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RangerJosey, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says

Boo.

I want an N64 controller for my PS5.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

It’s so stupid. I have literally plugged GC controllers into my Switch with an adapter hub, and they worked with non-GC games. This is deliberately worse.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

“We’ve updated this article to note that Nintendo has made similar disclaimers with its previous retro controllers, which have ended up working with other Switch games.”

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, so it’s just ragebait and they’re reporting on nothing? I fell for it.

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, so it’s just ragebait and they’re reporting on nothing? I fell for it.

Just read the article for a change and you’d see that it was a later update to the article.

Edit: That’s also literally in the part I quoted.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

You just got done telling me they are reporting as fact something that is likely not so, and now you are scoffing at me for not having wasted my time. If there is any reason for this article to still be published or even discussed, it has eluded me.

gonzo-rand19,

Nintendo said it might not be compatible. People reported on what Nintendo said, with the caveat that they have said similar things in the past that did not turn out to be true.

catloaf,

No, they’re reporting that Nintendo is saying it, and also reporting that in the past it’s hasn’t been true. Consider it a warning, and to set your expectations if you buy a Switch 2.

DoucheBagMcSwag, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

Methinks that’s why Silksong has taken forever to come out. Will likely be a console exclusive as well for a time

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

We already know it’s going to be on Switch 2 and Xbox, including Game Pass day 1. It’s not going to be exclusive, but at the very least, Microsoft paid handsomely for it.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Oh meaning PlayStation will have to wait then

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Microsoft is bringing their own games to PlayStation at this point. It’s possible it’s kept off PlayStation, but I doubt it. Team Cherry knows what their game is worth, and that would be a massive buyout.

zipzoopaboop,

Silksong hasn’t taken much longer than og hollow Knight. They just announced it too early

H_dev, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

im pretty sure I have it on steam as early access and im waiting for the full release to finish the story…

Koen967, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

Does the Steam Deck count as a PC or as a console?

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

In this case, it counts as a PC, but given that you have to ask the question, I think that speaks volumes.

simple,

PC.

mj_marathon,

The dictionary definition of “console” would include the deck AND gaming PCs.

4am,

The line in bluring, but the Deck can run Windows if you want, it’s a PC stuffed into a controller (and that’s not a dig at it, either)

JakobFel,
@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com avatar

Both. The future isn’t in consoles, it’s in console-like PCs. Just wait until Valve drops the Fremont, I believe it’ll change absolutely everything.

ColdWater,
@ColdWater@lemmy.ca avatar

PC, because console has less games than PC

SchwertImStein, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

I needed to check. “console exclusive” means it’s coming to pc and both switches.

sauce (kotaku)

straightjorkin,

Oh both switches?

SchwertImStein,

in OP’s link, scroll once, see “latest update”

AnimalsDream, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

Having already purchased the Steam early access version, I was ready to be pissed off until I read further in.

inclementimmigrant, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

I’m sure they’re getting a ton of cash from Nintendo.

I’ll stick to the steam deck and recommend it to anyone who asks.

JakobFel, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch
@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com avatar

I hope they’re prepared to have a fraction of the success they would have if they didn’t continue the absurd concept of console exclusivity.

4am,

It’s also on steam, like already you can buy it in Early Access

I don’t think many people who aren’t to Hades are like “aw fuck I can’t play it on my PS5??”

The three Xbox users are in shambles though

JakobFel,
@JakobFel@retrolemmy.com avatar

Ah, didn’t know that it’s on Steam. Well, there’s that at least. Still not a fan of console exclusivity either way, though.

ekZepp, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch
@ekZepp@lemmy.world avatar

Considering that 99% of other “portable consoles” on the market are actually handhelds pc, which can download it fron Steam… No. It won’t be.

TurboHarbinger, do games w Hades 2 will be a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch

exclusive

Bro, there is no other consoles.

This shit is already exclusive on PC. I bet it can run on the shittiest Enterprise PC you can find. You don’t even need to buy a 450usd consoles.

News are so retarded these days.

ABCDE, do games w Physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are reportedly Switch 1 carts with codes in the box

So there will not be a way to play it when they eventually turn off their online service for the console. Uh huh. They were what we thought were the last bastions of protecting content/games, now… yeah, okay, they are just shooting themselves in the foot again and again here.

scrubbles,
!deleted6348 avatar

Then they’re all shocked Pikachu that people are so determined to emulate them. You know what games aren’t being jailbroken en masse right now? Steam games. Because the store has been trustworthy since day one. They may break that trust but it hasn’t happened yet.

EowynCarter,

Piracy not a thing from pc games?

Then yeah, preserving games will be as problem, but it’s not a Nintendo specific issue.

Say valve goes under, think you’ll still have games accessible?

As far as know, only gog allows for backup.

Agent_Karyo,
@Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

Some Steam games don’t come with any DRM and function like games on GOG.

steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

It’s a pain to deal with it, just pointing out that there are Steam games that are fully DRM free.

alehel,

Not sure I understand the comparison. Steam DRM is easy to remove, and there’s no device to jailbreak as it’s just a PC.

scrubbles,
!deleted6348 avatar

I think that’s my point, that they’ve built such a easy to use trustworthy store that everyone just buys it because what’s the point of stealing anything from them. Vs Nintendo when that’s the first thing people start working on.

ABCDE,

But everyone doesn’t, piracy is still rampant.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar
SomethingBurger,

What? Steam’s DRM is so broken that most games are available on pirate sites within minutes of their release.

ABCDE,

I mean, PC games are constantly pirated across the world, but Steam has done things right. Switch games somewhat, although the difficulty means it’s not that popular.

FartMaster69,

Why would you ever think they were that

ABCDE,

Because of physical media.

