Putting out a kart racer is problematic. I got to play an alpha POC from a fairly large studio. It borrowed heavily from Mario Kart. The physics felt right. The challenges felt right, the weapons felt right, and the balance to let underdogs still be competitive seemed great. In the end it didn't get greenlit. I think in the end a lot of what Mario kart has is standing on the shoulders of their IP. It's undeniably fun It is a great party game, But cart racing isn't for everyone and If racing isn't your thing you can at least still identify with your favorite characters. If you took Mario kart and replaced all of the characters with Miis, I don't think anybody would want to play it.

It would be incredible if somehow every streamer and tuber just stopped broadcasting anything Nintendo, which seems to be something Nintendo wants. I wonder how much of a hit they'd take without those content creators.

Thing is, even if you look at all the Mario Kart characters, there's only a handful that are big names. Nobody wants to play as a Shy Guy. Even Link and Zelda feel wildly out of place, although maybe they wouldn't have done in a Links Awakening style rather than what they went for. I think Sony could do an Astro Bot on it and put in a bunch of their other characters in there. Lego has potential if they can get a bunch of their licensed characters in there (although you know with that kind of money floating around, most of them will be DLC locked behind Harry Potter packs, etc). A horrendously expensive MCU license maybe with some chibified characters. I think Mario Kart just has that easy "an idiot can play it" gameplay, but it doesn't get boring once you know what you're doing. It's a really hard balance to get right. The only recent attempt was CTR, and it didn't have that first factor at all, it was hard as nails.

> > > Reality: The Switch 2 has one of the strongest console launches, despite increased prices. Their games continue to hold more value than others, with used games selling for near, or even above, their original sale price. Their consoles and games remain the #1 pick for families with kids. Their pricing is pricing out many families, and I don't like that. I've remained firm in my stance that I'm not going to buy this console. It doesn't matter if everyone else around me buys it, I'm simply not going to do it. It's too expensive, same with the games, and I simply don't want to Gabe said piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem, but Nintendo has now made it both lol

They will keep doing it at each and every opportunity they get, even if they have to create new opportunities to do it, they will do so, always. They have already shown who they are.

>I’m sad that more people aren’t voting with their wallets They are. They're saying they're ok with it. Every purchase is a vote with your wallet.

Why? If it does the job, why is an upgrade required? There are tons of games to be played on it, and as long as it keeps working, there's no reason one can't still have fun with it.

Interesting take. Don't complain about Nintendo because they make money?

You heard it here first, folks: other people disagree with you,so ***you aren't allowed to complain***. Suck it up and buy it as society demands.

This poster: I love the taste of boots daddy Nintendo, may I lick them some more.

I think the point was that there are many people here are „predicting” that Nintendo is somehow going to go bankrupt because of this. People can no longer discern between wishful thinking and the reality, it shows in many areas of life to tbh. No, you won’t wish something into existence just because it’s „right”.

It does what I want it to, and works fine for the games I play on it. I also have a steam deck, as well as a gaming machine of Theseus, and a PS4, amongst numerous other systems for various purposes and uses. I honestly think I’m going to just straight up skip the S2.

They also vote Republican so yes, they unironically believe what you said.

It's way too early to call them "wildly successful." The Wii U sold 13.5 million units and was a flop. I would expect the Switch 2 to sell more than that to the die-hard fans alone since there are a lot more people playing games nowadays. But the die-hard fans aren't what make their consoles "wildly" successful. I guarantee you those families with kids aren't going to be buying as many $450 consoles with $70+ games. Maybe they will be wildly successful. But we'll have to be a year or so out before we can know how likely that will be. Will they make money? Oh, that's a given. As much as they made with the Switch? I doubt it, but we'll see.

"Anyone I don't like must vote Republican" Hey shit eater, you don't know me. You're making assumptions based on absolutely nothing other than me not following the Lemmy hivemind. You need to have clear, firm evidence before you can make a claim. For example, you're a mouth breathing idiot. My evidence is based on your previous comment. What exactly do you bring to the table?

[This](https://sh.itjust.works/comment/19404963) is where I tagged you and you’ve proven me right multiple times since then.

Oh my God, I'm so sorry that I have a realistic view of the world rather than pretending the opinions on here are in ANY way reflective of the general public attitude. Please forgive me for thinking critically and not just immediately guzzling that sweet, creamy, copium jizz.

Lots of people **do not** buy them, for exactly this reason. When I can play Pokemon games on my Steam Deck I'll think about buying them. Until then I'll continue hating on Nintendo to anyone who will listen. And many more who won't.

They want these people to license the rights to play the game at events, etc. Like showing a movie or a sports game.

There is always [Garfield Kart](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085510/Garfield_Kart__Furious_Racing/)