Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trumps-china-tariffs-to-reach-54-as-new-34-hike-adds-to-existing-20.1153389/page-2#post-137930961

User Banned (1 month): Advocating murder

somebody kill this fucker already please

One month for advocating presidential assassination, but suggest a "woman" play Link in a movie and you're permed dead.

[benji]

With the tariffs that shit might not be affordable, so I'm a Day One in my heart.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/after-todays-presentation-are-you-day-one-on-the-switch-2.1152282/page-19

You know, that is a good question. Is buying a Nintendo Switch 2 and physical copies of all the launch games (except Hogfart's obv) a form of resistance against Trump's foreign policy and the chuds?

[Boredfrom]

I mean, don't buy it then? 

Nintendo makes Nintendo games. You either like them or you don't. I do, and my family does, so I'll buy it (in fact, I already have).

This generation has been a complete cluster fuck so I hope Nintendo saves it.

But Nintendo itself is perpetuating some of the worst practices of this generation. Specially regarding cross generation and upgrades. I like their games but is also fair to criticize their business practices and unwillingness to adapt… and when they adapt they do in a insane anti consumer way.

Sure, but you always have the option of not buying the upgrade. I'm not going to buy any of the upgrades because it's stupid to do so. It's just paid DLC by another name. I generally don't buy that shit either.

The thing is that usually free in the PS5.  

Hell, I got some PSX titles for free because I bought their ps3/vita versions years ago.

Obviously, this is not feasible with all games, and it was done to support early adoption of the PS5… but man, Nintendo only had 2 real new games (and a tech demo).

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-spider-man-4s-title-may-be-announced-this-week-at-cinemacon.1149480/page-2#post-137731296

User Banned (1 Week): Inappropriate Homophobic Joke

Spider-Man: No Home O

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trumps-china-tariffs-to-reach-54-as-new-34-hike-adds-to-existing-20.1153389/page-2#post-137930961

User Banned (1 month): Advocating murder

somebody kill this fucker already please

One month for advocating presidential assassination, but suggest a "woman" play Link in a movie and you're permed dead.

So advocating for murder is worse than homophobia on Era?

Wow. I’d have thought blatant homophobia would be a permanent ban, but guess it’s only for accounts in junior phases or ones with a history of histories.

[benji]

Although, why is Nepenthe complaining about tariffs? It's stopping the whites from using Western capitalism to extract more wealth from the Global South.

[benji]

Why are the marginalized victims of Bluesky always so sure that the vast majority of the population completely agrees with them on everything?

[benji]

https://x.com/Grummz/status/1906294692138176619

[Daffy Duck]

These people…

That's why Nintendo needs to give out a detailed report soon (I pray tomorrow because this is giving me a headache). I just want to be hyped for my favourite hobby.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lets-clear-up-the-switch-2-first-party-price-confusion-read-op.1153440/page-5#post-137947422

[benji]

It's probably worth noting that there's no Switch 2 game that requires you to pay $80. As mentioned, the TotK upgrade is free for NSO expansion subscribers or $10 otherwise if you already own TotK, and if you buy the Switch 2 bundle Mario Kart is effectively $50. There are legitimate, official and not particularly complicated channels to get around ever paying $80 for any title at the moment.

Considering Donkey Kong Bananza is cheaper, everyone acting like "Switch 2 games are $80" will just be covert console warring or concern trolling.

They know they aren't all $80. They'll know Mario Kart World is a AAA follow up to one of the best selling games of all time, its Nintendo's GTAVI. Based on sales of GTAV its probable many of the same people will pay $100 for GTAVI if the rumours are true or they'll pay a lot more via GTAOnline microtransactions.

But once these people have their "angle" of attack you just have to accept we won't hear the end of it. It's like how people attacked Metroid Dread for being a $60 2D game. People attacked TOTK for being $70 after there were already $70 games.

Fans excited for the games have no reason have to feel down just because online discussions are a cesspool and people with no interest in the games are trying to dictate the price point.

Well said and I agree.

It's just hearing "WHY IS THIS $80 THEN" for every discussion gets tiring, like I said I hate it just as much as everyone else but hearing "Switch 2 is DOA because of this", etc isn't fun, especially since if Nintendo responded right away with a report that better communicated pricing this mess might have not even happened..

In my opinion, it would be smart to respond before Treehouse tomorrow and clean up their mess.

Plenty of game publishers have sliced and diced their games to monetize in a way people can pay $80 or more since the 7th gen, DLC, Deluxe editions, etc.. Even Mario Kart 8 did it with its DLC and Amiibo and Kart 8Deluxe with the booster pass. People have already paid $90 for games I'm sure.

