Michael P. O'Connor

I think Nintendo is make a mistake with the “game key cards” the new digital only game cards that Nintendo is doing. With the situation where more 3rd parties are doing those instead of a real game card. I will not buy a game that not fully on the disc or on the cart, which means I will not be buying 3rd party games on the switch, yes I already buy most of my 3rd party games on my PlayStation but there have been a few 3rd party games I did buy on my original Switch, but if they are “game key cards” I will not buy a 3rd (or 1st party) game that is only a digital game. The beanifit of having the full playable game on a disc/cart is that you don’t need the internet to play them, there have been cases where I am traveling, I will swing buy a game store pick up a game before going to the airport, and by the time I get around to using the game I am already in the air on the airplay, no internet, but with the full playable game on the cart I been able to play the game, that would be gone with the digital only “game cards”.

Also what a dev is saying when they don’t do a physical game, is that their game is not good enouph to be preserved, and if it not good enouph to be preserved it not good enouph for me to play it now.

Well looking at the new switch 2 that is to come out soon, I originally was excited and was thinking of pre-ordering it. But after the news of both the system, and the games, my doubt started to set in. Then I looked at the launch line up, and found none that I wanted. And given that the switch I have is a secondary console, I mainly play on my PlayStation. I get all my multiplatform games on my PlayStation. So I decided that I will not get the Switch 2 at launch. I don’t know when I will get one. I am not one to scream boycott, but I will not be getting one at the start. I figure I will wait till either Mario Wonder 2 or the next Fire Emblem game comes out before I start to look at getting a Switch 2. The nice thing on that idea, is waiting is that when the time comes for me to look at getting a Switch 2 there just might be a used market for Switch 2 might have already started which means I could get one used for cheaper. Also even if I can not get a Switch 2 when one of those 2 games comes out, that does not mean I can not still get the game and build a backlog for the day I get the Switch 2. I have been able to talk myself out of the FOMO with the Switch 2. While I will get one eventally I will not be working hard to get it at launch or near launch, it might be months or years till I get one, I just don’t feel the need for one right now, I already have a great backlog for my PlayStation and my original Switch. Plus along with that i have so many Menga to read, a great collection of Sci-Fi books to still read, I have a great collection of board games, along with being a Ham radio operator, and playing 2 instrumetns it not like I will not have things to do to fill time with hobbies.

This year is not like things were in 2017 when I was just getting back into video games, and had no backlog, and not knowing what kind of games I liked, I now know what kind of games I like (JRPGs) and I have a good backlogs, and also many other games I want to replay.

So far this year we have gotten some great JRPGs

Persona 3 Reloaded
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

And there are still more coming, coming on the 5th of July the one I am most hyped for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak
and latter this year we are getting
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Ys X: Nordics
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake

This is a banger year for JRPGs.