Conkerkid11
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Does it Really Make Sense to Have Another Whole Generation of Nintendo Port Begging?
- Thread starter shawnbuddy
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Technically, the game was already (im)ported.
Today:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1411591
funny enough couple of people from this thread are there lol
I know it's probably hard for you to believe.. But there are probably uses who really are genuine asking about a potential Switch version or it's possibility. Yet everything is regarded as port begging.
A lot of games are multiplattform nowadays or devs express interest to bring a game to multiple platforms. The blatant port begging you used as an example rarely happens because this will get you banned really fast. A user earlier in this thread mentioned being pissed about people port begging for Assassins Creed Origin... Don't think I've ever seen someone portbegging for this, especially after we saw how it looks E3.
At the same time we have stuff like RE7 that is multiplattform, from a publisher that is know to port it games and that conformed that they ported the Engine over to Switch... Would I expect RE7 on Switch, nope... But I also wouldn't get offended if the system would be brought up.
I just don't get how something like this can be "hugely obnoxious"... Someone asking if game X is coming or is planned for Platform Z. I would understand it if we were talking about exclusive, because those get fanboys quite riled up all the time. I don't think anyone has port begged for Nioh to be on Switch for example.
A lot of Switch discussion often also revolves around the question of or what kind of games the hardware can handle. People educate themselves in topics when they ask questions like why wouldn't this game run on Switch for example. Questions or topics that were part of ever new hardware launch.
XBOX One X will launch soon... PS4 Pro is already here, many users of those systems are pretty pumped for it and many users will ask in threads of upcoming games will support the extra power of those machines or if patches or later updates. Same for potential PC versions... These questions get usually answered in a couple post and everyone moves on. We def. would have an easier time if people would react to Switch being mentioned in a similar way.
MisterR
Member
You must be blind then.
Well for many, it's not always strictly about lamenting that the Switch doesn't have a certain game, that they're missing out, but that said game would be more appealing if it was portable. Even with a PS4, there are occasionally games that come out where one might prefer to play it on the Switch. Like Persona 5, you got a PS4, you can play it. But if you also own a Switch, then it's not hard to see why someone wouldn't prefer it on there.
It's not exaggerating, it happens constantly.
I meant "make sense" in that it likely wouldn't actually change whether or not a game would be released on said systems, which is why I argued that if the purpose was for exposing the idea, that going straight to the developer's social media might be more fruitful. If one is only seeking discussion versus looking for agreement with their port-begging, more power to them.
Monkeyball
Banned
I didnt see that for Switch at all.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Renna Hazel
Member
Is it port begging when everyone hopes Nintendo goes third party?
Uno Venova
Banned
I must say, after years of being on this forum. It is interesting how rules about portbegging have been completely thrown out the window across the board for the Switch.
Affeinvasion
Member
I'm going to start portbegging for the Atari box just as a change of pace.
The funniest switch port begging is when people want games that are like four or five years old on the system.
The funniest switch port begging is when people want games that are like four or five years old on the system.
Err, they haven't? Threads have been locked, and people have been warned/banned. Not sure what is so different now.
It makes sense because the idea of being able to play console games on the go is extremely tantalizing, moreso than just "I own an Xbone therefore I want to be able to play this without buying the system" I think in a lot of cases (myself included) its the idea that I might be able to play this game in bed, on a train, waiting at the doctor, waiting for my kids to get out of school, etc etc etc.
Poohblaster
Member
When is the Switch getting a browser, so I can port beg on my Switch?
privitsan02
Member
The irony here is many people on here were laughing at the idea of the PS4/XB1 getting last generation remasters while there was a drought, instead of getting a Wii U for new exclusives. Now we're getting the opposite of that on the Switch and it's okay, to the point where port begging is rather common lol.
Getting ports is good. Especially when you don't have backwards compatibility on your consoles. This isn't the Wii, DS, 3DS or Wii U where the previous generation was still available on your new Nintendo platform.
This is doubly the case here since the Wii U absolutely bombed.
Best wishes.
Getting ports is good. Especially when you don't have backwards compatibility on your consoles. This isn't the Wii, DS, 3DS or Wii U where the previous generation was still available on your new Nintendo platform.
This is doubly the case here since the Wii U absolutely bombed.
Best wishes.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Port Begging = Unacceptable
Game Begging = Acceptable.
Game Begging = Acceptable.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Actually, while port begging shits GAF threads up, I think overall it has done more good than harm. For all we know, Dark Souls 1 PC is a port begging job (although the main effort surely not led by GAF), isn't it? I'm sure other games as well.
Might be in relation to the UE4 support and that a lot of major Japanese games used the engine that it would be a easy port job.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I suppose it's a relative to the game the poster is talking about. When they ask for games that clearly could never run in the Switch, say like the Witcher 3, it's very annoying. Wii U games, HD Wii remaster and even PS360 games don't bother me if I believe it would sell well in Switch.
