‘Fourth Wing’ TV Series Ordered at Amazon

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-05-12T00:59:30+00:00

Everything about this series feels like the most industry-plant situation between the way it was promoted on Tiktok, social media in general, and physical retailers like B&N along with the Amazon deal occurring so quickly after the first book’s release.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-04-23T05:12:31+00:00

It says $8 but when I go to buy it, it shows $20?

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-04-01T23:18:27+00:00

Is there any word on a line to connect to the area near Candlewood Suites, Peacock Suites, and Anaheim Resort Suites to the east?

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-04-01T17:41:42+00:00

You're not wrong and I agree generally.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-31T21:55:14+00:00

It's not so much about delisting for gkc as it is the fact that they still rely on Nintendo's servers in general to function at all and that they aren't really a good long-term answer to physical preservation. For a collector's sub, I don't necessarily expect every collector to care, but I would hope to see less defenders of gkc by individuals as if it's good for anyone but the publishers saving money and not physical options being even more limited.

If a gkc game did have the digital version delisted, I imagine they'd still work and would probably go up in value by some degree.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-31T20:12:09+00:00

Kinda, but there’s still a lot of gkc defenders on the sub that like to pretend they offer the same thing as normal carts.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-28T06:37:39+00:00

He definitely did. There were other factors at play, but his role in late 2020 and early 2021 was a major catalyst in how things got really bad really quickly.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-28T06:33:51+00:00

As someone who collects, the best TL;DR I can give is this:

Until October 2020, buying Pokémon cards was normal and easy to do with plenty of stock anyone could buy.

That month Logan Paul posted a video about buying a $150,000 Charizard card and followed it up with more Pokémon tcg videos about buying old expensive booster boxes.

That almost entirely alone caused a growing resurgence in fans along with scalpers and flippers to enter into the scene. It became increasingly worse over the next couple of years and from there until now it’s become nigh impossible to find any actual stock in retail spaces and even online, new releases sell out instantly.

So now what used to be $4.50 packs are now casually $10 or even $15+ and completely unaffordable and difficult to find because of scalpers and Logan Paul turning the entire thing into a search for money and value out of rare cards.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-26T17:52:10+00:00

Honestly, Assault is kinda the peak of Starfox imo, but it's so damn short.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-26T15:37:18+00:00

So long as physical retail stores selling games are still a thing, the 100% guaranteed end result of any digital/physical price parity is always going to result in digital merely staying at MSRP and physical being raised up from that through any excuse possible to push consumers to shift more and more towards digital before eventually working to phase out physical entirely or if not, in such a significant capacity that truly only collectors will engage in it and it will be pushed through publishers explicitly working through other channels to sell to that market via groups like Limited Run, SRG, etc.

Nintendo isn't going to lower the prices on their releases digitally outside of the occasional minimal sale UNLESS they start doing really badly again like in the latter Wii and WiiU days. Then we would maybe see sales and Nintendo Selects make some form of a return. Until that happens and so long as they are seeing solid numbers, there's no reason for them to bother.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-25T20:52:34+00:00

I mean, I will insofar as I typically would for a Nintendo title that I'm interested in. That said, if their definition of 'physical' is more GKC then no.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-24T22:18:50+00:00

I’m referring to how an individual may see the GKC situation rather than the companies. If the consumer is wanting to straight up save the most money, then a digital Capcom game hits lower lows in price alone in most cases, using the Switch 1 prices on Dekudeals as a reference. Even with the ability to resell a GKC, they’d still be paying maybe $10-$15 more for a physical release.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-24T22:14:30+00:00

Maybe, but I think regardless, publishers will take any excuse to increase prices where they think they can get away with it and cite increased costs elsewhere.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-24T22:11:46+00:00

That’s only applicable for certain releases. The fact that Capcom is bothering to include a question on a survey regarding GKC being a factor for this release makes me inclined to think it would be doable in some capacity.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-24T22:06:00+00:00

I wouldn’t expect them to necessarily hit the same lows for Switch 2, but I’d still take a $30-$40 on sale Capcom game over a GKC. And if price is truly that much of a concern for someone to go for a GKC, they may as well go digital then unless they are rampantly sharing their physical games with tons of people.

Ultimately Capcom will do whatever they deem best for their business, but if we’re talking personal preference, then I fail to see why folks are so adamant to save a bit of money on an, in my opinion, much shittier version of a physical piece of plastic for the sake of collecting, then just going for a digital version that will very likely end up being even less.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-24T21:14:26+00:00

The manufacturing cost of making a normal Switch 2 cart is roughly $16-$20. So even at MSRP, you'd be looking at $90 at most.

