thought about handheld play with a lot of these games and there's an elegance and simplicity baked in that a lot of NES games don't have. I haven't felt the same with Master System and Game Gear games, which so far have not been good. By and large, SMS and GG have been similar libraries of bad games, with the Game Gear ports sometimes having a bit more colour but being unplayable due to the reduced resolution/screen real estate.
I've amassed a small collection of ROMs to try out on all those systems (again: GB, GBC, GBA, Game Gear, NES, SNES, Turbografix-16, Master System and Mega Drive), but if any of you have any recommendations of what I should get/try next then I'd love to hear them.
There are some absolutely amazing 8-bit games (Mario, Zelda, etc.) but I find most of the games from that era to be basically unplayable. I started playing games as a kid on PC (FPS and adventure games), and while we had a NES in the house the first consoles I really got into gaming on were the SNES and Mega Drive (especially the Mega Drive), so there may be a bit of "before you time" bias to it, but I really don't think 8-bit games stand the test of time in the same way that 16-bit games do.
The notable exceptions for me so far seem to be the Game Boy/Colour games. I know some of them are NES ports, but it seems like Nintendo and other developers really thought about handheld play with a lot of these games and there's an elegance and simplicity baked in that a lot of NES games don't have. I haven't felt the same with Master System and Game Gear games, which so far have not been good. By and large, SMS and GG have been similar libraries of bad games, with the Game Gear ports sometimes having a bit more colour but being unplayable due to the reduced resolution/screen real estate.
I've amassed a small collection of ROMs to try out on all those systems (again: GB, GBC, GBA, Game Gear, NES, SNES, Turbografix-16, Master System and Mega Drive), but if any of you have any recommendations of what I should get/try next then I'd love to hear them.
I've got to play DK Bananza for abut an hour and it's really good. The graphics and performance are lacking, but it gets a pass since it's just a souped up Switch 1 game.
I was playing a wee bit of Demon's Souls remake and I remembered a cool feature it has that no other game I know of does. It effectively is the only console game with ReShade. Not literal ReShade but something like it. You can permanently apply to your screen a custom preset of photo mode settings. So you can alter the shadows, midtones, highlights, color balance, contrast, brightness, saturation and exposure. I use it to punch the color a little and brighten up the many crushed blacks in the game. You can adjust the intensity of your filter to undue some of the damage you've done to the creator's intent. But I adjust it to my own taste, not to be neutral or filmmaker mode log footage.
ReShade is one of my favorite PC features. I don't use it more often than not, but when you feel like you desperately need it, it's great for counterattacking the blurriness of TAA, DLSS or high-detail graphics in general. Helps add a little bit of the advantage of high stylization: easy readability. Sometimes it seems like developers calibrated their levels wrong. Crushed blacks or e.g. in Sekiro a strangely high black level leading to a washed out looking contrast.
I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm just doing bad freestyle Jazz.
ReShade is one of my favorite PC features. I don't use it more often than not, but when you feel like you desperately need it, it's great for counterattacking the blurriness of TAA, DLSS or high-detail graphics in general. Helps add a little bit of the advantage of high stylization: easy readability. Sometimes it seems like developers calibrated their levels wrong. Crushed blacks or e.g. in Sekiro a strangely high black level leading to a washed out looking contrast.
I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm just doing bad freestyle Jazz.
I use ReShade a lot, too. I mainly use it to inject Anti aliasing to bad ports and CRT scanlines to old games. It's a key evidence of PC being the best gaming platform.
Just completed Katamari Forever on PS3.
I love Katamari, but I really can’t love this game. The setup is, as always, rather silly and I love that, but the controls and framerate on this game are utter dog shit.
Sometimes the framerate plays into the bad controls, but the motion to jump is so tedious and frustrating that you might as well not use it.
Katamari games have 4 face buttons on the game pad that they’re not using, and any one of them could be jump.
Alas.
I was pretty frustrated and disappointed by the end and wanted to be done with the game.
The only three Katamari games I haven’t played now are the handheld (PSP and Vita) versions, and the one available only on Apple Arcade (which I’m hoping will escape).
I love Katamari, but I really can’t love this game. The setup is, as always, rather silly and I love that, but the controls and framerate on this game are utter dog shit.
Sometimes the framerate plays into the bad controls, but the motion to jump is so tedious and frustrating that you might as well not use it.