FartMaster69,

As long as you don’t break encryption to dump that media.

amon,

So there will not be a way to play it when they eventually turn off their online service for the console.

When they turn off their online service they won’t be able to brick jailbroken switch 2s…

Etterra, do games w Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console

I always used wave birds back in the day.

forgotaboutlaye, do games w Physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are reportedly Switch 1 carts with codes in the box

As the title suggests, this is for Switch 2 editions of Switch 1 games.

CDPR confirmed they’re shipping Cyberpunk 2077 on a 64GB cartridge.

in.ign.com/…/nintendo-switch-2-cartridge-maximum-….

Nikls94,

Definitely be getting it on cartridge then. Those new SD cards are expensive

Lost_My_Mind,

What? Like you don’t even have a few dozen 100 gizgabyte sd cards lying around! An sd card size so massive and expensive that I had to make up the new size “gizgabyte”. It’s bigger then terabyte.

Also a 100 gizgabyte sd card will hold exactly 1 copy of “New Super Mario 64 rerelease edition XL”

Now comes with Luigi DLC. When Luigi reaches bowser, he just shoots him with a gun, and goes to McDonalds despite being anti corporate interest.

baguettefish,

your name is very relevant, I must say

can, do games w Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/files/2025/04/GC--480x766.jpg

Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.

catloaf,

I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???

doctortofu,
@doctortofu@reddthat.com avatar

I mean, it’s Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words “Nintendo”, “Mario” and such, they’d do it without hesitation…

can,

That’s been standard for the switch retro controller releases. And yes it’s been bullshit the entire time. I would have liked an N64 one.

ABCDE,

But you don’t have the sub (cheap when sharing a family pack) so you can’t play the N64 games anyway.

Wispy2891,

How I can’t play N64 games without a subscription? 🏴‍☠️

ABCDE,

Because you need it to play them on Switch.

Wispy2891,

unless you stumble on a brick, fall down and accidentally install a rp2040 on the switch, then accidentally flash picofly when trying to understand what’s going on

Thistlewick,

At least it gives people who are using their switches a chance to buy one, instead of them selling out in seconds to a network of bot accounts before winding up on eBay for $300+ the following week.

It’s not the perfect system, but I can understand why they are doing it.

catloaf,

I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.

TowardsTheFuture,

I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to not like Nintendo, but this whole thing is because the GameCube coming to their Online subscription. So I mean… it makes sense.

ABCDE,

Right, but he sub is shareable and a pretty cheap barrier for entry… and required to play those GameCube games anyway.

catloaf,

I don’t need it to play Smash with friends on the couch.

Really I shouldn’t need the subscription for GC ports either. What’s wrong with making them individual purchases like on the 3DS? (Answer: that’s not monthly recurring revenue.)

Zedstrian,

Nintendo opting to forgo selling retro games piecemeal and instead expecting consumers to rent access to them in perpetuity is an anti-consumer move.

I have no problem paying for games when they’re sold at affordable, reasonable prices, so until that’s the case for Nintendo’s library, better to just emulate as much of it as possible.

ABCDE,

Sure, but that’s a different issue; I agree with that. Don’t forget that if you even are allowed to ‘buy’ them, they will close the online service for that platform in the future with no guarantee you can use it on another platform.

Armok_the_bunny,

Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?

shawn1122,

They must enter a unique switch serial number (that corresponds with inventory) to make the purchase? Don’t see why it has to be contigent on a subscription.

Armok_the_bunny,

That would work if serial numbers weren’t visible without even opening the box the device came in, and I’m they are even included on the receipt for the device. Scalpers would absolutely have a ton of serial numbers just lying around from unsold devices, or even devices they sold and just hope the owner of won’t bother attempting a purchase of the thing they are scalping.

catloaf,

Make enough of them that scalping isn’t profitable.

Armok_the_bunny,

That’s a fine solution long term I guess, but things take time to be made.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@pawb.social avatar

Put the onus on the retailer to limit how many units a single customer can purchase. Why would Nintendo give a single fuck about scalpers, anyway?

TheOctonaut,

A controller that is useful only when you have that online subscription to play the back catalogue, yes.

als,

The new switch has a whole button that doesn’t work without a paid online subscription 🤪

TheOctonaut,

Lemmy 24/7: “if its free, you’re the product”

Lemmy on Nintendo: “Why should I pay for online play?! It needs to be free, moderated, and exist indefinitely even after the obsolescence of the product. Otherwise, I’m entirely justified in pirating everything.”

FartMaster69,

Yes, it’s the same for their other classic controllers.

victorz,

Well that got me all worked up for no reason, didn’t it.

Thanks for the clarification.

COME ON, OP!

Copernican,

Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don’t want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.

Railcar8095,

But… I want it for emulation… Any good reliable 3rd party out there?

MrScottyTay,

PowerA did a good wireless one that also had a second Z button on the other side

SkunkWorkz, (edited )

NYXI Wizard maybe

Or search on Etsy for a refurbished controller and just use an adapter to connect it to PC. Though many sellers only sell Phob GCC. It’s a modded GC controller with a custom motherboard. It uses Hall Effect sensors so the sticks will never ever experience drift. It’s expensive though. Like here is a fancy one for $325 sagecustomcontrollers.com/products/phob-gcc

Abnorc,

Does it make sense? Emulation is going to happen one way or another. If Nintendo sold a GC controller that is PC compatible, they’d at least make some money from those buyers.

Copernican,

It will. But for the first run you don’t want people buying the console and paying for the switch GameCube access to have to ability to buy a GC controller. It’s like how for sports teams season ticket holders usually get some first access to buy playoff tickets.

Abnorc, do games w Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console

I guess they don’t want your money if you’re not buying the switch. Strange move, but I guess it’s their prerogative to alienate more consumers.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

or if you can’t afford it when you get the console.

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