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- Comment on Nintendo sues streamer for playing pre-release, emulated Switch games 4 days ago:
Based on what?
- Comment on Nintendo sues streamer for playing pre-release, emulated Switch games 5 days ago:
But there is something wrong with emailing Nintendo to say “No matter what you do, I’m going to help more people pirate your games!”
- Comment on Nintendo sues streamer for playing pre-release, emulated Switch games 5 days ago:
…why? Pirating games and streaming games don’t correlate to skill in testing games.
- Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 5 days ago:
I also prefer physical games. I have very few digital games on my Switch – only for massive digital-only sales, or for games that had limited physical runs that I missed. Or when I didn’t know a game had a physical release, lol
Some people prefer digital games, and I get it. Especially with kids who might break, lose, or “trade” physical games.
- Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 5 days ago:
That makes sense! I was picturing a scenario where each kid was begging for a Switch.
If there are two kids who each want to play their own games independently (or niche cases like they really want to trade Pokemon together or play games online together that can’t be played with couch co-op), then having multiple devices would be important. Of course, it depends on where the budget is, lol
Buying two SNES consoles would be crazy. Buying two Game Boys probably happened in some households.
- Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 6 days ago:
Great addition! I was trying to keep budget in mind, but truthfully, I don’t know the price difference.
It’d be good for OP to know the different capabilities of what the Lite vs. the other consoles can/can’t do. But I think my comment was long enough as it is! Haha
- Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 6 days ago:
Yes, they can be a personal device like a game boy, but they can also be a shared device.
The regular Nintendo Switch (and I think the OLED one) can be played handheld or docked (aka. plugged into the TV). I’d recommend this version.
The Nintendo Switch Lite cannot be plugged into the TV, and is also harder to play multiplayer with other people in the same room. So avoid the “Lite”.
The controllers on the regular Nintendo Switch are removable. This means that you can buy a console and have two controllers for some games. Some games require more buttons, so each player would need a pair, but some simpler games like Mario Kart or Mario Party can be played with just one half (aka. Joy-Con).
The games are generally sharable between consoles and within consoles.
Between consoles: The cartridges will work no matter how many consoles you swap it between. Only the console with the game inserted will be able to play the game. However, the saved games (progression in a game) are usually saved to a console, not the cartridge.
(The same holds true for digital games only if the account that bought the game is connected to a console. Accounts can be connected to multiple consoles. An account can only be logged in to one console at a time, so ALL digitally-owned games on that account are locked to one console at a time…but if they aren’t logged in, then the another console can log in and play the digital games. So no multiplayer, but taking turns playing the digital game on different consoles. Saves might be shared here, though)
Within consoles: Almost every game allows each profile on the console to have their own saved game. So you could buy one Pokemon game, and up to 8 people can have save files for that game. Depending on the game, they may not be able to play simultaneously (e.g. trading), but they can all have their own save files with their own progression.
So, what you suggested is overkill. Here’s my advice:
If you want family game time, you just need…
- One OLED Switch (connects to TV)
- Buy games physically if you foresee anyone wanting their own console in the future, or digitally if not
- Check if the games you’re buying can be played with a single Joy-Con. If so, the console comes with 2. If a player needs 2 Joy-Cons each, you have 1 controller with the console. Buy enough Joy-Cons or Pro Controllers (which are equivalent to a pair of Joy-Cons, but can’t be “split”) so that you have enough for all your players.
- This console can still be played handheld whenever someone wants solo game time or when someone else wants the TV.
This will allow everyone to play single-screen multiplayer games on your TV together. Note that most games allow up to 4 players at once. More is rare.
Or, if you’ve got older kids who want their own individual games that they’ll play independently at the same time, it gets more complicated. But here’s what I’d suggest.
- Get at least one dockable (non-Lite) Switch in the family. This Switch “gets” access to the TV, but may also have to “share” for family multiplayer time.
- Get Switch Lites for anyone who REALLY needs to be playing something else independently when the TV/“main” Switch is in use
- Get physical games: Any kid can play it in any console, and as long as they’re on the console that has their profile, they can continue their saved game. You DON’T need multiple copies of any game except in very rare scenarios.
Having extra consoles is rarely necessary to play games together. The only time they’d need It is if they’re playing games online together and the game doesn’t offer split-screen. Maybe Fortnite? But then they can take turns, unless you really want to buy separate consoles, lol
Please ask any follow up questions you have. I’d be glad to help clarify anything! Typing this up was surprisingly fun, lol
- Comment on Is there a word, phrase, or trope for an idea that gets more popular the more it fails? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I think it’s the really the Gambler’s Fallacy, even if OP doesn’t describe gambling. It’s the idea of “It’s my turn for success to come soon – I’m due for my turn!”
- Comment on Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them 1 week ago:
Which is a bit ironic, considering all of these are in two compilation packs.
They’re probably going to have a new compilation pack that costs about the same price and has a few additional games…but they didn’t want to just sell DLC/standalone games for the Collections that already exist.
