Goo Truther @thufie@pixie.town

People complaining about not buying the latest console are kinda missing the follow-up point that families and households have to buy multiple ones now, like goddamn smartphones. They are personal machines which don't support split screen or shared screen gameplay anymore, and that's too damned expensive. Is a house supposed to buy a console, laptop, and phone for every member of the household now by default? None of this makes any damned sense unless you acknowledge that we're being fucking juiced by rent seeking shit instead of reaping the genuine rewards of better technology (which would be some goddamned economy!).

edit: This is based on information from the Nintendo direct which has since been corrected in other sources by Nintendo. No footage to confirm, though. The following post's sentiments could easily apply to most console games nowadays though. A more fair assesment would be ~$520 USD.

What is the point of modern consoles if you have to buy multiple consoles to play with friends? The economic sense is just completely gone. Take this example, as split-screen is dead on consoles, in the cheapest scenario without Nintendo Switch Online and using local link play.

Kirby Riders 4-player multiplayer minimum cost - 2025:
~$2,080

Kirby Air Ride 4-player multiplayer minimum cost - 2003:
~$260

So who the fuck is this for?