it doesn’t matter, just keep telling the story

I had a Kakashi bookmark so we held it up against the screen as a joke but the static actually cleared up. Mystified, we tried different bookmarks and objects with the same plastic material but nothing else worked, only the Kakashi bookmark.

We ended up taping it to the corner of the screen and it stayed there for 11 years until we moved out. When I was older people would be like “can you move the bookmark off the screen” bc it did sort of block a bit of the view but I would demonstrate the static issue and everyone was always just like “huh. what the hell?? well…alright.”

First argument: The cost of EVERYTHING is going up. The only grounds I accept the argument is for Americans, because their minimum wage is shit and hasn't gone up in two forevers.

Second argument: Games are expensive to make. There's a lot more working part in a video game then there is in a movie or a book. This is only made worse by the fact that games keep pushing for 4k resolution 60+fps, when really, we don't need to be able to see the pours on a character's face. The game file doesn't need to be 50gigs to include ray tracing, or to be able to render every blade of grass on the camera. A good art style makes all the difference, and ages far better than photo-realism, but unfortunately, this is the way the industry is going.

Third argument: Behold these prices (Aus Dollar).

JB Hi fi:

EB Games:

Nintendo's still the cheap option compared to the PS5 Slim or Series X with disc drives. Even with Mario Kart World included, it's cheaper. And I didn't hear quite this much uproar about the launch price of the PS5 being nearly $800 here in AUS, with a price rise coming, apparently.

The conclusion I'm drawing right now is that people are only up in arms because Nintendo is having to keep up with the market price. You want 4k Nintendo gaming? Well tough shit, it's gonna cost ya, and in this market, it's still a better price than the competition.

Am I going to get it day one? No, I've still got to do some saving, and I've got Uni debts to pay off (which, again, being in Australia, is way easier compared to the US), and I want to get an SD card for it first, since it demands MicroSD Express, but I'm guaranteeing that, at some point in late 2025, I'll be buying one. I still don't see the value in getting a PS5, but the Switch 2 actually seems like a step up from the Switch.