Again, it's very unreasonable to ask for high-end PS4 games like FFXV, but I'm fine with FFXII or FFXIV. I don't own a Switch (yet) so whatever.
Again, it's very unreasonable to ask for high-end PS4 games like FFXV, but I'm fine with FFXII or FFXIV. I don't own a Switch (yet) so whatever.
Wrestlemania
Banned
I'm not begging for indie games to come to Switch, but it had totally killed the number of well received indie games I've impulse bought in recent months. Since I'm far more likely to finish them if I can play them anywhere, I've found myself just putting off buying them until there's either a Switch port, and if it doesn't happen then it'll be on sale soon enough.
I understand, and my response wasn't meant to discredit your post or anything, it was just a sentiment i was trying to get across because "it doesn't make sense/never gonna happen anyway" had been brought up by others earlier in the thread. I merely wanted to say, that if we can't talk about stuff like that, then you could just close the entire place down.
I'd be more inclined to believe the sincerity of this sort of "frustration" if we didn't see people annoyed by port begging in threads discussing a developer asking people to port-beg.
And really, developers setting up this expectation that things can come to a platform if we ask REALLY HARD is a big part of what perpetuates port-begging in the first place. So please direct your ire towards them.
I agree with the sentiment. Something being "perfect" for a platform is incredibly agitating. It's not "perfect", it's a good/nice idea. Those are 2 very different things.
If we want to talk about frustrating things that actually derail conversations, this is the worse offender.
Well said.
And really, developers setting up this expectation that things can come to a platform if we ask REALLY HARD is a big part of what perpetuates port-begging in the first place. So please direct your ire towards them.
I agree with the sentiment. Something being "perfect" for a platform is incredibly agitating. It's not "perfect", it's a good/nice idea. Those are 2 very different things.
If we want to talk about frustrating things that actually derail conversations, this is the worse offender.
Well said.
That's totally acceptable. Nothing wrong with that at all. What's annoying is when a game is announced and doesn't mention Switch, literally the 1st post is "Switch?" and nothing else, and you may never see the person that said it in the thread again. Though, I haven't seen one of those threads in ages.
I haven't seen whatever thread you're referring to, but the people who want to port beg for the sake of getting the port could direct their begging to the actual developers and not to a forum the developer probably doesn't read.
After Capcom blamed the fans for not evangelizing enough and annoying everyone they knew about MML3 for the cancellation of the game, I stopped buying into the bullshit that it's our duty to do a corporation's marketing work for them.
Uno Venova
Banned
How does the FighterZ situation justify the port begging for every third party release?
Brian_FETO
Banned
You don't see a ton of port-begging for "every" third party release.
Also, "I'd like to see this non-exclusive game release on a portable platform" seems like justification to me. I don't get why it's an affront to anyone and, if you're not interested in engaging in that particular discussion, you can not reply to those posts. Kinda how you probably don't reply to 99% of the posts here, ya know?
Yeah, it's fine.
Good, now you see how port begging talks derail threads.
MHWilliams
Member
Nah.
None are without sin, it's just that the Switch is currently the platform that gets fewer third-party titles than others.
It is.
These two posts provide your answer on this:
If you see it, report it. Preferably to a mod you see on gaming side on the regular, like duckroll, not I.
Port-begging in and of itself isn't the issue.
Problem #1: It derails the thread because instead of discussion on the topic - "Pepsiman is coming to PS4!" - it's all, "Where is Pepsiman on Switch or PC?" One person doing that is fine. If more than half the posts are about that, we have an issue.
Problem #2: It derails the thread because folks cannot leave their console wars behind. So, "I think this could go on Switch" turns into "It couldn't fit on Switch" which is then "You're a moron, of course it could" which is then "Fuck off, you're an idiot." And now folks are banned. Sure there are folks that realize that developers/publisher have target specs, target platforms, and budgets that don't cover ports, but then there's the other 50% of the conversation.
So, no port-begging. Do we catch everything? No. Think of it like the board's version of jaywalking. We don't always see it, but it's still a problem.
WouldYouKindly
Banned
The only thing im begging for is to actually find a system in a store that i can purchase
Uno Venova
Banned
But it's against the rules, the problem isn't me ignoring it, it's posters breaking the forum rules in the first place.
Sky Walker
Member
How about remasters begging ? I want my Mario Sunshine-Galaxy/2-3D World and Metroid Prime Trilogy remasters for my Switch :[
No, I'm not frustrated at all. I think port begging on GAF is baffling and pointless.
That's it.
I think that's a bit of a different beast, where a thread could be devoted to wanting certain fixes or upgrades to older games on newer consoles (or just wanting the opportunity to repay certain games fresh, or bring it back in a new light for a more modern audience).
There was several thread like that on wanting the ME Trilogy on the PS4/XBO, iirc
Kremzeek
Member
i hate to disappoint anyone, but port begging on this gaming forum is not going to get anything ported to Switch.
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FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Maybe there should be an OT for it
this should be the OT for it
major disappointment