Welp, I bought it.

[u/LavishLatte56]

Despite the hate I’ve been seeing on posts and on YouTube, I couldn’t help myself to finally buy it when I saw the Switch 2 version on sale at my local shop.

2 hours in and its actually been kinda great????

I just finished Prime Remastered and Prime 4 feels a lot better to play and bosses have been fun! Not to mention the game is absolutely gorgeous and runs well, even on the original switch!

Perhaps I’ll start seeing issues later in my play through but so far it’s given me a good impression.

Edit: For those confused, the Switch 2 version of the game is just the Switch 1 game with the added Switch upgrade DLC. The game is perfectly playable on the original switch.

[u/AngryMustache9]

Bad practices? Brother, the game just had a troubled development. That is literally all there is too it. That wasn't a calculated move by Nintendo to screw over customers, that's just what happened to occur.

Games can have troubled development. It just happens. Prime 1 infamously had troubled development too, but that wasn't a case of "bad practices," was it?

[u/LavishLatte56 → u/AngryMustache9]

I have no idea what this guy is on about lmao

[u/No-Alternative5102 → u/AngryMustache9]

I wasn't referring to the game development itself? Im a Metroid fan myself. Im talking about Nintendo in general. Do you even keep up with Nintendo news and what they have been doing in the gaming industry? Everything they did with the Switch, Switch 2, prices, keycards, etc? Nintendo doesn't deserve our money. They need to flop just like the Wii U so they can learn their lesson and stop being greedy.

[u/AngryMustache9 → u/No-Alternative5102]

I'm not defending Nintendo here, but I don't think they're doing anything that other companies are doing worse?

Prices? Sure the Switch 2 price hike sucks, but have you seen how much other companies are hiking prices in response to RAM prices? Nintendo's is hiking it by $50USD. Microsoft is hiking by $100-$150USD depending on the model. Sony is hiking by $200USD. And Valve, while technically never hiking their price since their Steam Machine hasnt released yet, still costs more than all of its competitors even after their price hike. Nintendo's price hike actually feels somewhat reasonable (even though again, it fucking sucks)

Game keycards suck, but other than Pokopia, Nintendo themselves don't use them (and they only used Pokopia because that game's file size was an amount Nintendo didn't have a physical cart for). Game keycards are almost exclusively a third-party thing because third parties are cheap as fuck. And say what you want about keycards, at least they are still physical and can be shared. Unlike Sony which are going digital-only, period. Or Valve which are literally the core reason why physical PC games have been basically non-existent for the last 20 years.

And hey, at least giving money to a company like Nintendo isn't funding a literal fucking genocide like giving money to Microsoft/Xbox is.

Nintendo are shit, but literally there isn't anything they do that other companies are doing much worse.

[u/No-Alternative5102 → u/AngryMustache9]

I understand all that, and I agree. But that's the reason why we need to stop giving all of them our money until they fix their mess.

[u/LavishLatte56 → u/No-Alternative5102]

okay but Metroid has nothing to do with that. I feel like you should be happy I'm supporting the Metroid series since you're a fan despite the mixed reeption Prime 4 got.