Sorry but Nintendo is one of the only big names who still has release standards and doesn't try to nickel and dime me to death. Their two big hits this year --

Sorry but Nintendo is one of the only big names who still has release standards and doesn't try to nickel and dime me to death. Their two big hits this year -- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Mario Bros. Wonder -- were both shipped with all of their features on day one and have only experienced bug patches since release. The only other players left in the space that respect the player are indie studios, and they have the update treadmill and eventual delivery problems. Nobody releases games like they used to be released. It used to mean something to buy a game, but today, I'm better off waiting literally years to buy a game, because for a lot of them that's how long it takes before they deliver, or are good enough to buy. I'll totally get in line and criticize their business practices, but their release practices are still some of the best out there and we could all learn something from the attention to quality paid to games back when you only had one shot to impress people. Games get released way too early now, and players are expected to put up with churn. People will not remember Minecraft and Terraria the way we remember Super Metroid. EDIT: I was mid-edit to add more context but HN died momentarily and lost my text. I'm angry that in 2023, browsers still have not found ways to prevent this. I will start composing in Vim.