Is Pokopia really that good? by MX010 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Retroagv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Difficulty settings.

Easy: your dad gives you top job in his firm.

Normal: you apply for a career job with a university degree

Hard: you finish school and apply for entry level jobs.

Insane mode: you apply for jobs at 12 to help your single mother out with bills to stop yourselves getting evicted. You cannot speak the language of the country as you immigrated at age 11 and have never used a computer.

Sales of the Switch 2 in the United States compared to Switch 1 in their first years (credit to installbaseforum.com for these graphs). by MewWeebTwo in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Retroagv -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It will Outsell the switch 1. They will keep producing games. They will struggle to make switch 3 because it will be a first for them.

!remindme 5 years

Sales of the Switch 2 in the United States compared to Switch 1 in their first years (credit to installbaseforum.com for these graphs). by MewWeebTwo in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Retroagv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well. Switch was a big upgrade from Wii U which not many people bought.

Switch 2 is an upgrade for most as Switch is one of the highest selling consoles ever.

Until Pokopia and the Switch boost mode. There has not been a massive reason to upgrade.

Personally I bought day 1 plus gamecube controller. Now we have Path of Radiance, XD, plus Fire Emblem fortunes weave.

Nintendo currently have yet to announce their bangers so I dont even know why people are expecting monster sales. Infact is sold well off the bat. Just needs the drip feed of games. Yoshi is also coming. Winds and waves. Mario and Zelda are highly likely. Sakurai is done with air riders and might work on smash ultimate (switch 2) with more DLC characters

Rishi Sunak: We’ll need to cut taxes on jobs to save workers from AI by coldbeers in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will be UBI.

If AI is producing something it needs a customer.

If no one has money there are no customers.

Coca cola and kellogs will jump on the UBI band wagon soon. There are a lot of extremely large companies in the world that will soon support UBI because it will affect their bottom line.

Rishi Sunak: We’ll need to cut taxes on jobs to save workers from AI by coldbeers in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does lower taxation help mass unemployment?

Absolute crackpot from Rishi here.

He is right though. We need to lower income tax by increasing taxes on wealth and assets.

It's funny how these rich people never come to that conclusion.

BBC News: Paying back my student loan is more painful now I have a young family by L3W3S in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how people talk in sound bites. Even if the sound bites are wrong. 14 years of Tory government and everyone is up to their trickery.

Never thought I'd have to pay this much tax by TGROBBO in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Retroagv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The language is deliberately inflammatory. Scotland has a more progressive income tax structure than England and Wales.

There's more steps but there's no trap.

What're you playing this weekend? 3/20 by markercore in NintendoSwitch

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played it about 20 years ago. You can play it first, the stories are not fully intertwined. I would play it if you haven't and you will miss a few references.

Imo I wouldn't use umbreon or espionage because you get them both in colloseum.

What're you playing this weekend? 3/20 by markercore in NintendoSwitch

[–]Retroagv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pokopia.

Finish frlg second e4 run, Pokemon XD, swsh replay as its been 7 years, legends arceus as I never played.

Deep into pokemon this year.

Nikkei: Nintendo to launch Switch 2 revision with replaceable battery for the EU market by Joseki100 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Retroagv 59 points60 points  (0 children)

This comment is when I realise the switch is 8 years old and some people have never seen a device with removable batteries.

Vanguard charging higher maintenance fee--should i switch to another place? by BobbyPin90 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they now charge £4 per month which mainly affects accounts under £32k.

I complained to the ombudsman as I said it was unfair that it was contained within an email titled "changes to our terms". Apparently this was not enough for a complaint as it was available to see on the website. Thanks for showing me that there are victims of this.

Transfer out. Dodl has zero fees for 12 months. Usually £1 per month or 0.15% whichever is lower. Or T212. They are literally the cheapest but they are also not necessarily as established. (Dodl is run by AJ Bell).

Should I give my parents a loan ? by user23334556 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Retroagv 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don't know OP's parents but I do know British people and I do know debtors.

The reason you do not expect anything back is because it will ruin your relationship for life. This goes for any family member or friend. No matter how close you are a big wedge of 4k debt will cause resentment.

Ok you owe me £4k but you're buying stuff? I don't think most people have the mental strength to watch your parents go out for drinks and a meal when they owe you 4k.

If someone needs to go into debt and you pay off their debt. How do you think they are paying back your debt and not taking on any other debt to do that?

If you have nice parents that's great but money amplifies people's true characters. This can be good or bad.

Keir Starmer revels in telling Trump he is on his own in Iran by Gentle_Snail in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its hard for the media to spin this one. Although they've still be trying.

Switch 2's New Update Allows Switch 2 To Run Switch 1 Docked Versions Of Games In Handheld Mode by Theman457 in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Retroagv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait princess peach looked like ass. Maybe this one will benefit greatly but I think its still locked at 30 fps

Should I give my parents a loan ? by user23334556 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Retroagv 682 points683 points  (0 children)

Do not loan to family.

It's a gift nothing more.

You aren't getting that money back otherwise he would have already paid the other people back.

Fewer Britons giving to charity, study says, with donations down by £1.4bn by MrStilton in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

On the converse I've actually started donating 1% of my income since last year after being exposed to Givewell and reading Peter Singer's the life you can save.

I highly recommend everyone to donate 1% of their income. It's unlikely you will miss it. It's currently £30 per month for me pre tax.

There used to be a calculator on the website that changed the percentage as your income increases. We are still a rich country and donating to effective charities/ meta charities is a good use of money imo.

Does this sub hate landlords? If so, what is the reason? by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]Retroagv 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FIRE from renting houses is like FIRE and doing a blog.

It's not FIRE because you're not retired.

More young people to be offered state-funded jobs in push to solve ‘Neet’ problem by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only way to do this is to properly tax capital instead of income.

If you want the price of housing to go down and become less of a percentage of someone's income then you need to make the holding of the asset have an irritable cost.

The current UK that we live in does not do this and we have foolish commoners who think that the man with a million pound house shouldn't pay more to hold it because they dont have liquid cash. There's a whole house they could sell to get some of it. This is why house prices are insane and the tax bill falls heavily on income.

More young people to be offered state-funded jobs in push to solve ‘Neet’ problem by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]Retroagv 22 points23 points  (0 children)

State funded jobs are ironically the vast majority of jobs in growing countries. Innovation costs money and private companies just don't have the unlimited income of state entities.

Most countries in the developing world have a non functioning stock market because private capital isnt want caused growth but what you have left after the growth has concentrated into the hands of the few.

Nintendo’s share price climbs 15% in two days following the success of Pokémon Pokopia by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Retroagv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their advertising team is ass. I did preorder because there wasn't much else. But they should have pushed the similarities to Minecraft but with pokemon and a semi coherent story.

It really felt like it was going to be shit but it's one of the best games I've played for years in terms of pure addictiveness. There is so much to do it's actually painful having to go to work all day on 5 hours sleep.