Katamari games have 4 face buttons on the game pad that they’re not using, and any one of them could be jump.
Alas.
I was pretty frustrated and disappointed by the end and wanted to be done with the game.
The only three Katamari games I haven’t played now are the handheld (PSP and Vita) versions, and the one available only on Apple Arcade (which I’m hoping will escape).
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Bought myself the Switch 2 MKW Bundle today. Downloading MKW and bought Donkey Kong Bananza (main reason for the SW2). I will continue to use my Nintendo machines as exclusive machines.
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That a terrible direct. Jesus christ Im so happy I mainly play on PC/Steam. No BG3, no RDR 2, no Resident Evil games, no KCD2, no big indie, no Microsoft games etc. etc.
Terrible.
Terrible.
Switch 2 worldwide sales top six million, Switch tops 153.10 million
Nintendo Switch 2 sold 5.82 million units and Switch sold 153.10 million units worldwide by June 30, 2025, Nintendo announced in its latest earnings release. Seven weeks after launch (around July 2…
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I had zero expectations and got Monster Hunter Stories 3 (that I'll be playing on Steam). I'm satisfied. My Switch 2 is just a first party machine anyway.
Switch price increase announced for the U.S.
Nintendo will increase the price of the original Switch family of systems in the United States based on market conditions, effective August 3, Nintendo of America announced.
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He did that.
Got my Switch 2 this week and a copy of Donkey Kong Bananza.
I'm pretty happy with this capture I took using the photo mode.
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Really like it so far but I'm pretty early. Felt a bit odd buying a switch 2 because it felt really expensive and I have a lot of other stuff I want to do. However, I knew I'd eventually buy one anyway and when that email came in from Nintendo it was kind of a done deal.
I'm pretty happy with this capture I took using the photo mode.
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Attached: 1 image The game does look pretty good. Looking forward to the rest, but the start is strong if a bit easy. #Nintendo #Switch2 #DonkeyKongBananza
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Really like it so far but I'm pretty early. Felt a bit odd buying a switch 2 because it felt really expensive and I have a lot of other stuff I want to do. However, I knew I'd eventually buy one anyway and when that email came in from Nintendo it was kind of a done deal.
So I've mentioned before that Nintendo has no official distribution network for any of their stuff in my country. Thanks, however, to the magic of the free market, all their hardware and software does find it's way here it just takes longer and is more expensive. The initial batch of Switch 2 consoles were selling here at/before launch for USD $750 but the price went down as supply stabilized. I had planned to wait for a while until the prices went down. That waiting period lasted longer than I thought it would because I had severe medical issues for a month, but I did eventually pick up the Switch 2 a couple of weeks ago for a bit over $500 (non Mario bundle). I traded in my old LCD Switch for an okay price and picked up Donkey Kong as well.
Due to the aforementioned health issues, I've not been able to play much of anything but the little I have played of DK is great. Just a joyous game with fun stuff to find while exploring all over the place.
My big problem with the system are the game prices. Many of you who live in Europe or the Americas have seen your prices go up by 10-20 of your currencies and I saw how much that upset a lot of people. The prices of Switch 2 games here are a straight 50% higher than Switch 1 games used to be. Actually, getting it at a 50% premium over what we used to pay for Switch 1 games is a bargain. Mario Kart World in particular is by far the most expensive game and can sell for 75% higher or even more. Imagine if your $60 games went straight to $100. That's what we're seeing with prices here. Then you add in the fact that we're a poorer country with a weaker currency and the price become ludicrous. Gaming has always been sort of a luxury entertainment medium but the prices we're seeing now (and not just on Switch 2) firmly cements it in that category.
Importers and retailers also understand that the prices of games are just too high for the market so they've been trying to get supply from cheaper regions. To my knowledge, the cheapest games we can get here come from Hong Kong. In the grand scheme of things they're $10-15 cheaper than EU games but that matters. So my copies of DK and Mario Kart are from that region and I thought maybe you guys would like to see the boxart of them.
In addition to these I did pick up some other games where the boxart has English text and no ESRB/PEGI logos which look nice. It's going to be a mixed bag going forward of trying to buy games for the cheapest price possible and not to be precious about how the box looks.
