I on the other hand still buy about one game a month.

Ravenprose said:

They might release a Gamepass HDMI streaming stick but I don't have any faith they're going to release a real, MS developed next gen Xbox.

I fear what Sony will do without the MS competition. I'm not opposed to waiting until 2030 for a PS6, though, as long as it's not $900.

robio said:

I don't really see that as them voting with their wallet, rather they're just playing what they've grown up with. That whole generation grew up with free to play games, cheaper games that get a lifetime worth of updates, and subscription services. $15 a month and a couple microtransactions still isn't even half of the cost of one new game. If you're happy with that kind of stuff, why switch?

travo said:

Exacty. Gaming has changed where kids are totally happy with Fortnight, Minecraft and Roblox. These games provide thousands of hours of playability while spending close to nothing. Roblox is still big in my house. My son has a nightly kickball contest where he is the star and rarely misses it.

I'm sure that plays a part, especially for kids and casual gamers. As I grew older, I wanted longer games with more depth. I made more money too, so I could afford to pay more for them. Young adults may want richer gaming experiences but not be able to afford $70-80 these days, so they're not buying them as much, hench voting with their wallets. That's my take anyway.

travo said:

Gg,how much time do you have on your battery now?

R.I.P. Michael Madsen. Best remember him from Resevoir Dogs as Mr. Blonde. 67 years old.

Ravenprose said:

RIP. Damn, I just watched ReservoirDogs a couple weeks ago.

Yeah, watched it not that long ago myself as well.

I've been playing Advance Wars 2 on Switch.  There are some difficulty spikes where you've got these 'boss missions' where you need to take out a big factory.  The rest of the missions are pretty easy, where you're clearly being set up for succes.  The models for the different commanders are generally great too, where I'm trying to make out if it's animated 2D art, or high quality 3D models.  Some seem to be the former, while some show tells of the latter in how they're animated.  As for the limited voice acting, it's like they have 3 actors tops do all the voices, which does come off as pretty cheap.  I'm playing the localized version, since you still can't set langauge settings per account, only per system, so perhaps the situation is different in the English dub.

Ravenprose said:

Poor pets.

Being a border city we’ve had one “bang, bang” night on the 1st and get another tonight.

Be safe out there. We had a fifteen year in our town that blew his hand off with a firework earlier this week.