I'd question if an upfront base cost increase is actually more scandalous? Or is it just more noticeable.

[Potato]

But Nintendo itself is perpetuating some of the worst practices of this generation. Specially regarding cross generation and upgrades. I like their games but is also fair to criticize their business practices and unwillingness to adapt… and when they adapt they do in a insane anti consumer way.

Sure, but you always have the option of not buying the upgrade. I'm not going to buy any of the upgrades because it's stupid to do so. It's just paid DLC by another name. I generally don't buy that shit either.

The thing is that usually free in the PS5.  

Hell, I got some PSX titles for free because I bought their ps3/vita versions years ago.

Obviously, this is not feasible with all games, and it was done to support early adoption of the PS5… but man, Nintendo only had 2 real new games (and a tech demo).

There will be another Direct before launch and there is clearly some deep interest from third parties. 

Didn't Sony charge for some of the upgrades? I also don't recall any PS5 updates including new modes and features (not that any of the Switch 2 Edition features are that interesting).

[Daffy Duck]

Edmond Repost Articles is on it…who would’ve thought exercise was good for you

https://www.resetera.com/threads/being-physically-active-even-just-a-couple-of-days-weekend-warrior-a-week-may-be-key-to-better-health.1153770/

[benji]

You can't normalize it like that…DLC costing extra is different, you're buying new content and expansions. Deluxe editions are optional niche products that typically include a bunch of useless stuff no one needs. We're talking about the base price of a game here.

It has been normalised though. Many games have day 1 DLC at launch and Deluxe editions that include game content.

Very often you're just buying a flag to activate content that was already In the game but deactivated. I remember 2009s Dragon Age Origins having the Grey Wardens Keep DLC this way and Street Fighter X Tekken had its DLC fighters on its disk back in 2012.

So 2 games that came out over a decade ago. What first party games in 2025 have actual meaningful content that isn't included in the game at launch? Not talking cosmetics.

First Party would limit it considering neither examples I used are. But Starfield let you buy its first expansion at launch.

Though today is more they introduce a grind to obtain game content and present real money microtransactions to skip the grind. For 1st party games Crash Nitro Fuelled (originally) and Gran Turismo 7. Many of Valve's lootbox games are this too.

100 times out of 100 I would accept a base price rise for Mario Kart before I'd accept any of those kinds of microtransactions for a $60 game.

I'd be far more annoyed if Mario Kart World ends up having mobile style microtransactions than a base price rise. I purposely never played Mario Kart Tour for that reason.

Expansions aren't microtransactions…you're comparing apples and oranges here to justify Nintendos shitty price gouging.

Look you're the one excusing cosmetics and going "first party only". Expansions, DLC and Microtransactions are all the same beast.

You're defending getting monetized out the wazoo and spending hundreds while you still think you're paying $60 for a game.

I'm just pointing out why comparatively $80 or in my case £75 for Mario Kart World isn't concerning me much when I know the sort of sums people are dropping on "$60" and "Free" games (and Im including Mario Kart Tour on mobile on this, i won't touch the thing).

Gaming is getting more expensive I get that, but I think it should be this way and not the DLC/Microtransactions way.

This guy gets it and the Nintendo haters are spinning like mad. Virtua Racing and Phantasy Star IV were both over $100 because of how much advanced content was included yet you never hear this mentioned anymore while the fanboys turn around and are now complaining when Nintendo makes sure games are priced accordingly?

As another member points out saying that Switch 2 games is $80 is factually wrong as there are Switch 2 games that are not that price. Yet the haters keep repeating this untrue smear.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israeli-troops-tied-up-and-executed-15-palestinian-aid-workers-buried-them-in-a-mass-grave-with-their-ambulances-and-vehicles.1151565/page-2#post-137825754

Israel is the modern nazis

False.

Everyone I disagree with is the modern nazis.

[Boredfrom]

Nintendo is so special and quirky… but if trends are normalized they will be forced to play along.  

Don’t blame Nintendo for trying to differentiate from other companies… they just want to sell you Discord and an Eye Toy in 2025. 

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/has-nintendo-become-arrogant.1153785/

Nah, the world is just screwed up right now in terms of costs. Everything is going up.

And the paid tech demo is nothing new. 1 2 Switch was kind of like that.

Wasn’t that game hated by everyone and got a sequel send to die?

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Why is all of the reporting calling these reciprocal tariffs?

Because the media is complicit

are they the fake news media or not?! Trump says they lie, Era says they lie, who do I believe?!

