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Dunno how nobody posted this yet. Check it out guys the Switch 2 will have BUTTONS!
Looks like an iteration of what they already have instead of something radical new. So it's more of a GameBoy to GameBoy Advance than a GameCube to Wii situation. That is fine. Let's see what they have to show come April.
 
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They did just enough to call it a new console. Still focused on portability options. Will most likely also still cause headaches with porting from other consoles though.
 

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They did just enough to call it a new console. Still focused on portability options. Will most likely also still cause headaches with porting from other consoles though.
Yet if it still sells at its projected price point, that makes it half the price of the Xbox and PS5, or a third the price of the PS5 Pro. And again, when one looks at a Nintendo decision that is confusing, do your best to imagine how it benefits the home market in Japan.

Have they released the technical specifications for it?
 
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https://automaton-media.com/en/news...ive-fanart-gets-removed-by-koei-tecmo-yearly/

At the Tokyo eSports Festa 2025 held from January 10 to 12, Koei Tecmo participated in a joint lecture hosted by Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS). During the conference, Tomotoshi Nishimura, general manager of Koei Tecmo’s legal affairs department, talked about the company’s stance on doujinshi and other forms of fanart based on their games.

According to an event report by GameWatch, Nishimura started off by establishing that Koei Tecmo has no qualms about users making derivative works based on their intellectual property, and that they even openly support so-called otaku culture. This is evident from their sponsorship of events like Comiket, where fanartists sell doujinshi – essentially profiting off copyrighted material.

On the other hand, Koei Tecmo also has boundaries when it comes to fanart. Nishimura cites that the company has previously taken down 200-300 doujinshi based on the Dead or Alive series from four online platforms. In addition, the company takes “strict action” against around 2,000 to 3,000 pieces of fanart (posted on social media and art platforms like Pixiv) it deems inappropriate each year. Given the size of the Dead or Alive franchise and fandom, these numbers don’t actually seem that high, so it’s likely that Koei Tecmo is only stepping in when things really go too far.

Reasons for the takedowns include artists making derivative works based on art released for games that are not out yet, as well as altering characters for “adult purposes,” in a way that’s damaging to their image. Nishimura comments that Koei Tecmo’s creators view their characters “like daughters,” which is why they are forced to take action in such cases.
 
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To surprise of no one. Also, how arrogant does someone have to be to call it “series revival”?
The whole revival thing has been a problem with EA properties When they tried to CODify a lot of them. I don't know director much, but it's sad to see them leave. I do wish for them to find something better after being at that place for so long.
 
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Uh, did we even know there was a GoW live service game to be cancelled?

Also, every time Sony fucks up, I am reminded that Microsoft had this generation served to them on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up anyway. We all knew Sony would get too arrogant after dominating with the PS4, but man who could have thought Microsoft wouldn't even try?
 

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Uh, did we even know there was a GoW live service game to be cancelled?

Also, every time Sony fucks up, I am reminded that Microsoft had this generation served to them on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up anyway. We all knew Sony would get too arrogant after dominating with the PS4, but man who could have thought Microsoft wouldn't even try?
I don't know if I am supposed to be shocked that GOW live-service was even considered, or the fact that it took them $400 M loss known as Concord to realize live-service games usually ends in failures
 
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The official ending (aka season 4 ending) to Suicide Squad: KTJL

Turns out the JL that went crazy were all just clones created by Brainy, saved for Wonder Woman, and they are all alive but have been dimension-hopping trying to get back to this world.

Ugh.... Well at least now we know the Batman from Arkham games didn't die. But at the same time, it makes the whole JL-being-mind-controlled concept mean jack shit.
 
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Uh, did we even know there was a GoW live service game to be cancelled?

Also, every time Sony fucks up, I am reminded that Microsoft had this generation served to them on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up anyway. We all knew Sony would get too arrogant after dominating with the PS4, but man who could have thought Microsoft wouldn't even try?
Yeah, wasn't aware of that at all lol! So that's what bluepoint's been working on? The wasted time and talent aches a little more than usual. Plus has put final nail in coffin of the(admittedly small) dreamy hope they had stealth Bloodborne assignment. Ah well, another for the pile it is then!
 
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Uh, did we even know there was a GoW live service game to be cancelled?

Also, every time Sony fucks up, I am reminded that Microsoft had this generation served to them on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up anyway. We all knew Sony would get too arrogant after dominating with the PS4, but man who could have thought Microsoft wouldn't even try?
I take it pretty much almost nobody knew except those at the very top about this and those who wre8 working on it. Glad it got canceled.
 

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To surprise of no one. Also, how arrogant does someone have to be to call it “series revival”?
Oh no!



Uh, did we even know there was a GoW live service game to be cancelled?

Also, every time Sony fucks up, I am reminded that Microsoft had this generation served to them on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up anyway. We all knew Sony would get too arrogant after dominating with the PS4, but man who could have thought Microsoft wouldn't even try?
OH NO!!!!!!

Anyway.....
 

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Turns out the JL that went crazy were all just clones created by Brainy, saved for Wonder Woman, and they are all alive but have been dimension-hopping trying to get back to this world.
"The bad guy was a clone" is up there with "it was all just a dream" for terrible twist endings, at least/especially when it's not explicitly clear that making clones is a thing that the bad guy does (e.g. Doombots are a known factor).