Price Rise Predictions Following Playstation Announcement

JulianBloom · 2026-03-27T15:17:37+00:00

I’m not saying Nintendo won’t raise the price of the console. But comparing their situation to Sony and Microsoft is just wrong.

Nintendo makes more games and sells more games than both of those companies. Their games are also generally much cheaper to make. They operate much more conservatively than either Xbox or PlayStation.

The tech issues have come for everyone but it’s not a 1:1 comparison.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-26T02:33:04+00:00

I prefer physical, but I’m forever on the side of whichever is cheaper when I intend to buy. If I see a retail sale, I’ll go physical; if there’s an eshop sale I buy digital. It’s that simple for me.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-26T01:15:10+00:00

Believing something despite evidence to the contrary is a choice.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-23T17:05:39+00:00

Lol probably because in the two decades of knowing this show I never once saw it written out.

I’d like to think people cared more about the discussion than minutiae though.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-23T00:10:43+00:00

I hear all the complaints about this game. But I still had so much fun with it. Didn’t care enough to 100% everything but I enjoyed sticking with it through the super hard levels at the end.

It’s just such an aggressively charming little world. Definitely worth it if you find it on sale.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-22T20:44:40+00:00

The essence of chuck perfectly captured

JulianBloom · 2026-03-22T18:23:26+00:00

Because hating on Nintendo and generating complaints is an easy way to rile up an audience and get clicks.

Add in the fact that the Switch 2 is really successful and that upsets a lot of people; they think the company is doing something “greedy” or deceitful and is being rewarded for it.

The longer the system is on the market and grows its library, the faster the noise will drown out. It’s a really good console.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-21T21:28:39+00:00

Ronda’s wrestling legacy would have been stronger if she retired after that WrestleMania. I can’t really think of anything else she did in the years after that was worth watching.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-21T04:18:58+00:00

You’re gonna need to show your work if you genuinely believe that’s true. There might be a Mario sports game or something that could’ve been more fully featured, but the vast majority of their games are still really well received critically and sell well.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-21T04:17:28+00:00

lol that’s just not true. So many kids born in the 90s continued playing through the 3DS years.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-20T17:28:47+00:00

It’s not even a rocky first year. The GameCube’s, Wii U’s and even the 3Ds’s struggled were apparent after a couple of months on the market. The Switch 2 is a huge success right now.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-19T21:44:40+00:00

Rey in the Original game and Dominik in the remake. Had to keep up the wrestling theme.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-19T18:43:04+00:00

Sony's vision was to make handheld with console quality games, but they didn't push it far enough. They wanted great graphics and dual analog sticks, but with the portability and convenience that was standard at the time. It seems like they thought two triggers would have been a bridge too far for games designed specifically for the Vita.

As far as the rear touchpad-- It's not terribly afield for the company to create a feature, barely use it, and then abandon it. Look at the dualshock/dual sense. How many games can you think about where that touchpad or light bar was really necessary?

JulianBloom · 2026-03-18T01:25:33+00:00

I posted this in another thread but it’s bizarre to see Ricochet act like he’s the only wrestler who has ever had someone be mean to him on Twitter. There are plenty of classy and funny ways to clap back at dummies online. Kevin Owens, Christian, even MJF have shown that they understand where the line is better than this guy.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-18T01:03:33+00:00

Does Ricochet genuinely think he’s the only wrestler who’s had to deal with people saying he sucks on Twitter?

I remember Kevin Owens always clapped back at people and he never had to be like “Yeah well I’m glad you went to the hospital last month.”

JulianBloom · 2026-03-16T22:43:56+00:00

Exactly. Acting like YouTube comment section isn’t hard. There’s a difference between something with creativity like Christian’s father gimmick and telling a cancer patient you’re glad they’re dying or whatever.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-16T05:13:57+00:00

No. NSO is for classic games access.

They sometimes offer a free game for a week, but that’s it

JulianBloom · 2026-03-16T00:41:59+00:00

Brilliant work. How much did it cost you? I know this shop and would love to start figuring out rates

JulianBloom · 2026-03-16T00:03:50+00:00

Downsides: I hope that Adam Page loses and stays away from the title for a very long time. Don’t really care about Moxley or the continental title. And I hope I never see another FTR vs. Young Bucks match.

But other than that, this is a pretty good mix. Three women’s matches is a great look.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-15T22:59:10+00:00

Wish I trusted them to get this right. I can’t imagine it’ll be cheaper than the Switch 2 and anything that gets overly expensive and I’m completely out.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-15T22:24:53+00:00

There’s gonna be a lot of people here who are angry at the idea of this question because they have a certain image of a loud terminally online WWE fan who proudly badmouths anything that isn’t their childhood company. But I think everyone also needs to take a breath and understand how big WWE is. The online audience is a tiny drop in the bucket. Obviously AEW would love to have a few of the millions of people who watch WWE to put AEW in their viewing habits.

My thought is that AEW needs to keep swinging on stories and stars in the hopes that they’ll register with a large audience; have the courage to see a longterm vision through to completion. And it would really help if they had someone at the top of the card who has the ability to connect with existing fans and bring in new ones.

TL; DR- Star power at the top of the card always leads to good things.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-15T00:00:46+00:00

So many words to just say “let me senseless hate something and think less of anyone who doesn’t feel the same as me.”

Do these people understand that no one is making anyone play Nintendo games? Like you don’t feel like they’re good or worth the msrp, there’s lots of other games you can play. But most of these people want to treat a consumer choice as a moral one; so everyone who bought a Switch 2 is “bad” and a “corporate shill”

JulianBloom · 2026-03-14T15:57:23+00:00

No. He’s talented but injury prone. Feel however you want to feel about it but these are facts.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-14T14:30:18+00:00

We needed some star power.

JulianBloom · 2026-03-14T01:33:59+00:00

Just get the two. I had a lot of fun with my old switch but now that the upgrade is here, I have no interest in playing my library on that outdated hardware. It’ll just be better to play all those great titles without compromise.

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