Someone who makes youtube videos, I guess.

[Boredfrom]

I swear to God that CW_Sasuke has getting dumber over the years:

They run their business differently compared to other companies, so they will usually be more open with the upfront costs. Meanwhile others might hide the production costs behind lower initial prices only to drop the micro transaction Hammer or you realize later that the development team was killed because the budget can't be recouped.

It's really no rocket science, they charge what they think they have to be for their business to be viable. Either you are on board or you aren't, there are plenty other alternatives out there in terms of gaming.

The Direct yesterday was a mess imo, but at least they weren't sugar coating how the game look and perform like right now and didn't sugar coat the pricing for this stuff. Even if it bad for people, at least the information is there to make decisions.

Personally I also think they still have quite a bit to unveil when it comes to the content their are offering. I think after Treehouse we will know more, especially if we might see more recent builds of the games.

Okay, but as consumer I should not care about studios closing or not, that is all on the management of those companies. So no, I don’t care if they “hide” their prices with DLC (  ) or the fate of subsidiaries and second party companies, what I care is the price of the console and the games. Specially since is a company that wants to believe is the Apple of video games itself. Premium price for “premium” product, isn’t it? Prove it.

[Boredfrom]

Sure, but you always have the option of not buying the upgrade. I'm not going to buy any of the upgrades because it's stupid to do so. It's just paid DLC by another name. I generally don't buy that shit either.

The thing is that usually free in the PS5.  

Hell, I got some PSX titles for free because I bought their ps3/vita versions years ago.

Obviously, this is not feasible with all games, and it was done to support early adoption of the PS5… but man, Nintendo only had 2 real new games (and a tech demo).

There will be another Direct before launch and there is clearly some deep interest from third parties. 

Didn't Sony charge for some of the upgrades? I also don't recall any PS5 updates including new modes and features (not that any of the Switch 2 Edition features are that interesting).

Yes, they currently charge for upgrades. But they were pretty generous about it for years and PlayStation Plus they generally offer both versions of the same game in their catalogue.

[benji]

I swear to God that CW_Sasuke has getting dumber over the years:

They run their business differently compared to other companies, so they will usually be more open with the upfront costs. Meanwhile others might hide the production costs behind lower initial prices.

He says about a company that refuses to disclose the specs of any of their hardware. A company that continues to misleadingly claim the Switches have "custom" processors. A company that made how much markup off what was inside the Wii and probably the Switch too.

[benji]

Yeah, yeah, the price on those Nintendo Classics releases dating back to the Wii Shop is because Nintendo still needs to recoup the development costs. One of these days they'll finally break even on Super Mario All-Stars fingers crossed. I just hope enough people buy the newest remasters so they can survive the costs they undertook of rendering those games in 4K.

Absolutely love that these threads have people still tossing out "they need to pay for the cartridge costs" in 2025. Gosh imagine if there's another Asian economic crisis and the RDRAM supply gets crunched between them, Intel and SGI again!

[Besticus Maximus]

Yeah, yeah, the price on those Nintendo Classics releases dating back to the Wii Shop is because Nintendo still needs to recoup the development costs. One of these days they'll finally break even on Super Mario All-Stars fingers crossed. I just hope enough people buy the newest remasters so they can survive the costs they undertook of rendering those games in 4K.

Absolutely love that these threads have people still tossing out "they need to pay for the cartridge costs" in 2025. Gosh imagine if there's another Asian economic crisis and the RDRAM supply gets crunched between them, Intel and SGI again!

Given that Melody is sitting there literally starving rn and all the hard work being done to raise awareness of mutual aid concerns how is it NOT just flagrant infractions of dismissing concerns if you hype nintendos

[benji]

Anyway, I'm sure Nintendo will clarify everything about the prices once they get back from Easter Break.

[Snoopy]

Meanwhile Bengraven is busy inventing reasons why his friends never reply to him

I messaged my best friend about this earlier since he collects third party Transformers. I got the silence in response, which means "I've had a bad week at work, this sounds POLITICAL and I'm not in the mood, whatever happens we'll make it work, just worry about making money and feeding your family and ignore politics for a few weeks if it's bothering you that much".

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-signs-order-ending-small-package-exemption-for-chinese-shipments-rip-temu.1153629/page-3#post-137941113

[jooseloose]

Just the 28(!) Switch 2 threads on the first page

[Potato]

The thing is that usually free in the PS5.  

Hell, I got some PSX titles for free because I bought their ps3/vita versions years ago.