I also wanted to chime in on the Game Key Card (GKC) debate, a fashionable 3 months late. I would assume that most people who are like us and fall into the 'core gamers' category are not too happy about the idea, for reasons that do not need to be restated. Everything the algorithm shows me on the internet leads me to believe that disliking GKCs is a popular position. But my theory is that these GKCs will be normalized faster than any of us can imagine. For me personally, the oppressive pricing of Switch 2 games means this will remain a first party device with maybe some exclusives along the way. I'll pick up GKCs for those if need be. I don't have a militant stance against them. I think this issue will cause quite a few people to prefer third party games on other platforms. But that all being said, I think the debate around GKCs will be settled very quickly and most people just don't care enough. GKCs will sell like crazy when the games come. Nintendo should have planned for this better but time travel isn't a thing so here we are. I think, depending on how third party release schedules go, within half a year or a year GKCs will be completely normalized and the 'war' will be lost. Well, what I'm saying is that the war is already lost, we just don't see the end yet.
Anyway apologies for any typos or errors in this post. I'm not checking anything. My health is actually still quite fragile and I don't have the energy to go through this wall of text
Due to the aforementioned health issues, I've not been able to play much of anything but the little I have played of DK is great. Just a joyous game with fun stuff to find while exploring all over the place.
My big problem with the system are the game prices. Many of you who live in Europe or the Americas have seen your prices go up by 10-20 of your currencies and I saw how much that upset a lot of people. The prices of Switch 2 games here are a straight 50% higher than Switch 1 games used to be. Actually, getting it at a 50% premium over what we used to pay for Switch 1 games is a bargain. Mario Kart World in particular is by far the most expensive game and can sell for 75% higher or even more. Imagine if your $60 games went straight to $100. That's what we're seeing with prices here. Then you add in the fact that we're a poorer country with a weaker currency and the price become ludicrous. Gaming has always been sort of a luxury entertainment medium but the prices we're seeing now (and not just on Switch 2) firmly cements it in that category.
Importers and retailers also understand that the prices of games are just too high for the market so they've been trying to get supply from cheaper regions. To my knowledge, the cheapest games we can get here come from Hong Kong. In the grand scheme of things they're $10-15 cheaper than EU games but that matters. So my copies of DK and Mario Kart are from that region and I thought maybe you guys would like to see the boxart of them.
In addition to these I did pick up some other games where the boxart has English text and no ESRB/PEGI logos which look nice. It's going to be a mixed bag going forward of trying to buy games for the cheapest price possible and not to be precious about how the box looks.
I also wanted to chime in on the Game Key Card (GKC) debate, a fashionable 3 months late. I would assume that most people who are like us and fall into the 'core gamers' category are not too happy about the idea, for reasons that do not need to be restated. Everything the algorithm shows me on the internet leads me to believe that disliking GKCs is a popular position. But my theory is that these GKCs will be normalized faster than any of us can imagine. For me personally, the oppressive pricing of Switch 2 games means this will remain a first party device with maybe some exclusives along the way. I'll pick up GKCs for those if need be. I don't have a militant stance against them. I think this issue will cause quite a few people to prefer third party games on other platforms. But that all being said, I think the debate around GKCs will be settled very quickly and most people just don't care enough. GKCs will sell like crazy when the games come. Nintendo should have planned for this better but time travel isn't a thing so here we are. I think, depending on how third party release schedules go, within half a year or a year GKCs will be completely normalized and the 'war' will be lost. Well, what I'm saying is that the war is already lost, we just don't see the end yet.
Anyway apologies for any typos or errors in this post. I'm not checking anything. My health is actually still quite fragile and I don't have the energy to go through this wall of text
PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S.
New prices effective starting on August 21.
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He did that.
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In some way Im starting to regret buying a Switch 2. It's only because of a lack of time.
I have so many goddamn games on Steam/PC that I wanna play/playing that I have yet to find time to play on my Switch 2. I have only played like 10 min og MKW and Bananza since I bought the machine a few weeks ago.
I mean, Bananza seems fantastic, but I just can't find the time for it due to the amount of Steam games I have.
I know I would have bought a Switch 2 at some point anyway, so it is sorta not a regret that I bought it at the same time as it is a regret.
I have so many goddamn games on Steam/PC that I wanna play/playing that I have yet to find time to play on my Switch 2. I have only played like 10 min og MKW and Bananza since I bought the machine a few weeks ago.
I mean, Bananza seems fantastic, but I just can't find the time for it due to the amount of Steam games I have.
I know I would have bought a Switch 2 at some point anyway, so it is sorta not a regret that I bought it at the same time as it is a regret.