And actually, a lot of these games that are getting delisted can be purchased separately. And maybe even have ROMs that are easily extracted. So maybe they just want to lock things down into an all-or-nothing ROMs-hidden collection or 10.
- Comment on Did binders used to be called tablets? 1 week ago:
Maybe it was a joke that someone used back when she started the job 50 years ago. I could see it being a metaphor for something like the stone tablets that ancient texts were written on…or if she started more recently than that (or the company adopted computers by then), it could refer to information that wasn’t digital.
- Comment on What can I do to help? 1 week ago:
Donate to companies like Planned Parenthood who help women access resources for reproductive health and services.
Something like the Internet Archive would also be incredibly important for preserving what politicians and organizations have said (so that they can’t claim they didn’t say something and try to have it erased off the internet).
If money isn’t your strong suit, then I don’t know – I’m not American. But I’ll still comment for the above, and to hopefully help boost this post.
- Comment on Why do Republicans bring up Kamala's "lies"/shortcomings as a way to claim Trump is better? 2 weeks ago:
You could have a list of Harris’ lies.
No one could compile a list of Trump’s lies. It’d be much more reasonable to compile a list of truths he’s said.
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 2 weeks ago:
Right now, I’d really like the Gex games. Underrated 2D platformer, and a pair of goofy early 3D collectathons!
Hopefully the remake of the trilogy is still in production. I’ve got it on my wishlist from Limited Run Games, lol
- Comment on In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment? 2 weeks ago:
That’s a great pick.
The game feels like it gradually got worse as the game progressed, but that was typical for JRPGs back then. Still had plenty of great moments, though!
- Comment on Is it okay to take drugs to make yourself a better person? Does it make a difference if "better" is mental or if it's physical? 2 weeks ago:
Man, I wonder how many people answering this question “need to” have coffee every morning
- Comment on Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to eat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? 2 weeks ago:
Haha thanks for taking it on good spirits!
- Comment on Is it cheaper to use a plug-in oil radiator to eat an individual room, or run the central heater to heat an individual room and living room? 2 weeks ago:
Eating a room sounds expensive. Not just in terms of the materials required, but also paying for the aftermath.
- Comment on What is the argument for making poor/working class folks shoulder the burden of taxes? 2 weeks ago:
There are a lot more poor people than there are rich people. It’s a game of numbers, and a slight increase on the middle class would often bring in more money than a substantial increase on the top percent.
Rich people also have a lot more loopholes they can abuse to pay less in taxes. Closing these loopholes could also potentially/occasionally disproportionately hurt lower or middle class people. They are possible to close, but (A) there’s always more to find, and (B) lobbying means there could be political incentives to not close them.
There’s also the arguments about raising taxes leading to innovation stagnating, or rich people moving to countries with lower tax rates. I’m not sure how much I buy those arguments.
That said, I’m not condoning these. In my country, I think we need to introduce more tax brackets. A doctor making less than $300,000/yr shouldn’t be in the same tax bracket as a CEO making an over $800,000/yr salary before bonuses. But they are in the same tax bracket. That doesn’t feel right to me.
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 2 weeks ago:
Then it’d just look like a generic building or something! Haha
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 3 weeks ago:
“oh, I think my dad’s old computer had a hard drive. I’ve got an SSD in mine, I think, but I just put everything in cloud storage.”
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 3 weeks ago:
“To make it more modern, we could make the save icon a CD!”
What’s a CD? Oh, wait, that looks like…do you mean a Blu-Ray? Nobody uses Blu-Rays anymore.
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 3 weeks ago:
When did this tempature based popularity start?
It’s been cool for a long time
- Comment on When did we stop saying "things are fire" to "things are cold"? 3 weeks ago:
I recently had someone explain to me what “And that’s where I came in” meant.
I expect to explain to people why we say “roll down the window”, or what the save icon is, lol
- Comment on Why should we have to continue seeing people's replies when we block them? 3 weeks ago:
I remember on Reddit, during the height of astroturfing and such during the pandemic, people would post stupid shit and block anyone who called them out for spreading misinformation.
At first I thought it was just people who had stupid ideas and didn’t want to change their minds, until I started seeing some of them saying things like “You know I’m right, which is why you won’t reply to this”…and the original commenter would never see it.
It was an effective tool for people who wanted to try to control narratives or otherwise spread misinformation.
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
Thank you.
I definitely agree with businesses doing right by their employees. I just wish the governments would be doing more to protect ALL employees. I vote based on which parties are looking out for everyone, not based on whatever works best for me because I’ve got better than the legal minimum.
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
It’s not my work’s policies. I get better than that. It’s what my province legally mandates that’s the problem.
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
There might still be some decent provinces.
But yeah, I blame brain drain, cuts to the education system, and the influence of American culture! Haha
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
It’s Ontario! aka. Open for (Big) Business. No longer “Yours to Discover” because it’s all been sold off.
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
Is that by law, or what your employer offers? Because I’m talking about what the law requires.
- Comment on Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks? 4 weeks ago:
They also had someone to make it for them. One income was enough for the household.