Obviously, this is not feasible with all games, and it was done to support early adoption of the PS5… but man, Nintendo only had 2 real new games (and a tech demo).

There will be another Direct before launch and there is clearly some deep interest from third parties. 

Didn't Sony charge for some of the upgrades? I also don't recall any PS5 updates including new modes and features (not that any of the Switch 2 Edition features are that interesting).

Yes, they currently charge for upgrades. But they were pretty generous about it for years and PlayStation Plus they generally offer both versions of the same game in their catalogue.

They were generous because they had no content. They literally only had games that were running perfectly well on the existing hardware. They had to sell the overpriced PS4 Pro Pro somehow and shiny new coats of paint on existing games was enough for the retards to drop their cash. They still barely have what you would call a library of games that aren't also on PS4. Wii U never had the same dearth of games as these shitboxes.

[benji]

The genocide lands in Boredfrom's neck of the woods:

Auditions open today for the world’s most popular adult VTuber (or “lewdtuber”) voice acting agency, VAllure. If you grab one of the five coveted spots for Gen 2, you might just get to star in an adult video game.

But don’t fill out that audition form quite yet. Despite VAllure’s offer of an 80/20 revenue split, equipment funding, fast popularity, and your very own Live2D model, the agency seems to be stumbling into one controversy after another.

However, trans VTubers started to have misgivings about VAllure during the Gen 1 audition process. VAllure’s audition requirements said the company only wanted “female” talent, with no additional clarification. “Female” can mean a lot of things. It can mean “anyone who identifies as a woman.” It can also mean “someone born with a specific set of genitals.”

This quickly left trans VTubers confused. Why “female” instead of “woman”? We figured this was just a minor point of linguistic confusion, so a number of us reached out for clarification last year to clear the air. But we never heard back. Not in emails. Not in tweets. Nor with a public statement. Nothing. Trans talent quickly feared the worst: Trans women weren’t welcome, and VAllure was going to dodge the question by leaving the answer murky.

On Saturday’s stream, “So you wanna be a wh*re ay?” the VAllure team finally addressed whether trans women can apply to the agency. The answer is “yes.” However, there are caveats. Maybe. Once again, communication is not VAllure’s strong suit. During the stream, talent Shibi Cottonbum stressed VAllure will accept transgender talent as long as they “go by female pronouns,” “live life as a woman,” and “sound like a woman.” The Gen 1 team laughed as the issue was discussed; at one point, Shibi said transgender talent asking about the issue should “shut the fuck up.”

As I mentioned during my own discussion stream over the weekend, the one-year delay on the topic and the insensitive tone during the advice stream revealed an extreme level of unprofessionalism toward VAllure’s transgender colleagues. For trans talent who considered applying to VAllure during Gen 1 (at least, prior to the debut of the aforementioned lolicon models — yeesh), the lack of communication toward trans VTubers was a clear sign that the company was not prepared for the professionalism and maturity required from an adult company.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great VAllure does, in fact, allow trans women to work with the team. But even then, its standards are still very strict for trans performers. What does it mean to “sound like a woman”? Is VAllure willing to accept trans women like myself? Even though I have a feminine voice, I’m often clocked as trans during streams and in ASMR comments; would I lack the right credentials to sound “like a woman”? In other words, do they want trans talent, or do they want trans women who sound specifically like cis women? Trans women who pass for cis women and could, if necessary, hide their gender identity? VAllure never clarified these specifics during the stream, essentially putting trans talent right back to square one: How does VAllure really feel about trans women?

And then, of course, comes the issue of pronouns and transition. Not every woman uses “female pronouns.” Cis, trans, and nonbinary women commonly use pronouns other than “she/her.” He/him lesbians are out there. So are women who use they/them. And what does it mean to “live life as a woman”? Do you have to socially transition IRL and present as a woman? Do you have to stream with a female-presenting model X-amount of times? These questions may seem silly and dumb to VAllure’s performers, but they are serious considerations for trans talent running a VA business. Auditions take time. More specifically, they take time away from streaming or ASMR work. Why work hard on something that will lead to an instant rejection?

Spoiler: if you'd like to see if you can clock Ana despite her feminine voice (click to show)(click to hide)

[HaughtyFrank]

Yes, Vice. Good question. What is a woman actually. Please tell me

[Nintex]

Nintendo is just in the business of selling crack in the form of colors and bleeps. Dopamine hits.

How much do they charge?
What they can get away with.

[Snoopy]

Think how many Colombian camwhores will be saved by that webcam though

[killamajig]

Trans women sound like Vera de Milo