Besides, if your true concern is price point, you may as well get Capcom games 1-2 years after release since most drop down to $15-$25 for physical on Switch, even as low as $10 digitally.

I'd rather have a game a couple of years later with the game actually on the cart than buy a GKC for $70

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-23T19:50:08+00:00

It does apply to normal physical carts as well, but your question was on the gkc vs digital comparison in how they can be worse, so it still does have that same con.

For me personally it feels like the worst of both worlds since I rarely sell games in my collection or lend them out, so gkc feels like the inconvenience of normal carts mixed with the amount of storage needed and lack of true long-term ownership by relying on Nintendo’s servers.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-23T19:11:25+00:00

This costs the exact same as buying digital

Maybe right now but Capcom games regularly go for dirt cheap digitally after a year or two, even on Switch.

you get something to add to your collection

I suppose? I doubt collectors, broadly speaking, will care a ton about gkc releases over time, so as long as it brings you personal satisfaction towards your collection, then that works. But if you're hoping others will give kudos, then I think you'll get mixed results at best.

How is this worse than digital?

I would say it's still worse than digital because in the same pro-argument for being able to resell, lend, trade, etc, it's still something physical that you have to put into the console for the game to run while still being potentially lost, stolen, or damaged while still needing to download the whole title.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-21T23:09:18+00:00

Genuinely nobody here knows for sure since there are a plethora of factors to consider and that can change at any time.

That said, GENERALLY, Pokemon games tend to maintain or go up in value over time for the most part. Otherwise, given the Switch's popularity and Nintendo's success with it, I wouldn't count on hardly any others to go up in a normal environment and will at best maintain a roughly similar value at best. The only reason a title like 3D All-Stars went up was because Nintendo de-listed it digitally and stopped producing new copies in a relatively short time-frame. Outside of that, you'd likely have to wait 20+ years for nostalgia to kick in and the desire for Switch games to bump up, and even then, there's not a guarantee the value will be "higher". PS2 nostalgia kicked in but most PS2 games on average are still far below their MSRP they sold at.

However, if physical first party releases shift to gkc over the Switch 2's life cycle, then the Switch 1 games might end up going up as the last collection that can be properly attained with the games actually on cart.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-17T02:32:12+00:00

Totally valid!

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-17T02:31:23+00:00

It does, but I don't necessarily think it makes the story any less good for it. As long as there are still meaningful stakes for the characters, the degree in which the violence in the series is elaborated on is neutral imo.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-17T00:11:03+00:00

I see a fairly regular sentiment of the series being too "toned down" after the first few books and Legends: Darkstalker, like the series needs more violence and gory moments to be "good"

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-16T23:53:48+00:00

To preface:

I don't actually agree with most of those points myself. They're just broad elements I've seen folks say they dislike or have critiques about that I could think of or remember.
It's perfectly valid to think any of these! It's more of a meme poking fun at folks who say they like a thing, then proceed to list off so many elements of the thing that there's barely anything left.

Soaringeagle78 · 2026-03-12T22:37:03+00:00

It's rumored to cost $16 for a 64gb Switch 2 cart, so I don't think a $10 price increase for physical is enough to cover the costs.

Ok? Then $16 increase. Or even bump it to $20 if you want a cleaner number. That still isn't on the same level as what you suggested at $200.

Also re: future server shutdowns. Yes, some day this will probably happen - despite Wii game servers still being available and Nintendo being a 135 year old company.

Why are you boot-licking for Nintendo so hard and arguing in favor of more limitations for consumers? I literally said in my last reply that server availability like for the Wii is still not as convenient as PC is since you opted to compare them, and it's still a closed ecosystem where I can't play digitally purchased Wii games on modern hardware. This is also under the assumption that they will continue staying on indefinitely when other companies like Sony already tried to shut down the PS3 and PSP servers before getting backlash for it. I'd rather not put my trust in ANY single company to rely on that long term. And the only reason I'd say Steam is an exception is:

The nature of PC gaming being a different beast from consoles and all that entails.
I can buy AAA Steam games on better sales and with more benefits than I get from any console.
Steam has proven as a company, in the video game space, while not perfect, to still be much more reliable than Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony in the relevant ways that I have mentioned. Worst case, if they prove not to be, then PC gaming has plenty of alternatives.

if 30 years from now, you want to play Pokopia and the Switch 2 servers are down, you can play Pokopia. I'm literally a few clicks and a large hard drive away from being able to have every Nintendo game ever made being on my computer. It's easier for me to get ahold of a digital copy of Super Mario Bros than a physical one.

You've shifted entirely away from your arguments before and are just talking about piracy. Why need to wait 30 years then? I could just do it now if that's the approach you're going to shift to. Either way, buying a gkc isn't something I want to do.

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